The Captain's Australian Adventure Part III: The Captain in Kalgoorlie

One of the neatest things I did in Australia was to go to a small mining town in the middle of the continent, along with The Captain. It was literally in the middle of nowhere, and it had a number of working brothels. As a matter of fact, Kalgoorlie boasts the only working brothel in the world that actually gives tours (which we of course took). Quite an interesting experience--themed rooms, what have you.

The Captain really took to Kalgoorlie. We checked out this huge hole in the ground called the Superpit, which apparently is the largest whole in the Southern Hemisphere (think Grand Canyon). To give you a sense of how big the trucks were that would go down there and bring up rocks and metals and things, The Captain climbed up on one of the spare tires.

While in Kalgoorlie, The Captain kept going off on his own. Once I found him at that brothel that gave tours. I'm not sure if he was getting a tour or what, but he was with this small The-Captain-sized prostitute figurine, which was a little awkward for both of us.

Another time, I found The Captain in the middle of a mine. How he got there, I'll never know, but he seemed to be looking for some sort of precious metal (he called it "bling").

As you know, The Captain is certainly a partier. It was really difficult to pull him away from Kalgoorlie, but in the end we got back to Fremantle relatively okay.