Who could believe that 160 years ago, on the mighty Murray River, 2,000 bales of wool were carried on wooden barges with a steam engine driving paddle power equivalent to 25 horsepower?
These days, 2,000 bales of wool would require 20 semi-trailers, each with a 400 horsepower engine, spewing exhaust gases.
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