The Ghan - Taking Australia's Greatest Train for a Drink
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- The Ghan is an Australian icon transporting travellers in luxury the 3,000km from Adelaide to Darwin. It’s a journey that should be on everyone’s To Do list.
Today for the first time ever we’re taking The Ghan for a little day trip as we visit the beautiful Clare Valley wine region. It’s the Taste of the Ghan and you’re invited along for the ride.
Join me as I board Australia’s greatest train the legendary Ghan at Adelaide Parklands Terminal for a day of fine wine and delicious food.
The indulgence starts with bubbles at a pre-boarding welcome function then continues onboard the Ghan with a hearty breakfast. Upon arrival in the Clare Valley we head straight to Pikes Winery for a private tasting of their premium wines. This is followed by the ultimate long lunch on the veranda at O’Leary Walker Wines with stunning views over the vines.
Our day ends with more wine and cheese as our private train in the form of the Ghan transports us back to Adelaide.
Also remember to check out Ifly Aviation's cool review of this trip which includes lunch at Pikes Wines: • The Ghan: Taking Austr...
#Ghan #ClareValley #trains
00:00 Hello & Welcome
00:24 Welcome Function
01:51 Boarding
02:28 Breakfast
03:34 Nantawarra Siding
04:16 Pikes Wines Clare Valley
06:16 O'Leary Walker Wines Clare Valley
09:26 Going Home
10:00 Platinum Class Cabin
10:30 Gold Class Cabin
Here's to a great ride. Wait what?
Haha i had the same.
Hi Dennis, lovely to see one of your videos again, looks like a fantastic trip, hope to see you travelling soon.
Great to see you back Dennis! lLet's hope we see you boarding an international flight soon.
Thanks for joining us and sharing in this special day out to the Clare Dennis.
Amazing trip mate! Though, I’ll still contend the Indian Pacific is the greatest 😉
Thanks mate. Your Indian Pacific video is definitely the greatest train video of all time! In terms of train journeys whilst crossing the Nullarbor on the IP is super cool I think there is something incredible about the North South journey as you move from the tropics through the arid desert and onto the Mediterranean climate of Adelaide over the course of one trip.
Sacré pacifiques allez vous faire foudre I faut arrêter vos blablas politiques et vos monsanges sé pas the bien sur I faut arrêter te profiter
Australia , a train, wine and Dennis. Bloody heck, what’s not to love. Triple clicked that like button.
Dennis great vlog !
Dennis you can’t decline food ! You are viewers deserve to see all options !
So wonderful to see you back Dennis, I have missed your wonderful videos. Hope things get back to a more normal for you and your business soon as Australia opens back up.
Hi Dennis
A great trip review, it was nice to see so many people enjoying the day trip and the beautiful wines and beers.
Kind regards
DS
Watched this again today Dennis. Priceless.
Loved the winery visits--I hope to experience this train and side visits as well! Cheers, James
Awesome trip….would so love to experience it and not just for the wine lol 😂 …..oh who am I kidding 🤣🤣🤣
Wine touches all the senses, including the visual. I love the way you go cross-eyed to see it as you sip it!
Looks fantastic - what a great idea. Thanks again Dennis.
It’s so true that what I love the most about traveling is exchanging the stories with new people you meet along the way, catching up with family, friends and share the journey.
As a railway fan and SA wine enthusiast, this would be my absolute dream day out. Definitely looks a great one, and a great video too!
Seeing flashes of the QF1 trip in First Class towards the end of the video! really enjoyable looking day
Hi Dennis
Wow, I am amazed that after all those wines, you were still able to talk and record !😂
I do hope there were designated drivers to get everyone home, too !
Great to see The Ghan has reinvented herself to suit the times, and keep people employed, too !
Awesome! We needed something amazing to watch and this is it!!! Here’s to a great train ride!
Great vlog the wine and food looked amazing - take care and stay safe - Kevin & Cyndy UK 😎
Beautifully put together - thank you for sharing!
Clare Riesling, and especially Polish Hill River Riesling, is about the best white wine in SA IMHO, and the reds beat the much vaunted Barossa into a cocked hat. What a pity there is no longer a railway line right into downtown Clare, would have saved that 1 hour bus trip!
