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Oodnadatta Track
William Creek SA 5710
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Near this location is Strangways Siding with nothing much left, but take the nearby rough bulldusty track up a
hill to an impressive ruined site that was once the Strangeways Telegraph Repeater Station. There are stone-walled stock pens, a huge stone-walled
water tank that looks more like a church until you find it has no door, and other crumbling
ruins. This site has also come under protection by a conservation group but for tourists all this means is steeping through
gate in a
rabbit proof fence.
Strangways was the site of the first
homestead on the pastoral property of the same name (it’s now called ‘Anna Creek’ and is the biggest pastoral station in the world). Strangways was sold to the South Australian government in 1870, and became a repeater station on the
Overland Telegraph Line. At its peak, it was a small village with a number of buildings. The site was selected as it was next to a mound spring. This mound spring, unfortunately, is now dry. The station was closed down in 1896 and moved to
William Creek.
For visitors, you can enjoy strolling amongst a protected
heritage site with
ruins of the stone telegraph station, a
cemetery, and take the mound springs walk. The mound springs have stopped flowing but the area is
well worth a visit.