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Early the next morning, Arthur decided to visit the Lake Eyre Canal construction site and see for himself how far the government's highly valued project had progressed.

Since he was setting out from Adelaide, Arthur could also travel from south to north and inspect the entire length of the Lake Eyre Canal.

Following the Flinders Ranges northward, he soon reached the innermost part of Spencer Gulf, which was also the starting point for construction on the southern section of the Lake Eyre Canal.

The canal had not been excavated directly from Spencer Gulf. Instead, construction had begun several hundred meters inland.

After all, before the canal was fully opened, if seawater rushed into it ahead of schedule, it would severely disrupt excavation and could even cause massive casualties.

Soon, Arthur saw the canal's actual form. Since a relatively large workforce had been mobilized, construction was progressing quite rapidly.

With the three canal sections being built simultaneously, only a little over a year and a half had passed, yet the entire canal had already extended for more than thirty kilometers—nearly one-third of the planned length.

This also meant that if construction continued smoothly, the entire canal could be completed within three years, by the middle of 1933.

Calculated this way, it could be finished before World War II broke out and already demonstrate a certain degree of usefulness.

Whether it was strengthening maritime transport or improving the geographical environment of the Great Artesian Basin, it would be beneficial to both Arthur and Australasia.

The final leg of the journey was to inspect the canal between North Lake Eyre and South Lake Eyre that had already been completed.

Since this section was less than ten kilometers long, it had been finished long ago and was quietly waiting for seawater from the Indian