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Islander and nature boy, journalist, Polestar driver and 41st person to have completed the pure EV lap of Australia. https://youtube.com/@stan-at-kangarooislandtv?si=zysKX-1RLDhmjQmL

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · Nov 16

Just before we left on our pure EV lap of Australia, Polestar sent out a film crew to Kangaroo Island to spend a day with us and this is the result.
I think they did a fantastic job and the island looks fantastic in the footage.
Make sure to watch the video component too.

Beyond the Road: Stan Gorton

Welcome to Beyond the Road, a content series highlighting Polestar owners’ stories from all over the world. In this episode, we met up with journalist and environmentalist Stan Gorton, who lives on th...

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 2h

Indeed. The Trump sign is also suitably orange.

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 2h

I lived and went to uni in Boulder. Awesome place!

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 2h

The things you see in Leonora.
Trump Street sign, fittingly planted in astroturf, while tonight's Skimpy at the White House Hotel is Cora.
Meanwhile the roof of the old pizza shop has collapsed, although you only see it through a crack in the wall.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 5h

I felt like Francis Bourgeois, if you know who that is.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 5h

PS thanks for watching the video!!

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 5h

Haha. It was a Sunday so much quieter than usual I suspect.
The back roads of Kal seemed busy and there was always some impatient local on my tail. The IGA was also very busy.

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 7h

Always go the Mega!! Just avoid the Maga 😂

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 7h

Laying in the shade on my swag in 35 degrees at Leonora van park, doing my socials.
Car on 15 amp charge, adding 19km of range every hour, reaching 100pc by dawn.
How good is it. Why would you be anywhere else.
The stresses of DC fast charging and getting the most kW for your buck seem miles away.

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 7h

Gwalia ghost town is a remnant of the past, the State Hotel, apparently the only hotel built by a government, to make sure that workers had libations.
Just don't try and walk around said hotel as it's surrounded by sink holes.
One small abandoned house reminded me of my own worker's cottage on KI.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 8h

Speaking of cars, anyone able to identify these old bangers?

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting things in the Gwalia Museum include a massive steam engine to wind up and down the workers and ore.
Love the bronze chair for the winch man.
It had 1000hp, so only 370hp than my new
Zeekr 7X AWD.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 8h

Gwalia Mine and the Herbert Hoover house were super interesting.
The future US president was the mine manager here in the late 1800s and now the mine is the world's deepest open cut at 1800 metres.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 8h

Trains are excellent. And this train driver gave me a little musical tribute with the air horn as I waved from the crossing.
How good is that!

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 9h

The future is arriving here now in remote Western Australia.
Photo taken from EV, normally powered by massive wind turbine blades like these, when using SA grid power back home.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 12h

Time for an eggs Benny roll and tea at the most excellent Laurie's Cafe at Menzies.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 14h

Good morning from the legendary Broad Arrow Tavern, just north of Kalgoorlie, where everyone signs their name.
Now we head north to the ghost town of Gwalia and then overnight at Leonora.
Also a train...

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

Zeekr doesn't have a curry hook like the Polestar 😢
Excellent Rogan Josh though 😋

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

Fun times on the road hey. Norseman is an interesting town with lots of artwork scattered around.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the cool late 1800s buildings in Kalgoorlie.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

Set up the tent, on grass! What luxury.
Went for a swim.
Washed the car.
Found the Paddy Hannon sculpture. Looks like they reattached his head after it was stolen.

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

😂 there does appear to be a fair bit to do but I guess if you lived here, you would get bored of it all quickly.

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

Nullarbor sure puts distances into perspective.

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

Nice. I have a good following there, although people mostly just want to see the dog 😂

KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

Haha!

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KangarooIslandStan 🦘🇺🇦 @stangorton.bsky.social · 1d

A tale to tell for sure.