>>flanagan: places like kalgoolie are probably a good example.goolie is probably the most historic and the longest term mining town in western australia. it has issues in relation to say the boom and bust of the nickel industry, as well as the gold industry and several others. but what it has done is brought in other industries to underpin their economy and tourism is certainly one of those. >>reporter: that's why matt cook now runs tours of kalgoolie's super pit. he moved out of mining five years ago and believes a better understanding of the industry has the potential to enlighten people especially after ravensthorpe. >>cook: if you're not involved in you really hear nothing about it apart from what you hear on the news. andof course a lot of the time with the news it can be not always the good news about mining. so for me what i am trying to achieve for the general public is to break down the barriers. >>cook: if there is enough planning in place before you have your ups and downs in the mining cycle. if you have a steady built industry in tou