Comments by "" (@michaelformaini7053) on "Sleeping in a POD on a TRAIN!" video.

  1. Well Mike, that was a great review of "The Spirit of Queensland". I've seen several other reviews but not up to the same standard as yours and I thank you for sharing it. I've done the Cairns - Brisbane route myself twice both ways but a long time ago when "The Sunlander" was the main train. I recognized some of the locations you showed (Cairns Industrial, Walshes Pyramid, the delightful Tully station, Townsville airport, the Burdekin River Road and Rail Bridge and, of course, Roma Street Station in Brisbane). The Rail Bed is a great innovation and the meals you got looked fairly wholesome for on board catering. Obviously, the First Class offering is well worth the fare charged. I had a little chuckle at your Dracula imitation. The stops for stretching the legs is a quaint Queensland offering (similar to Amtrak, but I wonder who copied whom). As well as catering for exercise, it gives smokers some off train relief, but also cleverly allows for reality to catch up with the timetable in the event of out of course meets with opposing trains on the single line crossing loops. I'm so glad you and Nicole enjoyed your brief visit to our Great Southern Land and hope you can return for an extended visit sometime soon. I'm sure you will do a lot of research now to seek out more about Australia, its history of settlement and the various experiences that we can offer you, especially in the south east corner of the continent and in Tasmania. As I'm sure you are aware, there are many railfans and travel experts here who will be pleased to show you around. You've already experienced how friendly most Australians are. Look forward to meeting up with you if your travels include Melbourne and my State of Victoria. You've been a great YouTube companion for almost four years now and a great support during the pandemic. Cheers from Michael in Melbourne.😊😊😊
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