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Woke to blue skies and a bloody head cold!!! Felt drained already and it was only the start of the day! But with blue skies there was no way l was gonna let this slow us down. We had a full day planned, first to see was the town of Silverton.
We headed out of town, only 30kms or so, on a bloody road that had so many dips it felt like we were flying half the time!!! Lol... We rocked into town and headed straight for the Silverton Pub. This is where they have a Mad Max replica of a his XB Ford Falcon used in the movie. This was just the start though. Inside the pub there are photos everywhere on the walls of the film getting made, it was awesome. Marty was very impressed abc l must admit, do was l. We poked around the pub for a while taking in the atmosphere and quirkiness that all outback pubs have, then we headed up to the top of the hill to where the Mad Max 2 Museum was. There was no eftpos and we has no cash so we scrounged around in the coin tin to find the $15 entry fee. Marty informed me that the owner of the museum was a Pom who made a replica Mad Max's car and then decided to bring the car and his family out to Silverton to open a museum about the film. Now that's a fan!! Anyway the museum was great and he has done an awesome job of getting his hands on original stuff used in the film, such as the feral kids boomerang! He even has a blue heeler dog that looks like the one in the film walking around museum. Was quite funny though cause the dog was deaf but the girls didn't understand and kept calling it but wondered why it wouldn't come to them. Lol... Couldn't believe we were in the town where all these ionic Aussie movies were made. Not only Mad Max but Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Dirty Deeds and Razorback just to name a few. This country is so amazing with the stories it's got to tell us. After this we took a drive up to the Mundi Mundi lookout which was amazing!! All you could see was vast flat country with hill plains in the distance. We took a quick drive around town which consisted of one main sealed road with about four dirt roads coming off it. There were a lot of art galleries around, one had a few VW cars painted a dirt landscape color with emu heads on it, looked cool. We then went out to the pioneer cemetery which always saddens me as a lot if graves are young kids and adults due to the diseases back in the day. After a walk around we headed back to Broken Hill and had lunch back at camp.
Next was time to sort out the food situation for our next outback adventure. Just a b****** that we have to cross a fruit fly quarantine area, means that the fruit and veg will be a tad more expensive. After we got that sorted out we headed out to the Living Desert out the road where the Sculptures Symposium are on the hill. It was amazing, both the sculptures. Its a site where a successful sculpture symposium was held on this majestic hilltop (within the centre of the reserve) in 1993 by artists from around the world, under the direction of organiser and artist Lawrence Beck. Twelve sandstone sculptures highlight the skyline. The sculptures were huge and majestic even, all telling different stories. Awesome place!!
After this we headed back into town and took some pics around town of the old courthouse and sculptures. Took a look at a few old deserted mines which were amazing. Then we headed back to camp, a little weary after a big day. Great day though, saw some spectacular places. We have loved our time in Broken Hill, it has surprised us how much. It was an spectacular place, awesome sights and great friendly people. So glad we came here.
Our plans are to head towards the Flinders Ranges tomorrow, so far do good that the roads are still open. Hopefully no more rain on the horizon and we can still do the Oodnadatta track to Alice....... Fingers crossed...
Bell Xx
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