Day 29 – Katherine

We rose in a little more leisurely manner, showered and dressed, had breakfast and then I called in to pick the parts up – all good except one part was missing! I didn’t panic and we went up to the railway station – and lo and behold, the Ghan was in. The train supervisor was the same one who was on the Indian Pacific when I met it at Cook! We had a look at the carriages, walked along the train, got some brochures and got some information – the train was nearly full, except for some no-shows from Alice Springs. I got a call from an ex-colleague about being a referee, so arranged to take that call after 4. Then I spoke to a travelling couple photographing the train about the joys of train travel and received a message about the missing part being found. I called in to pick that up, then we went out to the gorge. We decided to book for tomorrow afternoon but looked around while we were there. On the way back to town we visited the museum – very informative and I met a couple from the RAAF – we all reminisced about the “good old days”. Back at the camp after a little shopping for lunch and we had lunch. Lynn put some washing on and I did my census form and then spoke to three motorcyclists in camps along from us. I received a call but it didn’t answer and I couldn’t call back, so I will tomorrow morning. Then we had tea and eventually retired to sleep.