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Finally, almost imperceptibly, the train began to move again. I gazed out of the window at the nearly motionless view.
Outback BBQ
Shacks
Camira Street
St Mary’s Senior High School
A running track
Swamps
Fast rivers
Werrington A white jeep abandoned in a stream.
Nepean Motor Auctions.
Kingswood. McDonalds
Penrith High Street
Emu Plains
Penrith Target
The PA described the big radio telescope at Parkes.
We reached the edges of the Blue Mountains. There were fewer houses there, and as the track curved I could see the front of the train snaking ahead. The pass was very narrow, the red-streaked rockface unnervingly close to the window. We went up and up...
