Quote Originally Posted by Lolalee1 View Post
I have been on the Ghan geez it was a great trip.
Me too, but the old one that rattled through the deserts to the Alice at barely above walking pace and if you wanted air conditioning you opened a window. Fortunately, we didn't get marooned by flood waters and have to forage for food for days to weeks, but folks a month, or two later weren't so lucky. OTOH, The Ghan 1.0 was a lot cheaper than the new one! I've heard it can cost over $4k Adelaide to Darwin one way.

As a sandgroper who's mostly lived and worked on the east coast I've taken the Indian Pacific several times when the thought of again being bored witless crossing the Nullabor to see family became too much, but the last time my almost new car had several windows broken so I went off the idea.