Day 7 - our final full day in Broken Hill

Today the first attraction was 'White's Mineral Art & Living Mining Museum also Bet's Doll & Bear Display'. Sounds a bit dodgy, even looks a bit dodgy from the outside, but actually one of the best 'attractions' we have seen so far.

A retired miner and his wife have devoted literally decades to making the exhibits. The mining side of things has preserved old equipment etc, and uses quality miniature models and dioramas to explain the various types of mining undertaken at Broken Hill up to the present day. The owner, Ted White does a very good and entertaining job of explaining using his models.

Ted also is a bit of an artist - he has produced amazing collages depicting historic buildings, scenes, etc made from crushed Broken Hill minerals. These are very fine pieces - the photo doesn't do justice.

Ted's wife Betty appears equally talented, having made a huge collection of dolls and teddies.

We spent a couple of hours here, then headed back into town to the library to do some Dunstan family research (geoff's maternal grandfather's family who once lived in BH). 

After lunch we checked out the old Sulphide St station, which is mainly a Silverton Tramway Co museum, but also includes a comprehensive nursing museum. The railway display included part of the 'Silver  City Comet'. This train was constructed in 1937 and was one of the first air-conditioned trains in the world. It ran between BH and Parkes. My mum can remember catching this when she visited BH around 1943.

Following the museum we spent some time exploring second hand shops - no treasures discover as yet. 

We are heading out to dinner tonight at the Broken Earth Restaurant. As you can see from the photo below it is situated high above the town on the line of lode so the view should be impressive