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The Tea and Sugar

on BBC Two England

Nullarbor is probably an Aboriginal word but some say it is Latin and means "no trees".
This documentary looks at
Australia's Nullarbor Plain, a vast wilderness that has no water and no shade. This desert is uninhabited except for the lonely railmen and their families who live along the Transcontinental Railroad.
Once a week, a special supply train sets out from Port Augusta on a delivery round equivalent to a journey from London to Rome. It's a high street on wheels taking every necessity to support life - a train known by everyone as the "tea and sugar".

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