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William Creek is the smallest
town in the outback and probably
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in all of Australia. The entire
population is just 10. The town
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the town is located on a salt
bush plain 880 kilometers north
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of Adelaide on the Oodnadatta
track and is approximately half
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way between Marree and
Oodnadatta and 160 kilometers
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east of Coober Pedy. The
old saying is really true here.
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Blink and you'll miss it.
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The Hotel at
William Creek is the only
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pub and accommodation on the
Oodnadatta Track between Marree
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and Oodnadatta and is one
of Australia's iconic and most
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loved outback hotels. The town
relies entirely on tourism as
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it's main industry. Overnight
guests and events can increase
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the population 20 times to over
200. William Creek is entirely
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surrounded by the world's
largest cattle station or ranch
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Anna Creek Station. It covers
over 24,000 square kilometers
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or six million acres and is even
larger than Israel or Wales.
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Anna Creek, the world's
largest cattle station and
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William Creek, Australia's
smallest town, are situated in
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the desert and both are
dependent on one thing for their
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survival, water. It's not a
coincidence that both are named
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after the local creeks or
streams the run nearby. Water is
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vital and precious. It's scarce
out here. Most years see very
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little rainfall in this region.
Survival is a challenge. Life is
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tough. But occasionally, about
every 25 years of so, cyclones
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and heavy rains in Queensland
and northern Australia send
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flood waters on a 1000
kilometer journey south to
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nearby lake Eyre, the largest
lake in Australia. As the water
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flows across the flood
planes and fills Lake Eyre, it
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transforms the area and starts
the greening of the desert. It
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brings life and vitality to one
of the driest, most inhospitable
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places on earth. The area
just comes alive. Join me on a
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journey to central Australia
to visit our smallest town,
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largest cattle station and
largest lake and to witness a
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unique and amazing
transformation as the water
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flowing into Lake Eyre changes
the country and brings green
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luscious landscapes to the
dry desert. And perhaps we'll
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discover what water and
especially the water of life
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can do for us as well.
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You don't need a street map when
you visit William Creek, the
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the outback's smallest town.
Everything is conveniently lined
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up along its one and only
street, the Oodnadatta track.
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All the sightseeing attractions
are found in a short distance in
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the area between this hotel and
the store. You don't have far to
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walk to take it all in.
Memorial Park offers displays of
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some unusual means of transport
that cover a period highlighting
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mankind's progress in our
methods of travel. There's an
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old wooden wagon that was drawn
by oxen or camels. Then there's
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an old steam engine next to
the remains of the historic Ghan
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railway line that ran through
the outback connecting Adelaide
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and Darwin. And there's also the
first stage of a rocket from the
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adjoining Woomera Prohibited
Area where British rockets were
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launched in the 60s and
tests were conducted to send a
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satellite into orbit. You'll
sure find the unexpected here in
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William Creek. For example,
would you expect to see a
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parking meter in the middle
of nowhere. Well there's one in
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William Creek. The parking meter
seems to be very odd in such a
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remote place. However, it's for
charity and collects donations
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for the Royal Flying Doctor
Service. This small town is
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completely surrounded by
Australia's largest cattle run,
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Anna Creek Station. The Anna
Creek homestead is 20 kilometers
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from the town. Anna Creek
Station covers an area of 24,000
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square kilometers which
is larger than some European
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countries. Now to give you
an idea of the enormous size of
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this cattle property, it's
two million acres, 1000 square
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kilometers larger than it's
nearest rival Alexandria Station
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which is north of here in the
country's northern territory.
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It's over seven times the size
of the United States' biggest
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ranch, King Ranch in Texas.
The property was originally
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established in 1863, but moved
to the William Creek location
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in 1873 when the present
homestead was built. Originally
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the Anna Creek Station ran
mainly sheep but due to constant
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losses from dingo attacks they
switched to cattle. In 1935,
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station was bought by
Australia's cattle king
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Sydney Kidman who owned large
areas of land across Australia
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during his lifetime. Kidman
was 13 when he ran away from his
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home in Adelaide in 1870 with
five shillings in his pocket and
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a one-eyed horse he had bought
with his savings. In his teen
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years he worked as a drover,
a stockman and live stock trader
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and made money supplying
services to new mining towns
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springing up in the outback.
