{"id":61,"date":"2010-06-20T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2010-08-06T07:06:48","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T07:06:48","slug":"woomera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/woomera\/","title":{"rendered":"AN EMPTY SITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-74\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=74\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74\" title=\"Woomera watercolour\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/woomera_2010-finished.jpg?resize=660%2C214\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/woomera_2010-finished.jpg?resize=660%2C214&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/woomera_2010-finished.jpg?resize=1024%2C332&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/woomera_2010-finished.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-80\" title=\"Woomera watercolour detail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-watercolour-detail.jpg?resize=660%2C214\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-watercolour-detail.jpg?resize=660%2C214&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-watercolour-detail.jpg?resize=1024%2C332&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-watercolour-detail.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-84\" title=\"Woomera site &amp; painting\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site-painting.jpg?resize=660%2C494\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site-painting.jpg?resize=660%2C494&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site-painting.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site-painting.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-83\" title=\"Woomera site\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site1.jpg?resize=660%2C494\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site1.jpg?resize=660%2C494&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site1.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Woomera-site1.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Woomera use to have 6000 residents, but then in dwindled to 2000 last year and now it is down to about 200. 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