SA Outback Roadsigns out of action... Satellite issue..

Sorry I don't really get this - is this just a joke? ie. manual sign so how does the satellite outage affect this?

Anyway on a side note, we are being interviewed by the ABC NT radio next week to talk about road signs in the outback - and I wanted to get some input from the Forum to share with the listeners. If you're like us and travelling the outback extensively you've no doubt seen some funny/quirky/unique signs such as skulls and oil drum lids to mark turnoffs, but also hand written funny signs (like Lift' em foot" on the Mereenie Loop). Prompt me with some that you reckon are newsworthy and I'll be sure to include them.

No doubt an effect from solar storms hitting the earth yesterday
and today

This is not the first time that there have been issues with these signs after they were “automated”. In 2017, there was a communication drop out with the sign at the Marla end of The Oodnadatta. The signs stated the track was closed. When I asked at the Marla Roadhouse, they advised they had nothing to do with the signs anymore and could not tell me what the road conditions were like. Down the highway at Cadney Park, the signs stated the track was open. We diverted to The Oodnadatta there.

When we got to William Creek the signs there stated the Track was open all the way to Marla. We asked why the signs at Marla stated that the Track was closed, they advised that there are sometimes occasions when the comms go down, and the signs can be incorrect. At that point in time, there was no “manual back up” processes in place. Sound like nothing has changed in the intervening 7 years.

Macca.