My take on pop culture. Where I go. What I do. Nothing too heavy. Is it interesting? You decide.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Day 2 -- A big lizard in Cook.
Day 2 -- I was impressed someone maintained a lawn in Cook in front of their trailer.
Day 2 -- I didn't steal.
Day 2 -- Now can I say I saw a Wombat in Australia?
Day 3 -- The Indian Pacific stopped for about three hours in Adelaide and we had the chance to take a good bus tour around town.
Day 3 -- A cool looking pub in Adelaide.
Day 3 -- Adelaide Post Office.
Day 3 -- The South Australia House of Parliment.
Day 3 -- A giant Morton Bay Fig tree.
Day 3 -- Flowers in Adelaide.
Day 3 -- This is a little hard to see but this couple is taking their pet duck out for a walk.
Day 3 -- Two nights after leaving Perth the Indian Pacific changed crews in Adelaide. Here the new crew welcomes passengers boarding (and reboarding) in Adelaide.
Day 3 -- Broken Hill is the site of the world's largest deposit of silver, lead and zinc, having yielded minerals worth many billions of dollars throughout its mining history.
Day 3 -- The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides emergency medical service (free of charge) to residents of Australia's Outback. With 20 bases throughout Australia they can get to anyone in need within 2 hours.
Day 3 -- Royal Flying Doctor Service Operator.
Day 3 -- Broken Hill Post Office.
Day 3 -- Broken Hill Town Hall.
Day 3 -- The Palace Hotel, where the Broken Hill scenes in "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" were filmed.
Day 3 -- Inside the Palace Hotel.
Day 3 -- The bar inside the Palace Hotel.
Day 3 -- Rolling east from Broken Hill.
Day 4 -- The Blue Mountains just west of Sydney.
Day 4 -- A mosque in Sydney.
Day 4 -- A house in the suburbs of Sydney.
Day 4 -- 68 hours after departing Perth, the Indian Pacific pulled into Central Station in Sydney.