Eventually he had enough to buy
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station. He began acquiring one
far after another until he was
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the biggest land owner in
the world by World War I. At one
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point the size of Kidman's
properties exceeded the size of
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the United Kingdom and ran a
herd of nearly 200,000 head of
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cattle. Anna creek remained
part of the Kidman cattle empire
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until it was acquired by new
owners in 2016. It's one of over
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56 cattle stations in Australia
whose size exceeds 5000 square
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kilometers and one of 20
whose size exceeds 10,000 square
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kilometers and one of four that
exceeds 15,000 square kilometers
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and the only one that exceeds
20,000 square kilometers. The
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size and remoteness of these
cattle stations determines the
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way of life out here. Life
is isolated. On some of the
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stations the next human
settlement is a day's drive away
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Most of these outback cattle
stations have their own airstrip
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and the mail plane will deliver
mail and supplies on a regular
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basis. But they're more
fortunate at Anna Creek because
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the Coober Pedy/Oodnadatta
one day mail run delivers mail
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twice a week
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and also brings a small amount
of freight. Children don't go to
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school on many of these large
cattle stations. Their school is
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the School of the Air. In
the past the teaching medium was
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radio. Today computers and
satellites have replaced the
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radios. But the title School of
the Air still remains and it's
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one of the icons of the outback.
Any medical emergencies out here
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are frightening because of the
vast distances in the outback.
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These remote cattle stations are
a long way from hospitals and
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medical expertise and so many
of the stations depend on the
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Royal Flying Doctor Service
in medical emergencies. That's
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their lifeline. The Royal Flying
Doctor Service of Australia is
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one of the largest and
most comprehensive aeromedical
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organizations in the world. It
provides emergency and primary
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health care services for
the remote areas of Australia
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including many of the cattle
stations. There are a lot out
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back stockmen and station hands
who've been seriously injured
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out here who owe their lives to
the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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These cattle stations are so
large and the grazing area so
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spread out that it takes
weeks to round up all the cattle
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during the mustering season.
Back in the old days, stockmen
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used to ride out on horses
to round up the cattle. A lot of
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the mustering is still done on
horseback because of the rugged
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nature of the Australian outback
however more and more stations
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are now using helicopters,
light aircraft, motor bikes and
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quad bikes to help with rounding
up the cattle. But horses are
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still important to the
operations of many of the large
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outback cattle stations. Most
of the large cattle stations
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including Anna Creek still
follow the traditional outback
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style of farming cattle. It's
a very natural way. The animals
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are basically wild. They
are born and grow up without any
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human contact. They are
grass fed and rarely require any
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chemical treatment and there's
plenty of room for them out here
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on Anna Creek Station, over
24,000 square kilometers and
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they sure need it. This
area, the central region of the
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Australian outback is so dry and
the vegetation is so sparse that
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a large amount of country is
needed to support enough cattle
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to make a living. Basically
everything out here depends on
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water. In drought years, the
size of the herd at Anna Creek
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station can drop below 5000, but
in a good season when the floods
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come, the rains fall and
conditions improve the station
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is capable of carrying over
17,000 head of cattle and this
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is a good season. There's water.
Finally the floods have come
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from the north and that's
evident by what is happening
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near the Oodnadatta Track at
Australia's largest lake, Lake
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Eyre. Early European explorers
to Australia were confident they
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would find an inland sea in the
middle of the dry continent. In
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1914, Edward John Eyre was the
first European to lay eyes on
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the huge lake which now bears
his name. But as for the inland
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sea, well Lake Eyre was bone dry
Today it's officially known as
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Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and to
get there we've got to continue
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our journey along the Oodnadatta
Track. It's one of the most
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historic outback trails in
Australia. It follows an ancient
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trading route used by aborigines
for thousands of years that
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follows a series of springs
fed by the great artesian basin.
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To cut a long story short rain
falling on the great dividing
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range over time travels halfway
across the country via an
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underground aquafer, porous
rock sandwiched between layers
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of nonporous rock. Where
the aquafer bends up to meet the
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earth's surface the water is
released as springs and out here
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water is life. These springs
proved vital for the early
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aborigines and later for early
explorers and settlers. There
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are many of these springs
along the Oodnadatta Track and
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throughout this dry region.
These spring complexes often
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have numerous active spring
groups. One of these is Coward
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Springs whose aboriginal name is
peta culti culti. These springs
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were a resting place for
the aboriginal people as they
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traveled north for trade. This
chain of springs also provides
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sustenance and water for the
large variety of native wildlife
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found in the region of the
Oodnadatta Track. There are
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kangaroos, wallabies, emus, sand
goannas, bearded dragons, geckos
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perentie lizards and several
species of poisonous snakes.
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Dingo's are found outside
the dog fence. It's the longest
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manmade structure in the world.
