Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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| Breakfast: Wild Berry and Chia Seed Parfait |
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At 8:15 we disembarked for our excursion
of the day, which was NOT Shelita, Queen
of the Outback, the option to share time with the
real life characters made famous by the
1994 movie, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
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Instead, our excursion was Silver City Highlights,
featuring the frontier mining town of Broken Hill;
here is a photo of the typical residences |
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A general view of the hilltop called Sundown in an area
known as Living Desert, which was transformed in two months
in 1993 by the Broken Hill Sculpture Symposium into an
international display of sandstone sculptures |
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Facing the Day and the Night
(1993, by Eduardo Nasta Luna, Mexico) |
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Thomasina/Jillawurri the Ibis (by
Thomas Munkanome, Tiwi, Bathurst Island) |
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Motherhood (by Badri Salushia,
Tbilisi, Georgia) (KSS)
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| Habitat (by Dr Ahmad Al Ahmad, Damascus, Syria) |
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Bajo el Sol Jaguar/Under the Jaguar Sun
(by Antonio Nava Tirado, Mexico) (KSS) |
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Angles of the Sun and the Moon
(by Valerian Jikiya, Rustiva, Georgia) (KSS) |
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A Present for Fred Hollows in the Afterlife
(by Lawrence Beck, symposium director,
Koolewong, Australia) |
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| Nhatji/Rainbow Serpent (by Badger Bates, Broken Hill) |
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Two Totems (by Gordon Pupangamirri,
Tiwi, Bathurst Island) |
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| Horse (by Jumber Jikiya, Rustiva, Georgia) |
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| Our excursion motor coach for the day |
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| Mine shaft in Broken Hill |
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Palace Hotel (1889, by Alfred Dunn as a coffee palace)
was used as a location for the Priscilla movie |
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| Wendt's Chambers (1889) |
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| Kidman Building (1888) |
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| Argent Street scene (KSS) |
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Sully's Emporium (1885-1900) is now
Broken Hill City Art Gallery |
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Contemporary Aboriginal Poles as art,
based on traditional larrakitj/memorial poles
that are stringybark logs that have been
hollowed by termites and were used to hold
the bones and ashes of the deceased (KSS) |
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We were offered refreshments at the
Broken Hill City Art Gallery:
Bushmen's Slice and Brownie |
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| Not so wild west (2025, by Krystle Evans) |
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Native flowers with Sulphur Crested Cockatoos
(2025, by Phillip Drummond) |
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Sunspell over Purnululu (2025,
by Deb Michell-Smith) |
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| Wuru watching (2024, by Virginia Keft) |
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Twin digs at the Broken Hill Cobalt Project
(2025, by Jo Mellor) |
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Twin digs at the Broken Hill Cobalt Project
detail |
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Clarendon, Spring. Make Sure the Sun Wipes Its Feet
(1984, by John Olsen) |
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| Akatjera/bush tomato (1989, by Ada Binunga) |
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Captain Charles Sturt's Camp, Stephens Creek 1844
(1969, by Sam Byrne) (KSS) |
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| Backyardscape (no date, by Kevin Charles 'Pro' Hart) |
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Hunting Clockwork Dingoes (c 1970, by Pro Hart)
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Kevin Charles 'Pro' Hart was one of the "Brushmen of the Bush," a nickname coined after a 1973 exhibition in Broken Hill.
Exhibit: Outback Dreamscapes:
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| Arcadia (2025, by Isabella Seraphima Rose) |
Next: Indian Pacific Railway Journey IV Broken Hill B.
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