Springwood

Wednesday was hot - 29°C - so we looked forward to a day up in the mountains on Thursday for a bit of relief. Turns out the Australian climate doesn't work the same way as the Austrian one. Here the cold air tumbles down the mountain to cool the valley below, so the temperature at around 1,200 ft was forecast to be 8 to 10 degrees hotter than at sea level.

Nevertheless, we headed up - after an extended wrangle with the train ticketing system, which is designed to not sell anyone a ticket Double decker train, rather older and less swish than the one pictured, with very Australian notices.Baca lagi