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This is the last installment of my mammoth series about the Indian Pacific train, which is part of an 11,000km train journey I took across <\/em>Australia<\/em> – and back again. My mission: to see if spending eight days on a train could inspire boredom. So far, no luck. Let\u2019s see what the last two days holds\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post was originally published in 2011. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content.<\/em>
I received a complimentary<\/em> pass from<\/em> Great Southern Rail<\/a> for this journey.<\/em>
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Just Landed Here? Check out the previous instalments to this EPIC series about the Indian Pacific Train:
Part One<\/a>
Part Two<\/a>
Part Three<\/a>
Part Four<\/a>
Part Five<\/a>

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DAY SEVEN<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A breakfast of baked goods is delivered to my cabin at 6:10am, since there isn\u2019t enough time before our arrival in Adelaide for a full breakfast to be served. Quite frankly at 6:10am, even the baked goods in front of me aren\u2019t doing much for my non-existent appetite.

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Whistle Stop: <\/strong>Adelaide<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Having already been to Adelaide a few times before, and seeing the early hour of our stop, I take advantage of the time I have off the train to walk into town for exercise, and camp out at a McDonalds for free WiFi.

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Back On Board<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the crew changes over<\/a>, since all of Great Southern Rail\u2019s train crews are based in Adelaide. I\u2019ve shared the last five days with this crew, so it feels odd to be saying goodbye to them. But because I\u2019ve been on as many Aussie trains as I have, I recognize the hospitality manager from my journey on The Overland the month prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also quite a few extra cars added to the train in Adelaide. This is in preparation for the annual Indian Pacific Outback Christmas <\/em>journey, which begins in Sydney and will carry famous Australian musicians and entertainers across the country. In the spirit of Christmas, these performers give free concerts to remote communities located along the rail line between Sydney and Perth, and this is the 10th<\/sup> year for the tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year the Indian Pacific Outback Christmas trip is even more special, as the Indian Pacific Train is celebrating its 40th<\/sup> anniversary. In fact, the train is now so long in preparation for the onslaught of passengers boarding in Sydney, that it\u2019s too long for some station platforms, and subsequent whistle stops are done in stages.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cMind if I join you for lunch?\u201d I ask a table of three. With tables seating four on the train (and rarely a party of four traveling), passengers are expected to mingle for meals. It\u2019s one of the highlights of traveling in Gold class<\/a> for me, since it\u2019s a chance to converse with so many diverse people over a nice meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d comes the surly response of the elderly lady at my elbow. Although she could mean \u201cNo, I don\u2019t mind\u201d, I\u2019m distinctly left with the impression that I\u2019m not welcome at the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shot down, I move to another table, but it turns out I can\u2019t sit there either since their empty seat is waiting on somebody. With all the eyes of the small dining car on me as I try to find a table that I\u2019m welcome to join, I\u2019m feeling a little ostracized and isolated. But as this is an isolated dining car incident, I try not to pay it much heed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I end up eating a lackluster lunch with a retired couple with whom I can\u2019t seem to find any common ground. The train was very bumpy last night, and with our early arrival in Adelaide this morning, I think everybody is under-slept and a little out of sorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout this trip, I\u2019ve been quite industrious in getting lots of writing accomplished. But today, I feel brain-dead, and instead I pass the afternoon listening to music and staring out the window. It\u2019s bliss.

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Whistle Stop: Broken Hill<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the first time in my experience with Great Southern Rail\u2019s long-distance trips, we are late arriving into Broken Hill. Being late isn\u2019t actually as surprising as how often we\u2019ve been on time. I\u2019ve come to expect delays with long-distance trains (at least in North America, where train travel isn\u2019t down to a fine art as it is in Europe). So for this to be the first delay – and at that only by an hour \u2013 is actually quite impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Broken<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Given my brain-dead state, our abbreviated stopping time, and my having visited Broken Hill a few times already<\/a>, I do nothing more with this whistle stop than go for a brisk sunset walk.

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Back On Board<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the fatigue from a shoddy night\u2019s sleep, or if I\u2019ve spent too much time on trains, but my mood is swinging. My lunch experience put me off being social, so I hide out in my cabin, reading and snoozing until dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"sunset<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When I arrive at the dining car for my last dinner on the Indian Pacific, I\u2019ve already singled out my dinner companions; a very young pair of guys who appear to be brothers. I\u2019ve seen them on the train since Perth<\/a>, but we\u2019ve not had a chance to chat, and I\u2019m curious what their story is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learn that they are indeed brothers, one of whom just graduated high school (the other of whom is 24 years old). They\u2019ve both saved up their money for this trip which is a graduation celebration. I\u2019m impressed that they\u2019ve managed to save up the money for a trip like this, in Gold class no less. They\u2019re already talking about their next trip together \u2013 which will be on The Ghan<\/a>. Despite their awkward shyness, I\u2019m glad I get a chance to eat with them.

