Day 8 of our Broken Hill adventure is our last day in this fascinating outback city. We have finished the organised tours, so once again it is a leisurely stroll into town and a day left to our own devices. In yesterday’s blog, I mentioned a plaque dedicated to Lieutenant Vivian Bullwinkel. This is one … Continue reading Bumming Around in Broken Hill
Australian Tourism & Travel
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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Broken Hill, Winding Down to Sunset
Well . . . It is Day 7 of our Broken Hill adventure, and this is my twelfth post. Are you getting breathless yet? I certainly am, so the realisation that today is a "suit yourself until 5.30pm" kind of day is welcome. The problem is, where to start . . . if at all? Normally … Continue reading Broken Hill, Winding Down to Sunset
Wonderfully Wacky White Cliffs
Day 6 of our Broken Hill adventure (lunch and after) Whoever said you should "never judge a book by its cover" might have been thinking of White Cliffs, home of Australia's first commercial opal fields. On the surface, despite the pretty blue of the sky, the landscape seems a wasteland, a moonscape dotted with craters: Below the … Continue reading Wonderfully Wacky White Cliffs
The Reluctant Retiree 