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
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The Road to White Cliffs takes us via Wilcannia
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
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
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 