Mr Bajwa would like to see arts events, school camps and conferences held in the town to keep the facilities in use."I don't think there is any other private business which has those sorts of facilities in Australia," he said.Most of the population deserted Leigh Creek after the closure of the mine But those who stayed began to envision a new purpose for the town.Nestled a stone's throw from the northern Flinders Ranges, west of the Gammon Ranges National Park, south of the country's largest salt lake, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, and located on a key route between Queensland and SA, locals started to market Leigh Creek as an outback tourism hub.That dream remains alive for residents today, who want to harness the town's unusually well-equipped infrastructure as a unique selling point.Mr Bajwa agrees with them wholeheartedly. "People expect that, because the mine is gone, the town will be dead