Super Pit!

There's no way Sarah and James are going to pass by something called a Super Pit and not go take a look. You had them at both Super and Pit.

Dig it.

The Super Pit is an open pit goldmine in Kalgoorlie, Australia. It started in 1989, a consolidation of many underground mines. Size-wise, you're looking at something like 3.5 kilometers long, 600 meters deep. See-it-from-space big.

Big pit, big man toys. Tires, dump truck and a front loader shovel.

Taking a gander.

Remnants of history, old wood and pipes from underground mine shafts. Bringing up rock for processing.

Looking a bit like Mars, with tires.

No way to win a game of chicken with the big haulers roaming the pit. Supervisor Sarah.

It's a long way to the bottom if you want to roll the rock (apologies to Aussie's own AC/DC).

Awesome Australia

James and Sarah took a recent trip Down Under to see what's up. They started in the western city of Perth, headed out to Kalgoorlie, down to the beach town of Esperance, over to wine country in Margaret River. A road trip full of Aussie diversions.

Clean, calm Perth.

The view of the harbor in Albany, site of the Anzac convoy for WWI. Gnomes. Yes, gnomes.

Sarah in a field of rapeseed plants with the sun setting. And a rainbow.

Curiosities. Scary wax figures and super pits (apologies to David Bowie).

Silos as art projects.

More curiosities. Bridges and belters.

Yea, gotta watch out for those -roos.