MEASURING six and a half times the length of Adelaide Oval, Australia’s longest passenger train in more than a decade has embarked on its record-breaking journey. The Ghan departed Adelaide bound for ...

WITH its towering, 70m-high rock faces bordering 13 gorges and ancient Aboriginal rock art, it is easy to understand why Katherine Gorge attracts 250,000 visitors a year. For many, the journey to the ...

Alice Springs, Australia (CNN) — The Australian outback is one of the wildest places on Earth. A vast void of deserts and semi-arid wilderness, it stretches across about 80% of the country’s interior ...

Riding The Ghan – the world’s longest sleeper train – in first class was like stepping into a moving luxury hotel through the heart of Australia. In this video, I share what it’s like to journey from ...

Australia’s most iconic rail trip, the Ghan, runs north from Adelaide through the harsh deserts of the center on a transcontinental journey that stretches more than 1,800 miles all the way to the ...

TERRITORIANS could soon be jetting down to Adelaide for a weekend get away without having to take to the sky after plans were hatched to build a bullet train called the Galloping Ghan between the ...

The Ghan has begun its historic first journey south from Darwin. The return trip to Adelaide will take two days. The event may have lacked the pomp and ceremony of yesterday's arrival, but for those ...

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