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Entry 4:
Smashed Indian-Pacific train carriage, Zanthus WA (approx 200km east of Kalgoorlie).
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Info from Wikipedia:
On 18 August 1999 an eastbound freight train was waiting at the departure end of the crossing loop for the westbound Indian Pacific passenger train to pass through.[1]
The second engineman was waiting at the control panel for the points for the opposing train to pass through. Out of habit he had the control panel box unlocked and opened. Unfortunately, out of habit, he pressed the button to operate the points at an inappropriate time, and the opposing train was diverted at a speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph) into the loop where it could not stop in time to avoid a head-on collision. The actual speed of impact as recorded by the locomotive data logger on NR 15 was 27 km/h.
Twenty-one passengers and crew from the Indian Pacific were airlifted by the Royal Flying Doctor Service to Kalgoorlie Hospital from the remote Coonana airstrip, 40 km (25 mi) from the crash site. Only two passengers were admitted for overnight observations. Westrail provided two Prospector railcars to transfer the remainder of the passengers back to Kalgoorlie.
All nineteen coaches of the Indian Pacific received varying degrees of damage, from minor internal damage to the write-off of luggage/smoking car HM311; some abandoned wrecked carriages are still at the site.[2] At the time, Great Southern Rail estimated the damage to the coaches to be of the value of $5 million. National Rail Corporation estimated the damage to locomotives NR15 and NR51 at around $1 million.
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Entry 5:
Abandoned bus at remote Middini Beach (approx 50km south of Moodini Bluff, Nullarbor Plain, WA).
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Entry 6:
South end of Australia's iconic Dog Fence, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia
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Trawler. Skeleton Coast
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Broken Down - Again.
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The remains of a once thriving gold town - Bulong, WA. All that remains are a few rudimentary footings & excavations of house sites, lots of rusty riveted water tank remains & the ubquitous glass bottles. Still has a town sign though. Made a good overnight camp spot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulong,_Western_Australia
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4. Old farm house, Goomalling, WA.
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Entry 3
Carrai Road, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, NSW
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