A travel day today with beautiful scenery as we are en route to Denham.
Restock of supplies at Carnavon and it is not hard to miss the Overseas Telecommunications (OTC) dish as it dominates the Carnarvon skyline. It played a signicant role in the space race of the 1960's & 1970's. Messages to the Apollo mission that landed on the moon were relayed through installations in Carnavon when the orbit passed the southern hemisphere. It was also from here that Australia received it's first satellite television broadcast. The station closed in 1987 after assisting in tracking Halley's comet in 1986.
As we arrive at Woomeral Roadhouse we learn that water is scarce in this area and even the bore water has a high salinity. A horse named Princess keeps the kids entertained.
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