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Cook is a railway station and crossing loop on the standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway from Adelaide to Perth, with no inhabited places around.
The town was created in 1917 when the railway was built and is named after former Prime Minister Joseph Cook. The town depended on the Tea and Sugar Train for the delivery of supplies, and is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 479 km which stretches from Ooldea to beyond Loongana. When the town was active, water was pumped from an underground Artesian aquifer but now, all water is carried in by train. Attempts have been made to introduce trees and other vegetation, but these have not been successful.
Today, it is said to have a resident population of four, and is essentially a ghost town. The town was effectively closed in 1997 when the railways were privatised and the new owners did not need a support town there, although the diesel refuelling facilities remain, and there is overnight accommodation for train drivers. Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific passenger train across Australia and has little other than curiosity value for the passengers. The bush hospital is closed, and the shop is only opened while the Indian Pacific is in town. It has a few houses and fuel tanks for the locomotives. The crossing loop can cross trains up to 1800m long.
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Erected in 1897 this elaborate signpost has been restored three times since - in 1968, 1997 and 2012.
Tuxford would have been an important stopping off point for travellers between London and the north of England due to its location on the Great North Road.
The sign stands opposite the former Newcastle Arms, which was equipped with stables and facilities for changing horses.
No longer a pub, it is now the Museum of the Horse.
A signpost on the Tarka trail. The Tarka trail is either 30, 90 or 180 miles long, depending on which website you consult. Devon County Council quotes all three figures in different parts of its website, and that appears to be ignoring a section that goes across Dartmoor.
It seems you could go for a two day hike and disappear for weeks. (Good excuse.)
Between Braunston and Meeth it is off road for most of the way using the route of the former Tarka line railway, and at least some of it can also be followed on horse or cycle.
Signpost in Prerow, Darß.
The sign reads:
Kurverwaltung (spa resort administration)
Volkspolizei ("people's police" - the name of the GDR police)
Bibliothek (library)
Staatl. Arztpraxis (state surgery)
Sparkasse (savings bank)
Staatl. Zahnarzt (state dentist)
Am Hafen (At the harbour)
Bushaltestelle (Bus stop)
Apotheke (pharmacy)
Prerow is a seaside resort on the Baltic Sea peninsula Fischland-Darß-Zingst, district Vorpommern-Rügen (Western Pomerania-Rugia), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Germany.
This photo was taken in July 1990 when the east of Germany still was the socialist DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik, German Democratic Republic, GDR), but already after the falling of Berlin Wall and the opening of the borders. Only 2 months later, on 3rd October 1990, the DDR joined the BRD (Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, FRG). I was 17 then.
A picture of some signposts, I've seen during a walk at the swabian jura. The sign on the middle shows the way through hell.
The weather was a beautiful – perfect for a short walk up Bachtel Mountain to climb the Bachtelturm, a 60 m tall radio tower affording views across the Zürcher Oberland. Walking tracks lead off in all directions.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/history/grass-at-the-bachtel...
A wasp on a signpost at Leighland, harvesting wood for nest building.
I was pleased with this. when I saw it I had my 18-200 lens on, I took this as a banker shot, intending to switch to my macro, the wasp disappeared before I had the chance.
It's been away since August for restoration but yesterday the old cast iron signpost was returned, derusted and painted. I'm glad they didn't replace the C of Colchester.
This sign, seen in a park in Valencia, tells us a story, left to right:
1. A curious young girl is tempted by the dangerous dragon-snake.
2. After suffering a terrible bite, she runs shrieking towards a doctor in a cowboy hat, her hand grotesquely swollen.
3-4. Assisted by the helpful cowboy physician, she feels better and begins to pee, then continues on.
5. After a time, however, the hallucinogenic properties of the dragon-snake venom begin to kick in. Her head spins. She is happy and dizzy.
Is it all but a dream?
Same place - different dustbin :-)
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