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What an entertaining episode! Thanks for taking us on your adventure! 🐢

The XPT is a shadow of what once was. We use to have The Southern Aroura which was a luxury train with sleepers and white linen service, dining and club cars. The XPT is a tired old train. Time for a classic upgrade!!!

When I was a young man I occassionally caught the overnight to Sydney.I sat up, got very little sleep but the fare was cheap.Later in life, my wife and I took the same trip, first class.The cost was the same as flying and the experience was so bad, we will never take the journey again.

Looks like a nice and quite comfortable ride. Thanks for another very entertaining episode!!😊😘

Loved the review . Highly informative as well as entertaining .

Great adventure ,finally you made it to the concert 😊 gr8

lovely little doco....enjoyed every minute. thank you..!!

Viktoria you are such a lovely pragmatic/positive person. Your videos are a joy to watch. I just love how you make lemonade from lemons!

Enjoyed the suspense of this video!

I love your humour. I have recently returned from Europe and was lucky enough to do some train travel there yet wish to do more train travel in Australia.... blessings from Melbourne

❤️❤️🌷Loved seeing Sydney Train Station from your view.

This is the first time I saw your channel. I love how you turned a disappointment into an adventure, and with such enthusiasm and gusto. As you can possibly tell, by the single ticket left, the XPT is a popular rail service, despite its misgivings and age. One thing I like about some travel is it's an opportunity to switch off from devices, even if for a few hours, and rediscover the joy of travel for its own sake. I'll be doing this adventure later this year.

So well done.👏👏👏👏

First time I've watched your video. I will definitely watch again. Live your pisitive vibes and live of music. I am 68 and have played piano and organ for church since high school.

Really enjoyed this video.

This is nice episode thank you .i need your next episode ok 👍

Nice review sometimes it's good to take the slower journey and just enjoy the whole experience for what it is!  Typical Jetstar though there great when they get away and do a perfectly fine job of getting form A to B for a no thrills price but it wouldn't be the first time I've had the dreaded "Engineering Requirements" email at the 11th hour. I got the email around 9pm the night before a morning flight back to Perth from Sydney last year . Lucky I even saw the email before I went to bed . Rather than than just rebooking you on Qantas they offered ridiculous indirect flights only via Melbourne which would take over 18 hours!

I watch YouTube on the cardio machines at the gym. This was in the recommendations because I watch a lot of train videos, mostly Melbourne-related. I was excited to find out as it played that you are a violist because one of the only things I know more about than Australian trains is music! I remember touring with choirs very fondly, and am excited to watch your other videos, especially touring ones.

Have done many train journeys in Europe while on holidays, (I just don't trust myself driving on the "wrong" side of the road, I would hate to cause an accident). Very enjoyable, travelling through Italy, Switzerland and France by train. Got caught up in a train strike in France on one trip, that was stressful and chaotic. Have not travelled long distance in Australia yet though, shame it could be fun. Enjoyable video again. 😊

Viktoria, glad to hear you made it (just)! Early this year (2023), I had to make three return trips in rather quick succession between Canberra and Melbourne using the XPT (changing to and from the XPT at Goulburn station), but in my case, they were all daytime trips. Those XPT trains are about forty years old, and it shows in that they lack WiFi and USB charging points. They can sometimes pick up extra speed and make up for lost time during the trip. On one of my trips northward, we arrived at Junee station 18 minutes ahead of schedule. They had to stick to the timetable and couldn't depart Junee ahead of schedule, so they announced that they would let us out onto the platform to stretch our legs for those 18 minutes, but warned us not to leave the station so that we would not risk being left behind! When the XPT arrives at Sydney or Melbourne, there's not much turnaround time before the train has to depart again whether it's for a daytime or overnight run, so a late arrival probably means a late departure because they still have to clean the train in the meantime.