We had an inkling that things would go from bad to worse and we were right! We never saw The Blue Mountains because it was dark before we got there! The 3 hour trip around Broken Hill was cancelled because we lost even more time on the journey because The Indian Pacific is a private company and has to give way to all the commuter trains in Sydney and Adelaide :-( The rest of the journey is single track and very slow....... The train shakes from side to side , bac...

Took the local service train into Sydney in plenty of time to check in for our overnight trip to Adelaide, via Brokenhill, to find that the train had been delayed and was running approximately 4 hours late! Still, we went into Sydney and had a beautiful lunch overlooking a square/through link, so Paul & I could partake of our favourite pastime of people watching :-) We've been allocated our 'rooms' Hahahahahaha!!! They are so tiny that poor John will have t...

What a fantastic day it was today! John drove us to Parramatta where we caught the Riverboat to Sydney The ride to the harbour took about 50 minutes and was the perfect way to see the sights We went under the bridge and docked at Circular Quays right next to the Opera House After a walk around the sights we had lunch overlooking the Harbour The weather was not the best but the day made up for it ........ Also because John is an Australian Pensioner the fare retur...

We started the day watching the birds feeding in the garden the parakeets are so colourful but like our Robins they are very territorial so they are also very noisy Paul was up and not exactly running but came with us for a drive to The Blue Mountains in John's classic car Sadly the higher we went the thicker the clouds were but we enjoyed the ride! The flora is very lush with all the rain they have had and the wild bottle brush trees, lilies, morning glories e...

We are all slowly recovering from our time change Trev is on the mend but poor Paul has been going downhill all day and is now in bed :-( We started today with a walk in The Blue Mountains is the sunshine The noise of the cicadas was deafening and at times it sounded as if they had a volume switch that they were turning up and down There were also lots of colourful birds and butterflies. When we got back we were joined by about 20 of John and Lis's family for a b...