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Broken Hill Slideshow
Broken Hill
Travel Blogs from Broken Hill, Australia
Back over the border - Broken Hill / Silverton
Broken Hill /Silverton We made it back across the border and it was nice to go through the towns again as it was Easter Sunday and every thing was closed last time (they were all like ghost towns) and Chris is signing with relief, as he reckons they have ...
Broken Hill
... ; Very interesting. Aftr lunch, we ventured out to Silverton. This was the original mining town in this area before Broken Hill was developed. Lots of movies have used this area - Mission Impossible 11, Mad Max 2, Priscilla Queen of ...
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Episode II: The Road Warrior
... in and soon wished I'd done so sooner and given myself more time to boot. Overlooking the Living Desert Reserve and the Broken Hill township - a mere 9km away - these twelve sandstone sculptures are found perched atop a hill reached by ...
Broken Hill
... few days. The outside temperature hadn't gotten above 17degrees even though it was a cloudless sunny day. Fairly uneventful drive to Broken Hill. Saw some endless horizons that seemed to go one forever. Really flat country. I think the one thing I ...
Day 3 - Broken Hill to Wilpena via Silverton
... this place. Lots of old buildings, red dirt, ruins and also a pub, cafe/teahouse and several art galleries. Both Silverton and Broken Hill are very arty places with galleries everywhere. We didn't get a chance to go to the Pro Hart gallery - but that is ...
Rain and more rain
Today we did the tourist thing and went to the Art Galleries where we talked to Jack Absolom.Learnt all about the mining in the area. We had lunch at the Silverton Pub where Mad Max was made,if it wasn't raining it would have been a good day, there is a ...
bon voyage
... family to see what has been going on :) leaving Broken Hill on my African dream - 2 months (Uganda and Kenya). I arrived at the Broken Hill airport to a straight up 4 hour delay for my flight to Sydney. Mum, Dad, Jacinta, Brit and Blake all came to see ...
Wow what an amazing drive
... , according to friends Leigh and Mita "horrendous" and the rain clouds were rolling in we decided to push on to Broken Hill and Menindee Lakes. With the decision reluctantly made we set off down the proclaimed Silver City Highway. Highways are obviously ...
Broken Hill and fuel pricing
Fuel is not as expensive here as it is in Nyngan ULP 95= 163.9 Diesel 157.9 at the caltex woolworths We are heading to Peterborough in South Aus tomorrow, will spend two nights there and then head to Pt Augusta. Bloody cool breeze is persisting during ...
A Silver Town and a Silver City
... breath to be monitored. Fortunately the NSW machine only requires a person to talk to it, I can manage that. I passed. We finished the day visiting the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery which houses an interesting mix of European and First Nation ...
... and so the adventure rolls on!
I didn’t expect to start writing in this so soon, but I don’t think I could have much of a better choice for an opening page, in a travel journal. I woke up today on the Indian-Pacific, heading to Adelaide from Sydney, with the sun in my ...
Day 2
... had to wash and pack up (ooooh, Oscar - we need to practice the washing up skills I think!) and hit the road.....our next destination Broken Hill (297 km). After several "are we there yet" and "I need to wee" and "I'm hungry" - we made a quick pitstop for ...
Day in Broken Hill
Today I went everywhere in Broken Hill. I went to School of the Air and had great fun. We watched the school assembly and I learnt that the Schoool of the Air is all done on the internet. They talk and learn over the internet on their ...
Day 2
... break. The publican there wasn’t much better than Wilcannia, no wonder he was single! Back on the bikes again and into Broken Hill. Pulled into the motel, and the swimming pool looked inviting, such a shame the water was freezing – there was ...
Broken Hill
... and 3 tonne of paint on one and one half tonne of canvas. BIG PICTURE STATS Creator and painter: Ando Location: Broken Hill, NSW, Australia Size: 100 metres X 12 metres Brush Strokes Required: Billions! Can't say I acually particularly liked the ...
Broken Hill
... near. After we left our bush camp today we headed for Broken Hill and plan to stay a couple of days to look around. It's been very cold -1oC this morning and Broken Hill had a 2.9 tremor last night. Always something happening. Bye for ...
Early days and blast the weather!
... vehicle on the road as we strive for maximum fuel economy at the expense of speed. After another long drive in the heat, arrived in Broken Hill and splashed out on a caravan park, with pool (phew). Impressions of BH. Love it. Great feel to it, with wide ...
Open Plains
The drive today took in more of the same. The sun came out of the grey clouds and turned to blue skies. Nothing much to see more of the same, its such a vast country. Lots of goats, some sheep and cattle. Arrived B.H. our caravan park ...
Second for Al in Archery
... has had heaps of names and has been used in a lot of films.Al went through the musuem he loved it. We discoveed a lot of Broken Hill's history, had heaps of walks with the girls and Al spent 3 days at the Archery Club,he had a competion shoot and he got ...
Arrived and set up at broken hill NSW
... kids the same age. They quit work, have no plans and are not sure where they are heading tomorrow. ....very cool. We liked broken hill...looks like a place we could of stayed an extra day or 2. Off to Adelaide tomorrow. Looking forward to catching up ...
Safari Day 5
... on the bus (really uncomforable) and woke up tot he sun rising in the middle of nowhere! Literally, we were in a town called Broken Hill; it looked like on of tose old towns that you see in old Country Western movies with the tumble weed rolling by. It ...
The day exploring the area
... . Humbling would be an understatement. How fantastic are these people who give and care for our outback families. The Headquarters at Broken Hill services a vast area encompassing Western NSW, NE SA and SW Qld. When you see how the area of ...
Broken Hill & St Pats Day
... ; closed for the past two and a half years, and now undergoing, ongoing restoration by a group of young local Broken Hill residents, who are following a dream. They bought the place and are now into a renovation task that looks ...
Hollywood in the Outback
... NATIONAL HISTORY UNIT DOCUMENTARY Kangaroos & Silverton SWEEDEN FILMS White Cliffs, Broken Hill, Silverton, Menindee Lakes, Tandou 1996 PANORAMA AUSTRALIA - VIDEO SERIES 1995 NEW ZEALAND 'HOLIDAY' PROGRAM ...
2 jaar!!
... Ik kreeg behoefte aan iets anders en toen ineens vroeg m'n baas of ik mee wilde doen met een leadership program hier in Broken Hill. Max Potential word gesponsord door alle grote club in The Hill. Het is een programma om jong volwassenen leadership skills ...
Pro Hart
I was not going to blog tonight but i thought bugger you all and send another e-mail so here we go. Today we went for a coffee fix in main st after that had to hit the nab bank asked a local for directions and yes we where soon lost ...
Silvercity
... staan voor een raadsel en om eerlijk te zijn is het best schokkend! Dus ik ben op dinsdag 2 augustus maar meteen naar Duncan in Broken Hill gereden. Omdat ik autorijden zooo leuk vind had ik besloten om de scenic route te nemen in totaal heb ik ruim 650km ...
Art, Art, Art!
First Tuesday of November, Melbourne Cup Day. We set off from Mildura and headed north to Broken Hill...past Dareton, past Wentworth, and then nothing. Just one straight road, semi desert on both sides, very little livestock. Just a ...