It may have been a consequence the hot restless night but Johnno was torn as to whether he should shorten the ride by a day and head home so he could be with his wife Lisa when the official announcement that his daughter Amy was to be wed… He bounced the idea past Mark and Jeff who completely endorsed this course of action. So after a brekkie at the bakery it was a merry dash along the rail trail the 40k’s or so to Wodonga station to intercept the 11.35 ‘reunification express’ train to Melbourne.
We rode through Huon, which was apt, until very recently Huon was Johnnos pseudonym on the 3RRR gardening show…the show finished up forever a few weeks earlier. Johnno caught up in the moment declared at Huon station that Huon could be his ongoing nickname…Jeff cleverly noting the Re-Huon-ification of Johnno happening amidst the dash to the reunification express
The old station was great – the station platform had been restored and there was a really old train carriage on the siding that we explored… seeing the “No admittance – Private Property” sign when we had finished…Ooops!
The old train carriage at Huon station Huon
We made it to the outskirts of Wodonga and some mean spirited coppers pulled Mark over because he had his Akubra on and wasn’t wearing a helmet – Mark completely took this in his stride…
We made it to the station with plenty of time to spare. Mark and Jeff hadn’t yet worked out what they were planning to do from here… they decided to also jump on the “express” and get out at a place called Avenel and take things form there. They ending up chasing the tailwinds to Murchison for their final night…
What a week!
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