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TOP 100 NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW) Popular Travel Destinations
Popular travel destinations in New South Wales - Australia, there are list of 100 best city, town, region, area or suburb for travel destinations in NSW State. This ranking from 1 to 100 is based on the popularity of each places. Choose your next trip destinations in New South Wales and find the deep information about each places by watching our other videos. In this video you will know what is the popular city/town/suburb in New South Wales for tourist.
Looking for beaches in New South Wales, you can go to Sydney, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Byron Bay, Wollongong, Gosford, Nelson Bay, Merimbula, Batemans Bay, Nowra, Kiama, Coffs Harbour, etc. But if you looking for mountains in New South Wales, you can makes a trip to Katoomba, Leura, Blackheath, Mudgee etc.
To know more about each places in this list, Explore Australia also has video about tourist attractions of each places in New South Wales. Hope you enjoy this.
MCYs TRAVEL : AUSTRALIA - THE AMAZING OUTBACK [ HD ]
The history of the Australian Outback stretches back at least 50,000 years. In Aboriginal mythology, the Outback was created by ancient spirits who moved across the land, calling animals, plants, rocks and other landforms into being as they went. These stories belong to the Dreamtime and are part of the Outback's rich cultural history.
When the first English colonists came to Australia in the 1770s they settled on the continent's east coast. By the mid-1880s, the settlers had begun to explore Australia's arid interior, driven partly by a desire to discover what was unknown to them, and partly by a desire to realise the Outback's mineral and agricultural promise.
Australia's Outback history from 1880 onwards is a saga of exploration and development, demonstrating the triumph of a pioneering spirit.
Pastoralists followed in the explorers' footsteps, establishing Outback cattle stations in some cases as large as a European country. Gold, silver and opals provided more good reasons for the hardy and the enterprising to embrace the Outback's wild beauty. These men and women battled relentless heat, flash floods and deprivation. In doing so, they forged a unique identity characterised by a bone-dry sense of humour and an astounding spirit or adventure.
The Outback continues to be shaped by remarkable individuals and ancient cultures. Indigenous populations, along with drovers, swagmen, pastoralists, flying doctors, pioneering men and women, prospectors and shearers have all contributed to an Outback history that's rich, resilient and inspiring.
Uniquely Australian
Visit an historic cattle station. The descendants of the famous Australian pastoral family, the Duracks, can be found at Ray Station, near Quilpie in the far south-western corner of Queensland. The 600-sq km sheep and cattle property was settled in 1874 by Patsy and Sarah Tully (nee Durack), and it remains one of few properties in Australia never to have changed hands since white settlement.
Discover Coober Pedy's unique underground history. Opal prospectors at Coober Pedy came up with a great way to escape the desert heat - not only did they work underground, but they lived there too. These miners converted Coober Pedy's underground caves into fully-equipped homes and hotels, providingall the comforts found above ground. Visitors can sleep underground,as well as explore underground museums, potteries, opal shops, an art gallery and, of course, opal mines.
Explore the Outback's Indigenous history at Mungo National Park in New South Wales. The World Heritage-listed Willandra Lakes Region, with Mungo National Park at its centre, maintains a continuous record of human occupation dating back 40,000 years. Rain and wind have uncovered ancient fireplaces and hearths, as well as artefacts, stone tools and animal bones, providing some of the world's oldest evidence of homo sapiens.
Put yourself in the air with a 'Flying Doctor'. On 17 May 1928, an emergency call for help from the Outback town of Julia Creek was answered by Australia's first flying doctor. This airborne emergency service was started by a Presbyterian minister, Reverend John Flynn, who envisaged Outback Australia protected by 'a mantle of safety'. Visitors to the Broken Hill RFDS base, which is open to the public each day, can explore the Mantle of Safety Museum which showcases over 80 years of remarkable Outback history.
Take a walk along Silverton's Heritage trail. Built in 1880 on the back of the region's mineral wealth, Silverton in Outback New South Wales was once a booming silver-mining town. But the discovery of significantly larger mineral deposits at nearby Broken Hill proved to be Silverton's demise, and the town now stands as a ghostly monument to past dreams. Film-lovers may recognise it from scenes in Mad Max 2, A Town Like Alice, and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Visit the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve. The station marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs and was established in 1872 as part of the Overland Telegraph Line. It is the best preserved of the 12 stations along the line between Adelaide and Darwin. The town of Alice Springs takes its name from the waterhole a short distance to the east of the station buildings.
