Drive to Melbourne, leaving car with Son-&-Heir. (Overnight layover)
Future DiL will drive us to Spencer St station pre-Sparrow fart.
Board XPT to Sydney. (One day/2 night layover)
Board Indian Pacific — arrive Perth 4 days later.
(3 day layover)
Fly to Darwin. (Overnight layover)
Board The Ghan (0900h) — arrive Adelaide 4 days later.
(Overnight layover)
Board Overland at sparrow fart — arrive Melbourne that evening. DiL to collect us.
(2 night/1 day layover at S-&-H’s)
Drive home.
We’re calling this our “Delayed Honeymoon”.
We were married on a July Saturday, and both turned up at our respective workplaces on the Monday.
We were saving for a house and thought the money would be better spent on that.
Then came children — more $$$.
Halfway through my planned working life I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Myeloma and medically retired.
So that left us on a single income until SWMBO retired 15 years ago.
Although I defied the oncologist’s prediction of my imminent demise 31 years ago, and decided to see as much of Oz as possible before I karked it (and finally went into remission), this time around we’re both no longer in physical shape to motorhome it again, so we’re doing it this way.
It’s 49 years late, but better late than never!
ps. Our Son-&-Heir and future DiL EACH earn three times what we did, so we’ve joined the SKI Club.