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BROKEN HILL, NSW
OPAL FIELDS TOUR + National Parks and Silverton: 3 days / 2 nights
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This 3 day tour takes in touring around Broken Hill itself, neighbouring National Parks, the old mining town of Silverton and the unique opal fields at White Cliffs.  Accommodation is in good quality motels with the option to upgrade to the first class Royal Exchange Hotel for the night in Broken Hill.
 

Itinerary

Departs Broken Hill every Thurs and Sun 9 am. 
Ends in Broken Hill
Truly Australia Ref 1299

INCLUDES: 
 * All transfers in Broken Hill 
 * All accommodation - one night motel standard and one night at first class Royal Exchange Hotel
 * All meals and entrance fees as per itinerary - (B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch, (D) Dinner
 * First class air-conditioned 4WD Vehicle and expert Outback driver/guide


Day 1 (Thurs or Sun) Outback Sheep Station - White Cliffs Opal Fields (L/D).
    
Leaving Broken Hill,  travel north for 120 kilometres to a working outback sheep station. This family owned property is unique as it incorporates a private natural sanctuary for fauna and flora as well as an abundance of Aboriginal rock art.  Your guide will show you some wonderful things, including plenty of wildlife like big red kangaroos, emus, eagles and much more. Next look for a nice place to have lunch, before continuing your journey on remote station roads through ever changing countryside to the remote White Cliffs Opal Field.  Dinner and accommodation will be in the famous underground Motel - a very unique experience!

Day 2  (Fri or Mon) White Cliffs Opal Fields - Broken Hill (B/L/D).  
After breakfast in the dining room, we tour around the White Cliffs opal fields. You will have the opportunity to learn how this unique community lives, visit underground houses, perhaps purchase some of the local opal products and inspect an opal mine. See the Old Field where in search of precious 'colour' over 50,000 holes have been dug since the 1880's. After lunch, return to Broken Hill for dinner and overnight at the Royal Exchange Hotel.

 

Day 3  (Sat or Tues) Silverton Ghost Town (B/[L]-see below).
This morning you visit the 'Hollywood of the Outback', Silverton. Films such as A Town Like Alice, Mad Max II and many more were filmed here. Visit some outback artists' galleries and see the sweeping Mundi Mundi Plains, an unbelievable expanse of total flatness where it is often possible to see the curvature of the earth!   You will then head back to the hill (Broken Hill) for lunch before transfer to rail station or to the airport (prior to lunch) for your onward travel. 
  
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