(This is Part Three of a story I wrote for the Dallas Morning News, recording some of the events that took place as I rode the Indian Pacific, east to west...

Just after lunch, and a bit over 200 miles south of Darwin, the Ghan eases to a stop in the town of Katherine, a soggy or dusty (depending on the...

The Ghan arrived in Adelaide station this morning precisely on time. Not a surprise, because we sat on a siding a dozen or so miles outside of town for a...