LIFE JOURNEY IS A TRAIN RIDE:
- Hamish Holcombe
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
Always wanted to actually drive a train.
The chance came in July this year 2025
With a visit to longtime friends 'Smith Family'
They run "OUTBACK AUSSIE TOURS"
Going through Longreach, do your family a favour.
Hear the historic clacking of the wheels.
Takes one back to old time travel mode.
Far more relaxed than stress on the road.
Take time to feel the view, from ribbons of steel.
Check out the bus tours, and train journey of the bush.
Check out a sunset boat ride up and down the 'Thomson'
The cleanest river in the land, a body of water free of 'Pee'
Complete the night with meal and music beside the river shore.
TRAIN OF LIFE
Understand not the past, for our life is but a train.
Reverse is not an option with only forward gears.
Look back all you wish, there’s nothing there to gain.
Fate rolls on at will, unable to stand still.
Over analyse, you’ll surely fry your brain.
No good to try to make sense of your ride.
For the train you are on has its own timeframe.
People board and leave your train you’ll not know just when.
Some arrive, then gone before you know their name.
Some stay long and some go early leaving just a smile.
Some you pray and really hope you’ll never see again.
Others leave a sweet refrain, a warm central glow.
They leave the best of memories forever to remain.
Now off to the buffet carriage to see who is on today.
For time is life , each day brand new, never quite the same.
Hamish Holcombe 'Ginger Trunk Creations' 2016
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