We also did the Pemberton
Historic Tramway tour. This was pretty cool, probably not as good as
the puffer billy through the Dandenongs or the steam train from Port
Augusta to Quorn (neither of which we did, but both looked pretty
awesome), but this was a fair bit cheaper and took us to parts of the
forest we wouldn't have otherwise seen. We got a very good commentary
as the tram went along. It stopped at the Cascades which are quite
pretty and crossed over a couple of rivers. It was a very enjoyable
trip. And I finally found out what the pink, purple and white flowers
I've been seeing everywhere are. It turns out they are Watsonia, and
are an introduced species. I kinda guessed they must be as they grow
like weeds along roadsides and the edges of train lines, anywhere
where there is clearing.
Rory in train heaven
The view down the line
The Cascades
The cascades
One of the bridges
Some pretty cool topiary
Watsonia
We also tried mountain biking
after the fun we all had at Margaret River. Unfortunately there was
no easy track this time, so we played around on the down hill course
that had jumps, turns and other things. It was fun but I could only
do small parts of it as the jumps were way too high for me to even
contemplate attempting. But they kids had fun and I think the biggest
kid of all, Greg, did too.
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