No, not a pop song at the top of the charts!
We are on one of the world’s top 25 Railway
Journeys!
We are at the moment travelling home from a fabulous three-week
holiday in tropical north Queensland.
We’re doing something we’ve never done before - sitting in comfort in a
spacious cabin on the Sunlander train. It’s a wonderful way of travelling 3200
kms. We are just loving the relaxing
journey, looking at beautiful scenery and stunning sunsets, enjoying fine
dining and being treated like royalty.
The maitre d’ just came and asked us what time we would like our bed prepared!
Our car accompanied us on the train so we have been able to travel around
freely visiting all sorts of wonderful world heritage areas, rainforests,
national parks and conservation areas.
We've seen some absolutely stunning birds:
Bee-eaters
The closest I made it to stitching during our holiday was to
read the craft magazines I brought with me!
Four of the magazines featured my designs so I will show you them later
when I’m back home. As you know, I just love designing and stitching, but it’s
been quite relaxing to be doing something different. I haven’t even dreamt up one new design the
whole holiday! Of course, I couldn’t be happy without doing something with my
hands, so there’s been quite a bit of progress on my crochet rippleblanket. It’s been an ideal project for
the train journey, that is when I’m not staring out the window, admiring the
brilliant sunset, the rippling streams we cross, the lakes we skim by, or
talking with my family by e-mail!
Have a great week!
Val