DAY 3 9/1/15

Once again we woke up to a warm coffee that our steward brought to us. I took a peek out of the window and all I saw was endless nothing. We were in the Nullarbor Plain! It's arid with lots of salt bushes and almost no life. The only life that I could see were a few Camels, Emu's, Kangaroos and Wedge Tailed Eagles. In the late morning we decided to have breakfast, for starters i had a wild peach with natural yogurt and nuts, which was delectable. For starters Daniel had cereal and for main we had the same full breakfast.

In the late morning at about 9am and we ended up having one hour here. The city started as an outpost for those who built and maintained the track. One special thing about today was that we were on the longest straight track in the world. It feels like a city of yesteryear, that was booming back when the track was built, its as if everyone has just packed up and left. Its only home to four people now who keep the city alive.

 

 

We stared down the straightest track in the world!

Here you can view two structures that caught our eye, although similar they are different. The one on the left is the towns jail cell and on the right is the toilet.

A bit of humorous info haha

There were many cars travelling behind us, even the cars get a holiday!!

After rebounding the train we enjoyed a relaxed day onboard, read some books and magazines. at about 1pm it was time for lunch, where once again we enjoyed the damper!!! For main we enjoyed the beef tenderloin and red wine jus, along with a relish which was amazing. Then Daniel finished with a berry tart and i enjoyed an excellent lavender panna cotta. The panna cotta was amazing, it was refreshing and it worked so well with lavender. We also chose to have some fruit on the side.

That evening we met some great people from all over the world next to me is a gentleman from Germany and opposite us is a family from Cairns. We became great friends and stay in touch since. The next installment was dinner as we were just pulling into Kalgoorlie. We met a very nice couple that were from Perth and they gave us some ideas about what to see in Perth.

I started with the crab again (you can see how much i liked this dish!) and my brother and the minestrone soup. For main I had the kangaroo and my brother had the beef cheek. I never knew how nice the animal on our national emblem tasted haha. I finished on an apple tart and Daniel finished on the chocolate fondant cake.

At 7:30pm we arrived into the Goldfields city of Kalgoorlie. We boarded a whistle stop tour of the town, with gold rush tours. We saw the epic super pit, where we learnt that having 1 gram of gold in a tonne is profitable!! Another fact is that most of the huge trucks are driven by females!! They are better drivers.

After the Super Pit we visited the miners hall of fame. where we got to go up close and into the cab of one of the huge trucks. After this we returned to the train and retired late at night.