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Tag: Great Southern Railways

All the way to the West

We rejoined the Indian Pacific after passing this hotel, a location some of you may recognise as a location in … More

Australia, Barossa Valley, Broken Hill, Cook, desert, Great Southern Railways, Indian Pacific, travel, travel beyond, viewfromatrain, Western Australia

Leaving the Pacific Ocean

My departure from Sydney was on the Indian Pacific, which fortunately doesn’t change its name when it travels from the … More

Australia, Blue Mountains, Great Southern Railways, Indian Pacific, travel, viewfromatrain

Overland

After a lovely weekend in beautiful Adelaide, I embarked on another Great Southern Rail journey, albeit slightly shorter to Melbourne. … More

Adelaide, Great Southern Railways, GSR, Melbourne, Olive grove, train, travel, travel beyond, Victoria, viewfromatrain, vinyard

To Katherine

The first segment of our journey was a mere 4 hours to Katherine. As we were leaving Darwin, someone was … More

Ferguson River, Ghan, Great Southern Railways, Katherine, magnetic termite mounds, Northern Territory, termites, The Ghan, train, travel, viewfromatrain

Training down the continent

Why did I go to Darwin if I didn’t plan on spending any time there?  Because it’s the starting station … More

carriages, Darwin, Ghan, Great Southern Railways, The Ghan, train, travel

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