October 11 Friday – Sam was finally well enough to travel, this time a seventeen-hour train ride to Adelaide. Before he left Melbourne at 4:30 p.m. he was given a farewell luncheon at the Government House, hosted by Lt. Gov. Samuel J. Way with Rev. W.H. Fitchett, Justice William Windeyer, Rev. John Watsford, parliamentarians. Jokes and cartoons appeared on this event in the Adelaide Advertiser for Oct. 12.

Dr. N.T. Fitzgerald left the train at his “mighty estate” outside Melbourne. During the overnight train ride Sam made notes about the vegetation and flat plains [Shillingsburg, “Down Under” 13].