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The Super Pit, KalgoorlieWith community event boards that advertise such uneventful happenings as the next local Council Meeting, the drudgery of one-horse towns begins once east of Northam. more


Hellfire Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park, EsperanceFrom the dusty goldfields to a snow-white heaven, I truly think these beaches are the whitest in all of Australia. Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays claims to be the more


Loose Goose Restaurant, EsperanceSome striking combos on a wicked menu including such intriguing tempters as “Pigs Nipples” and “Ducks Knuckles”. The décor is modern, lighting is moody, and atmosphere more


East of Caiguna, west of Mundrabilla, maybe MaduraWednesday 6:45pm  - Balladonia                                I‘ve been to some sh#tty places in my day. But yet still I have only just arrived… in Balladonia, population zero. A place where the fuel price unexpectedly jumps by 30 cents a more


Nullarbor signage, Nullabor Highway SAHe described them as grandeur and imposing, but distressing and fatal are more accurate Edward John Eyre quotes. It’s got to be the number one suicide spot in all of Australia. more


Border Gate Truck StopSaturday 1.06pm - Border Gate Truck Stop          They’re renegades out here on the border; they actually are so in between the two states they don’t even pay council rates. The truck stop is manned by a real hard case disguised more