This is a day I will remember well, the road from Broken Hill through New South Wales to South Australia, is the Barrier Highway. The road is long and very straight, there is very little traffic on this road. The car we were doing this trip in was a 1998 Holden Berlina and was very cool. I was very proud of … Continue reading →
We got a self drive tour map from the information centre and proceeded to do the self drive tour of Broken Hill. The highlights were: 1.Kimtare Reserve at the beginning of the drive. This is an interesting insight into the mining culture; the head from the Kimtare Mine is worth a good look. 2.Joe Keenan Park is a good overview … Continue reading →
We headed to Broken Hill on the Silver City highway. About six kilometres from town, we turned off to look at the Peeri Sands. This collection of sand dunes are brilliant colours, reds and browns. This is a few hectares of dunes in the middle of nowhere. Almost no traffic was heading our way as we headed back on the … Continue reading →
The further we went west from Wagga Wagga we drove the straighter roads got, until they became very long and flat plains, these plains are irrigated by the Murrumbidgee river as it runs from the Snowy mountains, passed our city of Canberra and joins with the Murray River. I have been told that Murrumbidgee means “big water” in the Wiradjuri language, … Continue reading →
