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Green grass is rarer than gold in Silverton.

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Silverton

The town is a famous Australian outback destination. Known for its outback scenery and locations for movie sets.

Population is about fifty residents. Silverton is twenty-six kilometres north-west of Broken Hill on a sealed road. Broken Hill is a little over 1,100 km west of Sydney and 850 km north of Melbourne.

The town was established after the discovery of rich silver deposits. These deposits later diminished out. Silverton is often referred to as a ghost town and is often frequented by day trip tourists in the cooler winter months.

As of 2024 Silverton has:

• One working hotel with film memorabilia

• One modern bakery.

• One church

• Mad Max 2 Museum.

• Working Artist Gallery.

• Caravan/camping area with an amenities block.

There are some derelict old dwellings about the town and some scattered housing. A historic jail with-out-buildings now used as a museum. The main street has several closed public buildings dating back pre-1900.

Large tourist buses do frequent the town.

Almost all the town roads are unpaved but these are still good for all types of vehicles. A shallow creek crossing with a concrete base must be driven over to enter the town. The creek named Mindioomballa Creek seldom flows water. The creek is only a concern if very recent rare torrential rainstorms have passed through. The creek crossing is about six hundred metres from the hotel.

Silverton Hotel

The original hotel opened in 1884 and was replaced a year later by a two-story building. This burnt down in 1918. Ruins of the burnt hotel are preserved to this day. The ruins are at the rear of the current hotel in a green grassed courtyard. On the other side of the courtyard are hotel accommodation units.

Green grass is rarer than gold in Silverton.

The hotel is open daily for patrons and meals may be ordered and eaten in the large adjoining and covered seating area (beer garden). Film memorabilia cover the interior walls of the hotel. As well as the Mad Max ll film, numerous big budget movies have been filmed in and around the Silverton area.

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Silverton Hotel with

replica Mad Max car.

Photo taken 2008

GREEN GRASS IS RARER THAN GOLD IN SILVERTON

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rear of hotel opposite the ruins and green lawn.

RUINS OF BURNED OUT

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Silverton landscape

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