South West Loop: Day 1

It's a weird one is Kal, it's a mining town with a populaton of about 30000, 80% of which are blokes. The roads are really, really wide (goes back to when camels were the main form of transport, you can't back a camel train up so they just made the roads wider to turn them round instead) which makes jaywalking an extreme sport and the main form of entertainment are the skimpy barmaids.

Ah, skimpies.

They made our time in Kal that much more fun. They wear lingerie behind the bar and go round with a jug called the Titty Kitty (which we never get asked to donate to on account of having breasts of our own) then they disappear for a while and return with stickers on their nipples.

Apart from drooling and planning a three day hike to cross the road the only other things to do in Kalgoorlie - Boulder are visit the Super Pit and one of their many fine brothels. So we did.

Super Pit
It's an incomprehensibly large hole in the ground where they dig for gold, you know, with it being a gold mining town an all.

A Huge Fucking Hole In The Ground

Too Big To Fit In One Photo

A Sod Off Great BIg Bucket

Not Just A Pit... A SUPER Pit

They have blasts a few times a week which you can go and watch but the one that was on while we were there was right at the bottom of the pit so apart from a small rumble we didn't see or feel much.

Meh. Cop out. Its a free way to kill a few minutes though and believe me, after a day in Kalgoorlie - Boulder you'll be looking for anything to kill a few minutes.

Langtrees Brothel Tour

Langtrees 181 Brothel

I think there are quite a few brothels here but at least three of them run tours so we opted for the $35 Langtrees 181 tour because that seemed the classier option and as you know, me and Loody are all about the class. They don't let you take photos though so check out their website (http://www.langtrees.com) and see all the rooms they have. One of my personal faves is the Holden On Room despite being a Ford driver. See, I can put our differences behind us in the name of taste and decency.

As well as hiring out girls they hire out the rooms to couples (or however many, they have a Roman Orgy Room) and one of them has a big TV for watching porn (or a Disney movie, whatever takes your fancy) and a video camera mounted on the wall so you can make your own.
Porn or a Disney movie that is. Hey, I don't judge.

I'd rent it but I've got no one to rent it with and $250 per night seems a bit steep just to have a nice sleep.

Drinking And Girls

Us, The Lads And A Skimpy

So all that was left was to check out the skimpies. We got gooned up at the hostel (hey, we'd already had our daily dose of class at Langtrees init) then headed to The Exchange Hotel. I'd love to give you a coherant and sensible write up but we both know that's not gonna happen on account of the fact that the braincells that weren't killed over Easter died a death this night.

The Exchange Hotel

The Only Way To Travel In Kal

The night was spent tearing round the streets in shopping trollies, meeting randoms, molesting the statue of Hannan (the founder of Kal), dancing outside the brothel because they had good tunes and generally perving.

Fucking awesome night out.

written by

Koala Bear on April 11, 2007 from Kalgoorlie, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

tagged RoadTrip, LovinIt and SouthWestLoop

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