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Broken Hill Slideshow
Broken Hill
Travel Blogs from Broken Hill, Australia
Back to the Max!! Mad Max 2
Today dad and I drove out to Silverton , about 20 minutes of Broken Hill NSW Australia.. Theres a great pub out ther called The Silverton Pub, and also a cafe and the new Mad Max 2 museum, with hundreds of behind the scenes pictures from when they mad the ...
Silverton
... 's and women's wear from that era was interesting.... thank goodness we don't live in those days! Coming back from Silverton to Broken Hill we passed a really beautiful dry river bed. The trees and colours were amazing. It just looked like it should of ...
Sep 24, 2010
A mecca for artists
... From the gallery, we ventured across town to the top of a slag heap that now hosts an excellent restaurant / cafe overlooking Broken Hill. Following lunch we drove the 26 kilometres to Silverton where mining got kick-started in this part of the country. ...
Historic Gold Miining Town
We left Port Augusta early this morning for Broken Hill. We stopped for brekky at the real hick town of Peterborough, (we reckon there was some inbreading happening here!!!) The scenery along the way is not great and I wouldnt bother ...
Go PIG!
... ) and is now engaged and never going to leave!!! Jason Mortimore is the other OT from Perth. I actually called and spoke to him about Broken Hill before my interview and he told me all the things they'd ask me!!!! I met him on my first day in town, as I ...
Ghost Town
If you're wondering what a half frozen Aussie is like, wonder no more. I is one! I believe I have icicles in my hair. I think I have moved to a ghost town because I haven't crossed a live human being in the 3 hrs I've been wondering the town. ...
Happy birthday nanny
We're finally somewhere after 2 days driving. Drove around town and checked out the miner's memorial and cooked our first dinner in the caravan. Headed out to Silverton, saw camels and emus but no kangaroos. Holly and Nick enjoyed ...
Broken Hill so much to see and do
We pulled into "the hill" yesterday about 2pm and setup for the night in the "van storage area" due to the park being "chockas". It seems that B/H is full up this weekend due to the Agfair being on which is like a small version of Agquip at Gunnedah so we ...
Broken Hill,
... that have the toilets on the ground! As i found out at the next one, the ones raised of the ground are better! We reached Broken Hill at about 12 o'clock central western time. Found our hotel and were able to check in early. So all was good, got settled ...
Day 12 - Parachilna to Broken Hill
... but hauntingly beautiful. It was pretty much dark when we got to Yunta so we topped up with fuel and hit the Barrier Highway to Broken Hill (200km). It was 9pm when we arrived and we were met with a town that was chokkers. Nowhere had vacancies. We drove ...
Domestic Day
... just as curious of us as we were of them. One actually dared to come close and investigate what we were up to.....Arriving at Broken Hill,we set up camp and decided to do the "domestic duties" so we were prepared and organised to spend time ...
The Stay
... . The reducing population of the town, now about 15,000, is also experiencing a reduction in socio-economic wealth in a town that has limited infrastructure. Broken Hill has a good tourist industry based on mining, art and a number of ...
Broken Hill
28th May Broken Hill We motored into the Hill on Friday and it was like driving into a time warp. The whole town should be heritage listed; it’s full of original miner’s cottages, mostly in corrugated iron with little bullnose verandahs. ...
A nice day without driving too much
We went to visit the Sculpture Symposium in Broken Hill and did a small walking trail where we saw some kangaroos. There was pumpkins everywhere!! Then we drove to Silverton, a town where many movie have been filmed, especially Mad Max 2 (there is a Mad ...
Broken Hill
After a brief stop for petrol and rolls in Mildura we headed off towards Broken Hill passing through Wentworth. A roadside stop for morning tea, and another for lunch saw us rolling into Broken Hill about 2:30. An unspectacular caravan park, but it ...
The mad dash to the sunshine coast
... Erze abgebaut wurden. Der Hügel, der der Stadt einmal ihren Namen verlieh, ist beim Erzabbau längst abgetragen worden. Broken Hill macht keinen Hehl aus seiner Bergbau-Lebensader. Selbst der Stadtplan liest sich eher wie die Übersichtstafel chemischer ...
Broken Hill
... then Sturt Park for lunch. After lunch we went to the Geo Centre which is a wonderful interactive museum about mining and Broken Hill, another scenic lookout, then to White’s mineral art gallery and mining museum run by an ex miner using dioramas ...
Mad Max Country
After the disappointment of Broken Hill I was renewed by my stay in Silverton. I found a great caravan park at a place called Penrose Park. It was developed many years ago to provide recreational activities for the families of miners at Broken Hill. ...
Leaving Home
Today was the first day of my journey. Mum was excited and so was Dad; I was leaving the comforts of home to set off on my long awaited journey. I am travelling alone because no one wants to travel with me. They think I am ridiculusly ...
Silverton - The Silver Mining Town
We are staying in Broken Hill, we decided to see the historic town of Silverton, it was a booming Silver mining town. Driving out to Silverton the scenery changed, it started looking like the desert with red earth and spindly trees and shrubs. ...
Day 2 - Nyngan to Cobar, Wilcannia & Broken Hill
... plains...wide & open plains that go on forever. If it had've been summer during a drought it would've been scary. Only the fact that it was raining and knowing that we were approaching a city (Broken Hill) made it bearable. We saw lots of tumbleweed! ...
Broken Hill and Silverton
Hi De Ho Campers, Nice uneventful trip to Broken Hill, the gateway to the Outback. Great little town (sorry, City!) with lots to do...Flying Doctors Base, School of the Air, lots of art around the place. Went to Silverton to catch the sunset...oh, and ...
Sunday session at Silverton
... holes where the miners had dug. We also saw a trolley track into the mine. We learnt that they mined Galena which can be broken up into lead, zinc and silver. In Silverton we went to a pub and we had a lemonade and listened to the band. By Tom ...
The Town of Broken Hill
A nice town with plenty of things to do, and plenty of places to eat. There was a 'Back to Broken Hill' reunion happening which meant that the parks were full, and things were buzzing. ...
Day 22 - Wilpena to Broken Hill
... in Orroroo as we pull into this township for the second time. Looks like we are traveling the same highway from here to Broken Hill. We stop at Peterborough and visit the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre, a Museum with a difference! It has a heritage ...
Starting to wind down
... Centre. Scones, jam and cream, tea for Betty and my first good coffee since Parkes. From our table we have views of Broken Hill and the surrounding country side. After morning tea we head down to town for a self guided walking tour of the historic ...
Middle of No where....
... camel traders. The turn-of-the-century Trades Hall was the first trade union building in Australia: the trade unions played a dominant role in Broken Hill from the beginning. The streets are named after various chemical compounds. Visitors can ...