10 hours Overland (in Training)

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Well the start of the homeward trip

Speculating on the day trip to Radelaide




Todays bogey




Bonus XPT Explorer rolled in

 

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Paging @VPS to the Longest Lounge


I scored the equivalent of Row 4! !

Lounge
Shuttered


While I’m in the leg room
Here’s the view

 

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Apparently a full train
Yet departing Melbourne with empty seats

It’s like stepping back in time
A Novelty

Premium seats are 1-2 config





Basic seats 2-2


They raised $35,000 for charity on can recycling

No food service until 9am
Tea and coffee likely from departure

 

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Apparently a full train
Yet departing Melbourne with empty seats

It’s like stepping back in time
A Novelty

Premium seats are 1-2 config



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Basic seats 2-2


They raised $35,000 for charity on can recycling

No food service until 9am
Tea and coffee likely from departure

We used the overland frequently in our days. But only sleeper version. Kids loved it. Me, not so much. The last time we went was when they announced Sidonee as the Olympic city. Conductor was very excited.

 

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They don't call it the "Overdue" for nothing. It's be a fun ride though they could have washed the loco.

 

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They don't call it the "Overdue" for nothing. It's be a fun ride though they could have washed the loco.

They did ….



Sorry, Just on the other track

 

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Freshly cooked in the galley
As good as QF Y





No Wifi…

Moving along now
Between Geelong and Ararart

The VLine train left for Ararat via Ballarat (broad gauge) at 7.53 are 10.22

Overland (standard gauge) departs 8.05 on- time
Arr Ararat 11.33
So in theory one could switch across and have an hour in Ararats main street - idea for next time as the hills ride on the local train via Bacchus Marsh has an appeal over the sweeping lush green fields on this part of the journey

 

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We used the overland frequently in our days. But only sleeper version. Kids loved it. Me, not so much. The last time we went was when they announced Sidonee as the Olympic city. Conductor was very excited.

Yea my last overnighter with the car was coming back k to Adelaide in 1995

Hardly slept - something to do with a fiancé

One of my prior earlier experiences relating to the one and only time I was a dope ….

The only green leaves I like these days are Earl Grey

 

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Ararat
Depart 11.40am

 

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It’s a Grape Western


Track work




Stawell
No Gift
No stall
Depart 12

 

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Gramp Ian’s

A lil unfriendly today






Like the telegraph Gramp Ian’s old…

On look, there’s the money $$$$ shot

 

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I knew I’d misplaced my chair somewhere

Lots of wooden homes here

Horsham depart 1.01pm

We beat the competition
Go V-line

 

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Gonna take a wee break next

Scenery is now kinda same same

Large green fields
With patches of gums
Or a couple of guns together

Probably back at Bordertown when we go back half an hour in time

Some would say Bob Hawkes childhood home is “back in time” symbolising timelessness of seasonal cycles in countryside Australia

 

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Change of crew as the SA based drivers take over at Dimboola















looks like an abandoned tourist train “Northern Rivers”?

 

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Building up to Lunch
Olive trees










Chicken curry cooked on-board
Was delicious!

 

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One two three Kneel












In Nhill

 

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Shooting thru Kaniva








Arvo tea
Shared scones and vanilla slices with my new friend Peter


We bolted through
Serviceton / Wolseley
Famous for being more officious than an East German border crossing
Frisking all the naughty victorians and south Aussies trying to smuggle contraband (unpaid customs duties) until 1 Jan 1901



Seems ridiculous now

Serviceton

 

[Pushka]

Shooting thru Kaniva
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Arvo tea
Shared scones and vanilla slices with my new friend Peter


We bolted through
Serviceton / Wolseley
Famous for being more officious than an East German border crossing
Frisking all the naughty victorians and south Aussies trying to smuggle contraband (unpaid customs duties) until 1 Jan 1901



Seems ridiculous now
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Serviceton
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Almost clotted cream there!

 

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Bordertown

Lengthy stop disembarking a bus load of PAX down the long drop

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Almost clotted cream there!

That it was

My new friend Peter tells me scones were a bit doughy