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Re:The Amateur Tramp – A Walk of Ten Thousand Miles Around A... by chrisseaton on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @07:33AM (#26236551)
The book says there were stations every few days all the way around.
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Re:The Amateur Tramp – A Walk of Ten Thousand Miles Around A... by silly-silly on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:08PM (#26258878)
I can't speak for non Queensland parts of that map.In the 1900's there was more than a week of walking between even the most basic of civilization (Between mackay and townsville, the A1/Bruce started construction in 1930)
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Re:The Amateur Tramp – A Walk of Ten Thousand Miles Around A... by xwdv on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @07:55AM (#26236740)
Hardly “unassisted” then.
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Re:The Amateur Tramp – A Walk of Ten Thousand Miles Around A... by simonh on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @12:43PM (#26240264)
Unassisted just means you don't have a dedicated support team.
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