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Absaloms Gallery - Broken Hill  

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 - Broken Hill  

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 - Broken Hill  

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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Australian Inland Botanic Gardens - Buronga  

The original idea of creating botanic garden came from scientists working with the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) at Merbein. In 1983 a $10,000 grant from the Elliot bequest enabled a committee to engage the servic ...

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Back O Bourke Exhibition Centre - Bourke  

The Back O'Bourke Exhibition Centre has recently been redeveloped as a world class facility nestled in a spectacular natural setting amongst the river red gums on the banks of the Darling River. Re-opening in October 2008, the Exhibition Centre bring ...

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Bells Milk Bar and Museum - Broken Hill  

For generations people have been coming from far and wide to taste the famous sodas, spiders and milkshakes from this magical and special shop. You can get a real taste of Broken Hill history as you sit in this unique and authentic 1950's milk bar. ...

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Bill OReilly Oval - White Cliffs  

White Cliffs is home to the unique Bill O'Reilly Oval, there is not a blade of grass to be seen for it is nothing but hard red dirt. A must see for all cricketing fans. Bill O'Reilly's father was the town's first school teacher and the great cricket ...

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Bird of Paradise Art Gallery - Lightning Ridge  

Bird of Paradise Art Gallery has paintings of Lightning Ridge and District by local artists. The Lightning Ridge Nursery & Garden Centre has a large range of plants and flowers on display. Michaels Arts & Crafts Nursery also has a range of native pla ...

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Black Queen - Lightning Ridge  

The Black Queen Experience is the Outbacks most incredible 3-Act performance. The sets are magic! The performance will stir your soul! You will laugh, you will cry, you will become part of outstanding Outback theatre with a twist! Immerse in the stor ...

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Bottle House Mining Museum - Lightning Ridge  

An example of innovative architecture on The Opal Fields some years ago. The Museum now houses collections of bottles, rocks and minerals, Aboriginal artifacts and local relics. Many other interesting items and souvenir shop. Access for disabled: A ...

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Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum - Brewarrina  

Located at a Dreamtime site, this museum offers you the chance to experience Aboriginal Culture first hand in the very spot where the local tribes have gathered for thousands of years. View the old fish traps and where traditional crafts people from ...

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Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps - Brewarrina  

Low stone walled fish traps once used by the tribal Aborigines for catching fish is located in the bed of the Barwon/ Darling River. Located at an ancient Dreamtime site, the Aboriginal Fisheries on the Barwon/Darling River. Camp out under the star ...

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Broken Hill Heritage Trail - Broken Hill  

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  

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 - Broken Hill  

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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Cameron Corner And The Wild Dog Fence - Milparinka  

At the intersection of the South Australian border with the New South Wales-Queensland border lies Cameron Corner, named after the New South Wales Lands Department Surveyor, John Brewer Cameron who surveyed this area in 1880. At this junction travel ...

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Chambers of The Black Hand - Lightning Ridge  

Lightning Ridges newest Tourist Attraction. Ron Canlin has created and amazing art gallery - 1st level 11 metres underground, images carved and painted in the sandstone walls and pillars. The carvings are something to behold, there is The Last Suppe ...

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Cobar Regional Museum - Cobar  

Take a trip back in time, a voyage that will take you to the very beginning of Aboriginal history in Australia, through to the European settlement of Australia. Exhibitions include: Aboriginal culture and bush tucker, bush skills and ingenuity in mak ...

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Coomealla Golf Club - Dareton  

The picturesque golf club on the banks of the Murray River. Situated right on the banks of the Murray River, the Coomealla Golf Club is arguably one of the country’s finest. The Golf Club offers a comprehensive range of facilities including a comf ...

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Coomealla Memorial Sporting Club - Dareton  

The Coomealla Club is a popular facility for both locals and visitors alike. With a wide range of dining, accommodation, golf, entertainment, function and sporting facilities available. For a relaxing weekend away or a fun night out, come and take p ...

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Depot Glen Pooles Grave and Sturts Cairn - Milparinka  

In 1845 Captain Charles Sturt and his expedition ventured into the region now known as the Corner Country. The region was in severe drought and the summer was unbearably hot. For several months the group camped beside a water hole in a rocky basalt ...

