Charley, your Dangar Is rellies ought to be able to entertain you mightily with stories about the various bushfires and the bushfire brigades in the area and may even know Peter Watson, who was with the Brooklyn RFB before he got seduced by geology. The train trip is great, so I hope you can do it. I was one of the thousands serenading the James Craig when it entered Sydney Harbour (in 1980?) for restoration; in my case it was with my concer and a few friends on one of the ferries engaged in the Great Ferry Race that year.

Give it a good bel canto!

Cheers, Rowan