Broken Hill offers an accessible outback. Our semi-arid desert is much more than red dust and blue sky it is varied and alive and begins just over our back fence.

Our architecture ranges from the Victorian grandeur of an age past, through the monoliths of the mining industry, to cut timber shearing sheds and corrugated iron houses made from the ore we pulled from the ground.

Our Landscapes range from miles and miles of 'emptiness' through beautiful arid landscapes of scub & saltbush, rocky gorges & waterholes to the tranquil waters of the Menindee Lake System and the Darling River.

Much of the far west is comprised of Crown Land managed under leases administered by Western Lands Management (a division of NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation - www.lands.nsw.gov.au)

Most locations are managed locally by any number of local parties who may include the local councils, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Lands Management, Country Energy & Water, local pastoralists or local indigenous groups. Film Broken Hill can give advice regarding who should be contacted to secure permission to access various properties.

Public roads in the region come under the jurisdiction of either the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority or the local council or shires. www.rta.nsw.gov.au

Our land is the lifeblood to our pastoral community is business to our mining industry and is often significant to our indigenous community. The Far West incorporates vast areas of land that to the outsider 'look empty' and is thought of, by some, as wasteland. This could not be further from the truth! It is imperative that the landscape is treated as a delicate resource not an empty commodity.

Because our environment is fry and brittle it is susceptible to erosion from the wind and rain. Tyre tracks over bare ground can take years to fade and can start a chain of events that is irreparable when assisted by the wind and rain. Similarly fences, trees, tanks, gates and livestock are valuable assets to members of our community.