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Euston Courthouse - Euston  

Euston Courthouse is now the home of the Euston/Robinvale Historical Society, a group of volunteers dedicated to preserve the written, photographic and oral History of Euston, Robinvale and surrounding Areas. The Euston Courthouse was established in ...

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Fergie Memorial Statue - Wentworth  

The ’little grey’ Ferguson tractor wrote itself into the annals of local history through the integral part it played in saving Wentworth fron the 1956 floods. Flood waters raced towards Wentworth via both the Darling and Murray rivers, resulting ...

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Fred Hollows Memorial - Bourke  

On February 17th 1993, Professor Fred Hollows was laid to rest in the red dirt of Bourke. Fred is best remembered for his very public work in Eritrea He began his work with the Cataract Blindness among the Aborigines of the Bourke area, where today ...

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Gallery of China and Ceramics - Gol Gol  

An Outstanding Array of Traditional and Reproduction Antique pieces An outstanding array of individually hand painted Australian, traditional and reproduction antique pieces by local artist, Margaret Ruddick-Parke. Margaret’s meticulous work is av ...

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Gundabooka National Park - Bourke  

Gundabooka National Park covers an area of 43,000 hectares. The main feature of the park's landscape is the Gundabooka Range, which rises to a height of 500 metres at Mount Gundabooka. From the summit of the Gundabooka range there are extensive vie ...

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Heroes Larrikins and Visionaries of Broken Hill Walk The - Broken Hill  

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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Historical Locations in Wentworth - Wentworth  

<b>Former Customs Officers Residence </b>on Darling Street. One of only two customs houses still standing today. According to research done, the Wentworth Customs house is only one of two customs houses still standing today. The other is located i ...

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Images of Australia - Photographic Gallery - Broken Hill  

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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Inverness Park Cashmere Farm - Table Top  

You can watch the working dogs and meet the animals that produce the luxury fibre. You will see the Cashmeres wonderful guarding dog that protects the kids from foxes. There are demonstrations of carding, spinning and handling of the animals. You c ...

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John Murray Art Gallery - Lightning Ridge  

John Murray Art Gallery in Lightning Ridge is the exclusive outlet for original John Murray paintings. One of the outback's favourite painters, here you can view the brilliant landscapes and characters first hand. The contrasting landscapes of the A ...

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Junction Island Nature Reserve and Canoe Tree - Wentworth  

Junction Island Nature Reserve ... The shoal of land between the Darling and Murray Rivers. Junction Island is the shoal of land between the Darling and Murray Rivers. The junction sandbar is where a large number of aborigines, armed with spears and ...

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Kangaroo Hill Tourist Complex - Lightning Ridge  

Kangaroo Hill have several displays showcasing an Antique Display, Bottle Collection, Shell Display, Rock and Mineral Collection and Memorabilia, Collectables Display and a fossicking area where you can look for chips of opal. There is a gift and ...

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Lake Victoria - Wentworth  

Fascinating Aboriginal and military history paired with modern day water activitie. Lake Victoria is a fascinating place that embodies both Aboriginal and military history in addition to being a major water source for people in New South Wales, Victo ...

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Lightning Ridge Bore Baths - Lightning Ridge  

Lightning Ridge Bore Baths have warm artesian waters, open 24 hours a day, with free admission. They are rich in potassium salts, which are therapeutic for tired and aching muscles. The water is piped from a subartesian basin, 900m below the surface ...

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Line of Lode - Broken Hill  

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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Lock 10 and Weir - Wentworth  

Pleasant lunch by the water. The weir and lock were completed in 1929. The purpose of the weir is both to maintain a high level of water for irrigation in times of little and to regulate water flow. The lock enables boats to pass from the upper strea ...

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Lost Sea Opals - Lightning Ridge  

The Lost Sea showroom-gallery incorporates Lost Sea Opals workshop. Visit Lost Sea Opals to see our exquisite cut opal gemstones, rough opal, beautiful opal jewellery and a display of rare opalised fossils from the age of the dinosaurs. The skilled a ...

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Menindee Lake System - Menindee  

The Menindee Lakes System begins on the Darling River about 200 kilometres upstream from the junction of the Darling and Murray rivers at Wentworth. There are four main lakes, Lake Menindee, Lake Cawndilla, Lake Pamamaroo, and Lake Wetherell created ...

