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The cars date from the ’60s and ’70s and look it.

(I sneaked a peek into a Red Kangaroo cabin, the next class down, and it was even smaller.) This journey is about adventure, not luxury, although our crew — 21 attending to 220 passengers — was top-notch.

As I settled in, trying to stash the large suitcase that I should have checked, we rolled out of Adelaide, passing squat brick bungalows and graffiti-covered warehouses.

First on the passengers’ agenda was to choose a seating — sunset (6:30 p.m.) or moonlight (8:30) — in the Stuart Restaurant, the nicely appointed maroon-and-gold diner.

I chose the late seating.

Before dinner, travelers gathered in the Gold Kangaroo lounge to sip free Champagne and socialize.

Dinner in the diner was a happy surprise.

Tables were laid with proper cloths, and we were served a three-course meal — choice of beef, duck, fish or vegetarian — cooked onboard.

WHEN IT WAS time to retire, I wondered whether I would be able to ba href=/sleep/a/b.

As the train chugged toward Alice Springs on the standard-gauge track, laid in the 1980s, it swayed a lot.

Still, lulled by the motion, I easily nodded off.

At 5 a.m., I sat up, opened my blind and gazed at a sky full of crystal-clear stars.

An hour later, the faintest pink glow crept over the desert, and I could make out scrubby trees.

Just as our attendant brought coffee (instant), a blindingly bright sun popped over the horizon.

I propped myse...

...ba href=/sleep/a/b on Thursday after eating a tamale and glass of milk.

She had 13 children, at least 60 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren, and 25 great-great grandchildren.

The secret of her longevity is said to have been her favourite drink - a beer with two raw eggs in it.

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...ba href=/sleep/a/b this weekend for more sunlight in the evenings.

The date for setting the clock forward comes early this year thanks to a change made by Congress.

Officially the change should be made at 2 a.m.

Sunday - local time - though most folks will do it before going to bed.

Because of the change from the normal date for shifting the clocks, some computers and other electronic equipment - at homes and businesses - may not change automatically.

That has raised concerns about mishandling financial transactions, hospital and other medical services and telecommunications.

The shift to daylight savings, with all the manual changes of clocks and watches, also serves as a reminder to install new batteries in warning devices like smoke detectors and hazard warning radios.

In areas that observe daylight time, standard time will return on Nov.

4.

Some parts of the country don't observe daylight time.

Those include Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

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