Goldfields Prospecting Run
Perth to Kalgoorlie through the old rushes — ghost towns, open leases and country that still gives up colour. The crew's home turf for prospecting education.
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Itinerary
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Day 1:Wheatbelt run
Perth Merredin · 260 km
Easy bitumen east through the wheatbelt. Stock up here — it gets thinner from now on.
Meckering quake memorialMerredin Peak -
Day 2:Into the goldfields
Merredin Coolgardie · 295 km
Past Southern Cross, where the rush began. Coolgardie’s main street is a museum that never closed.
Southern CrossKaralee RocksCoolgardie camp -
Day 3:Detector day
Coolgardie · out and back · 40 km
Pegged leases and common ground around the old workings. Miner’s right sorted? Swing low, dig every target, fill your holes.
Gnarlbine Rockold Londonderry workings -
Day 4:The Golden Mile
Coolgardie Kalgoorlie · 40 km
The Super Pit lookout at blast time if you’re lucky, then a counter meal on Hannan Street with red dirt still on your boots.
Super Pit lookoutMount Charlotte reservoirHannan Street
Good to know
- Best season
- Apr–Oct (cool months)
- Grade — Easy tourer
- Sealed or well-kept roads — any vehicle, any experience level.
- The route
- WA · Perth → Merredin → Coolgardie → Kalgoorlie
Leave no trace — pack it in, pack it out, fill your holes. And tell someone your plan before you lose bars.
Run it as a member
Members get partner rates on gear, fuel and stays, field days along routes like this one, and an Adventure Passport that keeps the score.
On this route
Member offers on this trip
Goldfields Tackle & Camping View offerDistances are straight-line from each spot to the nearest point on the route — your road kilometres will be longer.