It was built to protect sheep
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from the marauding dingo's.
It marks the boundary between
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sheep and cattle country. Cattle
are run to the north because
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they can withstand dingo attacks
The more vulnerable sheep are
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run to the protected south.
Water from the springs also
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support the numerous different
varieties of bird life found
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throughout this dry region
such as eagles, bustards or bush
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turkeys, budgerigars, gallars,
parrots and futures to name a
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few. With these springs and
others providing reliable water,
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this became the main route north
Then came the overland telegraph
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followed by the great northern
railway, later the Ghan. Finally
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the Oodnadatta Track as we know
it today. It's an unsealed 620
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kilometer outback road passing
from Maree in the southeast to
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Marla in the northwest via
Oodnadatta. Along the way the
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track passes the settlement
of William Creek on the southern
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end of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.
The sheer enormity of Lake Eyre
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is mind blowing. This is
Australia's largest lake and the
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world's largest internally
draining catchment. The rivers
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that feed the lake cover an area
of 1.2 million square kilometers
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It's basin is so large that
it crosses the borders of three
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states and covers a sixth
of Australia, about the size of
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Spain. William Creek is the
closest town to Lake Eyre and
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the best vantage point
for viewing the lake is 60
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kilometers away at Halligan
Bay. It's the lowest point in
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Australia at 15 meters below sea
level. Lake Eyre is divided into
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two sections which are joined
by the Goyder Channel. These are
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known as Lake Eyre North,
which is 144 kilometers in
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length and 65 kilometers
wide and Lake Eyre South which
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measures 65 kilometers long and
24 kilometers wide. For most of
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the time Lake Eyre is a dry salt
lake. It's seemingly endless
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expanse of shimmering salt
crystals has lured explorers and
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travelers over the years and
still continues to do so today.
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But four times a century, about
every 25 years or so something
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incredible happens. Cyclones and
heavy rains in Queensland and
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northern Australia send
flood waters on a 1000 kilometer
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journey south. Networks of
channels, streams, and flood
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plains including the Diamantina
Georgina and Cooper Creek
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catchment all converge and
fill the 10,000 square kilometer
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Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre. And when
it fills the influx of water, of
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birds and of life in general
is one of the most spectacular
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sights on earth. Lake Eyre
transforms from parched desert
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and salt flats to prosperous
waterway. The water starts a
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rare greening of the desert and
brings life to an area that's
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usually among the driest, most
inhospitable places on earth.
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The area just bursts into life.
What a difference water makes.
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The transformation that water
brings to Lake Eyre and the
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surrounding region is a
reminder that water is one of
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the most important substances
on earth. It sustains and it
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transforms. All plants
and animals must have water to
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survive. If there was no water
there would be no life on planet
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earth. And of course that
includes us as well. Water is
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essential to humans. Without
water we can't survive. Water is
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involved in every bodily
function from digestion and
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circulation through to the
control of body temperature and
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the excretion of waste products.
Yes we all need water. And we've
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all experienced the feeling of
thirst and the relief that comes
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from drinking water. And just
as we have physical thirst that
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can only be quenched by literal
water so also we have spiritual
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thirst that can only be quenched
or satisfied by living water.
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Consider for example the
Samaritan woman. We don't know
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her name or age but her
conversation with Jesus is his
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longest one-on-one conversation
recorded in the Bible. That's a
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good enough reason to give this
woman from Samaria a closer look
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Here's what happened. Jesus was
traveling from Judea to Galilee.
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On his way he passed through
Samaria. Although this was the
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fastest route it wasn't the only
one. Most Jews would take the
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longer route just to avoid
the Samaritans. They hated the
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Samaritans because although
they in a sense shared a common
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heritage the Samaritans had
intermarried with the enemies of
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the Jews and had corrupted their
heritage and their beliefs.
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So to the Jews the Samaritans
were outcasts. But Jesus chose
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deliberately to travel through
Samaria. Why? Well as Jesus
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became weary from his journey
he came to a well and at Jacob's
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well Jesus met a Samaritan woman
whose life was in a downward
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spiral. Five husbands and
decades of loose living had left
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their mark. But when she met
Jesus that day her life would be
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transformed, changed forever.
This Samaritan woman went to the
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well out of necessity. She went
to get something she couldn't
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live without, water. As she
approached Jesus was there and
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he asked her for a drink
of water. Here's how the Bible
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describes it in John
chapter 4 verses 5-7:
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Her response was filled with
surprise as she questioned why
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Jesus would break social norms
and customs by talking to her.
