Australian journal 17 trains from Cairns to Adelaide

Broken Hill is another beautiful place in the australian outback,  the town has an interesting mining history. But its surrounds with Silvertone and the Living Desert Sanctuary with the Broken Hill Sculptures are the milestones of the area. Visit the spectacular Sculpture Symposium and make a daytrip to nearby Silverton, a popular filming location for movies and television shows.
I reached Broken Hill on the daily Explorer Train from Sydney.
Of the 6.500km travelled on board of various trains from Cairns to Adelaide the explorer train ride  was absolutely the most exciting and interesting one. The train travels through the most various landscape I have experienced in Australia. More about this train route on a separate page.

Here a recap of the travel distances covered during the second part of my travels in Australia:

6700km by train, across Queensland, NWS, South Australia
260 km by bus in Queensland
150 km by car in New South Wales
70 km by bike in Queensland
35 km walking tracks in Queensland
Michela
 (to be continued)

Australian journal 16 - Brisbane, Byron Bay and the inland’s forest….

After a short stop in Brisbane relaxing I visited Byron Bay! I was very impressed of Byron Bay, I found the place very beautiful and not as touristy as one could imagine. Byron Bay is a small village known for its long sandy beaches and its surfing waves! You can visit Byron Bay is through a 6km walking track that takes you to the Lighthouse. Byron Bay waves are something unique! extremenly high and persistant ocean waves all around the bay, definitely an excellent place for surfers! I was lucky to see more of the surrounding area and ventured out to Mount Warning south of Brisbane.

Sydney and Broken Hill ….
The XPT Train took me from Brisbane to Sdyney city, on over 1000km train journey. A very long journey and yes a tiring one. Sydney was beautiful as usual. It is always a pleasant experience to be there and see places I have already been to, as well as to discover new areas and gain more knowledge about this impressive city. I love Sydney, it is one of those cities I can never get enough of it!
Michela
 (to be continued)