79yo bird-lover's solo pilgrimage across the country
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Struggling after the death of her husband, Christina Sobey had her health checked and her blue station wagon serviced before travelling west to Australia's oldest and most remote bird research station.

Over the decades, more than 200 bird species have been recorded at the EBO, which is wedged between Western Australia’s remote south coast and arid Nullarbor Plain.

Originally a station on the Trans-Australian Telegraph Line, the remote property is now a known ornithological hotspot.

But for Ms Sobey, who has previously run as a Greens candidate for the federal seat of Farrer, the bush is the perfect escape from the “disappointment” of humanity.

I can emparhise with that feeling completely.