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In Australia you need four things to be consi-
dered a town: a phone box, a letterbox, a cash
machine (it used to be a bank office) and a pub.
Parachilna is one of the last towns before entering
the Australian desert north of Adelaide.
And those four things are all that Parachilna has to-
day. It's on a railway line that used to connect with
the old Ghan line that crosses Australia from Nor-
th (Darwin) to South (Adelaide). The Ghan was an
impressive work of the time and even today is an
amazing machine powerful enough to run through
3.000 km of desert. The name of the line comes
from the Afghan camel drivers that were brought
to Australia to help explore the unknown desert for
the first time, in the 19th century.
Today no train stops over but the Parachilna old
train station remains. The picture above shows two
people waiting for a train that never stops. But they
don't despair and one day that train, against all the
logical odds, stops.
It's a small tribute to faith and passion. And to tho-
se who, mighty like the Ghan, pick up passionate
passengers like the two folks in the picture.
After many years of successful highs and occa-
sional lows in the lighting sector, we decided
to create PARACHILNA. Dedicated to decorative
lighting, PARACHILNA was born from our love of
luxury. For us, luxury is about the integrity of the
design, the quality of the materials and the artisa-
nal craftsmanship that creates it. Preserving the
skills and knowledge of the few remaining metals-
miths, glass blowers, ceramicists and other skilled
craftsmen that still remain in Europe and, we hope,
in other parts of the world.
We trust that we will find kindred spirits in our pur-
suit of these skills in every city of the five conti-
nents; our passion is to work with designers from
every corner of the globe.
BECAUSE STARS ALWAYS SHINE
BRIGHTER IN THE DESERT.
Because all deserts can be crossed.
Because all trains stop even if
there is no railway station.
Because you do not need much to
build up a town or your own dreams.
Because stars always shine
brighter in the desert.
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