Thursday morning with back aching I boarded the Swan Hill train at Southern Cross station. I just hoped that I wasn't going to be in too much pain for the trip. I had already organized this ahead of time as I was taking mum up to the Dr.s in Mildura on the Friday. Everybody was settled in and the train was packed. Not as I thought with parents and school children as it was the school holidays but with seniors. It was also senior week. I looked around at the huge variety of seniors. These seniors were just so much different to the seniors of old who would travel in their best clothes, make up on, these ones were out to enjoy life. Some had backpacks and walking shoes others were more casually dressed going to visit family. They were prepared with water bottles and chatted to whoever was available. Then an announcement came over. They had found a problem with the train and it would not be leaving the station. Could we please leave the train and board the train on platform 4. Everyone in good humor picked up their belongings and walked enmass back three platforms. There was a wait of several minutes on the platform in the cold while they prepared the train and we all settled down again in the same seats with the same people. Over half of the train got off at Bendigo. One lady was going to Ararat the long way as the Ballarat train had been fully booked. I was finally able to lay down and ease my back. The coach trip from Swan Hill was uncomfortable but not painfull and I was so glad to finally arrive and be able to walk home to mums.
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