I like the idea of counter culture, especially when it includes counter meals & icy cold beer! 🍻

What a breath of fresh Aussie air you are. I enjoyed this very much. Subscribed!

This is too precious! Do you normally travel on your own? Thank you for sharing 😊

Loving your videos....this one made me decide that my next holiday as Nelson Bay.... I've never been there...thank you

The Opal card mentioned would be the seniors Opal card . There was also a marvellous clock shop in Berry when I last visited , but I wouldn't care to lug home a grandfather clock on the train ! 😅

When the Illawarra line was duplicated and re-routed ,one of the original single line tunnels was retained and is still in use as the escarpment was considered too fragile from mining works to risk collapse by boring new tunnels . This could be the Coal cliff tunnel , and the track merging is visible from the train .

Ah, a Gladstone bag. Always reckon the railways started to go backwards when crews stopped using Gladstone bags. Enjoyed the clip.

Greatly enjoyed watching this and all the excellent commentary, put a real smile in my heart. I hope you enjoy many many more journeys around town and Australia and continue to enthuse others watching. I will definitely give this one a go. Congratulations.

How lucky are you to live in Nambucca Heads.

Good video ,on the gold coast light rail you can use a debit or credit card , no Amx and no concession but still only 50c

a worth while trip to do get the 199 to palm beach then the ferry to ettalong then make you way to lake haven via bus then catch the 99 bus to Charlestown (newcastle) its a bit of a trip via bus and ferry but its very scenic

would love to meet you in person and do a few trips around you get around alot of NSW

Absolutely third world; arriving anywhere at 3am!!

The Elderly Express: all aboard!!

Last time I had to go to Sydney (from Mollymook Beach) I drove to Kiama and caught the train up and back. Such a nice trip along the coast though didn't recognise south Sydney along the train line. Thought I had entered another country altogether.😢

Great idea for a day out. Thank you. I'm 80. Don't get out much.

just found your channel. i've wanted to do something like this for awhile. go and do all the regional train routes and stops. happy to see someone doing it. i am planning to do the same soon. good luck on your channel.

Why did you change trains twice? The xpt stops at Gosford. You would have caught an earlier bus to Saratoga

i feel great to have taxpayers pay for my trip, let the losers work harder

Really like your channel Kerry - you’ve given me some ideas for a day or two travelling around! I’m considering doing Fassifern (my local station to Cessnock) out to Bathurst (overnight), back to Goulburn (overnight), Scone then home! Wouldn’t cost more than $10 on my Gold Opal! Keep ‘em coming mate. Cheers Andrew

I have just discovered your videos. This looks like a great trip. Do I understand correctly that the train from Sydney to Newcastle Interchange has toilets on board? However the bus to Nelson bay does not even though it takes 1.5 hours, but I suppose you can alight at one of those major stops where there would be toilets.

Thanks for your KZbin video's. It got me using my opal card more. Yesterday I travelled down to Kiama for lunch. Route - Lakemba to Sydenham by free replacement bus, train to Wooli Creek, then train to Kiama. On return I travelled train Kiama to Hurstville the 450 bus to Lakemba. Great day

Love your videos! Keep it up!

Thinking of going by train to Gosford then bus to Empire Bay for lunch return by ferry to Woy Woy then train to Sydney. Thoughts

Best sound track ..well done my friend😅

Thanks so much . I enjoy that. 👍Sydney Wolli creek 🚃🚌

Spend $100 on a good leather wallet and it will last you a decade

If you buy a cheap wallet of course it won't last very long

Thanks for this relaxed pleasant trip bringing back memories from the late 1960's through into the start of the '80's. 🥰

Hi Kerry, I live in Macksville, I’m tempted to try this journey.

Must do your trip on Metro before the extension to Bankstown is all completed as it will then be standing room only😂. My daughter used to live at Marrickville next railway line 🙉 the noise from those Freight trains rumbled along screeching all night really Deafening and mentally disturbing. Fantasic channel you have here.

