Old Telegraph Station at Eucla West to East across Australia After a great reunion with my daughter and her family in Perth, I headed across the Nullabor again. Won’t bore you too much with the details – just look at last year’s post “ Across the Paddock .” I didn’t stop to see the whales this time, but basically not much has changed there in several thousand years. See how the wombat is drawn larger than the camel. That's why I was expecting to meet Muttaburrasauraui - the giant mammals that used to inhabit the place. I am surprised that only 90 miles got a mention. It was more like 2000! Because it was daylight this time when I came through, I did see this road’s only hill which I missed last time and also called in at Eucla where the old telegraph station still stands though it is slowly being covered by drifting sands. No one appreciates now what a tremendous achievement that was in 1872 when it connected Australia with the rest of the world or how diffic...
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