Thursday, 30th May ~ Broken Hill, NSW

Broken Hill, BHP and Pro Hart spring to mind.

A bit like Mount Isa, or most mining towns, the mine is there, always there. Here is Broken Hill's mullock heap looming over the area.

Pro Hart's gallery,
complete with his car collection
.. very interesting.

Sculpture by Pro Hart,
shows the various faces of the miners.

Some of the houses are fascinating .. not only corrugated iron for the roof, but used for the walls as well. This is one of the better looking houses, nicely painted and fairly neat looking. I'll leave it to your imagination to what some, not-so-good looking houses look like (remember that corrugated iron rusts). 

 



When you come to Broken Hill, a visit to the Living Desert is a must. Those sculptures are something to see.

No doubt, you've seen the most photographed sculpture ..

but I didn't know there were more .. did you ?

 

 

The sculptures are on top of a hill, such a magnificent platform, offering 360 degree views

 

 

Another must see is Menindee Lakes - Broken Hill's water supply - and great for birds. Just 110km drive from Broken Hill.

Kinchega National Park falls within the Menindee area with the Darling River forming one of the park boundaries. Camp sites are available along the river drive (mental note for the next trip).

 

You can see the high water line on the trees .. we'd be under water.

 

Right about here, an emu ran out of the bush at us, we just about ran over his toe !  All of us got a big fright and said 'oh dear, that was close'.