I would have thought you would have had Fish and Chips at the Fich Co op

I am from southern India , recently i visited wollongong to see my son who lives wollongong., you brought my memories back

Please re-edit and put up DAPTO Station...my home of 22 years...😃

Had your videos turn up in my suggestions a couple of days ago on 31/1/2025 and it inspired me to get a NSW Seniors card and Gold Opal card. I always though the process would take days and be labourious and having to front up to Government offices in person with printed forms, stat decs and ID. It took about 10 minutes all on line and that's because I forgot my Services NSW password and had to reset it. Just need two forms of Government issued ID for the seniors card which you type in the details as I did or it has the option to use your computer's camera to take a photo. I used my driver's licence and medicare card. Once the Seniors card application was completed, I was instantly issued with an email with a Senior card ID number in it. I then went to the Services NSW website to apply for the Gold Opal card and I expect to receive the Gold Opal card in the mail sometime in the week commencing 3/2/2025. Any chance you can tell us how to use the Seniors card to it's best advantage during your videos? I've been eligible for the Gold card for a couple of years but remained using the black opal card because I thought the process would be a pain as explained above. Just thinking I'll be getting around for the whole day for $2.50 very soon seems like I'll be rorting the system but it will encourage me to use public transport more, rather than using my car and I'll be pulling stunts like you and travelling around NSW's 800,642 square kilometres where ever Opal is available. Here's a size comparison website to show you how big NSW really is mapfight.xyz/map/nsw.australia/

Watched Berry and Nelson Bay videos, great travels, thankyou

Such a great trip, thank you for taking us along :) 😍😃😍

Lovely Millthorpe. I have been there many times as it was my grandfather’s hometown 💕💕

Kerry, I have been aware of this excursion fare for some time. I think you should be able to book XPT Sydney to Tweed Hds and have one ticket for $5. Makes sense??

The premier bus from Wollongong

I love going to Newtown, haven't been there for a few years, that old garage place at 12:52 is a beautiful building I hope it stays and doesn't get knocked down - last time I saw it, it seemed empty.

Hello Kerry, What is the over all time from Sydney to Port Stephen’s including the train and bus. Thanks

Tweed mall newsagent

Thanks so much for all this information, and hope there is many more, its exactly what I've been looking for, Take care

Great to see the wooden stations still there on the board 😊

Great video. I worked at an Illawarra line State Rail depot at Helensburgh in the 1980s, on the edge of the Royal National Park. We worked on installing the electrification of the line from Waterfall to Wollongong. Worked in the Coalcliff tunnel (built 1884 - 1888, 1km in length) for several months, which was pretty hairy at times when we had to quickly pack up the work gear, when the diesel coal trains came through. Good to see the train trip again on an electric, back in the 1980s the steam trains were gone, it was all diesel trains through to Wollongong. 👍

The South coast of NSW is so lovely💕

You couldn't take a Translink train from Varsity Lakes to Roma St and get the XPT from there?

This is my great grandfather Arthur Springthorpe. Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong NSW) 19 Feb 1948 p 8. Train Driver Burnt On Face and Arms. The 8pm train Wollongong to Sydney, was delayed forty minutes at Coalcliff last night, until a driver could be brought by taxi from Thirroul to replace the original driver of the train, who was badly burned about the right arm and face while the train was going through the Scarborough tunnel. Going through the tunnel the fireman had opened the fire box and when the flames, shot out, he had to jump back out of their range. The driver, Arthur Springthprpe 60 of 54 Arcadia St Penshurst, had to cross from one side of the engine to the other through the, flames to apply the air brake and was burned about the face and right arm. The train was then driven onto the Coalcliff signal box and Springthorpe was removed from the engine and conveyed to the Coledale Hospital by the Bulli Ambulance.

Update: In the video, I mistakenly said trains leave Central for Newcastle every hour. They actually depart every half hour. Express trains leave hourly, and about half an hour later, a train making all stops departs for Newcastle Interchange. I prefer the express, but the all-stations train only adds about 20 minutes to the journey. Here's a link to the timetable: transportnsw.info/routes/details/intercity-trains/ccn/02CCN Cheers Kerry