CHAPTER 13
NORTH COAST RAILWAY LINE BRISBANE TO BUNDABERG
Lillian held on to her ticket tightly and stepped aboard the carriage. Struggling down the aisle with her basket, she found a seat and slid across it to the window. The new interior smell of varnish pleased the senses and she felt relief at the prospect of not having to spend long hours rocked about in an uncomfortable coach. She had brought along a cushion to put down on the wooden slats.
A horn let out a long blast and the train jolted before edging out of Melbourne Street Station. Before long, Lillian found herself rattling across Albert Bridge at Indooroopilly and rolling on through the outer suburbs, an array of cottages whisking by. The last time she’d forged this route was in the opposite direction the day Patricia had bro
