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Beresford Railway Siding - SA
PlaceID
78259
Latitude
29.23931º S 29º 14" 21.51' S
Longitude
136.6518º E 136º 39" 6.46' E
Altitude
27
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Description of Beresford Railway Siding
The old Bersford railway siding was one of the sites along the line which had giant water softeners to prepare water for the steam locomotive, It is 50.4 Klm S.E from William Creek. Water for the Ghan was not extracted from the mound springs but from deep underground bores. Visiting the sidings you can see water softener tanks built to remove the harmful minerals from the bore water that caused heavy scaling on the boilers of the steam-trains.
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Unfortunately, there is no water softener available at the bore head at Beresford Siding where there is a great camp besides the dam, although the hot water coming from the bore is irresistible after a few days of bush
camping
. Someone has laid a few sleepers for a shower floor and if you don't mind the colour of the water (black) its a great refresher. The best camp is just over the hill overlooking the large dam that was built to supply water to the steam locomotives but now used as a watering hole for an incredible amount of wildlife including hundreds of cattle, corellas, galahs, ducks, top-not pigeons, eagles and crows.
Weather & Climate for Beresford Railway Siding
Closest Weather Station
Roxby Downs at 06:30 05 Jul CST
Distance from Beresford Railway Siding 139.88km S
Temperature
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Dew Point
Pressure
Rainfall
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
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9.5°C
4.7°C
61%
2.4°C
1023.5hPa
0.0mm
NE
17km/h
9knots
26km/h
14knots
Closest Climatic Station
Andamooka
Distance from Beresford Railway Siding 143.37km S
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Mean Max. °C
36.3
35.7
32.3
27.4
22.4
18.7
18.4
20.5
24.5
27.9
31.6
34.5
Mean Min. °C
21.1
21.2
18.2
13.9
10.0
6.8
5.9
7.2
10.3
13.4
16.9
19.3
Mean Rain mm
19.7
23.2
14.5
12.9
16.3
15.5
13.5
13.4
13.4
20.7
14.3
18.6
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Treks passing Beresford Railway Siding
Oodnadatta Track
If you’re a history buff you’re going to go nuts crossing the Oodnadatta Track. The track follows the orignal Ghan line from Marla to Oodnadatta and then on to Marree. There's stacks of ruins, mound springs, excellent conservation park information & railway sidings/rubble.
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