Sunset Strip, 20km out of town on the edge of the largest lake, feels a bit like Palm Springs meets a shanty town, though unlike Palm Springs, famous for its mid-century buildings, no architect ever set foot there.
Developed in the 1950s and 60s as the playground for the mine managers and executives from BHPâs mines at Broken Hill, it sprang up along the lake shore as a respite from the dust and heat of the famous mining town.
But it was in those years that the lakes were converted to a water storage, a decision that now has profound implications for the town â and for Murphyâs waterfront idyll.
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