Re: Victorian day trip

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

My ex took our kids on one last year. They ended up in Warragul!


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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"Kym Columbine" <KymColumbine@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Can remember doing a couple of those during school holidays as a kid.  One
> had us in Warrnambool (pre WCR days) for the day.   We went down on the
> morning train, and were supposed to come back at lunchtime, giving us only
> about 40 mins in Warranambool, but Mum managed to scam us a change in
return
> trip to the evening train, claiming my little brother was travel sick, and
> needed longer before getting back on the train to go home.   V/Line staff
at
> Warrnambool were very obliging and did it for us.
>
> Kym
>
> Daniel Bowen wrote in message ...
> >Don't know if they still have them, but V/Line used to have "Mystery
train
> >trips", leaving Spencer Street just after 9am weekdays, for a cheap
price.
> >Could make things interesting.
> >
> >
> >Daniel
> >--
> >Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> >dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> >http://www.danielbowen.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >"whitehat" <whitehat@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
> >3a4b1ddf@news.alphalink.com.au">news:3a4b1ddf@news.alphalink.com.au...
> >> What would you recommend as a day trip from Melbourne?
> >> We would prefer a train trip of up to a couple of hours, about half a
day
> >> for exploring and then a return train trip. We would welcome
suggestions.
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> whitehat
> >>