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Where did I find this operating relic?
Mogumber, a place 120 kms north of Perth in Western Australia.
It is what is called a settlement, not officially a townsite.
Population 58
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It is the location where the Moore River East joins the Moore River.
As with the majority of places in Australia it has a pub. 
Called The Mogumber Hub (formerly Black Bull Tavern)
It was on the verge of closing down until The Mogumber Outback Club bought it and instigated renovations.
New Years Eve the Mogumber Rodeo happens. Attended by 3500 spectators. One has to book early as it is sold out every year
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And there’s no charge from a Telstra payphone these days. 
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Yes, that is a great thing that Telstra has done.
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They are not that rare there are 15000 of them
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Spread over 7.688 sq km.
In the 90s there were over 90,000, by the year 2001 there were 36,000.
Now down to 15,000.
One for every 256 sq km
Every town has at least one
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The nearest payphone to Widgiemooltha, WA (population 28) is at Norseman. 90 km. 
That is rare for a telephone kiosk, where are all the Taxi and Tart Cards??
This one is in Mogumber, almost outback Western Australia, population 58
There is always one in fifty eight, don’t matter where you are in the world 
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Just down the road then, probably closer than the doctor
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I used to live there until the wife left me then it got a bit lonely??
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That’s hardly surprising, two of you living in a phone kiosk, that would put strain on a relationship!
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well we only slept in it - spent all day in the pub!
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That would be a very rare sight in the UK because it’s not been vandalised.
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vandals ?? ; vandals?? IN oZ nah - if so we give em the boomerang whiplash treatment - one of em whistlin around ya heed is enough to send ya mad!!