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HomeNullarbor Plain

Nullarbor Plain

Ruins of the Old Eucla Telegraph Station partly buried beneath white sand dunes near the Great Australian Bight in Western Australia.
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Eucla – The Australian Town Slowly Disappearing Beneath the Sand

Near the edge of the Nullarbor, the ruins of Eucla’s old telegraph station are slowly disappearing beneath enormous white sand dunes. Discover how this remote settlement once helped connect Australia — and how the landscape eventually began taking the old town back.

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