There are few people here and those who are are mainly involved in tourism , gold mining or coal mining for it is the most important area for the extraction of both.
The coast is rugged and windswept, the prevailing wind being a westerly, and thus has a higher rainfall than the other coast.
If you have time ( make time!) stop at the old gold mining settlement of Charleston and walk along the beach front for an impressive view of the sea coast and the old harbour the early goldminers used in the gold's heydays of the 1880's.