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Old 13-03-2011, 12:34 AM
AstroGuy
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Originally Posted by Draconis View Post
How did they keep these ice blocks frozen on the back of a horse drawn cart as they went from town to town? Was this just a winter enterprise reserved for those people lucky enough to live in towns surrounded by snow capped mountains? The rest of Australia just had to suffer without their ice powered fridges i guess?

Did you dream this?
They started from the mountains with very large blocks. By the time they reached the towns they were smaller blocks. Not saying it was efficient

And in Australia we had Spinifex coolers and air con, and if you were real lucky you paid people to fan you