Bart Bear's Blog

I went on a grand trip a fortnight ago. Mum, Dad, Unka Mark and Aunty Vicki went to Sydney to see the stage production of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" and they took me along. Now, any sort of trip is OK by me, but this was a trip with a difference. They went on a train operated by the Railway Historical Society and it was 12 carriages long with two engines at the front and a power car behind. It didn't just go straight to Sydney, but detoured down the Illawarra escarpment and up to Sydney along the Illawarra line. For a train buff like me this was great. The track down the escarpment is one of the prettiest in NSW. And guess what? We didn't just sit in a seat all the way. We had our very own table in a special restaurant car and a set of sleeping compartments, vintage ones that were used on the "Southern Aurora" back in the 1960s. The sleeping cabins were full of interesting things for small bears. Here are a couple of them. The small shelf was just right to sit on and watch the world go past the window. The fold-out washbasin would have made a beaut swimming pool if Mum didn't have this thing about me getting wet. And you have probably guessed it. The meanies didn't take me to "Priscilla". They say that I wouldn't understand the adult humour. Don't you just hate it when adults snigger about something and won't explain what it's all about? Anyhow, with them out of the way for a few hours I had a great session of exploring all over the train.

Labels: New South Wales, Sydney, train, trips