A Travel Blog
Let me start with an apology! We know we include a lot of detail in our posts, but this is because we want it to function as a travel diary as well as a sort of value-added postcard to friends and family. (The main difference between this blog and a travel diary is that in … Read more
The forecast for our Port Macquarie week was for it to be cloudy and rainy on Friday, the day we arrived, and then pretty much clear, sunny days in the low twenties for the rest of the time. So far that has been correct. We did indeed have rain on Friday, and we have had … Read more
Although yesterday proved pretty adventurous, this day felt like the real start of the trip. Our first stop, after an early-ish breakfast, was the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden. We arrived there at 8am. (You know what tours are like!) It was a little brisk but clear and sunny after the wild day preceding it so we … Read more
… for hardy Gold and Platinum Class passengers when we hopped off the train in 2°C temperature at Marla – in the middle of nowhere – to see the sunrise. The train had stopped, in fact, around 4am and the staff, including Marla locals, had set up heaters and a couple of fire drums, plus … Read more
After a leisurely start in the morning – we are talking Sunday here – we got to the station at the appointed time of 10.15am or so. Check-in for all we grey travellers went smoothly and we set off exactly to schedule at 12:15pm. Our Gold Class cabin was comfortable, with a lovely picture window. (There are also … Read more