Thursday, July 23, 2009

Esperance





At the south of Western Australia is Esperance, there you'll see some amazing beaches and if your lucky "sammy" the sea lion (left) will be cruisin by the Jetti (far laft). Esperance is a lovely little town of 16,000 people. it has an array of shops and loads of things to see.

Old Coach Rd Things to see....




Left, 100 year old cricket pitch on Old Coach Rd,
Above, mine sight with Leilani and myself, now abandoned.
Right, Leilani standing in front of one of the many boulders located on Old Coach Rd. there are many more things to see. You can stop in at the Norseman Information Centre and get an itinerary of things to see on the Old Coach Rd.


Old coach rd


The Old Coach Rd on the way to
Esperance... its an interesting Rd and can be done with a normal car but better in a 4x4.

The Big "N"



The photo above is of one of the many mine sites around Norseman and in the Dundas Shire area.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Norseman, the big "N"



Us on beacon hill Noresman



Ok, so, we've been in Norseman, the big "N" for nearly three months. We fly from Auckland to Perth and have 3 days holiday looking around Perth. We spent the time looking around the CBD, and biking (hire bikes) around the sea front to cafes and onto Kings park. We love this time in Perth and really enjoy the City.
Our time is short though so we fly to Kalgoorlie, the biggest town for miles for us. We soon learn its a 2 and 1/2 hour drive to the big "N", population 800 people, where we live for the next 3 months.

On arrival its a nice little town with 3 pubs some hotels (mainly for people travelling through the Nullabor down the Eyre highway to stay at), a library council, post shop and dvd shop small supermarket (iga) plus a hardware shop and few cafes etc. Jose a spanish fella picked us up and now drops us at the accomodation by the Hospital where we stay and I work.
The pace here is somewhat different than Auckland and the motto soon become, "rush slowly" with all that we do. The hospital is busy though and helps me keep sane at times when there is nothing goin on.

The community as a whole is filled with alot of nice people. The Aboriginal people tend to keep to them selves.
We take a small holiday to Esperance (200 kms down a straight rd) on the coast. Its a beautiful little town of about 16,000 people.