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| The Big Park Bench, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
No, it's not a trick question - but it MAY be a trick answer!! Unless mining towns are different where you come from ...
Broken Hill, half an hour over the South Australian border into New South Wales, boasts a killer slag heap with a stupendous view over the 'Silver City' (yep, that gives a bit of a clue!) to the desert beyond.
So what else can you find up there? The 'Broken Earth' restaurant, Line of Lode Miners Memorial AND ... wait for it ...
...wait for it ...
The Big Park Bench can all be visited from this convenient location!!
More on Broken Hill in a future post - this fascinating city and surrounds deserve more than just an idle photo of me sitting on the big park bench waiting for sunset!! I'm around 175 cm (5'9") and the tactful would describe my build as 'big', so I appreciate ANYTHING that makes me look small!
Regular readers may recall a previous description of other Broken Hill delights - and there are many more!
Oops! Nearly missed this historic blog moment! Unless I'm much mistaken, this is the first photo I've posted on this blog that actually has ME in it!! Prove me wrong by checking photos on previous posts if you dare!!
Stay focussed!
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ReplyDeleteLove the photo, you look great!
Stop, I'm blushing!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful photograph! You have a great sense of humor and seem to have a grand time wherever you go. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteThx for visiting my blog, Red Nomad OZ. A couple of years ago a small group of us did a retreat for a week at a sheep station on the immediate outskirts of Broken Hill - and had to make a couple of trips to town. Loved the place and want to go back and have a deeper look. When the weather gets tough in Melbourne and all is wet and gloom, Broken Hill is a place I dream about!
ReplyDeleteLovely photo very relaxing image. Thanks for always following my blog, I really appreciate your time visiting me.
ReplyDelete@Mary - thanx as always for your encouraging comments! I do indeed have a grand time travelling!! @Miss Eagle - hi there, and welcome! Hope you realise your dream of spending more time in Broken Hill soon! In the meantime, look out for a post about it!! @Siromade - thanx for visiting, and for your kind comments!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a delight post, you have a wonderful way with words!
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of you on the rather huge park bench.
Amazing, you're like a little baby! Pareces una bebecita
ReplyDeleteI'm going to add that to my list of things to go and see when I retire and start bussing around the country like my mum did in her sixties.
ReplyDelete@Pam - thanx for your kind comment!
ReplyDelete@ Fernando - yes, it's the first time I've felt small in YEARS!! Probably since I WAS a baby ...
@River - what a great ambition! Stay tuned - there's plenty more for your list here at Red Nomad OZ world!!
Hi, thanks for visiting my blog. Would you believe I missed this seat when I was in Broken Hill ... as shame, I could do with something that "shrinks" me to a better size
ReplyDeleteHey Joan Elizabeth! Looks like we have something in common then!! Amazing to feel so small ...
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