Barrow Creek Telegraph Station

Barrow Creek was a repeater station opened in 1872 as part of the massive overland telegraph line that ran across the country from Port Augusta to Darwin, and ultimately connected Australia with London. It was a massive undertaking, crossing some 2000 miles of unsettled (and virtually unexplored) back country.




The buildings were open, so we wandered around a bit, trying to imagine what it would be like to live here, dealing with the extremes of the weather and the utter remoteness of the place.



We had lunch at the Wauchope Hotel.



This was one of those places where people leave a bill tacked to the wall (visible in the background above the doorway), so when they come back, they always have money to buy a beer. I had a "salad roll" which was essentially a hamburger without the burger. Poor Darrin is suffering from some serious hat-head.