The Indian Pacific

24th, 25th & 26th. I was quite right in my thinking that we would not have wifi on the train, so, after 3 days of lost contact, we are now back online. 

I'm not going to detail each day of the journey as it was basically, wake up, breakfast, look out the window, sit in lounge before lunch, lunch, look out the window, sit in lounge before supper, supper, back to lounge, go to bed, etc. Actually, it was much more than just that. We met many people, some straight off the 'block of flats' we'd seen in Sydney harbour, saw some wonderful scenery and consumed some wonderful food and wines. 

Unfortunately, only one of the off-train events took place and that was the stop at Cook, right in the middle of the desert. The train staff did their best to make up for it but we didn't see the Blue Mountains, we missed out on sunrise at Broken Creek and we didn't have a walk through Adelaide. There just wasn't time. 

Anyway, some pictures from those 3 days. 

Sunrise from the train. 

Dried up lake from the edge of the trees to the horizon. 

Travelling through the desert area. 

Our stop at Cook. Once home to over 200 people but now only three live there. 

We did manage to get invited into the cab of the train. 

The train was very long - looks like it goes all the way to the horizon. 

Getting near Perth and the first rain for months, for them and us. 

Two of the Indian Pacific crew. 

Managed to arrive in Perth early! Collected our hire car from the airport and made our way to our home for the next nine days.