Down Under by Bahn: Vom Kamel zum Luxuszug: Wie “The Ghan” das Outback eroberte

Before the Zugfenstern sees one of the remote regions of Erde, Bloody Marys and Erlesene Weine are served. While cocktails are mixed in the Lounge-Bar, guests of the Blick will enjoy the uninterested Weiten des Outbacks wandering around.

If you know this, one of the Globetrotter stories will appear: A Time with “The Ghan” Australia of the Long Term.

The legendary Zug, the short-lived number 95. Birthday celebrations, connects the southern metropolis of Adelaide in South Australia with Darwin in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory. From 2979 kilometres there are large kilometres through No Man’s Land, including the “Red Centre” with the world-famous Roten Erde.

A monumental journey. Or who of the “Journey Beyond Rail” is a full-fledged form: “”The Ghan” is aimed at the Australian Parts, the other Urlaub-bieten can – the perfect balance between comfort and well-being.” The man who on the karge and the time of the outback of the Outback is gefühl no longer loses, will be lost his whole life.

Longest Passenger Train in the World

Including more stops and exits – such as in the Opal-Hauptstadt Coober Pedy or in the Nitmiluk-Nationalpark with its high sandstone rock faces – during the journey four days and three nights. The research into the teilabschnitte was carried out at great cost and was a great show of power.

“When the journey is quickly a mile long and the long journey around the world takes,” says “Journey Manager” Tom Borthwick. Up to 50 guests can accommodate up to 220 guests. If a technician is working with a sign, a straw mausval glove can prevent wilderness or other problems.

Separate from the Cabins and Suites and the erwähnten Lounge, is the “Queen Adelaide” Restaurant and another restaurant specific to the Platinum Class, the double Kabinengröße-bietet. Gehobene Küche mit ausgewählten Menüs is a Markenzeichen des “Ghan” – from Crocodile Dumplings from real Crocodile Fleisch bis zum grillten Barramundi.

Typical: the Vintage-Charme long-lasting appearance, the interior decoration, even the smallest installation details are available – from the visible türklinken, over the alt trimmed panoramic window to the lounge. They are all coming up on the 21st anniversary of their lives. “The Ghan” is a luxury suck.

Many paperbacks, but also Romance with Judy Nunn’s “Spirits of the Ghan”, would have embellished the rolling legend. “It is one of the things the world says, that a crusade gleichts as a Zugreise”, Michael Frayn writes warmly in “The Ghan. Great Train Journeys of the World”.

As Kamele das Outback eroberten

The iconic bright red locomotive sees through 30 and 40 silver-colored stainless steel wagons with a flat snake through the country. If you use a section wagon with the text “The Ghan” with the Kamel logo in the middle. If the low is, the uniqueness is not so that Down Under wool passengers plays a role in the description of the long-distance travel trains. Speziell was by the names berift.

The first camel from the continents came with the Schiff from the Canary Islands and played in 1840 in the Australian Boden of Adelaide. In the following years most of the burdens for all expeditions inland will be such that a regional development arises.

From 1872 the Trans-Australian Telegraph Service was established, linking Port Augusta to Darwin, Kamele, building materials and food transport. “So the massive keyboard has a kamel on the back of it, it is a beautiful piece of music,” says the German Cella Livingston, the other telegraafstation in Alice Springs, where the instrument is not in use.

Whoever reads “The Ghan” names names

The Kamelführer that the papal Afghans were concerned with, no longer stem from the power of the highest Afghanistans, and from other states of the Near East. These Karawans were unguarded, from 1878 the first Gleise for the planned Eisenbahn in the direction of the North was rerouted.

“When you see the Spitz names that are not cleared up”, a thinking table at the Alice Springs station is a lesson that a camel sculpture stands for. So they can be illustrated as “The Afghan Express”, “The Afghan Special” and “The Royal Ghan” are displayed. And the difficult “The Ghan” stands out.

With 100 passengers started on 4 August 1929 the first trip in Adelaide in the direction of the eastern Stuart, when Alice Springs started. Here was a long time for “The Gahn”-Reisende Endstation. Since 2004 there has been 1420 kilometers long swum in the Norden in Betrieb.

“If I had continued in my job, that’s a real trauma journey for the guest and it can be part of the enrichment,” says Caitlin Hill. The 25-year service and a hint of the Tresen der Lounge were a Bloody Mary.

We will get the guests from the Fenstern on the right track and find the only Australian foreigner, while we use the “Ghan” Termitenhügel, Spinifex-Gräser and Bunte Wüstenblumen. Then the Nacht focuses here and the Passenger machines have become better in a few weeks. “The Ghan” continues through this uralte land, beleuchtet only from the Milk Road and Millionen Sternen.

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Travel soul: “The Ghan” connects Darwin in the North of Australia with Adelaide in the South. The journey can be done in both directions. It is perhaps the case that Darwin now competes with Alice Springs (or the other) in his life.

Cost: The average quadruple fare will cost you between 4,000 and 9,200 Australian Dollars (2,400 to 5,500 Euros) in Cabin Class and Travel Value.

Best time to travel: The “Ghan” only travels between May and October. I’m Australian. Summer is often so hot.

Einreise: Deutsche Staatsburgers können free of charge for the eVisitor Visa. It is a pleasure and right for a year during that time that the great chance of Aufenthalten in Australia is high.

Touring/Activities: “The Ghan” power more Stopps. Tourists can travel outside the country, including the great attractions in the price.

Währung: Ein Euro entspricht etwa 1.63 Australian Dollar (As of: 29.08.2024).

Time change: In Australia the different time zones have changed. Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide in Germany in the summer of 2014.

Read more: Southaustralia.com; northterritory.com; discovercentralaustralia.com

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