Day 26 Tuesday 3rd of August 2010

Down the mine i was tempted to suggest we were standing on the wrong side of the sign


Before the descent


The cut down camper trailer set up with no awning or kitchen enclosure. Pull the kichen out the back of the trailer for easy access to the cutlery. When we cook the stove goes on top

Hi Folks,
The great thing about Broken Hill is it is warmer than Peterborough as are most places in the world.
The day started under a slightly cloudy sky that soon gave way to warm sunshine enabling us to pack the swag away. A fragmented morning dealing with the minutiae of life, a new trailer hitch to raise the drawbar height of the trailer to obviate the need to back a pajero up a ramp to get the jockey wheel down, booking a free tyre rotation from the local Bridgestone dealer and ordering a new brake light socket from Mitsubishi broken by a heavy handed butcher trying to stop the globe from dropping out in service.
After lunch we proceeded to the Daydream mine on the road to Silverton and did an underground tour complete with hard hats and miners lamps. The only thing missing was a canary! When we returned to camp two girls on the mine tour were having tea in the camp kitchen next to our plot with the rest of their entourage. Life is like that on the road!
We had a nice tea at the Old Willyama pub just down the road from the campground. Willyama was the suggested aboriginal name for Broken Hill.
Interesting the difference between parks. Copley a park with some social life due to the fact the owners created a gathering point in the form of a campfire every night which drew people together to chat (and drink). Here at BH it is quite sterile with only immediate neighbours and people that you bump into in the camp kitchen or ablution block having a passing conversations.


Ciao

......POSTSCRIPT

I was reading some time back about the federal government plan to have Australia asbestos free by 2013 (don’t quote the year but it wasn’t too far in the future) I remarked at the time this would not be possible. Now having travelled many places country I am absolutely sure this is unachievable. Not only would most every caravan park need amenities blocks demolished and rebuilt, but homes in country towns would need dozing too. I am sure the government person responsible for the statement has no idea how many asbestos buildings are “out there”. Judging from the money Hardy’s made on the products this would amount to hundreds of thousands of buildings. The OHS person in me notes with dismay that fixtures would have been applied with the use of power tools, however judging from the age I figure this was some time ago, and so have continued to breathe whilst attending to my daily ablutions.....

Susan