Canberra Xplorer

With family all over the country, there’s travel involved. Trains are an easy and comfortable way to go long distance. In this case, Sydney to Goulburn and then back again.
You do need to book a ticket as it is a popular line. For us this turned out to be as easy as dialing 132 232 and chatting with Shaun (Shawn? Sean?). Anyway, the kids were $ 1 each with my adult fare. That right there won my love. Three kids adds up, you know.
Because the trip is a few hours, and our return left at 8:30am, I decided to grab morning tea. My hopes were not high because, you know, train trip memories…
I was wrong. There was a selection of breakfast and morning tea foods so, after a bit, we chose scones and jam. Actually, the girls chose that. I got a Devonshire tea substituting coffee!
This was all delivered to our seats. Big plump scones, warm, fragrant, and fresh with multiple packets of strawberry jam and little packs of fresh whipped cream. Actual real whipped cream. My coffee was actually a cup of boiled water and a Robert Timms coffee bag! The coffee alone made it worthwhile :)
Service was lovely — friendly staff, regular walk throughs to collect rubbish, clean cars.
Definitely doing this again.