Leigh plays with his 6 month old daughter. Kalgoorlie is one of the few places in the world where the ‘American Dream’ (well, I guess in this case it’s the ‘Australian Dream’) still exists. Lee arrived in town 3 years ago with a few hundred dollars to his name; having found employment with a drilling company, he now owns two properties and has a young family. Wages are good in the mining industry – the workers who don’t squander their pay on beer and the towns legal vice industry can swiftly set themselves up with financial security.
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