Boulder
Few places in Western Australia have a history as closely tied to gold mining as Boulder. Established during the gold rush that transformed the Eastern Goldfields in the 1890s, it is now part of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder alongside neighbouring Kalgoorlie. The Fimiston Open Pit, widely known as the Super Pit, is one of Australia’s major operating gold mines and has long shaped the city’s identity and employment. Boulder retains its own civic centre, including Boulder Town Hall, while residential streets give way quickly to the open, semi-arid plains typical of this inland part of the Goldfields-Esperance region. It remains a working mining community whose origins continue to influence its institutions and land use.
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Boulder combines a working gold-mining identity with a preserved town centre in a way that reflects its position in Western Australia’s dry Goldfields. Now part of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, it developed beside the Golden Mile, a major gold-bearing belt whose mines have shaped the district for more than a century. The immense Fimiston Open Pit, commonly known as the Super Pit, remains central to the local economy and mining heritage. Along Burt Street, early civic and commercial buildings, including Boulder Town Hall, recall the settlement’s gold-rush era. The surrounding country is open and dry, with eucalypts and red earth characteristic of the inland Goldfields. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Boulder and the Goldfields.
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Western Australia occupies the western third of the Australian continent, stretching from the Indian Ocean coast to the dry heart of the outback. Its remote interior is defined by sandy plains, low dunes and spinifex grasslands, with immense distances between settlements. This is part of a wider network of Aboriginal Country: Indigenous peoples have maintained profound cultural connections to these lands for tens of thousands of years. Far from Perth and the coastal cities, the region reflects the scale and solitude of inland Australia, where travel demands preparation, respect for local access conditions and an awareness of seasonal heat. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Western Australia.
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Australia’s terrain extends from tropical rainforests in the northeast to arid plains in the interior, producing dramatic climatic contrasts. The Great Dividing Range follows much of the eastern coast, while the Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland in the Coral Sea and Uluru rises from the central desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain living cultures whose connections to Country long predate European settlement. In Sydney, the sail-like Opera House, completed in 1973, stands beside one of the world’s best-known harbours. Discover further points of interest through webcams located across Australia.
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