{"id":82,"date":"1999-10-01T20:26:00","date_gmt":"1999-10-01T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/?p=82"},"modified":"2023-11-15T20:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:42:54","slug":"friday-octobre-1-st-497-miles-80km-coolgardie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/1999\/10\/01\/friday-octobre-1-st-497-miles-80km-coolgardie\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, Octobre 1 st \/ 49,7 miles (80km) Coolgardie."},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” custom_padding=”||100px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”0.9em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

COOLGARDIE – GLENDAMBO<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Friday, Octobre 1 st \/ 49,7 miles (80km) Coolgardie.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Start from Coolgardie<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Saturday, October 2 nd \/ 49,7 miles<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Serge seems to get into a running pace of 49,7 miles (80km) in 9 to 10 hours with a 23 to 30 minutes\u2019break.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Sunday, October 3\u00a0rd<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 49,7 miles (80km) Coonana<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

We are getting better end better organised. Coonana is a sort of shanty town of the country. We still come across a few vehicles but we can see lots of wrecks on the side of the track.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Monday, October 5th\u00a0<\/sup>\/ 49,7 miles (80km)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

What a scorcher ! 45\u00b0C We camp in the middle of the desert. The trees have vanished and the vegetation is becoming scarce.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Tuesday, October 5th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 49,7 miles (80km) Rawlinna<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

We camp at Rawlinna, a kind of ghost town.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/a_serge15_upscayl_4x_realesrgan-x4plus.jpg” title_text=”a_serge15_upscayl_4x_realesrgan-x4plus” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Wednesday, October 6th\u00a0<\/sup>\/ 48.6 miles (78.2 km)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Serge has covered his 621.5 miles in 12 days 1 hour and 17 minutes.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Thursday, October 7th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 79.7 miles(80 km)
<\/b>Saint Serge – Loogana<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Scorcher! The camp is set up in Loogana, a mining town with only six inhabitants exploiting a chalk mine.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Friday, October 8th<\/sup>\u00a0miles<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Serge starts slowly. He has felt sick and he doesn\u2019t feel so sure about his legs. He doesn\u2019t think he will manage to reach Sydney in 46 days but that it will take him 47 or 48 days.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/a_serge20_.jpg” title_text=”a_serge20_” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Saturday, October 9th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 49.7 miles(80 km) Forrest<\/b><\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/a_serge36_.jpg” title_text=”a_serge36_” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Forrest: two inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Sunday, October 10th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 51.3 miles(82.2km)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

He crosses the frontier between Western Australia and Southern Australia.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Tuesday, October 12th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 43.8 miles(70.5km) Cook<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Puncture: 2 in the afternoon. Bruce who lives in Cook has helped us mend the inner tube.
It\u2019s raining and the camp is hastily improvised in the mud. It has been an exhausting day for everybody.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/a_serge11_.jpg” title_text=”a_serge11_” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Wednesday, October 13th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 50.3 miles(80.5km)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Bad night. We are woken up by thunder. On this barren ground, there are no sunsets like these, they remind us that life is beautiful in our desert.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/a_serge19_.jpg” title_text=”a_serge19_” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Thursday, October 14th \/\u00a0<\/sup>31miles(50km) Ooldea<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, October 15th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 50.3 miles(80.5 km) Barton<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Serge runs through Barton in the late morning.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Saturday, October 16th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 50.7 miles(81.6 km)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Heatwave! Serge runs covered from head to toe. The top of his left hand is sunburnt and now he has to wear gloves.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Sunday, October 17th<\/sup>\u00a0\/ 50.3 miles(81km)
<\/b>Tarcoola Half-way<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Thundery weather this morning. It\u2019s also the most beautiful sunrise we have ever seen. Everybody stops for a little while to admire it!<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Monday, October 18th<\/sup>\u00a0Kingonya 50 miles (80,2km)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Right from the start and till the end of the day, Serge has to battle against the wind. He is dragging his feet. All the members of the crew are tired out.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Tuesday, October 19th<\/sup>\u00a049,7 miles (80,2km) Glendambo<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
1245miles (2000km) in 24 days and 23 hours and 46 minutes.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

A few kilometers away from Glendambo, we are back on the tarmack. As for Serge, after bidding goodbye to the desert, he keeps on going, unmoved.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/a_serge21_upscayl_2x_realesrgan-x4plus.jpg” title_text=”a_serge21_upscayl_2x_realesrgan-x4plus” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||-25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||75px||false|false” border_width_top=”1px” border_color_top=”#C80098″ border_style_top=”dotted” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#C80098″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

COOLGARDIE<\/b><\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/coolgardie_upscayl_.jpg” title_text=”coolgardie_upscayl_” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Coolgardie and kalgoorlie are towns worth visiting. Situated in the middle of the desert, they were founded in 1890 by settlers coming from all over the world, at the time of the goldrush.\u00a0
With today, 22,230 inhabitants, kalgoorlie is the most populated. (there used to be 30 000 in 1902). Coolgardie has nearly become a ghost town with only 700 inhabitants instead of 25 000 in 1900 when the gold frenzy was at its highest.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Nowadays the exploitation of the gold mines is industrialized but providing a cheap licence, anyone can, with a metal detector, have a go. The golden Mile is exploited on 800 km2 and down to 1300m deep. Up to now, it has been one of the richest gold mines in the world, with a production of 1200tons and a profit of more than a billion dollars.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/mine_1_upscayl_2x_realesrgan-x4plus.jpg” title_text=”mine_1_upscayl_2x_realesrgan-x4plus” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_free_form=”selector {text-align: center;}” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]

Great Victoria desert<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Victoria, arid region in southern Australia, in the states of South Australia and Western Australia. A barren area of sand hills, salt lakes and sparse grasslands. It extends for about 700km (450 mil) from east to west and is separated from the Great Australian Bight, to the South by the Nullarbor plain.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-australia-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/d1cook_upscayl_2x_realesrgan-x4plus.jpg” title_text=”d1cook_upscayl_2x_realesrgan-x4plus” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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