I have photos.
Many, many photos.
( a selection from Melbourne )
But we'll backtrack a little.
This is me, sitting on the station at 6:15am, anxiously waiting for the train to Melbourne, having driven my sister's car to the station because my mother - who was supposed to drive me to the station to catch the train - didn't turn up. This is my mother, reknowned for being unable to sleep in, who actually managed to sleep in so soundly that it took my stepdad (whom I called because mum wasn't answering and that wasn't like mum) to shake her awake.
There was some last minute shuffling. First I was going to drive my car and leave it at the station for three weeks, then I was going to drive B1's car to the station with the spare key and she was going to pick it up with her regular key and be without a spare for a month, and then I was to lock to spare key in the glovebox and she'd pick it up that evening... It was all quite a bit of stress, not least of which was that I wasn't sure I'd make the train. The train to Melbourne leaves twice a day - once in the morning, once in the evenin. The Melbourne train in the morning leaves at 7:40 and the suburban train I was catching would arrive at 7:25, which basically means I'd have to run straight on... In the end, I did manage to get hold of a latte and made it with a little time to spare.
We've left Melbourne, travelled the Great Ocean Road to Adelaide, and caught the Ghan from Adelaide up to Alice Springs, and in to Darwin. Today is a single day in Darwin before we head for Bali - and arrive just past 12am. That'll be interesting.
Many, many photos.
( a selection from Melbourne )
But we'll backtrack a little.
This is me, sitting on the station at 6:15am, anxiously waiting for the train to Melbourne, having driven my sister's car to the station because my mother - who was supposed to drive me to the station to catch the train - didn't turn up. This is my mother, reknowned for being unable to sleep in, who actually managed to sleep in so soundly that it took my stepdad (whom I called because mum wasn't answering and that wasn't like mum) to shake her awake.
There was some last minute shuffling. First I was going to drive my car and leave it at the station for three weeks, then I was going to drive B1's car to the station with the spare key and she was going to pick it up with her regular key and be without a spare for a month, and then I was to lock to spare key in the glovebox and she'd pick it up that evening... It was all quite a bit of stress, not least of which was that I wasn't sure I'd make the train. The train to Melbourne leaves twice a day - once in the morning, once in the evenin. The Melbourne train in the morning leaves at 7:40 and the suburban train I was catching would arrive at 7:25, which basically means I'd have to run straight on... In the end, I did manage to get hold of a latte and made it with a little time to spare.
We've left Melbourne, travelled the Great Ocean Road to Adelaide, and caught the Ghan from Adelaide up to Alice Springs, and in to Darwin. Today is a single day in Darwin before we head for Bali - and arrive just past 12am. That'll be interesting.
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