Wallangarra and Tenterfield

 We have started a three-week trip to Adelaide to visit my older sister. We will go cross-country and then return via the coast road.

Much of the day's trip has appeared in other blog entries, so I have just included a few photos from the last hour of the drive.

We stopped at the old station at Wallangarra which is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales, just a few miles from Tenterfield.

The Queensland trains ran on 3' 6" gauge tracks and arrived on the lefthand-side platform. The NSW trains run on 4'8" standard gauge tracks and arrived on the other side to the right. Passengers would move through or around the building to get to the other side.

The border. Red is Queensland, white is NSW.

The NSW side in the afternoon shadow. It's Autumn here so the European trees are changing colour, much to Marianne's delight.

The NSW platform.

Some Aussie trees change colour, but it's flowers blooming, not leaves.

Passage to the other side.

The service stopped in 1997 but the Railway Museum in Toowoomba occasionally runs a steam train down to this station. I might try to do the trip sometime. My parents took us on a trip to Sydney by train in 1952 and we changed trains here. I remember it was really cold.

It's not common to see armchairs like this on a railway platform.

In the background on the left is Bald Rock.

Water supply for the steam trains.

Back on the QLD side.

We continued the remaining few miles to Tenterfield and this is where we are staying. It's Stannum House and has several rooms available.

There are numerous statues festooned around the property.

This is our 'Blue' room.

I think the bed is wider than it is long. I could just fit with my toes touching the end.

Because of covid and the subsequent shortage of staff, their dining area was not open which was a pity. The menu looked pretty good. The owner recommended a couple of other places for dinner, but one we tried was booked out. We eventually had a very undistinguished steak at a pub. Pickings are slim for dinner in Tenterfield.