Aboard life-sized Thomas the Train with Puffing Billy

During a family gathering, I should’ve known better than sharing holiday plans with relatives. “Oh, you going Melbourne? Then you should get the real-life Thomas the Train experience! Go Google: Puffing Billy…” Within earshot of a gleeful Pangzi. All I wanted to do was shop and sightsee. Great, thank you very much, now I gotta detour. …