Western shire telecommunications milestone marked

Sally Gall
Updated December 13 2016 - 4:45pm, first published December 10 2016 - 7:00am
Karen in the Noonbah chookyard
Karen in the Noonbah chookyard

Karen Emmott was standing in her chookyard, 156km from Longreach, taking photos of her new ducklings when all of a sudden her mobile phone starting pinging with incoming text messages.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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