Saturday, August 23, 2025 (continued)
We took the train from the Perth CBD Station to East Perth where we had to check in at least an hour before a 17:55 departure of the Indian Pacific Railway Perth to Sydney (coast to coast), a five-day, four-night train journey.
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Hors d'oeuvres including arancini/stuffed rice balls
that are coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried,
which happens to be Sicilian cuisine |
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| Quite a spread of sweet and savory... |
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| ...including all the wine you wanted |
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| A sampling with ginger beer |
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The Indian Pacific uses two Pacific National locomotives,
initially one at each end of about 30 carriages |
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| There is no way to capture the entire train in one photo |
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| The Indian Pacific logo |
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| S Class 4-8-2 steam locomotive S542 Bakewell (1943) |
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Restored Western Australian Government Railways
carriage #AI258 (1876) |
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| We had entertainment... |
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| ...and more entertainment |
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| We were in Carriage F, Cabin 3... |
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...with an ensuite bathroom, or is it a
shower with sink and toilet in it?! |
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| Departing East Perth with the sunset behind us |
Dinner began with a Shared Starter, but we often forgot to take photos!
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Dinner Main Course of Braised Lamb Shank
served over polenta |
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Chocolate Praline Mousse Gâteau
served with an apricot dome covered with red dessert dust |
Sunday, August 24, 2025
A 6:00 excursion to Kalgoorlie:
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| A view over the Superpit, which was until 2016 the largest open-cut gold mine in Australia (KSS) |
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It is hard to fathom that the Superpit is 3.5 km/2.2 mi long,
1.6 km/1 mi wide and over 675 m/2214.6' deep |
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| Kent with the dump body of a Superpit mine truck |
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| One-ton side-tip ore car for use inside the mine |
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| Kent with tires from the Superpit dump trucks |
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| Tamiko as a gold miner |
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Timber Art Gallery owner "Chunky" in
his workshop, since 2001 specialising in
hand-crafted items made from reclaimed
timbers found in the Goldfields
and other areas of Western Australia |
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We were each given a kit to assemble a
"Nully Buddy" from random sizes of the
signature Nullarbor Beads, created by
tumbling scrap timbers |
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Cutting board made from the rare
Corymbia calophylla/Marri Tree wood |
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A barrel full of Nullarbor beads, named for the
Nullarbor Plain, a semi-arid section stretching from
Western Australia to South Australia along the coast;
Nullarbor means "no trees" |
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| Various hand-crafted products |
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Hand-crafted didgeridoos/aboriginal
musical wind instruments (by Lujimba)
at only $2,000 each |
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| Kalgoorlie necklace |
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| Chunky's 1956 Chevy truck that he still uses to collect wood |
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The Metropole Hotel (1897) in Boulder
sits directly over a mine shaft |
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Burt Street, the main street in Boulder,
which is now part of the city of Kalgoorlie,
where the Gold Rush began in 1893 |
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Corner of Burt & Lane Streets with Miners Monument
(1984) depicting a miner with an air-leg drill;
commemorate over 1,300 miners that have been
killed since the gold rush of the 1890s |
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| Boulder Town Hall (1908 as a theatre) |
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Inside the Town Hall, a stairway was
covered in paper poppies as part of
ANZAC 110th Anniversary Special Exhibition |
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We were here to see stage curtain (1908, by Phillip Goatcher)
believed to be the last remaining working stage curtain
of its kind, with its painted scene of Naples |
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A view from the gallery, while we tourists
imbibe in refreshments below |
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I guess this truly is the smallest
art gallery in the world ... |
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| Burt Street with the Court Hotel (1897) |
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| Exchange Hotel (1901) on Hannan Street |
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| Back to boarding the Indian Pacific train |
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Time for Brunch... Brioche and Poppy Seed Waffle
with Norwegian Salmon |
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| Brunch Dessert: Blueberry, Apple & Cranberry Loaf |
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| The train traveled through the Nullarbor Plain all afternoon |
At 21:00, we stopped in Cook, Southern Australia, where we were to study the desert sky. However, it was cloudy, but there were refreshments...
Next: Indian Pacific Railway Journey II Barossa Valley.
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