Another fine video this day. Weather was excellent and picturesque scenery as always. Thank you for the video, and see you on the next! Hoping mom is doing well also. Cheers Tim! 🇦🇺🙂👍🇺🇸
Hello Martin, I hope you are feeling better. The weather was perfect for my ride on this wonderful railway, in the next video I visit another of Queensland’s gems. Mum's enjoying herself, she's just finished another jigsaw puzzle, she loves doing them. All the best. Tim 😊.
Thanks Tim for the wonderful pictures, There's a lot history in outback QLD, One tip don't go near the water in far nth QLD there just waiting to get you🐊🐊😲cheers Bob .ps i commented on your last vid but alas it disappeared into a black hole.🍺🤠
Hello Bob, the RU-vid black hole is becoming a bit of a problem, another commentator wrote an awesome account of his own experience, but it didn't matter what I did, I couldn’t reply and that left me feeling bad because his comment deserved a reply. Queensland's history is fascinating and I enjoyed listening to the driver's, because their commentary completed the picture seen from the train. The Savannaland still has a frontier feel to it and I'm glad I didn't meet the crocodile immortalised in the life size model seen in Normanton. I'll have a look for your other comment, Cheers. Tim.
Tim, thank you for making this compilation. It was as wonderful to watch as I am sure it was to witness the sites, sights, sounds and scenery at first hand. Most importantly, for me, a chance to thank you for your generosity in recording & sharing through your channel.
Hello Peter, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I'm lucky to be able to do these rail tours and most of them are more than just train rides, they are adventures to places I'd never have travelled to if they were not part of a tour. Its nice to be able share these places, hopefully one or two people will be inspired to do similar tours, because the outback needs tourists to help the pubs and hotels survive. I'll be off to the Czech Republic and Germany next month, I know very little about the railways our tour will be visiting, hopefully I'll get to see some unusual places. When I visit Wales, I turn my SatNav off with the deliberate aim of getting lost, I get to see some amazing sights and places, especially on the little lanes around the Elan Valley Reservoirs. It's good to get away from the regular tourist hotspots.
Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The Savannalnder and Gulflander trains are regular scheduled trains even though they only run once a week for 9 months of the year, anyone can turn up at one of the stations to catch either of the trains, but the reality is that most passengers are on guided tours.
I'm glad you enjoyed the abbreviated version of the train ride and life size replica of the largest crocodile to be shot in Queensland is a crocodile. According to the internet there are no alligators in Australia, just salt water and the smaller fresh water crocodiles.
I looked it up on the Internet and the name has nothing to do with ravens - this is what the article said "A village called Cedar Creek was established. By 1910, the nearby mining town of Herberton has been connected by railway to Cairns and Cedar Creek had been renamed Ravenshoe. The name is supposed to have been chosen because a copy of Henry Kingsley's novel Ravenshoe was found discarded nearby" To read the full text, please click on this link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenshoe,_Queensland#:~:text=A%20village%20called%20Cedar%20Creek,Ravenshoe%20was%20found%20discarded%20nearby. To find out about the book, please click on this link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenshoe_(novel) if you've finished this lot and know the answer, you deserve a nice cup of tea and a sit down for ten minutes to recover.
This is a really great video, Tim. A lot of people are not aware of the other parts of a rail tour as very few videographers cover this. Yo have covered it well. I really hope you enjoyed your trip and hope it was not too taxing on your body. Thanks again.
Hello Robert, it's nice to know you enjoyed the ride. Most of these tours include visits to non-railway locations, after all not everyone one on these tours is a railway enthusiast, many are attracted by the places visited. It also nice to get a little bit of history because it helps to understand why the railway was built, in many cases the industries that led to the need for a railway disappeared many years ago. I've just spent the day tending my garden between rain storms and I'm feeling my age now, although I'm confident I've got a few more years travelling left in me. Cheers. Tim.
