The Broken Hill Sculptures (image heavy).

[Ross the fiddler]

Here are some of the Broken Hill Sculptures (with some more in my gallery) when I visited recently.
Some more info can be found about the Sculptures & Broken Hill here, here & here & from these photos of some of the signs at the site (with the thumbnails linked to my gallery).


(This sign was photographed by my son back in 2009 on an E410)





And now for my photos.
Here are some of the photos in my gallery.


















And the view through the hole.


And the sunset that everyone waits for.





It gets a little crowded near sunset in the school holidays.


Hope you like these. I will add some more detail on the above sculptures soon (I couldn't enough info on each one on the web).

Edit: I've now added in the info promised (it took a bit of organising) with the information on each sculpture in the thumbnail underneath.

[Guest]

Re: The Broken Hill Sculptures (image heavy).

Nice lighting, full marks for shooting either early morn or late afternoon. For their scale alone these are impressive sculptures, Ross but am at a loss to see what relevance they bear to the location. Without knowing the story behind them I have to say they do look rather commercial. Can't help wondering what connection to the location the apparently disparate group of sculptors had.

I think the Stone Henge sculptors did a better job !

[Floribunda]

Re: The Broken Hill Sculptures (image heavy).

Quite a few years ago we visited the sculptures when you just had to get a key from the Info Centre, go along a dirt track, unlock a gate and wander at your leisure.
Last year we noticed a brand new road put in, were stopped by a Ranger requesting an entrance fee and noticed lots of cars coming and going.
Not our scene - I am ignorant about sculptures anyway, so walked to a nearby hill and watched the sunset for free.
It all reeked of commercialism which I thought was a shame.

[Zuiko]

Re: The Broken Hill Sculptures (image heavy).

I appreciate the sentiments of Mark and Lyn but I still enjoyed looking at them.

[Ross the fiddler]

Re: The Broken Hill Sculptures (image heavy).

Thanks for the comments. I've now added the story of it & info about some some of the sculptures & now I need some sleep.