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Prospecting on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail

Published 21st April 2021 © Tourism WA – Kalgoorlie Boulder, WA.

With the gold price hitting new highs ($1720USD per ounce as at March 2021), and the recent popularity of the Discovery channel show Aussie Gold H… Read More

Two prospectors looking for gold in outback Western Australia

Golden Quest Companion Road Trips through Outback Australia

Published 26th February 2020

Western Australia is the Road Trip State! Whether you’re passing through or here to explore the region for a while, we’ve got a list of itineraries to make your travels throughout the outback of Western Australia just like having your own tour guide in the car… Read More

Photographers can’t go past this pub in Coolgardie, Western Australia

Published 16th December 2019

 

Built in 1898, the two-storied brick and iron Marvel Bar hotel is a classic example of early Federation Free Classical architecture in Australia and has got to be Coolgardie’s most photographed pub.

The pity is, it hasn’t been licensed since 1… Read More

Feature image - Coolgardie Marvel Bar Hotel c.1898

John Aspinall

Published 17th August 2015

In February 1895, at the age of 21, John Aspinall set off from his home at Skippers Point on New Zealand’s South island, bound for far-distant Coolgardie. Before he boarded ship at Dunedin, he was warned ‘not to go on any account’. One old man ‘who h… Read More

USA Travel blogger Matt Logan

Published 17th August 2015

Tourism WA recently invited American travel blogger Matt Logan to visit the Goldfields of Western Australia. Mandi Warry, Manager of Goldfields Tourism Network, recently spent two days escorting Matt on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail from Coolgardie to Leonora. Read More

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