The Ghan – 3000 км по австралийской пустыне

Posted 10 February 2022 · (1459 views)

If travelers are going somewhere in Australia, then most likely by car or plane, in special cases, on a cruise ship. Although trains are present formally, I, for example, have not traveled by train to distant places for thirty years. Of course, I traveled around the city or to the nearest Newcastle. But this is more like city electric trains according to Russian concepts. But to sit on a long-distance train in order to spend the night on the train was not yet. Although there are a couple of long-distance trains in Australia that you want to ride. But they are really long distant ones. Since these trains are special, they have their own names. One, Indian Pacific, crosses the country from west to east, from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, and the second - from south to north, it is called The Ghan. That's what we're going to talk about today.

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