Wattle Grove Primary School

2013 YEAR 7 CAMP TO KALGOORLIE

DAY TWO

• Hannan Street Walk• WA Museum• Hannan’s Mine Tour• KCGM Superpit Tour• Quiz Night

Kalgoorlie Morning Walk - Paddy Hannan statue outside the Town Hall…

Wattle Grove Primary School

2013 YEAR 7 CAMP TO KALGOORLIE

Camp Manager Raelene introduces Sharon who talked to the students about the history of the Town Hall and in particular the council chambers where everything is original apart from the microphones…

It didn’t take long for Mr Sherlock to take over the Mayor’s Seat…

Beautiful Ballroom and Stage Area… There is an ancient organ under the covers stage right.

It shows the affluence of the time with all the chairs covered in velvet and under foot is thick carpet.

Students listening to Sharon tell them all about the history of the building.

The Ballroom was cooled using these indentations in the ceiling to allow the hot air to rise and exit the room.

Beautiful jarrah work to the stairs and ballastrades...

York Hotel built in the Federation style in 1900, undergoing some refurbishment

Kalgoorlie Post Office undergoing some refurbishment too.

Raelene and Sharon wait for the lights so we can all cross over. The Famous

Exchange Hotel and Kalgoorlie Miner Newspaper across the road.

Beautiful jarrah stairs in the Palace Hotel where 31st US President Herbet Hoover stayed as a mining engineer...

Mine Head now located over the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie. You can take the lift to the yellow level and look out over the town...

Handmade bicycle built by a prospector to get to the Gold Rush ...

Handmade wheelbarrow also built to carry equipment and belongings to the Gold Rush.

Coolgardie Safe is one of the first refridgerators, being water cooled using evaporation, similar to an evaporative airconditioner of today…

A variety of gold mining and prospecting equipment on display...

A selection of Children’s toys and games from the period...

Aboriginal tools from the area too ...

Looking down from the platform on the Mine Head with students below and a 1920’s period house in the foreground...

Museum staff member talking to students on the verandah of

the 1920’s house ...

Handmade furniture in the 1920’s house ...

Students playing outdoor games of the period…

Staff member at the Hannon’s Mine talking to students before playing a video about blasting out the ore in the Superpit ...

Students climb up to the cab area of a 200 tonne Haulpack truck...

Brad fills them in…

Cat Haulpack Loader...

Driver’s seat in the Haulpack...small seat is for trainers to use when teaching new drivers

KCGM SUPERPIT TOUR

The tour is taken in their bus, so all photos taken through the tinted windows.

They flattened this 4 Wheel Drive with a Haulpack to show the danger if

you are not alert and follow the rules of the pit!!

Workman…!!

Having a talk about the Superpit in the viewing building on the edge…

Looking out you can see the size of the Haulpacks to other vehicles and also the tunnels from the old days showing in the sides of the pit…

Back on the tour bus…

Waiting for a loaded Haulpack to come past us…

An empty one returning to the pit…

SUPERPIT BLAST…

Back at the Superpit at 4pm for the afternoon blasting. This is viewed from the Tourist Lookout Area. We had a bit of a wait for the wind to die down…

Back to the buses and the camp school to relax and get ready for dinner…

Waiting to get dinner…the students with special requirements get their dinner first…

Tastey Chicken and Pasta meal tonight…

Philip getting served some salad with his…

Boys tucking in…

Fei with dessert…

QUIZ NIGHT AFTER DINNER

Mr Sherlock reading out the first question of the night.

Playing a game of Heads and Tails Only three still in this game.

Akira is the winner of the Heads and Tails game.

THE END…

Students having a Milo before bedtime…