After a lazy morning sleeping in and packing, we set off for Central Station to board the Indian-Pacific train to Perth. When we booked this part of the trip, we decided to splurge a little and booked the Gold class service. This provided us with our own sleeper cabin, complete with full bath and gourmet breakfast/lunch/dinner. As you can see from the pictures, the cabin didn't have much elbow room and the bathroom had, shall we say, extremely good use of space. Stainless steel fold out sink and toilet combined with the train's rattle-and-shake would make for some very interesting and comical bathroom experiences that we're not about to forget. As we left the outter reaches of Sydney and ventured into the Blue Mountains, we were treated to a gorgeous sunset and real, hopping 'roos as
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