Here’s a departure from the norm: Darwin’s train station is a 30 minute taxi ride out of town, well beyond the airport. And when I get there, the rain is coming down in sheets … so hard that Great Southern Railway, operators of The Ghan, have buses there to take us from the terminal itself…
Over the next several days, I’ll be posting photos taken on my recent trip to Australia. My rail adventure began in Sydney, where I boarded the Indian Pacific for the three-night, 2700-mile journey across the continent to Perth. I arrived at the Sydney station almost two hours before the scheduled departure time, eager to start…
An interesting question has been raised via a comment to an earlier post: Are these trains – the Indian Pacific and the Ghan – essentially “tourist trains” or do they also carry local residents between intermediate stops? As to the Indian Pacific, not everyone travels the entire route between Sydney and Perth, with some passengers…
The Indian Pacific rolled sedately into Perth this morning at 10:40 – dead on time. The trip was really excellent. I’ve always found that most people, rail enthusiasts or not, are mainly interested in hearing about the accommodations and the dining experience, so I’ll spend a little time on both for this first post. I…