Old Ghan Heritage Trail Pt 5 - Farina Station to Curdimurka Siding
This series of videos charts the route of the Old Ghan line between Port Augusta and Alice Springs.
In them, I visit as many sidings and fettlers cottage's as I can find and a few of the significant pieces of infrastructure that may still remain.
In Part 5, I visit the central sites between Farina and the border of South Australian and Northern Territory.
The quick links to the individual locations are:
00:00 - Introduction & Recap
03:37 - Farina Railway Station
11:04 - Marree Railway Station
12:29 - Callanna Siding
14:21 - Wangianna Fettler's Cottage
17:34 - Alberrie Creek Siding
20:10 - Bopeechee Siding
22:02 - Gregory Bridge
22:58 - Lake Eyre Siding
23:43 - Curdimurka Fettler's Cottage
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There is a proposal from the Farina people to steal the Goods Shed from Eurelia and relocate it to Farina. This Goods Shed was also used a Refreshment Room back when Passenger trains ran.
The Outback Ball at Curdumurka sounded like fun. The funny thing is why build the line so close to Lake Eyre?
@78Bonne
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It does seem odd, and I have no real explanation as to why they took it so close to Lake Eyre. However up until 1949 it had never been known (by European settlers) to have filled. So perhaps they thought the route they took was far enough out of 'harm's way'? Since 1949 it has flooded several times in little more than fifty years, spectacularly in 1974. That was the year the Algebuckina bridge nearly went under