Arrived at Adelaide after two days aboard the Indian Pacific, so named because it runs from Perth on the Indian Ocean to Sydney on the Pacific Ocean. It had 31 carriages and 191 passengers.
The Outback became more and more desolate and dry. as we moved away from the coast. Rather than lakes, there were salt pans.
We stopped at the largest single open cut gold mine in the world, called the Super Pit. It operates 24/7. Gold has been mined at Kalgoorlie since 1893 when it was first discovered.
Then passed by the Jumbuck Pastoral, a 2.5 million acre station on the Nullabor plain. It stocks 70,000 sheep!!
When we arrived at Adelaide we set our clocks ahead by 2-1/2 hours to South Australia time!! Weird.
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