NSW - Broken Hill - A Story from Jennifer in California, USA.
From Jennifer - An Aussie Living in California - A
Day in the Bush
From: donkaleta@dellnet.com
Who knew Broken Hill could be
such an exciting place. I know everyone talks about the Great Barrier
Reef and yes it really is beautiful, but there is more to the land down
under. Now I'm from Sydney and thought Broken Hill would be nothing but
dirt, and didn't even want to go, but let me tell you...
My now "Yankee" husband wanted to head to the bush, so
here we are on Boxing Day ( the day after Christmas ) driving around in
42 degree heat, that's Celsius. It was so flamin' hot I couldn't stand
it. There was no one around so I took it all off, we were in Mootwingee
National Park and there were only the roo's to see me. Besides us
Aussie's are not too shy when it comes to that. Even the roo's were so
hot they didn't even move when we got close, I went into one of the
loo's and I scared a big one, it went hopping right out. My hubby even
chased a few, like he had a chance to catch them.
There really is a lot to do in the "bush", from
national parks, wildlife, art, mining towns, and of course the pubs. We
stayed at an underground hotel in White Cliffs, not too far out of the
way. It was a real treat, it was so cool underground and the rock walls
were so beautiful. The colours, all shades of reds, brown and orange.
You know it took an American working in Australia to get me to go out
there. I would recommend it to anyone who is visiting. There are a lot
of small art galleries, Pro Hart has one out there. The main street in
Broken Hill, Argent St has all the locals pubs a town can handle. I'm
pretty sure we went to all of them. We would go in and before you know
it we would be chatting to one of the locals. Always telling us of
another spot to go to.
Not far out of town is Silverton, almost a ghost town; but
it had a pub and serves meat pies. We were a novelty to the camels
roaming about, I'm still not sure if they were wild or not. You can
always spot a couple of emus running along the side of the road. They
are the funniest things, they would run along the side of our car. They
never thought to move left or right off the road, just straight in
front of you. We clocked one doing 30kph.
Now, I'm living in the States and every time we are back in
Australia we head to the bush, always finding some new spot. It is the
real Australia, lots of red soil, scrub and wildlife that are not
behind bars. We have now seen a lot of Australia from coast to coast
and we look forward to seeing more.
Hope you get a chance to go walkabout.
Editorial Note: We believe that using
Broken Hill as a base, and spending maybe 3-4 days driving in different
directions, is the best and most comprehensive desert experience
available in Australia.
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