Not much to say about Kalgoorlie

Its dark and late at night. The streets are wide and empty, as they are in so many Australian and American country towns. Kalgoorlie seems almost a contemporary and someways an equivalent of Marfa, the small town in West Texas that featured in a May / June 2008 post on this blog, (see side bar for details) as well as other, more notable channels. Marfa didn't have gold, Kalgoorlie has no major art gallery, therein lie the only obvious differences.
The only visible life forms in Kalgoorlie at 10pm on a Wednesday evening were a small kiosk selling soft drinks and toothpaste at the station and the pub. Three of those in fact, though two were seriously quiet.

Signs, statues and a museum too dark to photograph were the only other defining features.
I came away with the impression of a cold and lonely place in the winter. The thrill of gold already discovered, I wonder what is left to keep such a dry and distant place alive. The appeal escapes me.