Abandoned tracks of the old Ghan rail line

We travelled north along the highway through flat desert alongside the abandoned tracks of the old Ghan rail line. The old camel trains and the Overland Telegraph Line which connected Australia with the rest of the world in 1872 also ran along the same route, originally laid out by the first white explorers. Eyre, Sturt [...]

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Flinders Ranges in South Australia

In my travels I’ve often wondered if certain places on earth were bound to play certain roles in human history. On a recent visit to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, I realised that I was not the first person to use the mountains as a natural gateway to the continent’s red centre.
The Flinders Ranges [...]

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