Hi Everyone
We set off from Nyngan for Cobar 8.00am with half a tank of petrol. As we only has 124km to travel we thought this would be ample. Unfortunately, we didn't know about the continuous uphill climb which had a huge impact on the fuel consumption. Our petrol light came on with 20km to go and we started to wonder what we would do if we ran out in the middle of nowhere!!! Fortunately we made it. We have learnt our lesson though - top up continuously!!!!
There was very little traffic from Cobar to Wilcannia and we were driving on continuous straight road and noting red soil and goats by the site of the road. Lots of road kill, (roos, foxes and wambat) but he only wild life we saw were goats and 1 emu.
After filling up at Wilcannia,we drove about 70km out of town and ate lunch at a roadside stop over. Finally arriving at Broken Hill at 4.15pm.
We had not booked a caravan park, but had no trouble getting a site at Broken Hill City Tourist Park ($33 per night with power). The sites are very tight and the park was booked out by nightfall. 2 couples travelling in Maui campervans, asked us over for a drink, which of course we accepted.
The next day we walked into the city centre and walked the Heritage Walk. We then drove out to the Living Desert Flora & Fauna Sanctuary and spent a couple of hours walking the trails there. Enjoyed the walk but didnt see any animals at all.
We then drove to the Living Desert Sculptures in time to be there for sunset. There were quite a few others with the same idea, including a 40 seat tour bus of pensioners which mde it difficult to get good shots of the sculptures at sunset because they all sat in the middle of them to have snacks & drinks, blocking the views we had come to photograph (No we haven't forgotten we are pensions too)!!!!
Next morning we had a bit of a sleep in and drove out to Silverton which was originally a silver & lead mining town. Today it has a population of less than 60 and is the town where Mad Max and A Town Like Alice were filmed. After checking out the sites there we adjurned to the Silverton Hotel for lunch. A very interesting hotel with lots of nick nacks and film memorabilia, friendly staff and good counter lunches.
The road out to Silverton is 25km and has 39 signposted deep dips. Good job we weren't towing the van!!
On the way back to town we visited the Pro Hart Gallery and enjoyed seeing the art there. Back at the camp,we enjoyed happy hour with our new neighbours from Melbourne.
On our last day in Broken Hill we visited the Line of Lode Miners Memorial and then drove out to the Royal Flying Doctor Service Base and did the tour there which we found very interesting. Hope we never need them!!!
Before going to bed we made sure everything was packed and ready for an early start in the morning as tomorrow we will be crossing the border into South Australia and heading for the Flinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound.
More blog from there -if we can get conneced.t
Cheers
Rhonda (Sam) and Pete
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