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NSW pay phone given heritage listing

September 29, 2026 — 11:30am Under furious orange skies and plumes of bushfire smoke, locals and tourists lined up at a payphone to talk to family and friends or check in on neighbours. Some used the public phone in Narooma to tell loved ones…

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