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« on: October 11, 2016, 21:29:20 » |
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4 snaps from a recent holiday.
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JayMac
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2016, 21:42:00 » |
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2. Katoomba Scenic Railway, Scenic World, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
The worlds steepest railway apparently. It's on my bucket list.
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"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
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« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2016, 22:31:23 » |
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Good lord that was quick BNM are you sure that Bob didn't send you a postcard  |
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JayMac
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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2016, 22:59:40 » |
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Good lord that was quick BNM are you sure that Bob didn't send you a postcard After my recently posted pictures of Babbacombe Cliff Railway I did some online reading about funicular railway facts and figures. One I read about was the Katoomba Scenic Railway. Pure coincidence that Bob_Blakey posted a picture of it so soon after I'd read up on it.  |
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"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2016, 09:21:50 » |
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2. Correct, BNM...and I would very strongly suggest that anybody with an interest in the natural world adds the Blue Mountains to their 'bucket list' forthwith; the scenery is breathtaking - I would describe it as a miniaturised version of the Grand Canyon with trees.
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2016, 10:36:35 » |
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4. Kuranda, Queensland, Australia.
Another tourist absolute 'Must do' as a day trip from Cairns, but if you had a few days, I would recommend taking the Savannahlander train from Cairns through Kuranda and onwards into the Interior to Forsayth - a truly 'quaint' rail experience.
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Bob_Blakey
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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2016, 11:08:28 » |
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4. Also correct, PW▸ . We used the train outbound and returned on the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway.
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PhilWakely
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2016, 11:23:59 » |
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1. From memory and without recourse to the good old interwebby thing, this looks like Sydney Central station ?
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Bob_Blakey
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2016, 13:03:25 » |
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1. It looks like Sydney Central because it is.
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PhilWakely
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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2016, 20:23:43 » |
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No 3 is a little more tricky  Complete and utter guesswork now. You have been to Melbourne, Sydney and Cairns. The line appears to be OHE▸ , which restricts it to a small part of the eastern corridor of Oz. I will plump for Roma Street Station, Brisbane. |
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Bob_Blakey
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« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2016, 12:40:54 » |
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3. Correct again PW▸ , it is indeed Brisbane Roma Street. As part of our itinerary we used the NSW TrainLink Sydney Central 1441 > Brisbane Roma Street 0453 1st class sleeper and jolly good it was too; the estuarine scenery along the Hawkesbury River, Mullet Creek & Brisbane Water as far north as Gosford was superb - very reminiscent of the Devon & Cornwall drowned river valleys.
While in Brisbane we also used the train to Nerang and associated Gold Coast bus link for a day out at Surfer's Paradise.
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