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As we've already noted, during
this period it was culturally
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unacceptable for Jews
and Samaritans to have a
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conversation in public, just as
it was for men and women. Jesus
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responded by telling her that if
she knew who he was she would be
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asking him for water because
he alone provided living water.
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Notice how the Bible records it
in John chapter 4 and verse 10:
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The woman was confused by Jesus'
statement because it seemed
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physically impossible. You see
water from the well was still,
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not living or flowing. So
here's what Jesus told her.
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It's recorded in John
chapter 4 verses 13 and 14:
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How wonderful! Water that will
forever satisfy. A spring of
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water leading to eternal life.
The woman said essentially, yes
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this is the water I want,
living water. Jesus, the one who
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forever quenches our
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thirst, satisfies our souls
and leads us into eternal life.
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As this story continues
it becomes obvious this woman
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who had been seeking
fulfillment, satisfaction,
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significance, worth and value
in the ways and things of the
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world, but she was still thirsty
You see the ways and things of
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the world may have quenched her
thirst for a moment but in the
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end something was missing.
She was still longing for living
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water that would never run dry.
As she encountered Jesus this
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day she finally came face to
face with the One who could give
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her value, worth, satisfaction,
fulfillment, joy and eternal
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life. He was the One who could
forever and always meet her
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greatest needs and desires. He
entered her life with a promise
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of endless water and quenched
thirst, a fresh start, a clean
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slate, Jesus the living water.
When this happened at this life
00:23:17.66\00:23:22.86
changing moment the woman left
her water jar and returned to
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town to tell the people about
this man named Jesus. Isn't it
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interesting that she left her
water jar. On a spiritual level
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she found something so much
better. She didn't need a water
00:23:38.61\00:23:44.09
jar any longer because she
had tasted the living water that
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never runs dry. Due to
this woman's testimony, the town
00:23:47.39\00:23:52.83
people came to see Jesus and
many believed him. Jesus gave
00:23:52.86\00:23:58.93
this woman new story. No longer
was she the woman known for
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multiple husbands, but rather
the woman who introduced her
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neighbors to Jesus, the living
water. Instead of being an
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outcast or a hated Samaritan
she was now an heir to God's
00:24:11.38\00:24:16.42
kingdom. Jesus gives all of
us a new story, a story of hope,
00:24:16.45\00:24:22.66
joy and a great future despite
our failures. His love runs
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deeper than the scars of our
failures. The story Jesus has
00:24:27.36\00:24:32.87
for you is so much greater than
anything you could imagine and
00:24:32.90\00:24:37.57
so much more powerful than
any failure. And remember this:
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Jesus didn't view this woman
as an outcast even though the
00:24:42.84\00:24:46.82
culture of her day labeled her
as one. Rather, he saw her as
00:24:46.85\00:24:52.29
his created one, a child of God,
one he loved deeply and called
00:24:52.32\00:24:57.13
into his family. Jesus knew
everything about this woman and
00:24:57.16\00:25:02.56
yet he reached out to her,
befriended her, gave her hope,
00:25:02.60\00:25:06.43
inner peace and happiness and
eternal life. He gave her living
00:25:06.47\00:25:13.07
water. Yes, living water. Not
like the water that flows into
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Lake Eyre that only comes free
every 25 years or so and even
00:25:17.58\00:25:22.42
then is soon gone. No, the
living water that Jesus offers
00:25:22.45\00:25:27.02
isn't like that. This living
water will satisfy forever,
00:25:27.06\00:25:33.19
quenches our thirst forever,
satisfies our soul and leads us
00:25:33.23\00:25:37.73
into eternal life. So if you'd
like to feel valued, if you want
00:25:37.77\00:25:43.30
true satisfaction and
fulfillment, if you want to
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experience inner peace and
happiness, if you want living
00:25:46.37\00:25:50.91
water, Jesus, the one who
forever quenches our thirst and
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leads us into eternal life, then
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journey to Central Australia
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and Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre along
with our reflections on the
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living water that Jesus offers
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together. Until then may
God keep you safe and give you
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peace. Let's pray. Dear
Heavenly Father thank you for
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the beauty of Kati Thanda-Lake
Eyre and the gift of water
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that's so vitally important to
our health and well-being. But
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above all, thank you for Jesus
and his gift of living water
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that brings us inner peace,
happiness and eternal life.
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Lord, like the woman of Samaria
we need that living water and
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so reach out in faith and
accept it now and we thank you
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in Jesus' name, Amen.
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