Sometimes history leaves its mark in the quietest corners of the Outback. Just 30km southwest of Charleville, along the Matilda Way, lies the Angellala Creek Bridge Explosion Site — the scene of Australia’s largest-ever transport explosion. In 2014, a truck carrying 52.8 tonnes of ammonium nitrate was involved in a single-vehicle accident. The resulting blast, equal to 10–15 tonnes of TNT, was so powerful it was recorded as a 2.1 magnitude seismic event — shaking homes as far away as Charleville