When you’re driving along the road and you come across 2 “Wide Load” warning vehicles AND a police car, I’ve learnt that it means “GET RIGHT OFF THE ROAD!”. Broken hill is a mining town and the mining equipment is HUGE. Here’s one example (this is the 3rd time I’ve had to get right off the road):
Another thing I’ve gotten used to, living in a mining town, is the bomb blasts at 6:45am and 6:45pm every day. Sometimes they’re far away, but once it was right under our house! That was freaky!!
Broken Hill has a lot of history. In case you didn’t know, the BH in BHP Billiton stands for Broken Hill. That’s where it all started. The variety of rocks and minerals they’ve found around here are quite amazing. There are quite a few museums which are well worth the visit.
Here are the kids exploring the old junction mine…
Off Grid Maori 