Dingo dingo dingo dingo dingo | Monday, March 17, 2008 |
It's been a bit quiet here for a while. We've both been busy doing whoring ourselves for our corporate masters (ok, so it's not that bad, but all work is prostitution, right?) and the documentation of fun stuff suffers as a result.
I've not only finally seen a kangaroo, but stroked one as if it were a dog - no great shakes but they're quite fun. Seems almost a shame to eat them. Almost.
Wombats, tasmanian devils and the potentially lethal cassowary have all been played with, seen or avoided as seemed appropriate. Dingo's too (handsome things they are)
Anyhow we're plotting a trip away and considered rail as a method of transport. From Sydney to Orange (one of the climatically 'cooler' wine regions of NSW) is about 4.5 hours on the train - roughly the same time that it take to drive. Stretching further afield to Broken Hill which we'd like to visit, the train timetable looks like this.
A 16hr trip on a train at the wnd of which you're still in New South Wales. It's a mere 14h to Brisbane but you can stretch it out further by 24 hours or so by changing trains to go to Cairns. Big place.
A number of trains offer allow you to take your car - if you do that it's possible the need not to hire a car at the other end might offset some of the cost and I rather like train travel. If we're looking at our last 9 months or so in Australia it seems like it might be a good way to see stuff - it's not the same as stopping but it's more immediate than being 40,000ft up.
I've not only finally seen a kangaroo, but stroked one as if it were a dog - no great shakes but they're quite fun. Seems almost a shame to eat them. Almost.
Wombats, tasmanian devils and the potentially lethal cassowary have all been played with, seen or avoided as seemed appropriate. Dingo's too (handsome things they are)
Anyhow we're plotting a trip away and considered rail as a method of transport. From Sydney to Orange (one of the climatically 'cooler' wine regions of NSW) is about 4.5 hours on the train - roughly the same time that it take to drive. Stretching further afield to Broken Hill which we'd like to visit, the train timetable looks like this.
A 16hr trip on a train at the wnd of which you're still in New South Wales. It's a mere 14h to Brisbane but you can stretch it out further by 24 hours or so by changing trains to go to Cairns. Big place.
A number of trains offer allow you to take your car - if you do that it's possible the need not to hire a car at the other end might offset some of the cost and I rather like train travel. If we're looking at our last 9 months or so in Australia it seems like it might be a good way to see stuff - it's not the same as stopping but it's more immediate than being 40,000ft up.
