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).

Going For The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

One of the iconic, yet strange sites while driving out to Kalgoorlie from Perth is a large, endless water pipe. It's above ground, snakes back and forth from each side of the road, goes through fields, is ever present. Someone really was thirsty somewhere.

Turns out, it was the boom town of Kalgoorlie and surrounding areas. Gold was discovered, people flocked to the area and then toilets needed to be flushed. Long story short. Let's build a pipe. It was completed in 1903.

The pipe to everywhere.

It's a non-stop juggernaut. Impressive, still in use today. The system still includes some original pipe sections and original bases.

Paying homage in a diorama at a pump station that's now a museum.

Old water tower. The pipe, transitioning from field to forest.

Going and going....