So after having seen some more of Perth, getting to know the city, botanical gardens, a nice day out cycling along the beach and looking where I want to go after Perth it was already time for the next road trip.
We started of on Max's birthday, getting chili/chocolate cake! Then a whole day of driving to end up at Hyden Rock, with it's famous Wave Rock. Next morning walked around the Wave Rock, and Mulka's Cave (old Aboriginal cave paintings) and then on to Southern Cross for the next night' stop.
Driving to Kalgoorlie after that, visited one of the pumping-stations that transports water from the coast (Perth) over almost 500km's to get water to Kalgoorlie...
then again, they do have a huge dig-out there, where they mine gold, called the Super Pit. Quite mind-blowing, and by the time it's done it'll be half a kilometer deep. Mining machines with fuel-tanks of 12000 odd liters, with a max speed of 2.5km/h. Spent the end of the afternoon watching the Wallabies (Australians) at the World Cup Rugby - way better then watching soccer in my honest opinion...
The drive back - just like the pipeline, almost 500 km's, but this time we went west across the Great Eastern Highway, which does speed up your trip a little. After having good weather up until now, the sky literally burst open, heavy rain and big gusts of wind. At least it explains where all the flowers get their water from.
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