THE NULLABOR ETC.

                                             

   Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:39 PM

   Peter:)

   Guess who was a few hundred kilometres from

   Johannesberg, when RB was passing through?  You

   guessed it - 19 year old Nelson Mandela !

                                ________

   I'm surprised that one of our early Prime Ministers

   was able to see exotic places, like the Nullabor Plain.

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   Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 8:05 PM

   Dear Dan,

   In 1936 RB was out to see the reality of the British

   Empire.  As for the Nullabor and the great railway,

   a decent history of Australia should give it to you,

   or better, Australian railways.  Still better, take the

   CPR from Calgary to Vancouver.  It was breathtaking

   in 1947 and still is, and far better than the Nullabor.

   The interior of Australia has to be seen to be

   believed.

          Ever yours,

                  Peter