The Indian Pacific
First of all I have to say a really big thank you to Heather Smaellie for being an outstanding hostess during our stay in Perth. Without her we wouldn’t have seen so much or learned so much about Australian history. I wanted to smuggle her on board but we had to bid farewell on the platform. We had to be up at the crack of dawn to arrive at East Perth Station to board the Indian Pacific. Check in at 8pm was swift and efficient with our checked luggage being taken away to stowage and we were directed to the platform where there was coffee and cakes and a musician entertaining us. We noticed one young man, who turned out to be called Matt and who we really took to once on board, was colour coordinated with his luggage! We then boarded around 9am and met our steward and got acquainted with the cabin and layout of the train. We were in coach B, cabin 3 at the front of the train. We set off at 10:07 and slowly moved out of Perth, east past vineyards and farmyards surrounde...