Hi Marie, It's true though, that it is cheaper to fly but so much more friendly and nostalgic to travel by train. I would love to go across on the Indian Pacific. I guess it is Australia's 'Orient Express'. But finances don't allow. Ah well. I will just go and put my videos on and watch them. I have steam and deisel and when I put the steam train videos on, I swear to God I can smell them. But the love of my life is and always will be the 3801. Hilda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Young" <heartseas@bigpond.com> To: <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [ANS] Trains from Sydney to Melbourne > Hilda you are right. The Indian Pacific does through Broken Hill to > Adelaide > and then to Perth. I have been on the Indian Pacific a couple of times. > I > found it great. > In the "sit up" compartments there were people doing all kinds of craft > work. It was a real working bee, women knitting, crocheting doing cross > stitch and men playing cards and others with their children and > grandchildren playing all kinds of games. It was a friendly atmosphere and > when we got near the Border of NSW and SA everyone was handing out their > spare fruit to other people so it could be eaten before the border > otherwise > it would have been taken off them. > Marie > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/620 - Release Date: 1/8/2007 > >