Re: Time Wasting Puzzle - Longest Broad Gauge Trip

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:19:06 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
Bromage) wrote:

>Chris Brownbill (cbrnbill@enternet.com.au) wrote:
>> OK, only bother reading this if you've got some time to spare and a really good
>> knowledge of Australia's broad gauge rail network through history.
>
>> Imagine you are organizing a fan trip.  You have a broad gauge (1600mm) train,
>> and gloriously, every broad gauge line that has ever existed is currently open
>> and available for traffic (dream on).
>
>> What is the longest possible route you can take without ever visiting the same
>> place twice or retracing your route?
>
>My SA history is fairly sketchy, so I don't know of any convoluted loops
>out of Peterborough. I'm also a bit uncertain about the layout of Bendigo
>and where the Kilmore line joined.

You could travel Dry Creek-Port Adelaide-Adelaide.  Adds a little more
mileage.

>Peterborough - Adelaide - Pinaroo - Ouyen - Dunolly - Inglewood - North
>Bendigo - Echuca - Toolamba - Seymour - Heathcote Junction - Kilmore -
>Bendigo - Castlemaine - Maryborough - Ararat - Horsham - Balmoral -
>Hamilton - Koroit - Geelong - Newport - South Kensington - Dynon Junction
>- Tottenham Yard - Sunshine - Bacchus Marsh - Warrenheip - Gheringhap -
>Cressy - Ballarat - Daylesford - Carlsruhe - Albion - Somerton - Upfield -
>Spencer St - City Circle Loop - Flinders St - Fairfield - Oakleigh -
>Traralgon - (Maffra?) - Orbost.
>
>Calculating the distance covered is left as an excercise to the reader. :)

Sounds like someone with more time on their hands than is good for
them :-)

Cheers...JD