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Broken Hill, known as 'The Silver City', is the largest centre in Outback New South Wales and is often referred to as its “Jewel". Located 1,160 km from Sydney, the city came into existence in 1885 after Charles Rasp had recognized the mineral potential of the area two years earlier. Today the city sits on one of the world's largest known silver-lead-zinc lodes – a deposit which is 7 km long and over 220 metres wide.
Broken Hill also provides the perfect base for exploring the area – be it outback attractions just out of town or further out into the great Australian outback. Close to town are attraction like the Sculpture Symposium, Silverton and Mundi Muni Plains. Slightly further away there are two amazing National Parks (Mutawintji and Kinchega), the mighty Darling River (and the iconic Australian driving tour “The Darling River Run”) and the Opal town of White Cliffs.
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Broken Hill is the perfect ‘en route’ town while touring New South Wales, Victoria, and Outback South Australia whether it is driving Sydney to Adelaide, Brisbane to Melbourne, Melbourne to Brisbane via the Darling River Run (or any combination) the rewards are there for a great touring experience. |
Outback NSW is known as ‘the accessible outback, and Broken Hill’s location affords it not only a great destination but a great base for exploring the nearby attractions (Sculpture Symposium, Silverton, Mutawintji NP and Kinchega NP, the Darling River) in addition to the perfect place to stop-over while on that great Australian adventure.
Driving to Broken Hill from Sydney, or to Sydney from Broken Hill, is a wonderful way to experience some of the best features of not only outback NSW but also the Alpine regions of Victoria and NSW, the Murray Riverland along the border of NSW and Victoria, the iconic Murray River towns of Echuca (Port of Echuca) and Swan Hill, the wonderful Wine region of the Hunter Valley, and the icon Darling River.
Driving to Broken Hill from Melbourne, or to Melbourne from Broken Hill, is a wonderful drive across the Murray/Darling Riverland area and through the vast Mallee area of north-west Victoria.
Driving to Broken Hill from Brisbane, or to Brisbane from Broken Hill, is a great outback adventure taking in the remoteness of south west Queensland and north west NSW – an area know as Cameron Corner and includes the eastern South Australian outback around the Strzelecki Desert.
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Being the closest city to Broken Hill, Adelaide’s proximity to the Silver City provides the traveller with several great touring options between Broken Hill and the City of Churches’ that also can include some of the wonderful attractions around Adelaide.. particularly the world famous wine regions of the Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and the Adelaide Hills.
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