There are two luxury trains that bisect the Australian continent: the Indian Pacific, which crosses east-west between Sydney and Perth, and the Ghan, which goes north-south, between Darwin and Adelaide. Both trains stop a couple of times in interesting places en route. The Indian Pacific is a three night trip; the Gahn completes its journey…
After crossing the Australian continent on the Indian Pacific, I spent three delightful days in Perth. I must say, I felt quite at home there and would love to visit again. From Perth I flew up to Darwin and into steamy humidity and rain. In fact, it was pouring rain when The Ghan departed Darwin…
These photos are from my 2010 visit to Australia which included a three-night ride east to west from Sydney to Perth on the Indian Pacific and two nights aboard the Ghan from Darwin in the north to Adelaide on the southern coast. The Ghan’s twin locomotives ready to haul us south on a steamy, rainy…
Once again we’re back in the middle of the trackless hot and dry area that makes up most of the middle of the Australian continent. The first to successfully settle and populate this area could not have done so without the camels and, if you doubt that, book a trip on the Ghan and spend…