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The Ghan

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The Ghan, garishly bright, plunges through the heart of the Australian outback, from Adelaide right across to Darwin via Alice Springs in three days. Desert wilderness, tropical paradise and fresh, fertile lands make this a trip of great variety and colour, providing a snapshot cross-section of the famous 'red centre'.

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“Through time, across a nation”

By Louise Southerden for the Sydney Morning Herald First Published July 25, 2009 Stephen Hawking once said the absence of tourists from the future suggests that time travel is probably impossible. But he might have been persuaded otherwise if he'd trav… Read more...

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“Scenes of Martian Redness in Australia”

By Matthew Link for Time First Published 23rd July, 2009 Making the three-day, 1,900-mile (3,000 km) journey from Darwin in the north to Adelaide in the south in this kind of comfort comes at a cost, of course — $2,100 a head in the case of the n… Read more...

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“Where Camels Once Trod, a Train Crosses Australia ”

By Iver Peterson for The New York Times First Published: August 11, 2009 THE Ghan, part cruise train, part the working train that it started as, 90 years ago, is Australia’s transcontinental north-south line — a private railroad now running… Read more...

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The Ghan

“Through time, across a nation”

“Scenes of Martian Redness in Australia”

“Where Camels Once Trod, a Train Crosses Australia ”