I like to browse through some of my photo files to remember some of the interesting train trips I’ve taken and then sharing them here. The thing is, the photos I post are almost always what I’ve seen from the train. Here are four pics that are of the train itself. I took this…
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…
Seven years ago, I flew to Australia and took both of their trans-continental trains. These are just a few of the photos I took during the three-night ride on the flagship train that crosses the continent between Perth on the Indian Ocean in the west and Sydney on the Pacific Ocean in the east—hence the…
We are not alone. Came an email the other day from one of our readers in Australia with the unhappy news that there is going to be a cut-back of service on their two marvelous trans-continental trains, the Indian Pacific, which operates east-west between Sydney and Perth, and the Ghan, which runs north-south between Darwin…