From Coastal UK To Outback Australia

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06/19/21 • 17 min

Ken Sharpe emigrated from Bournemouth, UK to Kalgoorlie in regional Western Australia in 2010.

He has moved more than 9,000 miles across the world from a coastal town in England to a dusty outback city in Australia, surrounded by gold mines and not much else.

The HR advisor has become a bit of a local celebrity over the past 10 years, from making his debut as radio host to being a stand up comedian and an award winning photographer.

See Ken’s incredible outback photography here.

USEFUL LINKS

● Information about regional work visas in Australia

● Kalgoorlie Visitor Centre website

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06/19/21 • 17 min

BRITstralian ® - From Coastal UK To Outback Australia

Transcript

Anna (00:44)

The largest city in the Australian outback is called Kalgoorlie. It's around 370 miles from the next nearest city, which is Perth. That's roughly the same distance as London to Dublin. People from all over the world have been flocking to the area for work, for more than 100 years, after a very lucky Irishman found a lump of gold there, back in 1893. And our next guest is one of them.

Ken (01:19)

My name is Ken Sharpe. I've been in Kalgoorlie for 11 and a half ye

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