(This is Part Two of the account of my rail journeys in 2009, bisecting the Australian continent, first east to west on the Indian Pacific, then north to south on...

There was a bit of grumbling at breakfast in the morning. Some of the first-time train travelers had trouble sleeping last night and, truthfully, the ride was a bit rocky....

Broken Hill is Australia’s famous mining town and it’s also the first serious stop for the Indian Pacific on the first morning of its three-night trans-continental run from Sydney to...