{"id":10692,"date":"2018-03-14T20:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T12:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primarythinking.net\/wordpress\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:54:07","slug":"day-38-fremantle-to-kalgoorlie-613km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/?p=10692","title":{"rendered":"Day 38 &#8211; Fremantle to Kalgoorlie &#8211; 613km"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8cd400c6203a7a682530e5ba92b7b421\">Journey resumes. Canada and Hong Kong finished &#8211; Fremantle to Melbourne road trip ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f9f5baeae0a64c54056455d1e214d7f3\">Set off from Freo after the school rush hour and headed up Roe Highway to Midland. Swung a right and headed for York. A small outback town with lots of heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"10787\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-001.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-001-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-001-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e73891d596a87ed454bbbf9da6e48f1f\">A great looking town with old buildings everywhere. The town hall stands tall and proud along the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a862722e21dbff5ae178049ee560b2e8\">Next major stop was Merridin. Came upon these grain silos painted up good and proper.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-002.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-002-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-002-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-665d36ca52c7475838a379266e1b13cd\">Next stop was Coolgardie. Saw these old house with a &#8220;lot&#8221; full of old farming and mining machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"10797\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-011.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-011-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-011-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-011-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"10793\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-007.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-007-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-007-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"10791\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-005.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-005-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-005-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"10794\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-008.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-008-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-008-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-008-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"10795\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-009.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-009-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-009-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-009-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"10796\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-010.jpg 562w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-010-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-010-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-010-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Day-38-Freo-to-Kal-010-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Day 38 &#8211; Freo to Kal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-430bbc9ab48fbc2edfad359f7b84658d\">Arrived in Kalgoorlie about 6.00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d0b2453affdb7b25dffd9112a5b6dadf\">Tomorrow, we are off to Norseman with a stopover at the Balladonia Hotel\/Motel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journey resumes. Canada and Hong Kong finished &#8211; Fremantle to Melbourne road trip ahead.<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/?p=10692\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440,508,523],"tags":[445,446,447,448,449],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-10692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorised","category-road-trip","category-western-australia","tag-coolgardie","tag-kalgoorlie","tag-merridin","tag-silos","tag-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10692"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11802,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10692\/revisions\/11802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}