Broken-hill   Attractions  

Absaloms Gallery  

Jack Absalom's art gallery was built in 1997. It showcases Jack's many paintings as well as the finest display of opal specimens in the southern hemisphere, which has taken over 65 years to put together. Magnificent artwork, finest prints, books, opa ...

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Afghan Mosque  

The Mosque is situated on the site of the former 'Camel Camp' where Afghan and Indian Camel drivers loaded and unloaded their camel teams, from the earliest days of Broken Hill. It was constructed around 1891 as a place of worship for the followers ...

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Albert Kersten Geo Centre  

The Broken Hill Geo Centre displays minerals, gems and interesting props regarding mining in Broken Hill and the town's special gift of minerals are displayed. The Geo Centre is not a static collection of rocks but a dynamic and active interpretive ...

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Broken Hill Heritage Trail  

The Broken Hill Heritage Trail is a two-hour signposted walking tour past many outstanding heritage buildings. 'The Silver City', as it is known, has always been associated with the silver, lead and zinc mining. Many of the streets are named after m ...

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Broken Hill Opals and Gems  

Broken Hill Opals and Gems offer all types of opals (boulder, crystal and black opals, doublets and triplets), assorted jewellery, aboriginal artifacts, original artworks, minerals and fossils, various gifts, books and souvenirs. Opal cutting on sigh ...

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Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery  

The Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery houses an extensive collection of Australian colonial works including James Coutts Michie and James Ashton along with several important Victorian painters such as Arthur Hacker RA. The Gallery also has a nationall ...

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Heroes Larrikins and Visionaries of Broken Hill Walk The  

1.7 kilometres of easy walking from the Railway Station to Billygoat Hill. Stroll through some of the city's most diverse and interesting areas, soak up the history, culture and notoriety that gave the Silver City it's unique character. Meet along t ...

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Images of Australia - Photographic Gallery  

Photography by Boris Hlavica, paying homage to Australia. Boris is a RMIT Arts graduate in illustrative photography. He has extensive experience in landscape, commercial, industrial photography and in teaching and advertising. ...

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Line of Lode  

Line of Lode Miner's Memorial and restaurant is a dramatic, iconic new structure on the edge of the mullock heap that dissects Broken Hill. It is a memorial to the 800 or more minors who lost their lives working along the Line of Lode. The building ...

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Mutawintji National Park  

Mutawintji is special place; you can feel it when you’re there. You may not be able to quite put your finger on what it is, but the beauty and tranquillity of this place will remain with you long after you have left. Mutawintji has been a signifi ...

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Ochre Sands Artworks  

Sue Hodge is a Broken Hill Landscape Artist, and has a passion for Colour, depth, light and life. Sue has an impressive range of traditional and impressionistic landscapes as well as portraits. Please enjoy Sue's diverse range of Art - Landscape p ...

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Penrose Park  

Penrose Park - named after John Penrose, born in Yorkshire in 1850. The place to be seen in it's hey-day. Sporting and recreational bodies such as The Barrier Ranges Jockey Club, Silverton Football Club and The Lawn Tennis Club thrived in the days ...

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Pro Hart Gallery  

World renowned artist Pro Hart displays his personal collection which is one of the largest private art collections of Australian and European art. The Pro Hart collection also includes Chinese pottery, perfume bottles and baby rattles. Also in the ...

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Red Sands Gallery  

This Gallery is unique, as it has over 30 artists work on display including a fabulous range of Aboriginal artwork from UTOPIA. Apart from artwork it boasts a varied range of gift lines, jewellery, statues and souvenirs. There are 5 rooms bursting wi ...

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Riddiford Arboretum  

The Riddiford Arboretum features trees and shrubs of the region. It was set up in 1988 on land that was a repair and oil transfer depot for the Silverton Tramway. It is named after Walter Riddiford, Mayor of Broken Hill from 1949 to 1962. But it is a ...

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Silver City Minerals  

Call in and view the most spectacular range of Broken Hill minerals in Australia. Over 4000 minerals, superbly crystallized, beautifully displayed under lights! Phone (08) 8088 2879 for appointment (to make sure we are home). ...

