Day 9 of our Broken Hill adventure ends as it began. We re-board the Outback Explorer for our trip back to Sydney. This train leaves Sydney at 6.18am on a Monday morning and arrives at Broken Hill at 7.10pm (local time*). Then it turns around the next morning - Tuesday - leaving at 7.45am (local … Continue reading The Return from Broken Hill
Broken Hill Tourism
Bumming Around in Broken Hill
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
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 