SILVERTON & OUTBACK PUBS NEW SOUTH WALES
Green grass is rarer than gold in Silverton.
Silverton
Population is about fifty residents. Twenty-six kilometres north-west of Broken Hill on a sealed road.
The reason for the town was the discovery of rich silver deposits. These deposits later diminished out. Silverton is often referred to as a ghost town. Frequented by day trip tourists in the cooler winter months.
As of 2024 Silverton has:
One working hotel.
One modern bakery.
One church
Mad Max 2 Museum.
Working Artist Gallery.
Caravan/camping area with an amenities block.
Some derelict old dwellings and some scattered housing. A jail with out-buildings used as a museum. Several closed public buildings dating back pre-1900.
Large tourist buses do frequent the town.
Almost all the town roads are unpaved but 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 so a sedan crossing the creek is only a concern if very recent rare torrential rain storms have passed through. The creek crossing is about six hundred metres from the hotel.
Silverton Hotel
The original hotel opened in 1884. 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 otherside of the courtyard are 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 covers 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.
Traveldriven
ENTER CLICK/TAP
DRIVE MILDURA TO BROKEN HILL
Bullet riddled road sign on the
Silver City Highway
between Mildura and Broken Hill
PIG MELONS? SILVER CITY HIGHWAY
Silverton Hotel with
replica Mad Max car.
Photo taken 2008
GREEN GRASS IS RARER THAN GOLD IN SILVERTON
self contained accommodation is
rear of hotel opposite the ruins and green lawn.
RUINS OF BURNED OUT
SILVERTON HOTEL
THE SILVERTON HOTEL
OUTBACK PUBS
Silverton landscape
Silverton scooter
REDNECKS WHO SHOOT SIGNS ARE DUMB