Australia
Broken Hill
Twelve sandstone sculptures on a hilltop where the outback stretches to a vanishing point.
Twelve sandstone sculptures stand on a hilltop at the edge of town, their forms dissolving into the sunset. Behind them, the Barrier Ranges stretch to a vanishing point. In front, Broken Hill's heritage streetscape glows in the same light that drew artists here a century ago.
Broken Hill stands near New South Wales' western border, closer to Adelaide than Sydney and unlike either. The vast silver-lead-zinc ore body beneath it drove the city's mining history and funded a striking civic streetscape. Galleries associated with Pro Hart and the Brushmen of the Bush trace a distinctive outback art movement, while the Palace Hotel's murals and the nearby Living Desert sculptures give that creative history several forms.
Solo
Outback art pilgrimages, sunset at the Living Desert sculptures, and the kind of silence that makes your own thoughts audible.
Couple
Heritage hotel verandahs, art gallery wandering, and dinners in pubs where the publican knows everyone by name.
- The Living Desert sculptures stand on a hilltop above an almost unbroken outback horizon.
- Local galleries and the Palace Hotel murals make the city an unusually concentrated outback art stop.
- A visitor experience at the Royal Flying Doctor Service base explains the practical realities of remote health care.
- Heritage pubs and civic buildings preserve the scale of the mining boom that built the city.
Counter meals at the Palace Hotel; the pub from Priscilla Queen of the Desert, murals still intact.
Outback pub steaks washed down with cold beer at the Silverton Hotel, 25 kilometres into the red dust.
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