Silverton is located some 20 kilometres from Broken Hill in New South Wales. It has a church, one or two art galleries as well as rusty VW Beatles.
The town's one watering hole, the Silverton Hotel, is world famous and has featured in Australian mini-series classic, 'A Town Like Alice' as well as a TV advertisement for beer Casltemaine XXXX.
Silverton however is perhaps most famous as one of the key locations for shooting the cult classic, Mad Max. The cast and crew used to relax over cold beers and a game of cards at the Silverton Hotel.