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MY Parents moved to Australia from Italy in the 1950s, but they met here. I was born in Broken Hill, in Far Western New South Wales, in the land traditionally owned by the Williakali people. I left as a teenager but returned in 2009 when my sister and I bought the Palace Hotel (made famous in the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). We started Break all the festival In 2015 as a tribute to the film and last year it unfortunately hung up its heels.
Food
for breakfast, the silly goat is run by a family that is passionate about food and coffee. They make a lot from scratch and have healthy whole food alternatives. A great hot breakfast can be found at Astraalso on Main Street (Arzhen).
For dinner I would recommend The old salt. Chef Lee Seckin serves up great Saltbush lamb, as well as kangaroo and emu meat. She makes excellent sauces using bush foods and it’s a cozy dining room.
Green spaces
Early harvesting at Broken Hill reduced what few trees we had. It causes problems with sand and dust, so c At the beginning of 1900 they plant a green belt. You can drive to the edge of town anywhere and, where the streets end, is regeneration area. It’s red dirt and dense, dry scrub – mainly salt marsh and Mallee – but you can get lost in it, especially in the wildflower season (September and October).
If you park at the bottom of Living Deserts and Sculptures Symposiumseveral bushoks go to incredible rocky outcrops with extensive views. The Brno shaft of the mine it overlooks the city and has a lot of mining infrastructure and ruins. Imperial Lakes is an original area of the lake, recently handed over to the local care group. They make for some magnificent walks and there is amazing bird life. It’s the Broken Heel Festival Planting a rainbow garden And there will also be a reptile park. Right now it is member Access only ($22 per year).
We have a larger scale in the Outback, so the huge Menindee Lakes The system, about 100 km away, is where we go. On the southern shoreline there is a free campsite at Lake Pamamaro. The Baakata (Darling River) has beautiful river reds, loads of wildlife and camping in the Kinchega National Park.
Nightlife
In a city, strangers probably won’t talk to you at night. Broken Hill is the opposite; He is very friendly! Locals often notice if there’s a new face and, chances are, someone will spark up a chat. Many times I have seen tourists making friends at the bar and planning their next day. Either a local will say “I’ll take you fishing” or offer to show them some secret spot.
The Tydvil Hotel it opened Broken Hill Distillery Next door and its gin has won global awards. You can taste a selection in the hotel’s beautiful beer garden. I would recommend Spirit of the Outback infused with Redgum Honey and Quandong.
The yard books many muson tours that will stop on their way to Adelaide or Mundi Mundi Bash. Sometimes we get impromptu performances and then we have our local artists and bands. We own the only circuit in Australia Game of two up (Flip coin game with 50/50 betting odds) every Friday night. It’s a very merry night. Even just watching, it’s quite a spectacle and a cacophony of voices.
Inspiration
In the late 1800s and early 1900s mine owners show their wealth by investing in art. Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery There is a phenomenal collection donated by people who made their fortunes here. There has always been fantastic indigenous art from a mix of locals and the area crowd. The Establishing major awards for Indigenous art is fantastic and we have the lucrative one too Pro Hart Outback Art Prizewhich is receiving massive national reception.
We are treated to a lot of contemporary art. Broken Hill has a great mix (from video to sculpture, textiles, sound and dance) of out-of-town artists on residencies or painting expeditions. The light is amazing here. People come to immerse themselves in the landscape or nature or isolation and get inspired by it. I love it because new people are always up for fun things like “Let’s have dinner in a creek” or “Let’s catch the blazing sunrise while watching.”
A new gallery called Slag heap designs On Oxide Street presents innovative work. The scene is really accessible; In the openings, you get to talk to people involved in all kinds of creative practices.
Garage sales are great in Broken Hill and happen most weekends. You don’t have to drive far to get to garages all over town. Because we’re so isolated, some absolute gems are stuck in people’s sheds that have never shipped.
Quarters
The southern broken hill is on the other side of the slag heap. This is truly admired with an energized community group revitalizing Main Street. The original 50s Bells Milk Bar still making spiders and sodas. Johnny loves Noreen is a fantastic vintage shop that also stocks gorgeous restored furniture.
Pepe’s milk bar is a traditional milk bar that is open from 4am to cater for the lorry trade. It stocks your hot bolognese takeout standards as well as Corner Store classics like lollipop bags. They also have nice salads and sushi. They are all within about 50 meters of each other and across the road is a great children’s park, Patton Street Parkwith barbecues.
Accommodation
Penrose Park In Silverton (25 minute drive west) is great value. It has campsites (accessible from $20 per night; powered from $35), cabins (from $110 per night) and a fully equipped cottage (from $160 per night). The campsite has a tennis court and it is a short walk to the famous Silverton HotelThe Mad Max 2 Museum and Mundi Mundi Lookout.
We renovated several rooms in the palace with wild wallpapers and themes based on the movie Priscilla. We redesigned the original Priscilla Suite (from $265 per night) and added Bernadette’s boudoir (the character played by Terence Pechat; from $245 per night).
