Talk:Broken Hill, New South Wales
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Is that right - iron??
Syd1435 07:31, 2004 Oct 24 (UTC)
"Broken Hill is also one of the stops of The Ghan and Indian Pacific Railway, luxury trains which are two of the classic train journeys. The Ghan goes from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs, and The Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth via Adelaide."
I strongly doubt that Broken Hill could be considered a stop on the Ghan railway. That's Adelaide to darwin - indian pacific is the only train to stop there.
Having taken the Ghan regularly between Adelaide and Sydney (yes, the GHAN), I can attest that it does indeed stop at Broken Hill. Troyac 11:11, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
- The route map at http://www.gsr.com.au/ clearly shows The Ghan only goes Adelaide-Darwin. I recall a few years ago they talked about extending the Ghan to Sydney or Melbourne. I thought they only talked, but evidently they did it for a while. Is it possible they stopped running it from Sydney when they started running to Darwin and needed more rolling stock for the longer journey? --Scott Davis Talk 12:01, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
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- That map would improve by removing the Sydney link (the junction is in the wrong place anyway), removing the Melbourne link and making the bend at Tarcoola sharper. The GSR website certainly doesn't let me book tickets on the Ghan to or from Broken Hill or Melbourne. --Scott Davis Talk 03:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
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I can attest that the route of the GSR "Ghan" most certainly does not include Broken Hill. The current route of this train is Adeliade, SA to Darwin, NT. The westbound Sunday "Indian Pacific", departing Broken Hill at 0820, connects with the "Ghan" at Adelaide. The reverse connection at Adelaide takes place on Friday morning. The is a second "Ghan" service ex Adelaide to Darwin as of 1st April. It, however, does not offer a same-day connection with the "IP" at Adelaide. John S Lasher, Broken Hill, NSW.--Jslasher 02:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
- The Ghan used to stop at Broken Hill before the Adelaide-Darwin link was completed in 2004. Before that, the train ran twice a week but once from Sydney and once from Melbourne. Since the introduction of the Darwin link the train no longer has the time to run to Sydney or Melbourne, so the Overland and Indian Pacific schedules were changed to meet up with the Ghan and it now only runs to Adelaide. JROBBO 05:32, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestions
As a once-only visitor to Broken Hill, I would like to suggest that it would be worthwhile including mention of the extensive use of corrugated iron in construction of houses throughout Broken Hill.
This is uncommon enough throughout New South Wales (as a continuing construction material!) to be worthy of mentioning, and I suggest there should be a few buildings which would be worthwhile photographing.
I'm not talking about corrugated iron roofing but corrugated iron / pressed metal exterior wall cladding.
When I visited a few years ago and commented on it, locals were very blase about it but as a visitor it is a striking feature of the city. --Garrie 02:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
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Some of this stuff was copied straight off the BH council website, (www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au)mainly the poetic writings.
[edit] Mike Patton!
Ah, riiiiiiiiiight, Mike Patton from Faith No More is from Broken Hill! Really, I have no idea, but you've got to be kidding me. Very funny whoever popped his name on the list. I can officially say, it is now Removed.jkm 15:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
