Things to Do in Broken Hill

Things to see and do in Broken Hill, Broken Hill highlights, Broken Hill activities and attractions, and points of interest in Broken Hill - the ALL NEW Jasons Broken Hill Things to Do Guide is your complete guide to sightseeing in Broken Hill.

• Historic Buildings
  The visitor's centre has a map and pamphlet to accompany a signposted heritage walking tour which takes in the many outstanding heritage buildings which have been listed by the National Trust. Most of the notable buildings are in Argent St. There are also a number of historic hotels. The most impressive of these is the large, three-storey Palace Hotel (1889) with its lengthy verandahs and elaborate cast-iron balustrades. It was used in the movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
• Railway Museum
  The old sandstone railway station was built by the Silverton Tramway Company to replace the original iron and timber station (1888). The building is largely unaltered and has an attractive interior. Closed in 1970 it is now the Railway, Mineral and Train Museum, open 10.00 - 3.00 daily, with a display of old locomotives, railway machinery and a large mineral collection. There is a separate hospital museum.
• Parks, Museums and Galleries
  Sturt Park is an attractive place to stop for lunch. Riddiford Arboretum features Broken Hill's (and South Australia's) floral emblem, the stunning Sturt's Desert Pea. It was named after Charles Sturt who gathered specimens around present-day Broken Hill in 1844.
  Broken Hill is home to many electic museums galleries The Albert Kersten Geocentre, White's Mineral Art and Mining Museum, and The Conservation Centre.
  There are numerous galleries in town featuring local, national and international works. The City Art Gallery is the second oldest art gallery in Australia after the State Gallery of NSW in Sydney.
• The Living Desert Art Trail takes you on a walk through the Living Desert Reserve, located on the northern outskirts of town. Its 2400 hectares contain aboriginal sites, a regeneration reserve, panoramic views, a four-wheel drive track, a permaculture site, a range of flora and fauna and there are currently plans to set up an animal reserve for endangered species. In 1993 twelve international sculptors each worked on a huge Wilcannia sandstone boulder of their own without power tools for 14 hours a day, every day for 8 weeks.
• Broken Hill's mining history can be experienced first-hand at Delprats Underground Tourist Mine. The 2 hour tour will take you deep inside one of BHP's old mines in a cage with miner's hat and light.
• Royal Flying Doctor Service and School of the Air
  The Royal Flying Doctor Service has its headquarters at Broken Hill and is interconnected with the School of the Air. Inspections can be made to see both if you make a booking at the visitor's centre. The former has a film about the service, a museum and a visitor's shop.
• Joe Keenan's Lookout 
  A fine view of the town and the mine dumps plus information boards on the town's history.
• Stephen's Creek Reservoir 
  Constructed in 1892 it holds 20,000 megalitres and is an ideal picnic spot. Another such location is the Twin Lakes on the northern side of Wentworth Rd in South Broken Hill.
• Mootwingee National Park
  130 km to the north-east is Mootwingee National Park, located on a rocky, cypress pine and mulga-clad red-sandstone range. Wildlife includes falcons and wedge-tailed eagles, euros, skinks, frogs, snakes, emus, kangaroos and lizards. The insect eating sundew plant can also be found amongst the flora.
  

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