The drive from Cairns to Townsville is a stunning one of about five hours, much worth the journey. There are also flights from Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin to Townsville Airport. Arrive via Queensland Rail from Cairns, Brisbane and many more stations along the east coast of Queensland....
The Ghan train journey takes lovers of slow travel on a leisurely rail adventure from north to south through the Red Centre of Australia. One of Australia’s greatest train journeys, The Ghan departs from Darwin, the tropical capital of the Northern Territory in the Top End of the country, ...
Day 7: Fly to Sydney On day 7, I took a plane from Adelaide to Sydney and then continued onto Brisbane traveling on CountryLink’s XPT night train. The Sydney station is quite lovely. It’s also a very big and busy station with its own Rail Heritage Centre. I will add that CountryL...
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Later that day, The Ghan arrived in a small town named Katherine. One nice thing about Great Southern Rail (the Australian rail provider that accepts theRail Explorer Passand operates the Ghan) is that they’ve organized a number of tours called Whistle Stop tours. You can get off the trai...
Day 2: Going to Darwin The next day, when I woke up, I took a low cost airline to Darwin so I could meet with representatives from Great Southern Rail in time to arrange for my journey on The Ghan, a spectacular train you can board with aRail Explorer Pass. Low cost airlines make ...