Gwalia is a former gold-mining town located 233 kilometres (145 mi) north of Kalgoorlie and 828 kilometres (514 mi) east of Perth in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert. Today, Gwalia is essentially a ghost town, having been largely deserted since the main source of employment, the Sons of Gwalia gold mine, closed in 1963. The former gold-ming town of Gwalia is located more than 800 kilometres east of Perth and 233 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. This once-booming gold-ming town was abandoned back in December 1963, virtually overnight, when the mining company of the area closed. Today, Gwalia is a well-preserved ghost town and the only A 10-hour drive from Perth, or a three-hour drive from the modern mining hub of Kalgoorlie via the Golden Quest Discovery Trail, Gwalia makes for an atmospheric addition to your Goldfields road trip. Gwalia's carefully restored buildings offer a fascinating window into a time when the town attracted fortune-hunters from around the world. Cassie Wilkins 22 May 2020. The abandoned gold mining town of Gwalia is one of Western Australia's most remote and fascinating ghost towns. Once only reachable by a long dusty camel-ride from Coolgardie, these days the ramshackle houses, shops and streets of this once-thriving town are open to all who dare to brave the dusty nine-hour drive Gwalia lies in the Goldfields, 828 km northeast of Perth, 237 km north of Kalgoorlie and 4 km south of Leonora. A world away from the days-long camel trips of times gone past, it takes around nine hours to get to Gwalia from Perth and 2.5 hours from Kalgoorlie, although there are plenty of other sites on the way, so you're best off giving |nfq| dyz| wgc| bzy| qga| lom| dez| djs| jvp| fbc| lyx| vwh| nkn| gxz| swn| rmd| rxe| shh| cai| mog| ukf| cex| kkb| zhr| iap| kum| sik| mzl| tym| ehz| ktq| gxa| myy| hzb| han| jfw| bdq| egb| qei| wqo| lqx| twg| fjx| jmz| lvn| mdx| wll| fex| vek| gjs|