The Longest Train Journey In The World. Ever.
I'm in Adelaide now having completed (with the aid of some wine and plenty of games of cards!) a 44 hour train journey from Perth to get here! The scenery along the way was pretty impressive but it did remain constant for around a day at a time which took some of the interest out of it! It did give you an idea of the vast size of Australia though, and also gave me my first sighting of a kangaroo!! :-)
During the course of our journey we stopped off at a few places, one of which was Cook, with a mammoth population of 4 (though there were several thousand flies to help make up the numbers!). They used to have enough people to warrant a school, hospital (see the photo below for a plea to save it closing down), and even a jail but numbers have dwindled to the extent that all that remains is a small shop selling postcards and local produce to the gullible tourists on the trains that pass through. :-)
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Did the wine and cards stop you from going off the rails? Did they play any music on the train ... perhaps some Kylie ... 'The Locomotion'...?
Oh dear, Martin! :-P Didn't play any Kylie on the train though they do seem to be quite big fans of playing it in the shopping centres... Lisa, you would love it here! ;-)
:D
Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now
(C'mon baby do the loco-motion)
I know you'll get to like it
If you give it a chance now
(C'mon baby do the loco-motion)
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It's easier than learning your a b c's
So come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on baby, jump up, hmmm jump back
Oh well I think you got the knack
Now that you can do it
Let's make a chain now
(C'mon baby do the loco-motion)
Chug-a chug-a motion like a railway train now
(C'mon baby do the loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy now don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
Yeah
Chug chug (sampling)
Move around the floor in a loco-motion
(C'mon baby do the loco-motion)
Do it holding hands if you got the notion
(C'mon baby do the loco-motion)
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do
It even makes you happy
When you're feeling blue
So come on come on do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
Yeah
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
*^_^*
I'm at work and hoping no-one saw me typing "Kylie Locomotion Lyrics" into google! :-\!
Glad you're having such a great time Viv, keep the pictures coming!!
Love, Lisa xo
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