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The Nullabor Then and Now
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24.01.2022 Reaching the state border on the rough road during the 60's & 70's was still considered as an achievement.
24.01.2022 Cocklebiddy's original store was built in the early 1930's by the Carlisle family.
19.01.2022 Eyre Telegraph Repeater Station between Eucla and Israelite Bay repeater stations played as a vital connection in early communications between WA and the rest of the world
19.01.2022 The transline settlement of Rawlinna had a hall in the 1990's that, along with most buildings in the town, has since been removed.
17.01.2022 The 416 miles condenser 11 miles east of Ooldea worked tiresly to supply drinking water to the camps along the railway line. The desalinated water was also used in the locomotive boilers.
16.01.2022 Inside the Eucla Telegraph Station. Telegrams were received here by a WA operator via morse code, printed then passed through the hole to a SA operator who then sent it on via morse code. The same procedure also happened the other way. Photo courtesy Gurney family.
15.01.2022 The original Cocklebiddy store built by the Carlisles in the late 1920s.
13.01.2022 My posts lately don't seem to be reaching the wider audience that they once did. I'm assuming that from the amount of feedback now compared with earlier times. If you enjoy these posts please share as far as possible.
10.01.2022 Eucla Roadhouse in the 1950's
06.01.2022 Eucla in the 1950's. Photo courtesy Gurney Family
04.01.2022 Loongana siding in 1992. The Red Cross indicates that the building was about to be demolished. All buildings have since been removed or demolished, leaving only an old sign board to indicate where the settlement once stood.
03.01.2022 A final glimpse of the Eucla Telegraph Station before the drifting sand completely buries it. The top of the chimney occasionally reappears as the dunes move with the wind. Photo courtesy of the Gurney family.
01.01.2022 One of the many sidings along the transline. Over thirty similar settlements housed settlers and their families between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. Most of the buildings were removed in the 1990's leaving little more than the name on dilapidated sign posts.
