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“What is that place?” Jackson Traynor asked as Foley slowed and turned off the Stuart Highway.
“Central Mount Stuart,” Foley said. “Supposed to be the geographical centre of Australia.”
“Supposed to be?”
“Yeah. When it was first discovered, back in the 1860s, the explorer John McDouall Stuart named it, figuring it was the centre of the continent, but modern surveying technology has proven it’s not. It’s close, but it’s not exactly in the centre.”
“Pretty good estimate for that era, nonetheless.” Traynor looked at the gathering of tourists lingering around the rest-stop area. “Busy place,” he noted.
“b****y tourists,” Sam responded sarcastically. “They’d take photos of me if you put a notice around my neck announcing I’m of historical value.”
“Yeah,” Foley scoffed. “Like that’s ev
