Location, location, location. We are North American residents and stayed two weeks. From Minto Heights, the train station and local mall are only ten minutes away. The train ride to Sydney is only about an hour, the drive to the Blue Mountains about two hours, to Illawarra about an hour-and-a-half, and to Canberra, about two-and-a-half hours. It's a perfect location to see much of the Sydney-Canberra area. Staying in a converted railcar is a unique experience. It is not like a standard apartment and some of the spaces are a little quirky. John and Margaret are excellent hosts and we found nothing wanting. Our stay was both comfortable and pleasurable. We would return in a minute!