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Category Archives: around-the-world-part-1

Sydney

by tom on 29/05/2013

I got to Sydney on a comfortable if not slightly boring train ride from Canberra. The train arrived on time, got cleaned and after a friendly (and talkative) train network operator man sold me a ticket, the train departed. The train had everything; comfy seats, lots of space and cheap food. I had a salmon […]

Canberra

by tom on 29/05/2013

The journey to Canberra involved an 8 hour bus journey through the very attractive-looking Australian countryside. It looked best during sunset, when the light changed and you could see the shadows of the trees through all of the forests that you passed through. I didn’t really have much to keep myself occupied, but in the […]

Melbourne

by tom on 25/05/2013

Reasons I went to Melbourne and did not continue from Adelaide to Sydney: There is only 1 train per week from Perth to Sydney and it was full between Adelaide and Sydney on the day I was taking it. This meant that I needed to get off in Adelaide, which I did, but I couldn’t […]

Adelaide

by tom on 21/05/2013

I got to Adelaide on the Indian Pacific railway line, which runs from Perth to Sydney. It takes 3 days to do the whole thing, but I was only going to be on it for 2 days, as the train was full between Adelaide and Sydney. The journey started with me having to get a […]