Broken Hill is on the western edge of New South
Wales and is actually closer to South Australia's capital of Adelaide. It's a city founded because of its enormous silver deposit. Since then they've developed a thriving artist community as well. We couldnt help but think Nat would love the place, except for the flies, and the heat, and the cold, and the barrenness. But other than that...ya.Just outside of Broken Hill is Silverton whose population peaked in the ealry 1900's and then crashed. At its peak it had over 2000 homes. All that's left now are piles of bricks, a bar, and a few other buildings. The other buildings are, by and large, are local artist's galleries. In addtion to being a ghost town, Silverton is also where Mad Max II was filmed.
Can you tell which one's the REAL mad max??
2 comments:
Very interesting - couldn't tell which was the real mad max - didn't we read about him in the sunburnt country?
You really made alot of miles this last trip - did you have 4 days off, Nik?
We were wondering how you were doing so Dad decided to check the blog. Now we know.
Doug & Jackie
WOW only a 1000 km's to get to Siverton. Did you eat a varmit in the local restaurant. Do Dingo Dogs smell? Did you buy a print of the original Silverton art,
perhaps an interesting
landscape ;0. Still boggled about the real Mad Max. Enjoying your tales
Shelly
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