On the train from Sydney to Newcastle, which I caught today, the views can be like this:
In other words the country is far less flat and outbackey than on the Canberra trip. In the above shot it’s not raining; it’s just a dirty train window.
I saw, amusingly enough, one kangaroo only. However I saw many rabbits. They were small and black and in the grass along the track running from the outskirts of Sydney all the way to Morisset. I couldn’t get a good shot so this artists impression must suffice:
When I got to Newcastle I looked like this:
And a few hours later… Like this:
What happened? crazy Aussie drugs happened! Or perhaps it was the case that pharmacies can dispense the ‘good stuff’ without a prescription here which led me to getting some serious drugs which punched my cold back to Hell.
I hope 🙂
Here was lunch:
Ah, beet root on bread! Here’s lucky the aged cat:
And here’s a guy I met outside on the door when I arrived:
After dinner we did some of this:
And then I took my ‘night time’ drugs which have already rendered me ruinously tired.
The ‘Gromwell Incident’ will have to wait for tomorrow 🙂
I want some of those drugs!!