We ventured into the wilds of Kalgoorlie over Easter. We seemed to share the Great Eastern Highway with quite a lot of Gypsy Joker bikies, and even more police on Good Friday. They were going to Kalgoorlie, and even turned up at the Super Pit lookout on Saturday (police escort in tow). There were plain clothes police, uniformed officers, marked cars, unmarked cars – it seemed half the WA Police force were tagging along after the Jokers. We assumed there must be some huge drug raid in progress, or a murder investigation, but there was nothing in the news about it. Asking around at work it seems that this is just all in a day’s work for WA Police. Where ever a group of Gypsy Jokers go, so do several patrol cars, just to make sure there’s no trouble.
Apart from trying not to inadvertently offend any outlaw bikie gangs, we had a good time in Kalgoorlie. Harrison got to pan for gold (and picked up a sizable rock that he decided was his very own gold nugget (we wish!)), and go down an underground gold mine. The Easter Bunny managed to find him at Kalgoorlie and left eggs scattered around the courtyard of our unit. He also got a soft Peter Rabbit toy with a blue jacket that has barely left Harrison’s side since Easter morning.
We stopped at York on the way to Kalgoorlie and discovered a lovely cafe that had gluten free bread, and a gorgeous home-made gluten free chocolate cake. Apparently there are several places in York with gluten free food (but on Good Friday only one was open), so a weekend visit is in order. Kalgoorlie wasn’t so strong on catering for his diet, and we had to take food for him everywhere we went. I guess it’s just something we have to get used to.
