howie’s halfpipe

Toot toot!

Yesterday was steam train day. And oh how much I love steam train days.
Myself, jenny, joshy and sam all booked tickets on this baby a few months ago and finally the day had come. We where going on my favourite stream train the 3801.

We had to get up damn early and I had such a Bad sleep the ngiht before that getting up early was not a pleasant experience but I did it. We went down to central station to get on the train there. I love steam trains, it pulled in to central with its old school wooden carriages, and the smell of the smoke and the heat of the engine.
And this was no pansy steam train day we got to go all the way to Newcastle and back.

mmmmm steam

its early but its worth it

all of us in our compartment, thanks to the lady who took the photo

sam and jenny with their special $2 goggles to stop the soot from getting in their eyes

New castle isn’t the most exciting place in the world on a sleep Sunday afternoon, after ,much walking we eventually go to a supermarket. And then back to the waters edge for a picnic lunch. On the way we climbed this tower it was a long spiral staircase and my legs sure are reliving the climb today.

I took this photo through a little hole in the floor of the tower.

tug boats and big ships where defiantly a highlight of the Newcastle experience.

fancy some dance lessons?

wooshing past the signals.

and my personal favourite, going over the hawksbury river bridge.