Golden Quest Discovery Trail
Welcome to the Golden Quest Discovery Trail—this is a true self-drive adventure for those ready to experience the Outback and one of the world's most…
Western Australia · A recovered travel archive
Stories from the Goldfields
Explore the towns, trails and landmarks of Western Australia's Goldfields through stories recovered from the original Goldfields Tourism site.
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Trails and landmarks
The Super Pit Lookout
The Super Pit is Australia’s largest open pit gold mine, producing around 850,000 ounces of the precious metal annually. It has literally swallowed up all…
Lake Ballard ‘Inside Australia’ sculptures
Extending about 70 kilometres east-west, Lake Ballard is one of a number of interconnected salt lakes that stretch across the north of the goldfields…
Kookynie 'a living ghost town'
Like nearby Niagara, Kookynie was one of dozens of towns that seemingly materialised overnight during the gold boom era. Officially gazetted as a townsite…
The Holland Track
Linking Broomehill in the south-west with Coolgardie. Carved through rugged bushland by pioneer John Holland in 1893 as a short cut to the Goldfields, this…
Canning Stock Route
The Canning Stock Route links Wiluna to Halls Creek in the Kimberley. In 1906, the commissioning of a route by Alfred Canning opened an area of…