The Telegraph Station was a good tour, in the 1880s was the first time you could get a message through to England within 24 hrs, prior to that a message might have taken 12 months by horse and then ship, so must have been a huge advance, the internet of its day.
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| Todd River at the back of the Telegraph station on the day of the visit, pretty much dry |
On our return to the caravan park the sky was looking a bit ominous, and the forecast was for thunderstorms, but it doesn't rain much in the centre of Australia does it?
Well it did, the most rain I have seen in a long time, storms very severe, with a lot of hail about 2 ks away in the centre of the city, not so bad in the caravan park, so we were pretty lucky.
Official was 38 mls at the airport, but seemed a lot more.
The next morning the low road to the caravan park was cutoff, and water in the Todd river that was pretty much dry the day we arrived.
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| Road to Caravan Park |
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| Todd River after the storms |
We spent a couple of hours in the National Transport Museum, this was excellent, you need
to set aside most of the day here, everything you can imagine that has been part of our trucking history, with some great stories of many of the pioneers of the industry.
Kenworth also have a great exhibition here, with a history of their contribution to our history
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| Rolls Royce Powered truck owned by Vesty Bros |
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| Picture in the Museum |
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