The outback town that changed Australia forever

Decisions made a century ago in the Trades Hall in Broken Hill continue to influence our working lives – for the better.

• by Brian Johnston

Nine must-do highlights of Broken Hill

Don’t be surprised if you feel the earth move under your feet at either end of the day in the “Silver City”.

• by Katrina Lobley

Airline review: QantasLink, Dash 8-300, Sydney to Broken Hill, NSW

Aim for a window seat on this new route to a quirky outback destination.

• by Katrina Lobley

Broken Hill Mosque Museum: The incredible history and cameleers behind outback Australia's last mosque

The Broken Hill Mosque Museum offers a history lesson like no other.

• by Katrina Lobley

Broken Hill, travel guide and things to do: Nine highlights

From a long cold milkshake, to that other type of Milky Way, to camels in a main street, to ancient Indigenous art - there's plenty to see in this remote NSW town and surrounds.

• by Anthony Dennis

Silverton, NSW, 'Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior' location: 40 years on, tourists flock to apocalypse

It seems there are no distances too far for Mad Max 2 devotees to travel to pay homage.

• by Anthony Dennis

Broken Hill, NSW: The great missing Royal Flying Doctor plane search

Inside a hangar at its Broken Hill base, the Royal Flying Doctor Service has painstakingly been reviving its past and the latest piece of the aeronautical jigsaw is now in plane sight.

• by Anthony Dennis

NSW outback roads: Broken Hill to Tibooburra, now sealed, opens up opportunities

The full sealing of a NSW outback highway is helping open up the far west to tourists and locals.

• by Anthony Dennis

World's 15 best places to watch the sun rise and set

Traveller writers reveal memorable locations to experience the beauty of the world in half-light.

Outback with a vengeance

Cheaper flights and a swag of new tour resorts and hotel makeovers are helping lure travellers back to central Australia, writes Lee Atkinson.