Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum
The biggest mining investor conference in the southern hemisphere. What it is, who goes, what happens, and what it means if you are in town that week.
Australia's Golden Outback City
Plan your stay in
Kalgoorlie & the Goldfields.
Australia's largest outback city, built on gold rush history and still alive with pubs, tours, heritage streets, mining stories and big-sky road trips.
Founded1893
Super Pit3.5 km
From Perth595 km
Pop.~30,000
Golden City guide
Plan the bright, practical side of Kalgoorlie
Tourism
Things to do
The honest shortlist. What is worth your time and what to skip.
LiveSuper Pit
Blast times, the lookout, photography.
HistoryGold rush history
From 1893 to the Super Pit.
StayWhere to stay
Heritage hotels, motels, apartments, FIFO villages.
DriveRoad trips from Perth
8 hours, 595 km, every stop along the way.
CaravanCaravan & camping
The four main parks compared.
PubsBest pubs
The shortlist locals send visitors to.
FIFOLiving in Kalgoorlie
Rents, schools, climate, community.
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History of Esperance
Esperance began as Kepa Kurl, became a French-named bay, grew through pastoral work, goldfields trade, rail, farming, port exports and tourism.
History of Coolgardie
Coolgardie was the Old Camp of the WA Goldfields: a gold rush boom town, heritage streetscape and quieter modern town with a story still visible today.