A series of stories set In the Northern Territory of Australia Written for radio by Anthony Scott Veitch and Maurice Travers
Black Opal
Two lonely people meet on a tourist coach travelling ' The Bitumen,' the great highway of the Northern Territory which at times follows the trail of 'The Singing String,' the historic Overland Telegraph Line. At the scene of a long-ago tragedy, Sgt. Strang comes face to face with a wanted man-and a story of betrayal and flight
Grant Taylor as Sergeant Adam Strang Brian McDermott as Constable Michael Dawson
Gwenda Wilson as Mardie Strang
Charles Haggith as Lightning
Produced by VERNON HARRIS