Broken Hill (NSW)

BROKEN HILL

After leaving Tasmania we spent a couple of nights free camping on Lake Hume in Victoria, then we travelled to Canberra to stay with the Hennig’s (family) and recover from the cold!  We ended up staying for Easter and had a great 3 weeks in Canberra. Big thank you to the Hennig’s, we love you!

The kids working on bikes over Easter.

We left Canberra and headed for Broken Hill 7/4/15. First night we spent in Narrandera at the show grounds

Next stop was Mildura, we actually stayed at a caravan park in Buronga (NSW side), lovely park on the river

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Thursday, 9/4/15 we arrived in Broken Hill, we stayed 4 nights at the race course.

 

Road to Broken Hill

The trotters trained every morning and also sometimes race horses were training. Max made friends with the trainers and was able to sit on a trotter by the end of our few days in town.

Camping at the Broken Hill racecourse

Max having a go.

 We visited the talings pile at Broken Hill which is now a lookout over town and has a memorial to the miners who have died throughout the years.

 

 

We visited the sculptures of the Syndicate of Seven, the men who were the original owners of Broken Hill Mining Company which later became Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd (BHP) in 1885.

During our stay in Broken Hill we also visited the Living Desert sculptures,

While out in the desert we also caught this kangaroo… and another cool sign showing just how big Australia is.

the Royal Flying Doctors Base…

And Bell’s Milk Bar, which is family owned and been operating since the 1950s. We all had ice cream sodas and Theo had an ice cream.