BROKEN HILL

 
 
 
 

This morning we packed up and left to go to Broken Hill. On the way we stopped at Petersborough and Lauren and I got a finger bun while Dad and Mum got a coffee. We also saw a town named Jamestown – I like that name! The information centre we went to was actually an old train carriage. It was still decked out with seats and sleeping compartments. Then we drove and drove and drove.

We arrived at Broken Hill and had a late lunch at about 2:30. As soon as we set up we went to the park (opposite our caravan site) then came inside and played some games while Dad went on a run. When he returned Lauren and I had a shorter run with Dad.

DAY 2:
This morning we went to the Information centre and got a key to go to the Desert Sculptures. They were interesting because they were hand carved. Some of the pictures on them were the Rainbow Serpent, Emu footprints, clubs, boomerang and hand prints. As drove in and out of the Desert Park, we saw rock wallabies and kangaroos.

At the Silver City Mint Museum we saw lots of paintings, but the biggest painting was 12 m x 100m. It was huge and felt like it was coming out at you. There was also a chocolate factory and they sold kangaroo doo doo, wombat waste, cow pats and Koala Krap! (they were chocolate sultanas and chocolate nuts)

We then went to the Pro Hart gallery. Outside the gallery was a Rolls Royce car which Pro Hart had painted in scenes of the outback and bushland. Inside the gallery there were huge paintings of Australian outback scenes (gold diggers, bush rangers, mining life) as well as a dragon fly. It was interesting how with one painting he used a cannon to shoot Christmas baubles full of paint onto the canvas. It looked fantastic!

This afternoon we went to the Soda Factory where they make sodas like they did in the 1950’s. I had a cola crème soda. It was yum. I especially liked the icecream on the top which make the fizzy drink bubble.