I have been a little slack this past few weeks with my blog, but we have been busy. We said goodbye to my parents in law after they came to spend a week and a bit with us. Wesley has been doing swimming with school every day, and I started pole dancing for fitness the other night.
This week also saw the delivery of the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. directory for 2011-2012. It is actually has some great things in it. It is a phone directory for local business but it also has some local statistics in it which I found interesting.
Population 31,222
Area 95,228.5 sq km
Distance from Perth 603kms by road
Temperature Mean Max 25.3
Mean Min 11.5
***Max temp in July is approx 16 rising to mid 30s for between December and February
***Min temp in July is approx 5 rising to approx 18 in January
Average rainfall
253mm - 19% of which falls between the months of January and February (this actually surprised me!) and 33% of which falls May to July.
Local industries
Mining , tourism, engineering, pastoral, commercial service industries.
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder area was first explored in 1863. I have been to the local museum in town a few times and I admire those that first came to this place. Without the modern conveniences that come with electricity it would have been a very dusty, hot place to live and work. There are some people that still come for a short stay to work/earn and get out, but there are also those that call this place home.
Friday, August 12, 2011
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