Peak Hill Open Cut Experience

An eye-opening experience

This was a pleasant and amazing surprise. The rehabilitation of this abandoned mine site has been very well done and is highly educational. It was previously used as something of a local tip. It is we...

Awesome

Just a twenty minute drive from Parkes, on a good sealed road, is Peak Hill open cut gold mine. A couple of minutes’ walk from the car park is a great view of the old mine……bigger than we imagined. Th...

Kaleidoscope of colours

There is a sign on the street indicating to turn to see this...firstly let me tell you a little about the town. The town is peaceful and rural ... population of about 1000. You will literally drive th...

Interesting but mozzies everywhere

Short walk from carpark is main platform looking out to mine. There are other hikes but this was quickest. The view was great. We didn’t linger as there were big blood sucking mosquitoes everywhere ...

Well worth a look

Well worth a visit if travelling between Parkes and Narromine. Just off the main street and costs nothing to have a look and take a few photographs. No longer a working mine but just a big bloody ho...