Hay Street’s Red Light district reputation may have waned, but you can still get blown away in Kalgoorlie: take a trip out to the viewing area of the Super Pit.
You can look at as many pictures of this pit as you like, but nothing can prepare you for the sight of this massive hole in the ground first hand. It really is mind blowing. The open cut is 3.5km long, 1.5km wide and more than 600m deep. It is also possible to see it from space, we are told.
It was day three of a six-day tour from Perth, east to the goldfields, south to Esperance and the coast before looping back to the Western Australian capital. Six ageing riders on six big bikes (sports-tourers and adventure bikes), out for a ride and to see some sights.
We hadn’t ridden to Kalgoorlie to visit the infamous Hay Street brothels (although a ride down the street to check out the sights was considered an essential part of the trip) or the Super Pit, but to see art — the Lake Ballard Sculptures.
In 2003, British sculptor
