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…
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…
The next morning, back in the desert and not quite halfway through its journey, the Ghan reaches Alice Springs. It stops for several hours here, allowing passengers to tour the area. The statue in the railway station depicts an Afghan camel herder, from whom the train got its name. “Ghan” is, in fact, Aussie shorthand…