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Silver City Mint and Art Centre  

Home of the worlds largest acrylic painting on canvas, measuring 12m x 100m, "The Big Picture" by Peter Anderson. View the extensive range of originals and lithographs by well known artists featuring Australian scenes and birdlife. Spectacular miner ...

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Stephens Creek Reservoir  

Stephens Creek Reservoir - Stephens Creek Weir is located 17 kilometres from Broken Hill on the Barrier Highway, in the past, water shortages were always a problem and the long standing indifference of Sydney governments to Broken Hill's water suppl ...

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Sturt Park Reserve And Titanic Memorial  

Sturt Park was first gazetted as the Central Reserve in 1895 and was officially known as Sturt Park in 1944, to commemorate the centenary of the inland explorations of Captain Charles Sturt in 1844-45. Near the rotunda, stands a memorial to the hero ...

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Sundown Nature Trail  

Sundown Nature Trail is situated in the rocky Sundown Hills, on the northern edge of Broken Hill Common. The hills are sparsely vegetated with tough, perennial plants adapted to the harsh, dry environment and in good seasons, ephemeral grasses and w ...

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The Living Desert  

Within the Living Desert Reserve there are two must see major attractions which are the nationally known Sculpture Symposium and the Flora and Fauna Sanctuary. The Sculptures comprise 12 Sandstone artworks which highlight the skyline, all with a sto ...

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Twin Lakes  

A rare sight in the middle of the outback, a beautiful park with a lake, big grassed areas and a newly built adventure playground for the kids. Relax in the shade of a tree, have a picnic or a stroll around the lake and watch the ducks. This park i ...

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Two Up School  

Two Up - The Great Australian Game. The game of two-up is as old as European settlement of Australia. Two Up's origins are rather obscure. Some claim it was invented by the Teutons as the alternative name of 'Zwei' is the German word for two. A gam ...

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Whites Mineral Art And Mining Museum  

White's Mineral Arts and Mining Museum is a unique experience, where you can go underground without actually going under! There is a walk-in mine for family viewing and guided tours and mining models for ease of understanding. A video on the history ...

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editors picks

Explore Robe, South Australia

gfitter | 2008-08-21 | Whilst enduring my hectic pace of life in Melbourne, Australia, there is always a place of relaxation in my mind when I recall my times spent exploring the Limestone Coast, South Australia. | read more

Explore Hobart Tasmania with Max Walker

maxwalker | 2008-10-30 | Despite a life rich in experience, I am still, will always be … a slow talking Tasmanian, with the legacy of 5 broken noses from playing football. | read more

Is Melbourne the latte capital of Australia?

miekecasanova | 2008-09-23 | I have to accept that to start my day with a kick, I need that expresso coffee that Melbourne is famous for. | read more

The Mornington Peninsula (Vic)

mwheeler | 2008-08-13 | Mornington Peninsula (Vic) a kaleidoscope of activities only 60 minutes from Melbourne | read more

Cradle Mountain

naturalwanders | 2008-09-08 | One can fly into Launceston or Devonport, hire a car, and drive to the Cradle Mountain end of Cradle Mountain-Lake St.Clair National Park. | read more

Shark Bay World Heritage Region, Western Australia

naturalwanders | 2008-09-17 | Just past the Overlander Roadhouse is the turn-off for Shark Bay. Shark Bay is a World Heritage area, and the first place to stop is at Hamelin Pool to see the Stromatolites. | read more

Keswick Island, Whitsunday's

keswickisland | 2008-12-04 | Information & history about Keswick & neighbouring Islands in the Cumberland Group. | read more

Shelter from the rain

DaanSpijer | 2008-09-22 | An impending storm, an invitation to shelter in a guest-house and the unexpected consequences. | read more

Eumundi Market

Emma | 2008-09-05 | Eumundi Markets are in Southern Queensland (Sunshine Coast) and are a short drive from the popular tourist destinations; Noosa, and Maroochydore. | read more

Whale Watching in Hervey Bay near Fraser Island, Queensland

Kristy79 | 2008-09-02 | Whale Watching in the pristine waters of Hervey Bay with the magnificent backdrop of Fraser Island. | read more

 

 

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