We arrived in Broken Hill and were reminded by the signs that it was the home of Pro Hart. Of course we were going to go and check out his gallery. From our childhood we remember the infamous advert with Pro splashing food on the carpet and creating one of his dragonflies.
His gallery was impressive, with his studio still set up how he left it when he died with a dragonfly picture still to be completed. It is three storeys high and paintings everywhere! There are two original Rembrandt paintings in the entry. Such great and amazing paintings by Pro with so much variation to the next one. It was definitely one of my highlights of this trip.
We also visited an old disused silver mine and were able to travel underground exploring the tunnels and seeing how they extracted it over a hundred years ago. We were well equipped with safety hats and headlights. It was an amazing experience.After the mine we drove a short distance up the road to Silverton where Mad Max 2 was filmed. It's a tiny town.
Next it was back on the road to Kimba. Which as stated by the sign there it is halfway across Australia. As you can see we are definitely on our way back home.
After a night stop over in Kimba we travelled to Border Village just inside the South Australia border and our last stop was a night in Coolgardie.Finally we made it home on thursday, one day early. the girls were so relieved and marvelled at the space in our house after being confined in a caravan for two and a half months.
Well I must say I would definitely do this trip again, in a heart beat. We had such a great time and really started to enjoy each others company a lot more. We have learnt so many things about our country and the special places it holds.
Thank you for taking time to read our blog and following our adventure east and back. Of course there may be more trips to come but not for a couple of years.
Bye for now,
Christen xxx
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