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Milparinka Heritage and Visitor Centre - Milparinka  

Housed in the historic Milparinka Barracks is the Milparinka Heritage and Tourism Centre for all your tourist information and maps. Milparinka is the heart of rugged outback-western New South Wales. An old gold mining village, local people are worki ...

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Mount Grenfell Historical Site - Cobar  

At the Mount Grenfell Historical Site you can find Aboriginal hand stencilling on the cave rocks. They did this by blowing or spraying mouthfuls of pigment around their hands. One of these depicts a hand with the top joints and the middle finger miss ...

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Mount Oxley - Bourke  

Captain Charles Stuart was the first white man to set foot on Mt Oxley in 1828. The craters on Mt Oxley may provide a clue to one of the persistent mysteries of the Outback. Sturt reported distinctly hearing 'a report as of a gun discharge' three ti ...

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Mt Browne Goldfields - Milparinka  

Rumours of gold in the Corner Country had been circulating for some time when, in 1858, the Legislative Council of South Australia funded a venture into the region to look for evidence of the precious metal at that time nothing was found. Twenty yea ...

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Mundi Mundi Plains - Silverton  

Mundi Mundi Lookout - On the edge of the world! From the top of the hill the flatlands of the Mundi Mundi plain stretch out for an eternity. Self-guided walk. Take a champagne picnic! Visiting at dusk and watching the sun dip behind the alluvial fans ...

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Mungo National Park and Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area - Pooncarie  

Everyone has heard of Mungo National Park, recognised for its outstanding universal value as part of the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area and well-known for the record it preserves of ancient lives and stories. Mungo National Park is also ...

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Mutawintji National Park - Broken Hill  

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 - Broken Hill  

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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Old Wentworth Gaol - Wentworth  

The Old Wentworth Gaol offers a self-guided tour that gives you a chance to inspect the inside of a fascinating historical landmark, designed to serve a vast region. The historic Wentworth Gaol now stands as a vivid reminder of those harsh and uncom ...

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Opal Cave Tourist Centre - Lightning Ridge  

Come in and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of Australia's most unique opal shop, with mining equipment and a large black opal waterfall on display. Herman and wife Sandy will make you feel right at home, and give you all the information you will need ...

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Paroo-Darling National Park - White Cliffs  

Paroo-Darling National Park is the newest park in Far Western New South Wales. It is made up of several different parcels of land and offers a diverse range of recreational opportunities. Many of the areas the park protects are of outstanding inter ...

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editors picks

Keswick Island, Whitsunday's

Keswick Island's Basil Bay Beach keswickisland | 2008-12-04 | Information & history about Keswick & neighbouring Islands in the Cumberland Group. | read more

Good Looking Devils in Tasmania

P1010129.JPG grounddweller | 2008-12-18 | When Most People think of the Tasmanian devil the first thing that comes to mind is the Whirlwind Brown Tas from Warner Brothers. | read more

Thornton’s Beach at Cape Tribulation

The beach and us marief | 2009-01-05 | A beautiful isolated beach in Tropical North Queensland with historical reference to Captain Cook's discovery of the Eastern Coast of Australia | read more

Shelter from the rain

The Grampians DaanSpijer | 2008-12-08 | An impending storm, an invitation to shelter in a guest-house and the unexpected consequences. | read more

Eumundi Market

Food Stalls, Eumundi 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

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

The Saga of the Randy Old Goat

Angry Goat barnesbay | 2008-12-14 | On a balmy Autumn afternoon in early May 1997, I was enjoying a relaxing game on the computer, when the phone rang.... | read more

Nigretta Falls, VIC

Nigretta Falls miekecasanova | 2009-01-05 | A visit to Nigretta Falls near Hamilton is a must-do | read more

Visit American River, Kangaroo Island

View of Strawbridge Point, Kangaroo Island seayu | 2008-12-18 | Nestled on a hillside in native bushland, facing sea and lagoon, a little Australian town on Kangaroo Island, off Adelaide and the Fleurieu peninsula, called American River. | read more

Escape To Kangaroo Island

A typical 'dirt road' on Kangaroo Island seayu | 2008-12-18 | Kangaroo Island, South Australia: 150 long by 50 km wide, more than 4'000 km2, one km2 per inhabitant. This is a place for those who love space and nature | read more

 

 

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