We had a busy day today - up early and got the washing up to date. Then we had to get a few groceries. After lunch we went on a tourist drive -
- Pro Hart Gallery. Pro Hart (Kevin Charles Hart) was born in Broken Hill on the 30th May 1928. His work was quite incredible. There were lots of his paintings in the gallery most of which were not for sale. Outside he had four Rolls Royce cars - one of which he had painted with Australiana scenes. Pro Hart died in 2006 and the car has not been registered since then. We were surprised with a lot of his work, I associated him with more abstract work but a lot of his work Australian scenery. It was well worth a visit to the Gallery.
- We drove to the Living Desert and Sculpture Symposium site. There are 12 massive sandstone sculptures which were done by Broken Hill miners of various nationalities. It is a wonderful site in the middle of a very arid landscape with views of Broken Hill in the distance. Each sculpture has a story including one that is dedicated to Fred Hollows.
- We then drove back into Broken Hill and went to the Broken Earth Cafe & Restaurant - this cafe sits on top of the now dormant Line of Lode, or ore body that runs through the middle of town. There is a memorial to the miners. It was amazing reading some of the reasons for death, falling down ladders, electrocuted etc. and some of the miners were very young - some as young as 12 years old. At the site there is a massive seat - we both sat on it and were fortunate enough to have our picture taken by one of the passing tourists.
- We then went to the National Geograph centre to have a look at the Silver Tree. The tree stands almost 1 metre high and contains approximately 8.5kg of silver. We were not allowed to take photographs of it but I will try and download one.
We had to smile today as we were driving through Broken Hill a lot of the street names are named after minerals resources and chemicals which helped forge the town. The names include Gypsum, Bromide, Oxide, Silver, Chloride, Iodide, Sulphide, Cobalt and one even called "Beryl" which is a form of quartz. The town is certainly very proud of its history.
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| Just two of the four Rolls Royce Cars at the Pro Hart Gallery |
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| Painted Rolls Royce |
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| Horses Head Sculpture |
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| Motherhood sculpture |
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| Garden Seat ? |
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| Miners Memorial |
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| Silver tree (downloaded) |
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