Today I drove through fog to Coolgardie about 35km from Boulder. This town is on the main route between Perth and Kalgoorlie-Boulder so has a fair amount of traffic passing through, including heavy vehicles.
Gold was discovered near Coolgardie in 1892 and there was such a rush the population increased to 16,000 within 10 years and several substantial buildings remain from that era. In the damp conditions the poor state of some of these buildings was obvious with water dripping through verandas, and rocks used to construct masonry walls disintegrating. The exterior of the town hall is pretty impressive.
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