Thursday 30 May. Broken Hill

 Cold, wet and windy. We saved the things around town for today as the forecast all week has been for rain. 

I think it’s in the rules that you have to visit the Pro Hart Gallery when you come to Broken Hill, so that’s what we did. I liked some of his work better than I expected to. Judy B would love all the dragonfly images.

Next stop was the place with the big panorama … and it certainly was big and a panorama. There was a painting there that Renee loved but she restrained herself and we got out safely.

The Regional Art Gallery was next and it had some interesting modern indigenous work as well as a few big names like McCubbin and Streeton.

By now we were ready for some refreshment and the Silky Goat was just over the road and took care of that. There was another little gallery next door and we had quite a chat to the artist who works there and showed us her current project, a commission for the local campus of Sydney University.

It was pretty wet by now and we were a bit concerned about the road we were planning to take tomorrow as a considerable part is unsealed. Couldn’t find any road information on the internet so we went back to the visitor centre and the guy there said there’s no way the Mutawintji National Park will be open and even the sealed road to White Cliffs is doubtful. We are to return there in the morning to find out as they get the latest, and it seems only, updates on the roads.

Fortunately we have a Plan B and can put that into action as is probably going to be necessary.

Another gallery for me and the local library for Renee and then we returned to the motel for a game of Bananagrams and a cup of tea. 

We have been eating at a different pub each night and tonight was The Workies, but we discovered that they don’t do meals so we went back to the Demo Club for Wednesday Schnitzel night. It’s our last night in Broken Hill (unless there’s an awful lot more rain) and we have really enjoyed this city.