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The Overland keeps just ticking along year by year, although a lot smaller than years past. On 5-4-21, NR10 brings 2MA8 Overland into Dimboola for a crew change before heading off once again to Adelaide
The Overlander scenic train stopping at National Park Village for a crew change and passenger lunch break on its 681 km (423 mi) journey from Auckland to Wellington, New Zealand.
National Park is a small town on the central plateau of the North Island of New Zealand. Also known as National Park Village it is the highest urban township in New Zealand at 825metres. As the name suggests, it borders the World Heritage Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's first national park created in 1887. To the West is the Whanganui National Park. The village has great views of Mt Tongariro, Mt Ngauruhoe (Mt Doom in the Lord of the Rings films) and Mt Ruapehu.
The town is sited next to the North Island Main Trunk railway line and close to the junction of State Highways 4 and 47, halfway between Raetihi and Taumarunui and 45 kilometres southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupo. It is 20 minutes drive to the country's biggest skifields, Whakapapa and 50 minutes drive to Turoa on the slopes of the active volcano, Mount Ruapehu. (Wikipedia)
My hometown of Manchester in southeast Michigan celebrated its sesquicentennial (150 years) on the weekend of August 5 and 6, 2017. I visited the classic car show and other events on August 5. Manchester 150 years
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
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Overland Park, Kansas Fire Department's Quint 42
Picture ID# 7010, 7011, 7012
HDR - High Dynamic Range
Two ladies – possibly mother and daughter – posing with a Willys-Overland on the side of a road in the countryside. The unusual streamlined car is registered in Belgium.
Country of origin: Belgium
NR69 hauls 4AM8 Overland service through Laverton as it nears its destination of Spencer Street station on 27-2-13
NR88 rounds a curve with a respectable load on Great Southern Railways Melbourne bound Overland service
Less than two months after passing from government to private operation, 'The Overland' Adelaide to Melbourne overnight passenger service catches the late evening light as it passes Ambleside in the Adelaide Hills.
It is being hauled by a GE-powered, Goninan-built NR class loco, under a hook and pull arrangement with government owned operator National Rail.
At the time (1997) it was still a daily overnight service; today its future hangs by a thread and it only operates twice-weekly as a daylight train.
Afghanistan: August 1971
This is an AEC Reliance bus I was co-driving from London to India; it is seen here, parked on the Khyber Pass; this was a popular stop for passengers to take photographs. From here, through the heat haze, you get a glimpse of a vast plain stretching as far as the eye could see – the first sight of the sub-continent of Pakistan and India.
Turkey: October 1971
While driving this AEC bus from India to London I lost control of it and slid off the road in north-eastern Turkey. This happened at over 5,500 feet elevation on the old dirt road from Agri to Horasan; a couple of hours previously, I'd driven over the snow-covered Tahir Pass (approx. 8,000 feet) without incident, but as we got lower down, the road became a treacherous surface of snow melting on top of mud.
In the background is a yellow truck, bound for Tehran — this was a Scania 140 truck and drawbar trailer operated by the English company, Asian Transport (later renamed Astran). The Scania driver, Dick Snow, offered to drop his trailer and pull the bus back on to the road with a chain, but then another English truck turned up – this one was an ex-Army Bedford belonging to another of the overland companies. The driver of the four-wheel-drive Bedford took over the recovery operation and pulled the bus back onto the road with a wire hawser. The bus was unscathed, although it had collected even more mud to add to what was on it already. The snow that had been on the roof of the bus, for the last thousand-odd miles, had suddenly melted.
.....the view from seat 28.
The interstate passenger service between Adelaide and Melbourne 'The Overland' has now only three return trips left before the government subsidy it enjoys runs out
So I went for a nostalgic journey today from Melbourne to Adelaide, just for fun. A couple of weeks ago the train was sold out, but with numerous cancellations due to the virus thingy, around 50% of intending passengers had cancelled.
UPDATE: As it turns out this was probably the last run of Australia's oldest interstate through passenger service - due to government virus restrictions, despite three more return trips planned, as of Sunday 22/3 the train was mothballed and is unlikely to return.
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The Overland Track is one of Australia's most famous bush treks, situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. More than 8000 walkers each year complete the track. Officially, the track runs for 65 km from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair. However, many choose to add the hike along Lake St Clair as a natural extension, bringing the length to 82 km. The track winds through terrain ranging from sheer mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers and alpine plains all in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Aside from the main track there are also several alternative side tracks, including to the summits of Cradle Mountain and Mount Ossa, the tallest mountain in Tasmania. Also within reach are a group of tarns called The Labyrinth and Lake St Clair (the deepest lake in Australia). Walkers complete the trail in 5–6 days. This is normally done from north to south, which is the mandatory direction between 1 October and 31 May.
The landscape was all carved by glaciers during the last ice age, and the prominent mountains are composed of dolerite columns. The climate is generally unstable, with temperatures ranging from hot (35+°C) in summer to below zero in winter. Snow can fall at anytime and is common during the winter, especially on the Cradle Mountain Plateau and around Mount Ossa. Rain is very common, sometimes torrential though often settling to days of drizzle.
The most common fauna are Tasmanian Pademelons (native), possums and small rodents most of which are native. Also decidedly present, but not necessarily seen, are quolls, echidnas, tasmanian devils and wombats. There are also the famous Tasmanian leeches. The trail traverses areas of many types of vegetation, including Myrtle Beech forest, Eucalypts forest, Button Grass plains (swamps), alpine herb fields and shrubs and mosses.
(Wikipedia)
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I walked the Overland Track - solo - in May, which means autumn period in Tasmania. And got it all: sunshine, rain, lots of snow, and sunshine again. It was a mysterious adventure on the opposite side of the Earth.
For those who are interested, the itinerary was as follows: Ronny Creek -> Waterfall Valley -> Old Pelion -> Du Cane Hut -> Pine Valley (two nights) -> Echo Point -> Lake St. Clair.
During the second day, I hiked from Waterfall Valley to Lake Will, then continued along Lake Holmes and Lake Windermere to Frog Flats and back to Pelion Plains where I stayed overnight in the Old Pelion hut.
Strangely enough, this wombat was just loitering at the walkboard during coming twilight, and I was not sure who was surprised more to see the other one on the trail :-).
Mount Robson Provincial Park, an hours drive from Jasper, is a gem in the wilderness that just begs for the nature lover & photographer to visit. Majestic Mountains, scenic rivers & lakes & quiet places just a bit different to what you find on the Alberta side of the Great Divide.