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5THINGS TO SEE AND DO

BROKEN HILL TO CAMERON CORNER, NSW-SA-QLD

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01 BROKEN HILL

The Hill is your typical Australian oddity, always ready to buck the East Coast norm and do things its way – like run on South Australian time. Plenty to see and do here at the home of mining giant BHP, atop the Barrier Ranges in classic desert country. The city retains a lot of its late 19th century architectu­ral heritage with grand buildings and just about every type of accommodat­ion, and it continues to be a magnet for artists and film-makers.

02 TARRAWINGE­E TRAMWAY

Some 60km north of Broken Hill is the ghost town of Tarrawinge­e, the remnants of its namesake limestone quarries and the tramway that brought the ore back to Broken Hill. At Tarrawinge­e discover building foundation­s, old wells, rail structures and implements, and raised sidings. Back in Broken Hill, visit the tramway’s terminus, now the Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum, and its superbly maintained 1905 railway building.

03 DINGO/DOG FENCE

This pest-control fence was erected to keep the dingo from predating on sheep and cattle in western NSW and Queensland, its 5614km length slicing off South East Australia from the native dog when completed in 1885. It’s worth a look being one of the longest constructi­ons in the world, and you can drive alongside it for 50km where it runs parallel with the NSW-SA border, between Silverton and Hawker Gate.

04 STATION STAYS

On the way from Broken Hill to Tibooburra are a few stations that provide accommodat­ion and camping in designated areas, including Pine View, and Mount Gipps. Pine View is a family-owned organic sheep and cattle property (with 40km of the NSW-SA Dingo Fence as one its boundaries) 180km north of Broken Hill, offering travellers shearer’s style accommodat­ion, campsites and a three-bedroom homestead for non-campers.

05 CAMERON CORNER

From Tibooburra it’s about a three-hour drive to Cameron Corner, where the states of SA-NSW-QLD meet amid the rolling red sand-dune country of the Strzelecki Desert. Here on the Queensland side you’ll find Cameron Corner Store providing fuel, food, accommodat­ion, cold beer, hot showers and camping sites.

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