The Silverton Scooter

Silverton

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June 10th 2009
Today we spent a good part of the day in the ghost town called Silverton. They say ghost town but really 40 people live there and run tourist businesses in the town. The pub was interesting to look at, it has been used in many movies (Mad Max, Town like Alice, Razorback etc) and lots of tv commercials (mostly beer ads). Inside the pub they have lots of memorabilia from the movies etc, and outsi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Broken Hill

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more