Today it was off to discover a bit more of Broken Hill we hadn't actually seen before - yes, there is a lot to see in Broken Hill if you really look around.
After a lovey breakfast at the caravan park, of pancakes and hot drink, it was off to experience the 'Big Picture' at the old Mint. An amazing painting made with 9 tonnes of paint that gathers the outback into one surround painting that took over 2 years to complete. Add a little bit of outback red dirt, the odd kangaroo, emu and a couple of very suspect looking snakes and you could swear you were almost in the actual scene, (even the dust storm brought back some very disturbing memories of 5 years ago)!
After this adventure we took to walking the streets, to chase down the Dudley's who were wandering around the Main Street checking out the historical buildings and notorious characters that make up the history of Broken Hill: from Union leaders, to nurses, and opera singers - this place has a plethora of famous people.
Now it was lunchtime so where else would you go for a nice bite to eat and a dip back into a nostalgic past but the Bell's Cafe (circa 1950's). Spiders, milk shakes served in the original milk shake cups with sooooooo many flavours to choose from - yum! I must admit the old marble laminex tables and black and white vinyl tiles took me back to my youth - what a blast.
Home to get the washing off the line from yesterday's effort and then out to the Living Desert Park to catch a glimpse of what is a wonderful account of desert landscape. Too little time to cover the real aspects of this park before we made our way up to a very cool top of the rocks at the Sculpture Park before the sunset went down. Wine and nibbles always goes well out here and even though some of us have seen this highlight many times before - it seldom disappoints.
Back to camp, time to take over the camp kitchen and .......enough for the day, I'm exhausted - goodnight!
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