Journeying on...

So, I'm back on the road... well, the rail strictly speaking: tryin g not to hire a car if I can help it.
Took the Tilt Train from Brisbane, up the coast to Fraser Island - the world's biggest sand island. Stayed at a very well-appointed eco-lodge (Kingfisher Bay) built all in among the trees with all the accomodation built up on wooden piles, so damage to the environment is minimal. Had a day trip round part of the island in a 4WD coach - like nothing so much as a dustbin lorry with a coach body stuck on the back! Bumpy but fun.
Saw a dingo, various birds of prey and other wildlife - mainly birds...

I'm travelling EXTREMELY light on this part of my trip - no harp, no computer. So the blog will probably not have photos on it for a few weeks.

The train trundles up the coast at somewhere between 40 and 60kmh. There really is not a lot to see out the windows: mostly flat grazing land interspersed with the ubiquitous gum trees and a few scrawny cattle. The trip from Fraser to Townsville (where I am right now) was also dull, but luckily most of it was at night - my first ever experience of a sleeper carriage... and hopefully my last - the bunk above was so low I felt I was sleeping in a coffin with a padded lid! Yuk. Still, it's a pleasant enough way to travel and at least I get to see what the countryside is like - even if it IS a bit dull!!!