Whispering Wire
$34.95
The 3200-kilomtre-long Overland Telegraph Lne fro Adelaide to Darwin was completed in 1872, an engineering marvel that chanced Australia, connecting the continent with the rest of the world and heralding the dawn of instant communication. In Whispering Wire, Rosamund Burton traces the path of this largely forgotten stand of wire through the vast desert interior of the country to the flood-prone Top End.
Struggling with a lack of experience and fitness, Rosamund and her friend cycle the first 800 kilometres from Adelaide through the Flinders Ranges to the deserted outback town of Farina, battling piercing winds and pelting rain, discovering insulators and strands of the original telegraph wire, and chatting with locals as they go. Continuing her travels by four-wheel drive, with detours along remote dirt tracks in search of the derelict repeater stations, she reaches Darwin, an extraordinary journey through history and landscape.
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The 3200-kilomtre-long Overland Telegraph Lne fro Adelaide to Darwin was completed in 1872, an engineering marvel that chanced Australia, connecting the continent with the rest of the world and heralding the dawn of instant communication. In Whispering Wire, Rosamund Burton traces the path of this largely forgotten stand of wire through the vast desert interior of the country to the flood-prone Top End.
Struggling with a lack of experience and fitness, Rosamund and her friend cycle the first 800 kilometres from Adelaide through the Flinders Ranges to the deserted outback town of Farina, battling piercing winds and pelting rain, discovering insulators and strands of the original telegraph wire, and chatting with locals as they go. Continuing her travels by four-wheel drive, with detours along remote dirt tracks in search of the derelict repeater stations, she reaches Darwin, an extraordinary journey through history and landscape.
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| Weight | .415 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23 × 15.1 × 1.5 cm |
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