Our Ghan trip ended in Adelaide today. Great trip, the only real regret is that most travel is at night so limited viewing from the train. We slept well despite the roll and some bumps at times. A bit more roll last night as we travelled at speed to make up 2 hours delay. The military were apparently test firing rockets over the track so had closed the track over that time!
- Average train speed is 85 km/h with maximum of 115km/h
- 3 nights and 4 days – 76 hours
- Length 902m our trip
- Diesel electric engine
- Named after pioneering cameleers who blazed a trail through the outback in 1800s
- Distance Darwin to 2979km
Here is someone else’s blog about The Ghan
http://www.traveller.com.au/making-tracks-on-the-ghan-grorbi
Great to be back in Adelaide for a second visit here.
Another week to explore and catch up with family.
