It has been nearly 20 years since I have been to the Hamelin Pool Telegraph Station, I cannot say I missed the place, certainly not the flies. I see the Hamelin Pool Telegraph Station as a place to stop over for a short stay when visiting the stromatolites.

The road to Denham is a pretty big detour from the North West Highway, there is one road in and out, so that adds an extra 260 km on the trip. On the way there is the old telegraph station at the end of Hamelin Bay, if I am in the area, then it is worth stopping in. Hamelin Pool was the landing and departure point for supply vessels and shipping wool from the local stations in the area.

The telegraph station was built in 1884 and linked Perth to Roeburne by telegraph. Originally named the Flint Cliff Telegraph Station, the telegraph station was named after a local landmark. The telegraph station remained in service until the late 1950s where Telex took over as the communication system. I can still recall Telex still being used in the 1990s in some areas. Telex was a text based communications system that used tele-printers [tele-typewriters] to send/receive typed messages over telephone lines.