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The moon was rapidly sinking while morning light spread warm tones across the Broken Hills in Grasslands National Park. The scene would have been more striking the day before - this juxtaposition would have happened earlier, against a darker sky - but that day dawned cloudy and bleak. You have to take what's given.
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Only 10 of these 3000hp EMD C-class were built for the Victorian Railway by Clyde Engineering in 1978/1979
Two years' ago, half of the class - C505/ C509/ C506/ C504/ C507 - were used by Southern Shorthaul Railroad working the first 100 wagon grain train from New South Wales to South Australia - 18 June 2018. They are seen at Broken Hill, NSW stabled for fuelling later in the day.
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A bronze statue of an Australian First World War soldier in battle-worn uniform, preparing to throw a Mills bomb. This centrepiece is referred to as 'the Bomber'. He stands on a monument consisting several of rough-cut Harcourt granite blocks and this rests on a platform of three steps. There are four bronze tablets attached to the memorial, listing the names of 365 fallen from the district. The monument is 6.4 metres in height.
Notes on veterans' names:
The Australian War Memorial lists a Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) as being awarded to G A C Gardiner.
The entry for C C W Olsen is spelled on this memorial as C C W Olson.
The entry for C J Osborn is spelled on this memorial as C J Osbourne.
The entry for V A Scaddan is spelled on this memorial as V A Scadden.
The entry for F Schumacher is spelled on this memorial as F Schumaker.
The entry for R A F Featherstonehaugh-Wooster is spelled on this memorial as R A F Wooster.
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To The Memory Of The Men Of Broken Hill And District Who Gave Their Lives In The Great War 1914 - 1919.
Their Name Liveth For Evermore
They Were A Wall Unto Us Both By Night And Day
Source: New South Wales War Memorial Register.
Dust storm. This rolled over the town going in one direction, turned around and rolled back over in the opposite direction. Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Scary tree - looked like a dragon to me - River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) picnic at Menindee on the banks of the Darling River. Easter 2014.
This building kind of describes journalism and news papers in regional towns. The leaf less trees, the unmowed grass sums it up.
Sulphide Street, Broken Hill
Arrived at the Broken Hill when the sun was setting. Supposed to see the clouds stained into beautiful colors. Actually, it didn't happen. Maybe the clouds were too thick. But I was happy about the moon hanging over the sky. Although the moon was a bit too high, the clouds connected the moon and the horizon, making it balanced.
The original hotel on this site was timber and iron, opened on in 1888. William Carter was then licensee. It was rebuilt in stone in 1890 by W H Newton.
The Barrier Miner reports favourably on the Pig & Whistle and a later licensee, J.M. Manus, on the 22nd of December 1909:
"At the Pig and Whistle Hotel, corner of Bromide and Cobalt streets, visitors can rely on securing good accommodation and civility.
Mr. J.M. Manus is the proprietor, and by stocking the best of spirits, and the coolest of beers, together with strict attention to the comfort of his customers, he has become very popular amongst a numerous clientele."
The Pig & Whistle Hotel closed in 2003.
Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Trails/Silver-Trail/26.-Pig-and-W...) & Gday Pubs.
Sculpture Garden, Living Desert, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. 1999.
35mm film colour negative. Flatbed scan. Dust removal and curves adjustment Adobe CC Ps.
The Living Desert Sculpture Park, set on a hill a short distance from Broken Hill, represents the artistic spirit, beauty, and paradox of this remote, arid, iconic, and beautiful outback Australian mining town. This was taken during a 3 month work trip to Broken Hill in 1999. The 35mm colour negative was scanned and digitally cleaned. It remains quite dusty...!
No fireworks needed here, the colors at sunset are unreal and even when the sun has has set the sky continues to glow!
I bribed the magpie with some beer!!
So hot, hot hot here!!
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Drop another dime in the juke box babe.
It actually does take dimes, nickels and quarters as this juke box is imported from the US.
It is loaded with 45 rpm vinyl records and is good to go.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
The Palace Hotel in Broken Hill is itself a living work of art. Murals adorn most walls, painted over many years.
Yesterday's late burn in Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. It almost ended as 'broken hearts at broken hill', until the last moment when the gloom gave way to a smokey show of gorgeous reds and pinks.
Broken Hill is located east of the Simpson Desert in Australia. Silver, lead and zinc were discovered here in vast reserves in the 19th Century and it has been a huge mining centre ever since. The entire city is dominated by mining, mining history, and the legacy of wealth resulting in fine monumental stone buildings in an unlikely desert setting.
Included in Flickr Explore 10 July 2013.
Just feeling nostalgic so I thought I would post this. The Sunset Park at Broken Hill is worth the visit.
One of Broken Hill's most celebrated horticultural attractions sits in an abandoned parking lot outside a nondescript supermarket in South Broken Hill. The rare white jacaranda, Jacaranda mimosifolia alba, was introduced into Australia in 1960 by George Hewitt, a doctor from Bellingen, New South Wales, who imported them from a collector in Florida but is native to south-central South America. Bellingen Hospital’s original white jacaranda still flowers in the grounds and has parented many offspring.
There are some trees or groups of trees within Council area that are of local significance. These are designated as significant in the Tree asset database and include the:
• Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig) located in Sturt Park.
• Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig) located on the corners of Sulphide and Argent Streets.
• Jacaranda mimosifolia Alba (White Jacaranda) located on the corner of South and Patton Streets.
• Pinus brutia (Lone Pine) located in Memorial Oval.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald (www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-hill-is-alive-20071118-gdrlx...), DRAFT
BROKEN HILL CITY
COUNCIL - TREE
MANAGEMENT PLAN (file:///C:/Users/BP/Downloads/Draft-Tree-Management-Plan%20(1).pdf), Garden Clinic (www.gardenclinic.com.au/blog/star-of-the-season-jacaranda), & Yamina Rare Plants (www.yaminarareplants.com.au/products/jacaranda-mimosaefo-...).
‘ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE - RFDS’
At the entrance to the recently opened Outback Heritage Experience at Broken Hill Airport, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, is a ‘Gate Guard’ GAF N-22 Nomad with the rego of VH-MSF (historically was VH-RCC) in an elevated garden.
The visitors experience to the Outback Heritage Experience offers a unique combination of history, aircraft and technology as they learn about the proud tradition of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.