HURLEY'S FLIGHT.
ARID CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.
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(Received November 4th, 5 5 p.m.) WYNDHAM, November 4.
Captain Frank Hurley has inspected the engine of the Spirit of Australia and begins his ocean flight at midnight to-night All is well with the crew Captain Hurley's narrative of the flight across Central Australia includes a passage: "It has ever been my ambition to see and know something of the hidden heart of Australia, rJow I have seen a track 80 miles.wide on either side of our 2200 mile course, I can honestly say that I am bitterly disappointed.
•'The major portion is utterly 'lesolate, arid, and dead such as to fill one with sadness. Only once before have I seen more dreary plains; they were in the tormented landscapes of a hideous, nightmare."—Australian Press Association.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19459, 5 November 1928, Page 10
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