Australia - New South Wales - Broken Hill
Broken Hill gives true meaning to the expression ‘living outback’. Among the rugged beauty and dusty landscape of the region, the city is a soothing green oasis in the harsh desert, with lush green parks and gardens. Known as the Silver City, Broken Hill was the site of the world’s richest deposit of silver, lead and zinc. You can visit a simulated mine or the real thing where you don lights and helmets to enter the subterranean world that miners experienced.

Added to the natural beauty are many man made attractions. Broken Hill, as one of Australia's oldest inland cities, retains much of its history by way of public and private buildings, museums and galleries. Art is celebrated in the form of the "Brushmen of the Bush", a group of outback painters who joined together to bring their distinct styles of this unique region to the world. The names of two of them, Pro Hart and Jack Absalom, have gone on to international fame while others like Hugh Schulz, Eric Minchin, Roxanne Minchin and more recently John Dynon and Peter Brown have made the name of Broken Hill famous world wide. At the International Sculpture Symposia there is the opportunity to view the work of local and overseas sculptors in a monument to the great Australian eye doctor Fred Hollows. Two of the Outback's great institutions, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the School of the Air have bases in Broken Hill. The Flying Doctor providing routine and emergency medical treatment to remote communities whilst at the biggest classroom in the world, the School of the Air provides lessons by radio to these same communities.

Aspire recommendation - 4 Days Broken Hill via Indian Pacific Rail
Depart Sydney on the Indian Pacific Express bound for Broken Hill. After spending a comfortable night in your Gold Kangaroo sleeper berth arrive in Broken Hill and be met on arrival by your tour escort. Spend two and half days exploring Broken Hill, Mutawintji National Park with its Aboriginal art and spectacular wildlife, the outback underground settlement of White Cliffs and the “Hollywood of the Outback” Silverton. On completion of your tour and 2 nights in Broken Hill, return by flight to Sydney. Schedules and pricing on application.