Sunrise view from our tent site
It was a hot and windy night lastnight. The temperature didn’t drop below 29 degrees and the wind was really strong. None of us slept well.
We started the day slowly, with Toby insisting on visiting the steam train engine in the park twice before anyone else got out of bed. He just loves the steam train, and spends most of his time at the engine. When we finally got moving we went past Silverton to a lookout, and from there to a reservoir. Then it was back to Silverton to have a look around. The movies Mad Max and Mad Max 2 were made here, and there are a couple of vehicles there that were in the movies.
We went back to the campsite for lunch and then headed into Broken Hill. There are a large number of attractions and things to do in Broken Hill, but with our limited time we chose to go to the Royal Flying Doctors and go on their tour. We were shown the control room where people took calls and had all the information they needed at their fingertips, and then we were taken to the hanger where we saw two aeroplanes, one that was being worked on.
We took the kids back to the playground with the flying fox for a while and then went to the Living Desert Reserve to look at the sculptures which were quite spectacular. With it being nearly dinner time and the kids tired and hungry, we decided not to take the walking track to the sculptures but drove up instead. Toby fell asleep in the car on the way back, and didn’t want to wake up when we got to the campsite, so we let him sleep, but he missed out on his dinner!
Toby at the steam train at the campsite
Dry river bed near our campsite
Reservoir
Car from Mad Max
Buggy from Mad Max
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Flying doctors hanger
And photos from the sculptures at the Living Desert Reserve:
