New in Kalgoorlie
Your first month, planned.
Four weeks, sixteen small steps, almost all of them free. By the end you’ll have a coffee spot, a Saturday routine and people who know your name.
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0 / 16Saved on this device.Get your bearings
Learn the city's shape before you try to fill your calendar.
A local guide is the fastest way to learn Kalgoorlie's layout and stories. Free tours run on tips.
Walking tours →Find your nearest café, pub, supermarket and park. Note the ones you want to go back to.
Start with the ones local hotels send their own guests to.
Where locals eat →Free walks, markets, parks and events: the cheapest way to get to know a city.
What's on this week →Find your people
Pick two things that repeat every week. Repetition is how strangers become friends.
Join a table of strangers, or bring the people you met on your walk.
Meet people →Pub crawls, trivia and live music nights that are open to everyone, not just guests.
Weekly nights →Most take solo sign-ups and put you on a team. Ask at your nearest gym or park.
Whatever's on this weekend that you wouldn't normally pick.
This weekend →Find your places
A regular coffee spot and a regular bar do more for belonging than any app.
By the third visit, you are a regular.
One the hotels around here recommend is a good start.
Out for a drink →Same stalls every week: the easiest routine to start.
Markets →Many have free entry or a free day each week.
See & do →Make it routine
Turn the things that worked into your week.
Second visits are where you start to know people.
A walk, a market or a trivia night: pick something on this week.
What's on →A hike, a beach or a day trip out of town.
Get outside →Say what you've liked so far and get a plan for Saturday or Sunday from what's on.
Plan my day →New in Kalgoorlie, answered
What should I do in my first week in Kalgoorlie?
Take a walking tour to learn the layout, walk your own neighbourhood end to end, try three places locals eat, and look for the free things on that week.
How do I meet people in Kalgoorlie?
Pick two things that repeat every week, such as a trivia night, a run club or a weekly night at a local hotel or hostel, and keep going back. What's On Kalgoorlie lists the ones on this week.