Tag: AusRail

  • Rail Travel in Australia with Great Southern Rail 3: The Overland: Adelaide to Melbourne

    Rail Travel in Australia with Great Southern Rail 3: The Overland: Adelaide to Melbourne

    After back to back trips on the Indian Pacific and The Ghan, going from Sydney to Adelaide, on to Darwin, and back to Adelaide again with just a few days in between, the 11-hour journey on the Overland was just the thing to wean myself off train travel gently. While the trip itself, the train…

  • Getting around Australia by train on the AusRail pass

    Getting around Australia by train on the AusRail pass

    There’s a reason why this is Number One on my list. Buying an AusRail pass and using trains for the majority of our travels was one of the best things we did. The rail network doesn’t even get close to spanning all of Australia, but where the trains do go, they are comfortable, scenic and…