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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

Niagara Dam – Site 8 Golden Quest Discovery Trail

Published 26th April 2017

What a surprising sight Niagara Dam is ! And what a folly it was to build it !

Constructed in 1897 – 98, the intention was that the dam would provide plentiful water for the locomotives along the new rail link between Kalgoorlie and Menzies. By the time the… Read More

Credo Homestead

Published 12th April 2016

Credo Homestead, on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail, is a former pastoral station and is now a Conservation Reserve which was purchased as water catchment for Rowles Lagoon, site 23 on the trail.

See the history of Credo Station in the updated onl… Read More

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