Morning Came the 70th Day

 ..with uncertainty 

We have been SOOOOO lucky regarding Covid borders/ lockdowns. Now all we wanted to do was to escape Sydney and get back to the ACT.

We left the Vibe, masked- wasn't a bad place to stay

I felt we were almost there when we arrived at Central. The station is still a bit disrupted while they complete the Sydney Metro. The Grand Concourse remains though-

What a surprise when we went to get a coffee (knowing the quality of train coffee!). In the marble floor was a fantastic map of Australia- too big to get in one shot. I just couldn't resist!

It was actually mapping the original rail lines across Australia.

Safely on the train in 1st Class. Guess what? No different from Economy on this train. 3 carriages come to Canberra, two carriages split off at Goulburn and continue to Leeton. We were racing, mistakenly thinking we had to be in the ACT before 4pm to avoid having to isolate. Made it by a minute but it didn't matter. One had to leave Sydney by 4pm- well and truly made that. 

To maintain the spirit of the challenge,we caught the R2 bus from the station to Belconnen, then dashed to the R3 to get home. 

So ended the 70th and last day of our fantastic journey...walking two blocks from the bus stop.

Somewhat sad it is over. Felt nothing like 70 days. Now to do some analysis and see how we went against our plan.  Not that it really matters. We proved it could be done!