Monday, September 27, 2010

Well we finally made the drive out to Kalgoorlie, the site of the Super Pit, the largest producing open pit gold mine in the world.  It's about a 6-7 hour drive from Perth, so we spent the night in an old, historic hotel.  We saw this framed poem in the lobby, and thought it was an interesting bit of Australia/American history.

Here's the accompanying explanation of the poem.

And here's the gift he sent to the hotel/barmaid.  Sounds like Hoover was a true romantic.