Today, Thursday, we had another slow start as both Prue and I have developed cold like symptoms. No, we do not have ‘Swine flu’ not yet anyway. So we are trying to find something more than red wine to counteract the symptoms! Today has been windy and cold in the wind

Some housekeeping was in order today as tomorrow we must leave our wonderful hosts, Kelvin and Vennetia, for a further leg westward into the southern start of the Flinders Ranges. Water has been topped on the Karavan, some groceries acquired in one of the shopping centres, washing of clothes done and dried and the Bravo refuelled at Woolworths Discount fuel which worked out at $1.13 per litre.

We then visited Bush and Beyond Gallery and view work by Wendy Martin and Ian Lewis along with other artists. There was some very nice work there along with a variety of metal sculptures especially of motorised vehicles. A lot of work has gone into them.

Then we had lunch at the Cafe Alfresco on the main street in Broken Hill after that we decided to refuel the Bravo before coming back to the van.

Later in the afternoon Kelvin and Vennetia took us out to the Broken Hill Sculptures. One has to pay a deposit of $25 on a key to gain access to the “Sculpture Symposium”. What a display of work in really hard sandstone. It has to be seen to be appreciated the photos really do not do it justice. Once the sun had set and dropped well below the horizon, we returned to Kelvin and Vennetia’s home.

A short time later we then went out for dinner at the Southern Cross Bistro. This is a nice place to have dinner and relax after such view of the sunset and sculptures.

So our time in Broken Hill is coming to an end. We have seen and learnt a lot about this incredible place. To those of you that have not been here, you should come to experience the atmosphere of this area. We have been so lucky to have our friends, Kelvin and Vennetia, show us around. The art is such a variety of styles and the scenery is marvellous, along with the history.