Jack has really fallen on his feet. He has been looking at cars and Mark found an older Camry in Mansfield with only 35000 k on the clock. It is in immaculate condition appears to have been garaged and was owned by an older man who was sinking into dementia. The interior looks new. Jack is one happy camper!
With a spare day in Sydney, we decided to ride the ferries. We traveled from Woolwich to Circular Quay and then over to Kirribilli to have lunch on the wharf. It was a very relaxed way to spend a day.
We had a perfect day to see the Zig Zag in action. An efficient volunteer operation got the train in on time for boarding
I had held on to a long term hope that one day, I could travel on the Zig Zag Railway (originally built in 1869) to carry goods and passengers up the steep sided valleys of the Blue Mountains. The track was cut over a three year period with picks and wheelbarrows in the form of a sloping "Z" up the side of a valley. The engine had to be detached, moved to the other end of the train and reattached to move up each section of the "Z". My father had ridden the train years ago but bushfires had destroyed the infrastructure. However volunteers have restored the train to immaculate condition so I had my opportunity.
We traveled west from Sydney onto the Blue Mountains. Having seen the terrain, it is not difficult to understand the problems of the pioneers trying to move from east to west in the Blue Mountains. The valleys are huge and steep.
For my 80th, the Inchleys had very generously given us tickets to "The Book of Mormon" that was playing in Sydney. It is an easy and uneventful trip on the train to stay with them.
