Monday, April 13, 2009

 

This is Watson?

One of the places our Indian-Pacific train went through is this one in the Nullarbor called Watson. Like most of the old railway towns it has almost completely disappeared. There is only nameplate, a siding, a level crossing and a few roads left to show that there was once a town here. Life in those towns must have been hard for families as there is nothing much to do or see on the Nullarbor unless you are into semi-desert critters and plants. You would have to go holiday just to see a tree or a hill. Now I live in Watson in Canberra and it doesn't look much like this Watson. We have trees and hills and shops and everything a small bear needs. The old towns on the trans-Australia line were named after Australian Prime Ministers and so are the Canberra suburbs, so that's why there are two places (at least) called Watson.

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