Thursday, January 12, 2012

AUSTRALIA - General

Indian Pacific Railroad – 011-61-8-8213-4592; greatsouthernrail.com.au or reservations@railaustralia.com.au; runs twice weekly and takes 3 days; travelling between Indian and Pacific Oceans (Perth and Sydney) for over 40 years, among world’s great train journey; climbs through scenic Avon Valley and into Western Australia’s expansive wheat belt, before arriving late evening at 1st stop in Kalgoorlie; next day, journey through mallee scrub into ancient Nullarbor Plain where brief pause at Cook; arrive in Adelaide next and then on to Broken Hill; next through farming country and into arid outback; next through Blue Mountains.

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