Silent Hill....No i mean Broken Hill

We had a fairly relaxed day around Broken Hill today. Andrea had a couple of runs to do, which she did early in the morning and then late as the sun set, to attempt to miss the blazing heat from the sun. Our hunt for wild animals continued and we were lucky to see a kangaroo standing in the middle of the road on our evening run. They are more active at sunrise and sunset so we thought a run out of town into the desert at dusk might mean we see one and we weren’t disappointed.

Other than that we had a look around the town and made a trip up to ‘the living desert’, a series of aboriginal inspired sculptures on the top of a hill overlooking Broken Hill. The sculptures weren’t what inspired us to make the trip, instead it was the view. It was fantastic. If you ever get a chance to take a trip into the outback, I would definitely recommend it. The scenery is immense. So bare, so vast, yet incredibly diverse. Andrea and I are already planning a safari around Uluru National Park (Ayers Rock) on our next trip to Australia to experience other parts of the outback. We had both thought that after this trip Australia would be ticked off the list…not even close!


Me standing on the hill with Broken Hill behind.


Bearded dragon in the ‘living desert’, similarly to our beardy!

Tomorrow we are heading down to our second national park at Menindee Lakes, 100km south east of Broken Hill. There should be more Kangaroo spotting opportunities and as we’re still on the lookout for the perfect ‘Roo’ photo, you had better watch this space….