Silverton is a near-empty mining town twenty-five kilometres west of Broken Hill, surrounded by red flatness and a few low ranges. A handful of buildings have survived — the gaol, the schoolhouse, the Silverton Hotel — and several have been turned into small galleries by artists who like the light and the silence.
The Silverton Hotel is the place to stop. Mad Max 2 was filmed here and around the surrounding plains, and the pub keeps a small collection of stills and props. From Silverton you can drive on another five kilometres to the Mundi Mundi lookout, which gives the long, curved horizon that appears in the opening shot of so many outback films.