Driver’s Eye View Plus – Savannahlander - Part 4 - with commentary - Einasleigh to Mount Surprise

Our group enjoyed a tasty lunch at the Einasleigh Pub and the more energetic strolled down to the Copperfield River Gorge to look for wildlife and take a few photographs. We returned to our train where the drivers said they were happy to do a photo run past across the the Copperfield River bridge for those wishing to take photos of our train on the bridge, an opportunity too good to miss. After the run past the photographers boarded the train for the run to Mount Surprise, passing through pleasant outback scenery, crossing the occasional dried up river bed and witnessing the behaviour of suicidal kangaroos. Our driver gave a talk on the history of Australian Rail-motors and DMU’s finishing with the last units built at Queensland Rail’s own Ipswich workshops. The 2000 Class unit we were travelling in was one of those last units. The camera picked up some interesting snippets of conversation between the driver and passengers recalling amongst other things, past rail experiences and fond memories of thei