Sizzling at Silverton

Was fantastic to have a sleep in and not have to pack the car up to hit the road again. Headed out around 10 to the main street of Broken Hill in search of breakfast. Definitely not a coffee Mecca. I think there must be some secret coffee lane well hidden from tourists cause I don't want to believe that they don't " do coffee" here. Starving and in need of breakfast we checked out that Silverton had food and decide to travel there as it's only a 25 min drive from BH.
As we started driving we saw the most beautiful sky. A storm was brewing on the horizon. The clouds were a purple hue unlike anything we'd seen. I think it was the combination of very dark grey clouds hued with the red dust that hovers. Took some photos but they just couldn't capture the beauty. The wind was strong and my hair was blown away. Was glad I hadn't bothered to waste time restraightening it. We crossed the road to get a closer look at carved out red earth stream beds. Hard to imagine this dry place to have flowing creeks at any time.
Found the cafe at Silverton and had a sausage and damper breakfast. The cafe had a collection of old dolls, bottle and other things. We had a look through , there were two cane doll prams like the one I have! By now it was around 11am and the temperature was 32 C . It was an unfamiliar heat as it was dry rather than humid and bearable. My legs looked like they had been fake tanned as the red dust coated me and stuck to my well moisturised legs hahaha! Drove around looking at the old homes broken down by time but still a monument to the busy place Silverton was in it's day. Went into an art gallery and left after spending a motza on a painting that we both loved. It captured the outback as we had seen it. A new addition for the forbidden room :))
When we got back to the car we saw the red dust had ' fingerprinted' our car!! The dust showed them all ... AMAZING !!! Viewed a museum dedicated to Mad Max memorabilia . The owner was a tad obsessive lol. Saw a museum with old school and gaol relics ( hmmmm was it a little Freudian that they were combined in one location ??? Lol )
Brian like that in Silverton like White Clffs near the mining area roads were where you made them:))
Next we headed to a place called Mundi Mundi . It's claim to fame is that from the lookout you can see the curve of the earth. Silly me thought that meant you would look to the horizon and see it disappear in a curve over, bit like a wave curls over. I had already told Brian not to drive to close to the curve. I wondered why he looked at me a little odd. We arrived at the lookout and I'm glad we were the only ones there... and not for romantic reasons tho it does have that feel about it. No the reason was cause I said in a loud voice " the horizon curves just like everywhere else, what's the big deal?". Brian then pointed out the arc of the world.... The circumference of the earth sphere... Yeah I knew that ... Hahaha. Spectacular vision that you just can't capture and I think not even I could with a little help from my friend photoshop :))
Brian went to the miners memorial on the Line of the Lode when we returned to BH. But I chose instead to have coffee and a biscuit at the cafe while he went to the museum.
Had dinner in a nearby hotel recommended by our accommodation. Food was huge and tasty. As always everyone talks to everyone else. The table next to us was a group of about 8 people out on a bird watching holiday from Sydney. They asked us if we had seen interesting birds on our travels. Elbowed Brian in fear he would say "yes" remembering the photos and calendars displayed all around the White Cliffs pub ...haha.... Not quite the birds these people were referring to lol. Back in the room now. I'm blogging ( obviously hee hee) and Brian is tv watching. Tomorrow we head to Adelaide. Better start googling what to see along the drive.
Love Kerry and BRIAN xxx