{"id":30131,"date":"2021-01-18T10:52:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T21:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=30131"},"modified":"2021-01-18T10:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T21:52:38","slug":"the-secret-hollywood-town-hidden-deep-in-the-australian-outback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/the-secret-hollywood-town-hidden-deep-in-the-australian-outback\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret Hollywood town hidden deep in the Australian outback"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Visitors are welcome in the outback town of Silverton.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0Damian Bennett, Destination NSW<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the Hollywood of Australia\u2019s outback. Silverton in western NSW has appeared in so many films and advertisements that locals have lost count.<\/p>\n

The red dirt, flat plains and deserted streets that make up the landscape of this outback town have attracted some of the world\u2019s best directors and actors. Iconic Aussie films starring Silverton\u2019s landscapes include\u00a0The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Mad Max II<\/em>, which many locals had a walk-on role in.<\/p>\n

Silverton is home to just 50 people, all of whom love it for its quintessential Australian look and feel.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s regularly described as a ghost town, but as many as 160,000 tourists pass through every year, usually stopping for a cold one at the Silverton Hotel.<\/p>\n

The town is a 20-minute drive north-west of Broken Hill, so it\u2019s an easy add-on to the itinerary for many a grey nomad or road-tripping family.<\/p>\n

Population:\u00a0<\/b>50 as of the 2016 census.<\/p>\n

Who lives there?<\/b><\/p>\n

He made it his mission to visit the backdrop of the film, and eventually convinced his family to move to Silverton in 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny because it felt to me like I\u2019d come home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t really describe it any other way. Everything felt right about it. I just felt like I was in paradise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe view across the plains was absolutely stunning and I just said to my wife, Linda, \u2018Do you think you can live here?\u2019, thinking it would never happen, and she said, \u2018Yes\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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