Has the old CSR phone box gone?

Hi Michelle,

We didn't see a phone box in May 2012 or May 2013.
Phone at the community, no mobile service, definitely sat phone country.

Regards,
Dave

I was there 5 weeks ago and I didn't see it.
The CSR & Jenkins Track have been extensively graded at this intersection and are very wide, likely it was removed during road works.

I don't recall seeing it in 2009 either.

Hi Michelle,

I used it a number of times when W33 was isolated but when Kunawarritji came along it was removed. I think the main reason for it being there was for the Traditional Owners and safety, (a bit like bores and tanks along tracks).


Anyway I saw it about 4 years ago, it was stored (not commissioned for use) west of the old shop but near where they supplied unleaded petrol from 200 litre drums (at Kunawarritji).
Nowadays I believe fuel is sold from a new shop that's located further south - in front of a small hill that we had to go over to get to the old store.


Maybe someone going through could check and see if its still there.

Whilst there is more recent information it was there in 1999.

Only available for reverse charge calls.

The operator asked the called person if they would take a reverse charge call from "The Great Sandy Desert".

Not a lot of people would have received that call (at least back then when only a few hundred people per year used the track.

Bit of history

Cheers,
Jim

Hi Michelle,

I have just met up with a friend in Wiluna yesterday as I work nearby. He has just finished the CSR north to south. He confirmed that there is indeed no phone box at that junction.

Craig

Michelle,
The old phone box, was there in June 2007 and when I went back in June 2008 the phone box had been moved into Kunawarritji community. For the next 2 years I did see it there but after that it has gone.

The only evidence is a concrete cover on the ground near where the phone box once stood.

Wayne