Broken Hill Silver City Cup is coming up! 25 October 2014

Community Event
The ever popular Silver City Cup in Broken Hill is just under four weeks away, so it would be a great time to visit the city around this time. Hopefully you might still be able to book some accommodation as well if you're not a local.

Silver City Cup

25 October 2014

Broken Hill

I came across this Instagram picture by Broken Hill blogger Katie Bolton www.kateiswriting.blogspot.com.

Silver City Cup 2013

Here's Kate's Tweet about her image which she posted on 26 October 2013.

#silvercitycup #outbacknewsouthwales http://t.co/lsUd8XGd7E
— k bolton (@kateybeey) October 26, 2013

I still haven't made it to Broken Hill's second biggest race meeting - the Silver City Cup (and the only other race meeting apart from the major event of the year - the St Patrick's Day races in March each year).

Readers would love to hear what you think of it if you're lucky enough to have been to the Cup.

Happy punting and just enjoy having a good day of racing fun.

Cheers, Jane Deany

Shanah Tovah ... Happy Jewish New Year, it's Rosh Hashanah 2014

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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, falls on the first two days of the Hebrew calendar - dates are 1 and 2 Tishrei.

Shanah Tovah

In 2014, the coinciding secular dates are sundown September 24 until sundown September 26.

Rosh Hashanah

I wish the Jewish Community of Broken Hill, Melbourne and around the world, a very Happy New Year.

I hope it is a wonderful year for you.

Cheers, Jane Deany

ilovebrokenhill loves the BushBelles blog. It's a blog to watch and enjoy ...

BushBelles blog came to my attention as I've explored topics to write about for ilovebrokenhill.com .

With numerous bloggers embraced on this site, I was pleased that www.ilovebrokenhill.com was allowed to be a contributor.

Under the heading 'Fabulous Rural Blogs',  a number of bloggers posts and stories are collected in one place as they feed into the BushBelles blog.

Whether you are looking for a story about Broken Hill or more particularly things that fall under the heading "rural women who want to be informed, inspired and instyle", you would be surprised at the range of interesting stories that are published via the #BushBelles blog.

BushBelles blog ...

"rural women who want to be 

informed, inspired and instyle"

I should note that although many of the topics are female focused, a number of the stories have a broader appeal.

With a Twitter account @Bushbelles, Pinterest/Bushbelles account, Facebook page and Instagram account, you can follow BushBelles in a variety of ways, and of course you can subscribe for RSS and by email as well.

The official website link is below.

http://bushbelles.blogspot.com.au/

http://t.co/kJ4mWe3V07: ilovebrokenhill loves the Bushbelles blog. #BrokenHill #Bushbelles It's a ... http://t.co/VC7fnfYcmy
— Jane Deany (@ilovebrokenhill) September 18, 2014

I recommend BushBelles blog and it often covers stories that relate to or are about #BrokenHill.

Check it out, happy reading, cheers, Jane Deany

R U OK?Day is 11 September 2014 help prevent suicide

Community Event/Community Day

Today is R U OK?Day.

The event is designed to help prevent suicide.

It was founded in 2009 by the late Gavin Larkin, in memory of his father who committed suicide in 1995.

11 September @ruokday ? founder the late Gavin Larkin shares how his father's #suicide prompted him to.. http://t.co/wulGSekp00 via @YouTube
— Jane Deany (@JaneDeany) September 10, 2014

Here's the YouTube interview with Gavin which explains the history of R U OK?Day.

http://youtu.be/vxkJho7YHj4

So wherever you are, Broken Hill, Melbourne, Australia, the world all over, please don't forget to ask those around you from time to time, are you okay? - R U OK?

Even if someone looks fine, they just might be depressed, and even on the verge of suicide.

Please don't forget if you aren't okay, you can call Lifeline's 24 hour 7 days a week crisis line on -

13 11 14

or in an emergency, if life is in danger, call  000

Alternatively, do speak to your GP, a friend or family member.

Ask for help, it's out there.

Stay well, cheers, Jane Deany

Broken Hill by Victorian traveller Rod Faithfull

I found a great article by Rod Faithfull of Bairnsdale (Victoria) about his trip to Broken Hill in 2013. I think he had a pretty good time by the sounds of his blog post.

Here's the link to it below which I saw on www.startsatsixty.com.au 

http://www.startsatsixty.com.au/travel/broken-hill-the-silver-city-in-a-van

'Starts At 60' is 'The online community for active over 60s'. Now I'm not over 60, not that there's anything wrong with being over 60, but if you are, it sounds like it could be a site worth 'subscribing' to for updates etc...

Here's a link to their Twitter account '@startsatsixty'. 

They have a travel section on the site as well.

Cheers, Jane Deany