Well here it is the 26th day of our epic journey and we are parked in the car park of the West Coast Wilderness Railway.It had been our intention to be on the train today but it was booked out and by the time we had booked for tomorrow we got the last two seats on the train, such is the popularity of this attraction. It cost $256 for two people but we got it for $141 as we had bought a Venture Experience pass (highly recommended) while we were at Devonport which gets us discounts or free entry into five attractions. I won't mention names but a couple of the rigs we are travelling with at the moment didn't buy the pass and had to pay full price. The cruise boats and the train here seem very expensive but popular.
On the way to Strahan fromTulla we passed through Rosebery where we enriched the local community with our wallets and also at Zeehan where we catch up with the washing at a laundromat. We have found it quite strange in the west here when you enquire if you have a laundromat and are told, "no not in this town but there is one in the next one" Same applied to electrician, auto electricians etc. The towns are quite quaint but mostly with limited facilities.
There is much mining in this area and it is littered with old mines or operating ones. The train journey we are going on tomorrow is a relic of foregone years of mining, now turned into a tourist attraction.
Allan finally had an electrician make temporary repairs to the fridge so hopefully (fingers crossed) he will have no more troubles.
The road in this part of the country are either narrow or hilly or probably both and we find ourselves travelling mostly in the 40/70 KPH range and feel quite comfortable doing it. Life wasn't meant to be a rush anyway.
No report tomorrow as we will be "playing trains"
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