Indian Pacific - Broken Hill to Sydney

 19th May 2021

We travelled 843 Km through the night to wake to - 

A totally different landscape enrobed in Fog and Frost

Where are we and how cold is it exactly?

A check of my BOM weather app
 - showed we were in Bathurst NSW 

and it was indeed COLD!

I watched the Sun rise over the Misty paddocks - It should be a beautiful day - Just 210km of our journey remained.

There was one last Off-Train excursion - A Day tour of the Blue Mountains.  

Many of our companions left the Indian Pacific at Mt. Victoria to continue to Sydney on another train later in the day.

For us - it was all about the Train Journey on the Indian Pacific -
So we chose to stay on board and continue the remaining 125 km to Sydney.  

Watching the ever changing scenery of the Blue Mountains at times we could see where were had been!

Someone called for Last drinks and Farewells in the Lounge.  

This was not the time to stay in your Cabin.

We were packed and Ready to Go.

Our Cabin in Gold Class was Cosy... but enough to stow our Stuff, retreat to during the day if needed.
And the Seating turned down by the Staff each night into comfy-enough bunks.


As I said at the start of this journal - You get to stay in some interesting places!

For Us - it was the end of an Epic 4,352km Trans Continental Train Ride from Perth to Sydney.  

For others their journey was only about to begin.  The Train has a 3 hour turnaround at Sydney before heading back. 

Could we sneak back on again? - Maybe another day!

Our Quest was to go from 

The Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
We are not there yet.

That is still another day or two away!