starting at the Murray River (Mac-
Cabe Corner), they reached the camp
of Innamincka in early February,
passing the southern boundary of
Queensland, now famous for Austra-
lia’s most accessible outback corner,
that named Cameron.
We’d followed a similar path,
passing within metres of the oddly
shaped MacCabe Corner. Despite
being the closest to towns in both Vic-
toria, South Australia and New South
Wales the corner isn’t exactly where
it is said to be; all three states don’t
meet here. A surveying error in the
1800s meant that the border of South
Australia and Victoria leans slightly to
the west. MacCabe Corner is the only
place where you can stand in New
South Wales and face north to look at
both Victoria and South Australia …
that’s for another time.
Travelling north, we'd roughly
followed the 141st meridian, until
reaching Cameron Corner. A series
of gates needed to be opened and
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