Overland Train to Melbourne 8:45am

Littlehampton, South Australia

A 2-minute field recording by John Tudor made in Mount Barker, Australia on 5 September 2008, in the dawn. Soundscape: trains & stations.

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2:25CC BY-SA 3.0by John TudorInternet Archive

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Recordist's notes

Every day the Overland Train between Adelaide & Melbourne passes here. Mon, Wed & Fri it passes at about 8:45am heading east to Melbourne, Victoria. On Tue, Thu & Sat it passes at about 4:45pm on it's way back to Adelaide. I live about 600 metres from here. AT-3032 stereo pair were set up on the South West corner of the T-Junction near the row of planted trees. Recorded at 8:45am on Friday 5 September 2008 sent by John Tudor

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Mount Barker is a town of about 21,554 people in South Australia, Australia. OttoAnna lists 10 field recordings from here.

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