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===South/East towards [[Esperance]], [[Port Augusta]], [[Adelaide]], [[Sydney]]===
Just three blocks up from the main shops, Hannan St ends in a T-intersection with the Bypass, a kindof highway running roughly north-south along the eastern side of Kalgoorlie. Along Hannan St, just before the Bypass there are some old shops/buildings with angle parking out the front of them which is often not full and provides a good place for cars to pull over. Pick a good spot with some space closeby and stick your thumb out. On the corner behind you there are often a few Aboriginals hanging about but you shouldn't have any trouble, during the daytime. Keeping an unobtrusive distance and a relaxed and friendly word will keep things easy. However if you are feeling uncomfortable, wander further towards town.
A sign saying 'South' might help you at the corner, but you'll probably get at least a lift to the edge of town with or without. There aren't any good places to stand along the Bypass until you get to the edge of Boulder (Oroya St), or the big BP Truck Stop on Celebration Rd, so ask for these if you are just getting a short lift out of town.
Coming from the west ([[Perth]], [[Merredin]], [[Southern Cross]]) a driver wishing to bypass Kalgoorlie might drop you on the edge of town, at the traffic lights of Great Eastern Hwy/Anzac Dr. Just walk across the lights along Great Eastern Hwy a few metres and there is a large shoulder to the road, where cars coming into town can pick you up. You should quickly get a ride into town.
Coming from the south, if your driver wishes to bypass Kalgoorlie, ask them which side of the town they will pass. You do not want to be dropped at the big roundabout on Celebration Dr, its not a good spot for getting into Kalgoorlie (though if you are, head to the BP Service Station on the Kambalda turnoff) and your driver will come close closer to the town anyway. If they go to the west, they can put you at the crossing of Great Eastern Hwy and Anzac Dr (advice as above). If they go to the east along the Bypass road, they can put you at the top end of Hannan St; it's a three block walk into the centre of town.
==Places to Visit==
For those even more interested in having a look at these gorgeous stars, local guy Peter Mikula (the wonderful father of user [[User:Dear sarah|Dear Sarah]] :) has a self-built, 2m Dobsonian Telescope which he loves to bring out upon request. Stargazing and also Sun-Gazing (with appropiate solar filters) are a wonderful way to spend some time and see something amazing, send him an email through his contact form [http://www.mikulageotechnics.com/contact.php here] to ask if something is possible while you're in town.
On the way into Kalgorlie from Perth there is a Coolgardie Camel Farm, along Great Eastern Hwy about 20min drive. You can have yourself a nice bumpy ride about the farm on one of these misplaced animals, which are busy destroying the nature in the centre and north of the country with their overgrown herds storming through our lovely bushland.
The biggest (literally; you can see it from the Moon) sight to see in Kalgoorlie is the Superpit. A massive open-cut mine running along the eastern side of the city, you can make your way there to see the 1pm blastings which have long served schoolchildren of the town by giving a little rumble of the ground, a timekeeper to the approaching 1:05 lunch bell, and to see monster trucks as big as your house, looking like ants at the bottom of the Pit. From the top of Hannan St, turn right onto the Bypass, and after a way there is a sign to the left for the Superpit Lookout. Go on, follow it!
