Golden Pipeline

Before the water supply scheme’s construction, settlements on the road to the ‘fields were determined by the availability of water.

One such spot was Bullabulling with a tavern and dam. In 1895 a prospector diarised passing a train of 45 camels on the road to Bullabulling of 45 camels with a baby one at the tail end resembling an emu with 4 legs. Today you might pass a road train.

Gold is where you find it and in the Eastern Goldfields it wasn’t found in well-watered areas. Both Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie-Boulder are built on gold. Impressive stone buildings, and a main street wide enough in which to turn a camel train, indicate Coolgardie is no ordinary country town, but one with quite a tale to tell. And Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Australia’s largest outback city, is a lively modern city of some 30,000 people who live surrounded by magnificent buildings and a modified landscape, which reflect the wealth of a century ago.