South Australia & Victoria 2015 – Day 5 – Daydream Mine & Silverton

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The Old Willyama Hotel – another family history site of ours

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Saltbush country between Broken Hill and Silverton

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The road to Daydream Mine

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The joys of the outback in a creek bed with red river gums.

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Daydream Mine road

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Daydream Mine

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Old shafts

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Memorabilia – man in the photo at top second from the left was a family ancestor.

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Mundi Mundi Plains

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This stretch of road was famously used in Mad Max 2.

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Emus near Silverton

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Some of the movies and TV filmed here include Max Max II,  A Town Like Alice (miniseries), Razorback, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Mission Impossible II.

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Quirky surrounds in Silverton

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There are a lot of ruins in Silverton

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One of the locals in Silverton – some people call them donkeys but it really is an ass.

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Back to the Line of Lode for another sunset – looking over Broken Hill

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The Miners Memorial

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Memorials for all the miners who lost their lives working in Broken Hill

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Broken Hill from the Miners Memorial

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Another glorious end to the day.


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