This is the train that we have just spent 2 days in travelling across the Nullarbor Plain from Perth to Adelaide on the Indian Pacific - part of the longest rail journey in the southern hemisphere and includes the longest straight section of track in the world - nearly 300 miles with no curves!. We first stopped at Kalgoorlie to see the deepest opencast gold mine in the world. We passed wheatfields, trees, bush, dessert, freight trains, very small communities where only a handful of people live, kangaroos and cattle. However we only had reclining day-nighter seats so lacked a bit of sleep, but re were able to move about to the cafe car and a lounge car. Overall it was an amazing experience and we are glad we did it!
We are now in Adelaide with our friends Gavin & Liz from Melbourne. Today we went to the Fleurie Peninsular - great beaches and scenery - and tomorrow to go up to the Barossa Valley - wine tasting - can't be bad! We return to Perth on Saturday.
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