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DAY EIGHT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As much as I enjoy sleeping on trains, I must admit when I awake that I\u2019m really looking forward to sleeping in a bed that\u2019s not in motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, sleeping on trains (in beds) was exciting and different, and indicative of a big trip (which implies big adventure in my books). My first taste of getting horizontal on a train was when I traveled from Toronto west across Canada<\/a> in 2007. The canter of the train and perpetual motion was like a lullaby, and as far as I\u2019m concerned there\u2019s (still) nothing like waking up in the morning and simply lying in bed watching the world roll by outside the window while consciousness slowly sets in.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But now, after a solid week on trains (with a one night respite in Perth), I\u2019m coming to understand the conversations I\u2019ve had with train employees who speak of needing a full day of sleep to recover from many trips. It has much less to do with their working hours (my initial hypothesis), and much more to do with simply not sleeping well on trains. For a few days, it\u2019s barely noticeable. As a lifestyle though, I would struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I eat breakfast with Richard and Jack again<\/a>; they\u2019re looking a little worse-for-wear as well. We discuss the layout of various cabins, and where (and how) the employees sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow do you sleep?\u201d Richard asks the woman serving us breakfast. He is actually referring to the orientation of the beds in the employee quarters, but his question is understandably mis-interpreted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHoney,\u201d she begins, \u201cIf you don\u2019t sleep, we don\u2019t sleep either,\u201d she says with all the fatigue of somebody who hasn\u2019t slept. Her answer also comes quickly (and wearily) enough that it\u2019s apparent she gets asked this all the time. \u201cA lot of it has to do with the tracks. If it\u2019s a bumpy ride, nobody sleeps well. Stuff vibrates in the cabins, and we all have bits on us that wobble. Each of us has our tricks, but there\u2019s no one solution. I like to sleep on my tummy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is our last meal on the train, and we are chugging through the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney<\/a>. I am particularly excited for this morning, as I was told on The Ghan by an employee that one of his favourite routes is the Perth-Sydney route, because waking up to the sun coming up over the Blue Mountains is magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, it\u2019s raining! However between raindrops, we admire the layers of fog playing in the hills overlooking the small mountain towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rain is somewhat indicative of our collective mood at the breakfast table too. As much as we are enjoying (and have enjoyed) each other\u2019s company over the last few days, the end is in sight, and it\u2019s the end of a long journey for everybody. We talk about where we\u2019re all going next, we take some pictures, and exchange contact information.

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Coming to an End<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m feeling especially melancholy, since this is the end of not only a journey that is twice the length of what most \u201cnormal\u201d people do (since I retraced my steps from Perth back to Sydney), but it\u2019s also my last train journey in Australia. In just over a month, I\u2019ve ridden almost 16,000kms of rail in Australia<\/strong>, including The Ghan (Darwin-Adelaide)<\/a>, The Overland (Adelaide-Melbourne), The Indian Pacific (Sydney-Perth-Sydney), The XPT (Melbourne-Sydney-Melbourne), and various Country Link journeys to and through small towns including Seymour, Canberra<\/a>, and Aubury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I haven\u2019t even come close to seeing it all. There are train journeys up to North Queensland from Sydney<\/a>, across to various outback towns from the east coast, and Great Southern Rail also runs the Southern Spirit: an exclusive all-inclusive 6 day\/5 night trip from Adelaide to Brisbane (through Melbourne).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I step on to the platform at Central Station in Sydney, I wonder what will be next, and when I\u2019ll again find myself on a train journey of such grandeur. Will it be the Blue Train in South Africa? Or the Trans-Siberian in Russia? The Toy Train to Darjeeling? Or the Via One across Canada (this time east from Toronto)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure which train trip will be my next, but I do know that despite my fatigue, and despite spending eight days solid on a train, I didn\u2019t experience even one fleeting moment of boredom<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So in a way, my mission as set out in the beginning of this series<\/a> has failed. I\u2019ve tested myself, my endurance, and my patience for long-distance train travel, and I\u2019ve surprised myself in not reaching my wit\u2019s end sooner. Instead, I emerge from the experience with a new handful of friends and contacts, a bevy of stories and anecdotes, dozens (nay, hundreds) of pictures, and a lifetime of memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aah \u2013 I love train travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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