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Broken Hill Slideshow
Broken Hill
Travel Blogs from Broken Hill, Australia
The Indian Pacific - Adelaide to Sydney
... to do for 24 hours except stare out of the window looking for wildlife and eat. There was a little pause at a town called Broken Hill - a mining town with lots of slag heaps and not alot else. Finally, some local wildlife - Sarah saw emus and ...
Definitely going back
... when I return I'll be visiting. After speaking with staff at The School of The Air, we learned that Silverton, 27km north-west of Broken Hill is worth a visit with many galleries and a magnificent old pub to visit. Next time. At the time of our visit they ...
Unique area
... . Stayed extra 3days enjoying pool and air-con due to 42 deg heat wave. Visited a very dry Lake Menindee 100 kmls from Broken Hill, of dry, flat plains with willy willies stirring up the red earth dappled with food only emus and sheep could eat, makes an ...
BYO BBQ 14-7
Het is echt zo ontzettend leuk om jullie reacties te lezen! Hier en op facebook :) Bedankt, doet me enorm goed ik voel me erg geliefd :D Bring Your Own + BBQ We hebben een datum bedacht: Zaterdag 14 Juli Het zou ontzettend leuk zijn als jullie die vrij ...
Popular stop
... lunch at Emmadale roadhouse. It was another long day of driving but we found a beautiful roadside rest area about 120km from Broken Hill. It had lots of vans also staying over night. It was good to have the company of other vanners after being on ...
G'Day Australia
... day in Australia! I can't wait to greet people by saying G'Day. The flight was eleven hours from home, to Broken Hill Australia. The weather outside is 61 degrees and cloudy, I really hope it warms up, but It's better than ...
To the Silver City and 3 train gauges
... closed depriving the town of its main industry. After the couple of hours rest from driving it was only another 300Kms to Broken Hill where we booked into a Heritage Hotel which is a great change from the formulaic Motels. The scenery is changing as we ...
Broken Hill Part 2
... with an extra 2 hours up to Newcastle. So needless to say it was a drainer of the day. So that concludes my 4 days in Broken Hill, overall I really enjoyed the place and the sights, I probably would only spend tops 3 days there where you would be able to ...
Small World
... or more, you're considered class B. I'm the outsider. Class C - from "away" As any local will tell you. Anywhere not Broken Hill is away. I'm living in a man's town!! (Seriously) I was glared at in the "Working Man's Pub" for ...
Friendly
It's not hard to make friends here, living in the Nurses Quarters! Wicked people are in and out every few weeks. That is the problem though. There's no real way to make a lasting friendship. First guy I met was Minh, Mihn or something spelt like that!! ...
Mar 19, 2012
Training
... and the occasional kangaroos hopping at the side of the tracks. And, the longest pipeline in the business. Thankfully the track after Broken Hill was not quite so bad, although it still made South West trains look like a luxury mode of travel. Sunset ...
Opal Mining
... remote. The photos probably do not do the country side justice. We have driven even further west this afternoon to finish in Broken Hill. We had misread the instructions about getting rid of fruit thinking it was when we crossed the border. ...
Beautiful Broken Hill
We have been unable to leave Broken Hill as there is just so much to see and do. Today we did a couple of bush walks through the Living Desert and ended the day watching the sunset over the Sculpture site. We did also squeeze in visiting the Pro ...
oeps...
... nee dat heeft niet gewerkt. Een dagje gewinkeld. Ik was op zoek naar nieuwe werkschoenen omdat ik die niet goedkoop kon vinden in Broken Hill en ik hoopte met de kerst uitverkoop iets te kunnen scoren. In plaats daarvan heb ik super mooie toren hoge pumps ...
Day 2 - Gilgandra to Broken Hill
... long before we pull into our accommodation. It's called the Grand Imperial and it is guest house that once was a fine old hotel. Broken Hill is another mining town with a lot of character. Tonight we catch a cab to a restaurant called Broken Earth ...
On the way to Broken Hill
... to make the stove work and having another sandwich dinner, we went to bed early to wake up early and head towards Broken Hill. We basically spent the day driving. We stopped in Wilcannia, which looked like a fairly big city according to the map. It ...
Mildura to Broken Hill
... so were very happy with our site after working so very hard and constantly to get ready to leave for our holiday break. Broken Hill is a wonderfully interesting city with its world-wide renowned mines and exciting history. We have been here a number of ...
I'm going Outback mate
... back in the car just for the sake on air-con. I really wanted a taste of the outback so that's why we headed out to Broken Hill, and more than anything I really wanted to see some kangaroos! We arrived just after 5pm, seen a fair few emu's, surprisingly a ...
Roadtrippin
... excuse to see the South of Australia! We stayed in Adelaide for 2 days then made our way to the outback to a city called Broken Hill. It was weird that after hours of driving and seeing nothing, this city just appeared! It is a big mining town and ...
Days Five to eight
... of Archies works include MInnieand Mickey With Walt Disney that is infront of Disneyland in LA. The Cunammulla Fella was Fedxed to Australia. Tonight we spent the night on the side of the road 110km from bourke .The stars were spectacular . Day 6 ...
Old Mining Town
... interesting inside with lots of photos of celebrities that have visited. And cheeky signs hang above the bar area. Stayed in Broken Hill for 3 nights, time to re-stock supplies, fuel, oil, food and celebrate Trevor and Jans' 52nd anniversary, (What ...
Apr 25, 2011
Mad Max country!
It wasnt a long trip today only around 300 kilomiters from our last stop so that was good. We have seen a few Emus along the way and didnt have that many trucks to pass. Diesel is at a good price up here , currently around the $1.45 ish ...
nieuws nieuws nieuws
... door de politie (op alles!!). In m’n vorige blog zei ik nog heel stoer dat ik niet zou wachten tot de cursus hier in Broken Hill zou worden gegeven maar inmiddels heb ik me opgegeven voor de cursus. Het ziet er namelijk naar uit dat ik hier nog wel ...
Life is slow in the country
I don't have any photos of Broken Hill because I didn't take any. I had no inspiration and no desire to linger in the town. There are some fantastic buildings and art galleries and museums but I just couldn't get any enthusiasm. It was hot and so dry and ...
Silver City , Silverton , and the Silver mine.
... and had a look at the sights of this old almost deserted town. We visited the cemetery, The Daydream mine ( a must for all visitors ), and had tea at Umberumberka reservoir. We watched the sunset from the " Mad Max " lookout, then retired to Broken ...