1. DAY TWO
• Hannan Street Walk
• WA Museum
• Hannan’s Mine Tour
• KCGM Superpit Tour
• Quiz Night
Kalgoorlie Morning Walk Paddy Hannan statue outside
the Town Hall…
Wattle Grove Primary School
Wattle Grove Primary School
2013 YEAR 7 CAMP
2013 YEAR 7 CAMP
TO KALGOORLIE
TO KALGOORLIE

3. Camp Manager Raelene introduces Sharon
who talked to the students about the history
of the Town Hall and in particular the council
chambers where everything is original apart
from the microphones…

4. It didn’t take long for Mr Sherlock to
take over the Mayor’s Seat…

5. Beautiful Ballroom and Stage Area…
There is an ancient organ under the covers
stage right.

6. It shows the affluence of the time with all the
chairs covered in velvet and under foot is
thick carpet.

7. Students listening to Sharon tell them all
about the history of the building.

8. The Ballroom was cooled using these
indentations in the ceiling to allow the hot air
to rise and exit the room.

9. Beautiful jarrah work to the stairs and
ballastrades...

10. York Hotel built in the Federation style in
1900, undergoing some refurbishment

11. Kalgoorlie Post Office undergoing
some refurbishment too.

13. Raelene and Sharon wait for the lights so
we can all cross over. The Famous
Exchange Hotel and Kalgoorlie Miner
Newspaper across the road.

15. Beautiful jarrah stairs in the Palace Hotel
where 31st US President Herbet Hoover
stayed as a mining engineer...

16. Mine Head now located over the WA
Museum in Kalgoorlie. You can take the lift
to the yellow level and look out over the
town...

22. Handmade bicycle built by a prospector
to get to the Gold Rush ...

23. Handmade wheelbarrow also built to carry
equipment and belongings to the Gold
Rush.

24. Coolgardie Safe is one of the first refridgerators,
being water cooled using evaporation, similar to an
evaporative airconditioner of today…

25. A variety of gold mining and prospecting
equipment on display...

26. A selection of Children’s toys and games
from the period...

27. Aboriginal tools from the area
too ...

28. Looking down from the platform on the Mine
Head with students below and a 1920’s
period house in the foreground...

29. Museum staff member talking
to students on the verandah of
the 1920’s house ...

30. Handmade furniture in the 1920’s house ...

32. Students playing outdoor
games of the period…

33. Staff member at the Hannon’s Mine talking
to students before playing a video about
blasting out the ore in the Superpit ...

35. Students climb up to the cab area of a 200 tonne Haulpack truck...

37. Brad fills them in…

38. Cat Haulpack Loader...

39. Driver’s seat in the Haulpack...small seat
is for trainers to use when teaching new
drivers

40. KCGM SUPERPIT TOUR
The tour is taken in their bus, so all photos
taken through the tinted windows.
They flattened this 4 Wheel Drive with
a Haulpack to show the danger if
you are not alert and follow the
rules of the pit!!

44. Workman…!!

47. Having a talk about the Superpit in the
viewing building on the edge…

48. Looking out you can see the size of the
Haulpacks to other vehicles and also the
tunnels from the old days showing in the
sides of the pit…

51. Back on the tour bus…

52. Waiting for a loaded Haulpack to come
past us…

53. An empty one returning to the pit…

54. SUPERPIT BLAST…
Back at the Superpit at 4pm for the
afternoon blasting. This is viewed from
the Tourist Lookout Area. We had a bit of
a wait for the wind to die down…

59. Back to the buses and the camp school
to relax and get ready for dinner…

60. Waiting to get dinner…the students with
special requirements get their dinner
first…

61. Tastey Chicken and Pasta meal tonight…

62. Philip getting served some salad with his…

63. Boys tucking in…

64. Fei with dessert…

65. QUIZ NIGHT AFTER DINNER
Mr Sherlock reading out the
first question of the night.

67. Playing a game of Heads and Tails
Only three still in this game.

68. Akira is the winner of the
Heads and Tails game.

69. THE END…
Students having a Milo before bedtime…