Silverton and the Mundi Mundi Plains
Discover Silverton, a living, breathing part of Australia's history.
Even people who have never been there will recognise it, as Silverton has starred in countless films, television shows and commercials in all mediums.
Nestled in the Far West outback of New South Wales, Silverton was built by miners in search of fortune.
The Mundi Mundi plains lookout is on the edge of the world! From the top of the hill, the flat lands of the Mundi Mundi plains stretch out for an eternity.
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BROKEN HILL DRIVE THROUGH Nov 2018
An early morning start in the Australian Outback enables us to arrive early to Broken Hill made famous for the BHP mining corporation and the many mines still in operation there. The town shows many magnificent buildings dating from the good times last century.
Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour - 2018 and it might be the last time
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First off Stephen the guide we had was awesome. As you can see in the video he was just GREAT.
It was mentioned that the open pit mine in Victor, CO might be purchasing the Mollie Kathleen Mine and not to give tours but to strip mine the land it is on. This is very sad news as that mine tour is one of the best around and we have been going over the years and have watched them expand with all the other buildings.
I'm sorry for the long video but I wanted to show the WHOLE mine and surrounding area in how it is before it just ups and closes. Does this mean it will be closed before 2019 season, I don't know and details were not given but it very might be done never to see another tourist again and be destroyed.
:-( :-( :-( it will be sad to see it go and be an ugly Pit mine operation.
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Backpacking in Australia - Outback Highlights - (Bastian Linder Photography)
Eindrücke einer Backpacking-Reise durch Australien. Tipps und Highlights zum australischen Outback. Devils Marbles (Karlu Karlu), Ayers Rock (Uluru), Olgas (Kata Tjuta), Kings Canyon, Alice Springs. Fotos von Bastian Linder. Geschichten, Hintergründe und Insider-Tipps unter bastianlinder.de
2 of 2 - Tibooburra to Broken Hill - 2018
I must say, whenever I spend time with my son, it’s a great experience. We are so much alike, considering the large gap in our ages.
Early in July 2018 we spent a couple of days exploring the dirt tracks north of Broken Hill.
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I’m sure we will do another trip together but not to the “Corner Country”. I think at last I can tick that area off my bucket list.
Royal Gorge Route Railroad – Driver’s Eye View
The ‘Royal Gorge Route’ train carries tourists through one of Colorado’s most amazing natural features, the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River, known as the ‘Royal Gorge’. In places the canyon is only thirty feet wide, requiring the railway to be suspended above the river on an engineering masterpiece known as the ‘hanging bridge’. For decades passenger trains stopped on the bridge to allow passengers time to alight and wonder at the raging river below and the canyon walls rising 2600 feet above. During the heyday of the line in the 1890’s, four transcontinental passenger trains a day passed through the Royal Gorge. Competition from air and coach transport eventually reduced the service to one train daily between Denver and Salida, even this train was discontinued in 1967. The Rio Grande continued freight services through the gorge until 1989, after which various mergers and acquisitions led to closure of the Tennessee Pass line, including the gorge segment in 1997. Today’s ‘Royal Gorge Route Railroad’ began running trains over a 12 miles (19 km) section in 1998 going on to become a major tourist destination attracting over 100 000 visitors a year. The railway offers a variety of packages from a simple train ride to a delicious full dining option and for something really special it is possible to book a ride in the locomotive alongside the engineer. For further information about the history of this line please click on either of these links - - To book a trip or cab ride please click on this link -
I would like to thank the friendly staff for making my visit a real pleasure and a special thank you to the locomotive crew for mounting my camera on the locomotive to make this video possible.
Several people asked if the Royal Gorge Railroad was still connected to the national network, so I Googled it and discovered this very interesting article, please click on the link to read it -
This video was filmed on 15th September 2017
At the request of some American viewers I should point out that 'Train Driver' is not the general term used to describe the person at the controls of the locomotive, whereas 'Engineer' is the accepted title in the USA, I sincerely hope my American viewers will forgive me for this oversight.
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