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RE: Part 7 of 8 - My Epic Simpson Desert (Munga Thirri) Crossing - BIG RED | 3 States, 3 Time Zones - All in one place
The thingy at the border is cool. I never knew about that, even though it makes sense there'd be something.
It was part of the surveying work assigned to Peoppel. From what I understood, at the time the authorities didn't quite know where the respective state borders were. Peoppel had dragged the measuring chains along the ground so once he got to the site he got his measurement wrong as the chain had stretched over the distance. The modern-day marker is in the right place. About 3 meters from where the original was planted. :)
The dedication and the trouble they went to those days has to be admired for sure.
Lol. That reminds me of where the equator is in Quito, Ecuador. The old temple thingy is about 3m away from where it's supposed to be, but the new markers are obviously right.
at least they tried :D