November 15
Meeting at the hotel lobby at
8am, we were collected by bus to drop us off at the Kuranda Scenic Railway. This steam locomotive railway takes one
up the lush mountain towards the table lands, at a slow sedate pace, making
many twists and turns along the way, going through many tunnels. For those familiar with Puffing Billy in
the Dandenongs, it feels similar.
However, many more people died completing this railway from either rock
cave ins, disease, or snake bite.
Arriving at Kuranda, Ralph
procured our tickets for the return trip down the mountain, this time via the
Skyrail cablecar. However, we had
a couple of hours to spend in the picturesque village of Kuranda first.
Mum and I had morning tea, and
had company
The last official event of our
tour was a nice way to end it. I’m
still sad about totality, and will probably ruminate over it for a while,
wondering if we could’ve done anything differently on eclipse day. But that’s life for ya – got to get
used to dealing with disappointments!
Off to Melbourne for some down time at Mum's house now.
I'm feeling disappointed for you and the rest of the chasers as well and nature can be a fickle mistress indeed. Well there will ALWAYS be an eclipse somewhere so maybe another time. Hope you have fun back in Melb and don't forget my slippers ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah, poor you, I'm *definitely* going to want to see one now ;) Mum and I are on slipper patrol.....
DeleteDon't go to England to see an eclipse... Yeah I know there are no expected eclipses in England for the rest of our lives, but there are about 1/2 dozen in Aus within the next ten years. ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, I'd love to go back to the UK one day, but yes it probably won't be for an eclipse, lol. I'm only really interested in traveling to see a *total* solar eclipses for the next few years, not annular or hybrid, and not partial - although I would certainly observe those if nearby.
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