Re: Suggested Australian train journeys during a 3-week vacation?

[blackacre@north.nsis.com (Nova Scotia's First Law Corporation)]

" Bob" <nospam@clear.net.nz> writes:
> Can you tell us more about this train journey, where it goes and how long
> it is.

Around 20 hrs. from Adelaide (its terminus when I was there; not sure of the 
Melbourne-Adelaide portion) to Alice Springs.  The "New Ghan" is faster and more 
reliable than the historical "Old Ghan" which was subject to flooding, delays 
and all kinds of cocktail-story material.

There are three classes - buy the best you can afford - but even the cattle 
class has on-board showers.  It goes through the heart of Aus, leaving 
civilization somewhere around Port Augusta, through various stations in the red 
centre, and finally the next day through the breathtaking Western MacDonnell 
ranges before arriving in Alice.

I took it in both directions and I can still hear the centre calling me...