Dugouts are amazing . You can see the rock walls and the temperature is cool inside . They have huge skylights made from old fashioned gallon drums. The walls are sometimes painted. We then drove to the "free to dig"site. Was tempted to dig but the thought of having to break a lot of rocks was just too daunting. Some things are better bought at the shops. We drove around for a while . It is amazing to look at the white dug out craters where people have dug for opals. They just leave the rocks on the sides of the hole rather than fill in their holes. I guess it let's others know the areas has already been explored. Consequently the area has signs warning of the danger of old mine areas caving in. After a few laps of the area we began to realize we were lost in White Cliffs...each mine hole looked the same as the next. Despite the flatness of the area the large hills created by the digging hinder the view of how to get back to the exit road. Everyone drives a four wheel drive and everyone makes their own tracks so eventually you have no idea which track is which!! Thank goodness for iPad GPS tracking lol. Finally found the exit and headed off for Broken Hill. This time the kangaroos were away from the road as were the emus. The cows however were still wandering the roads as was a snake and a lizard.
Had a brief stop in the middle of nowhere. Chatted with some others there too feeling very smug that I had both mobile and Internet access while they didn't. I did my best ' Kath' voice nodding the word TELSTRA only to learn they too had that and supposedly NextG but not my luck of connection. Obviously I chose the right phone:)))
Arrived at Broken Hill and fast food was rife. Chose Hungry Jacks complete with onion rings then found our hotel. What a find it was!!! It is gorgeous inside and out. The room is a newly fitted out spa room and for the cheap price it's just fantastic. Would recommend this place if anyone ventures to Broken Hill. Check it out online- www.lodgemotel.com.au . Oh and they gave us a free bottle of wine cause it's our anniversary hee hee - our real one even lol !!!
Ate our anniversary dinner at a restaurant called Broken Earth. It's built onto the line of lode -a huge mullock pile (leftover rock etc after mining) . The sunset was just spectacular from the restaurant. The sun went from a yellow sparkling ball against a pale blue sky with a few fine white clouds , to a burning orange circle with wispy pink clouds against a mauve and blue sky. Sipped moscato watching the vision as did Brian ( he probably was watching me as the vision more hahahaha) . Food was just delicious and surprisingly large serves , refuting the usual ratio of cost to meal size lol. Brian had a steak encrusted with pepper and a creamy sauce. I had a chicken breast filled with Danish feta and sundried tomatoes served on asparagus and " seasonal greens" lol. Dessert was also a culinary delight. Brian had a mango and caramel cheesecake and I had a raspberry and coffee parfait with a creamy custard . Waddled back to the car for the drive home to the hotel.
I'm exhausted cause it's hard work being a passenger on a long drive ha ha!!
Tomorrow we are going to explore Silverton and around Broken Hill.
Love Kerry and BRIAN xxx
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