It was a long drive from Broken Hill, with little to break the journey and we planned to stay at the RV park when we reached Peterborough. However, there was no shade, it was dusty and full of spiky Three Corner Jacks (also known as the Devil’s Thorn so you get how painful they are). We had a walk round town to stretch our legs before a re-plan and took a look in at the Town Carriage Museum. This turned out to be great fun as there was a virtual ride aboard a restored first class sleeping carriage from the early 1900’s.
There is a statue of Bob the railway dog nearby. Bob was a familiar sight to passengers at the end of the 19th century as he loved to ride the trains. Apparently when he died in 1895, he was ‘mourned by the travelling public all over Australia.’
As a bonus we saw the Indian Pacific pass by. This is a passenger train which travels from Sydney to Perth through the Blue Mountains and across the Nullarbor Plain.
