Day 6 of our Broken Hill adventure (before lunch) It is not often that one goes on holiday and wishes for rain, but the people of Broken Hill and surrounds are parched. It has been five years since a big wet, and seven weeks since a rainy day. If we need to drink tap water we boil it, … Continue reading The Road to White Cliffs takes us via Wilcannia
Australia
Cars and Trains and Planes. So many ways to see Australia. It’s all in this section, including Sydney to Broken Hill on the government train (my most popular post) and crisscrossing Australia on the epic Indian Pacific or Ghan (both now privatised).
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When Mining meets Art in Broken Hill
Day 5 of our Broken Hill adventure kicks off with a visit to White's Mineral Art and Mining Museum owned and operated by Kevin "Bushy" White and his wife Betty. It is she who is in charge this morning, and we are ushered into a small, low-ceilinged area, its size and dim-lighting atmospheric of being in an underground … Continue reading When Mining meets Art in Broken Hill
Silverton – The Ghost Town
Day 4 of our Broken Hill adventure After lunch we jumped back into the coach supplied by Silver City Tours, and headed off for a visit to Silverton. We had a different driver today, and not to be out-done by Wayne, he offered up this in the "Dad" joke category: "The only thing sillier than an emu … Continue reading Silverton – The Ghost Town
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 