Silverton

As easy as it is to set up and pack down, it was nice knowing we didn't need to pack the camper away today. Pup was in a mood this morning, too many people packing up and lots of noises. We headed to Silverton today, I'd seen some Facebook posts about keeping kids entertained by counting all of the dips in the road out there, we didn't keep track, but there were a heap, and as we came into town, there were signs saying 'beyond the 39 dips'. We headed out just past Silverton to the Umberumberka reservoir to have a look, then back past the Mundi Mundi lookout. Beautiful landscape, but also a whole lot of nothing. Silverton follows NSW time, not SA like Broken Hill does, so our watches and phone keep jumping all over the place. Google told us the other day that Broken Hill goes by SA time due to the rail link to Adelaide. We went to the Mad max museum, $10pp entry and well worth it. There were so many behind the scenes photos and information, as well as a lot of props to look through. We were allowed to take photos in the back section where they had lots of replicas, including a lot of vehicles and the Interceptor. Puppy had an interaction with a cat, that interaction being him being completely oblivious as he went past twice, missing the cat hissing and swatting at him the first time, then finally realising and just walking away. After the museum, I quickly popped into the John Dynon gallery, the emu man, lovely artwork but very $$, it was a nice quick stop either way. We were getting pretty hungry so it was time for a feed at Silverton hotel, more burgers and steak sandwiches. The gaol/museum was next, the lady at the front office was lovely and said we could bring pup through too. It was surprisingly big, with lots of history and artefacts. We moved pretty quickly as Pup was starting to crack it, fair enough though, he's been really good and it's pretty warm today. We headed back to Broken Hill, I grabbed my magnet from the info centre and took Pup back to the trailer while Ben went and grabbed some groceries and stock up. There isn't another woolies until Barossa, there are some foodmarts/IGA, but want to make sure we could get what we wanted for the next bit. I got some schoolwork done (it never ends) and looked at some activity options over the coming days. We've put a load of washing through and are just chilling at the campsite now.Read more