Talk:Coober Pedy Oodnadatta One Day Mail Run

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Hi Kerry_Raymond. Just figuring this will be easier here than via edit summary and others may find helpful, so not your talk. My question re: historic sources was more that I thought there might be info on how/why this mail route was established. Was it, like water, key to Why Anna Creek grew, etc. But love the sources you found. StarM 15:58, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Star Mississippi: I did look to see if I could find out when the mail run started or something of its history, but failed to find anything definite. The old Ghan train operated weekly to Oodnadatta until November 1980 so I would presume the train carried the mail until then. The new Ghan takes a different route and doesn't go to Oodnadatta so I am guessing they would have needed an alternative way to get the mail to Oodnadatta from 1980/1. This 2017 article indicates Peter Rowe has been doing doing the mail run for about 15 years at that time with another 4-and-a-half years left on the contract so that explains what happened from 2001/2 to 2021/2, but I don't know what was happening from 1980/1 to 2000/1? It might have been by air (see [1]) as everyone in the outback pretty much has an airstrip because of the Flying Doctor.Kerry (talk) 07:05, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]