Andrew Schmidt

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Viki Ntafillis |Andrew Schmidt

As water levels steadily rise at Menindee Lakes, so too do the numbers of tourists and birdlife in the area. Floodwaters from Queensland have been flowing from the northern basin catchments into the lake system for several months. The lakes are dotted along the Darling River about 100 kilometres south-east of Broken Hill in far west New South Wales. River Lady Tours owner Rob Gregory said tourist numbers in the area had risen on the back of the influx of water.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Oliver Brown |Andrew Schmidt

On a chilly winter morning in far west New South Wales a small cluster of people stands solemnly over the grave of Sergeant John Everett Lumley. Sergeant Lumley, a NSW Police officer and veteran of the Boer War, died in 1919 aged 39 while posted in the small community of Tibooburra shortly after being hospitalised due to illness, diagnosed at the time as "paralysis". However, until recently, his final resting place was little more than a bare patch of gravel in the Broken Hill Cemetery.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Andrew Schmidt |Josh Mercer |Bill Ormonde

Drilling results from the Pinnacles Mine near Broken Hill, owned by Broken Hill Mines and the Williams family, have yielded promising signs. Samples indicating high-grade zinc, lead and silver relatively close to the surface have been sent away for further testing. A resources analyst says the tests are "only scraping the surface" and more exploration work is likely. A partnership between a Broken Hill family and an Australian mining company is attempting to re-inject life into an old mine.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Bill Ormonde |Andrew Schmidt

One of the main questions Shane Goodwin is asked by tourists and locals about the towering mound of ore that overlooks Broken Hill is "do you know what's happening up there?"Now he can say that after years spent collecting dust the vacant Line of Lode complex is set for a revival.

Oct 16, 2024 | floridatrend.com | Andrew Schmidt

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