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In terms of South Australian History, the year 1895 is often quoted by historians as 'the watershed'. The events of that year set in motion a chain of coincidences that culminated in one of the greatest single instances of south australian ingenuity ever recorded. 1895 was the year that James Cyril Stobie was born. By 1924, at the tender age of 29, James Cyril Stobie (J.C. to his friends and admirers) concoted the perfect marriage of steel and concrete. In a blinding flash of brilliance, he took two lengths of disused railwayline, separated them with a slab of concrete and proclaimed it 'The Stobie Pole'. Some say it was destiny, some say there was guidance from a higher power. Whatever your point of view, there is no denying the pivotal role that the Stobie Pole has played in our lives. Without it there would be no electricity, telephones or internet. There would be no need to massacre a street's trees until they looked like they had been through a hurricane. The mere act of