Take a tour of Silverton

Broken Hill City Sights Tours offer a range of fabulous tours. We can arrange an absolutely fabulous deal of buy one get one free tour of both the Silverton Tour or City sights and Heritage Tours as a guest of Emaroo Cottages. Be sure to arrange this with Cathy prior to booking as she will need to arrange a voucher for you to present to Tour Driver.

Here’s what Broken Hill City Sights have to say about what is included in each of the tours.
Silverton Tour

“Silverton is situated about 30kms from Broken Hill, where this once was a busy mining town, today it is a ghost town, but its brought to life by the filming of movies such as Mad Max 2, Razorback, Town Like Alice, Dirty Deeds and many commercials that have been filmed in the area. We visit the Mundi Mundi Plains, Umberumberka Reservoir, and the Old Silverton Goal. This museum has one of the best collections of yesteryear you will seen anywhere in Australia (Entry fees apply)

We have a look at the Old Silverton School where Mary Jane Gilmore used to teach, she is The lady on our $10.00 note. (Entry fees apply) Visit the Galleries of Justin Crowley - Inspect the New Gallery/Coffee Lounge on the hill. Call in to the Coin Cavery, have a bite to eat or a coldie at the Silverton Hotel. You will see photos of the actors of all the films, and the names of the hotel when it was used in different films. We also visit The Mad Max Museum (Entry fees apply), Silverton Souvenirs, beyond 39 dip, Horizon Gallery of Albert Woodroffe. Then we head home to Broken Hill.

$60 per person minimum of 2 persons *conditions apply

City Sights and Heritage Tour
“We start our tour at the Picnic train ambush site where you can read about the attack on the picnic train, then onto the White Rocks. We visit the Broken Hill Golf & Country Club; see the transformation of semi desert into lush green fairways. We pass the Afghan Mosque, travelling around the City we take in the Igloo, the new hospital, the high schools, the primary schools.

The Titanic Memorial in Sturt Park, view some of the wonderful buildings we have today, drive past the Broken Hill Gaol and Westside Plaza. We drive around the outskirts of the Mines, hear and see the heritage of our wonderful City and finally we also visit the lookout on top of the slag heap before heading back to your Emaroo Cottage.

$60 per person minimum of 2 persons *conditions apply

Contact Cathy Edmonds (Owner of Emaroo Cottages in Broken Hill)  to arrange the special deals on these tours
Ph 0418 862 260