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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
1
A traveler details a train ride toward Babinda near Cairns, preferring slow, comfortable observation over hurried touring. He contrasts the pleasures of rail comfort with the jarring urban glare and describes the tropical landscape, jungle tracery, and station names as the journey unfolds.
A restless narrator describes a chaotic railway journey filled with noise, near misses, and strange passengers. He recalls a sugar magnate’s destructive puffing, a dead horse, and crowds of workers watching as the train roared by. He ends with a humorous note about misremembered distances and the guard’s insistence on tickets.
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