In the far north-west of Australia, Derby sits beside King Sound — a place shaped by distance, tides, and movement.

In the early days, getting from the town to the sea was not simple.

So a solution was built.

This is a story about that line…and the quiet role it played in connecting a remote town to the outside world.

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On This Road— Travel stories from Australia

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