DUDE!!!! LMAO!!!!! You were pretty well lit up at the end there!!!!! On a more serious note though, when I saw the price tag, even in Aussie Dollars, I was thinking you guys were getting taken advantage of due to Covid. Your report made it completely obvious that I was oh so wrong. I would happily pay that in U.S. Dollars or in my case Euros for such a trip. Finding such trips are really hard to find because everybody wants cheap. Paul did the full trip last year and like I told him, if I ever get Down Under, thanks to your reports, I will definitely travel the Ghan. I also told him that he had bragging rights for train travel over Jeb, and so do you.
William, we are being taken advantage of by anything tourist orientated. They know we can't go anywhere and will pay as we are so desperate to do something. I sit near our travel team at work who move our staff around WA. A lot of the costs have more than doubled pre covid according to them. We looked at going to Broome. Just for 5 day car hire was 1200.00. We stayed home lol
Great to see the videos back Dennis. 👍
Great little peek at an epic product Dennis. Can't wait to see what 2022 brings for your channel, ready for you to get your wings back in full swing again!
Great video Dennis. Great to see you back.
Love the fact you’re hammered by the end of the day, great video. We did the Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin platinum, it was the experience of a lifetime. . Hopefully next is the Indian pacific. Good fun. Stay safe
Camel-shaped avocado! Nice touch.😊😊
Glad to see you back Dennis after all the restrictions being lifted for European travel from down under, be great to see you back on a plane doing your thing! big luv from the UK :-)
Great review Dennis... And love the Hoffman cameos. Bunnick and Hoffman #AdelaideTravelRoyalty. :)
I can't wait for the Australian borders to reopen so I can try great adventures like this.
Lovely to see you back Dennis! :D
Wow! What an amazing trip! Sounds like a lot of fun Dennis… Cheers 🥂 from here in Detroit, MI [DTW] USA 🇺🇸
Fantastic, thankyou ....love the Ghan travelled from Adelaide to Darwin, highly recommend it 😊👍
A perfect video Dennis!! I love going by train and I love wine! As grown up in a wine region, I visited some regions in australia years ago.
Great trip, thanks for sharing, another item for the bucket list when next down under!😎
Great to see you back!
Loved it dennis.would love to try that trip with my wife one day.so pleased to see you out and about.you still have that same laid back style that had me watching your channel when we were all flying.stay safe.
Thank you for the video! That train looks very comfortable.
Lucky you from Melbourne. Looking forward to getting back on that train for a third time. Thanks you for sharing this with us .
Thanks for the video! Something I must write down in my to-do list once Australia opens back up!
Good to see you back dennis!
Great video Dennis, thanks for the little feature :) Platinum looks nice, although I reckon that the Pikes Wines was better? I will let the audience be the judge of that after watching both our reviews. I also met a mother/daughter duo back in Gold, must be something about this daytrip. Cannot wait to see more reviews from you, really missing the iconic content! Stay safe!
Absolutely loved it!
That was so cool
Great video. Will def do the day trip. The full Ghan trip is a really worth doing. Would be a great trip report.
Loved the video. Reminded me of my time on the Gan in the 2000's when it went from Alice Springs to Sydney via Adelaide.
Definitely not rat arsed in this video!! Very jealous of all that delicious looking wine.
Had a few Dennis??? Hahaha. Another great video and awesome seeing you a little tipsy :-)
Awesome!!! Keep the videos coming! Cheers from ATL:)
Fantastic video as always Dennis!😸
What a lovely way to spend a day! 😉👍🏻. I hope you and your wife actually do the full trip on the Ghan 🚂 and make a presentation about it. It’s good to diversify your presentations Denis considering you own a travel company.
Really enjoyed that one Dennis. The Ghan is officially added to the ‘to do’ list. Hopefully we’ll see you back in the air soon.
Would love to do this train cruise! Food , cabin and drinks look spectacular.
Wonderful to see you out and about Dennis! Hopefully you’ll be travelling internationally in 2022.
We'll all be looking forward to more travel videos.
Dennis vous êtes malades I faut arrêter vos blablas politiques et vos monsanges sé pas to ki va régler vos blablas politiques et vos monsanges bien sur I faut arrêter te profiter
Australias answer to the Orient Express and the Flying Scotsman. The Australian Tourist Board will be waiting for the go ahead for international tourism. Hopefully this video will wet peoples appetite for experiences like this. You are a great ambassador showcasing Australia. Mover over Mick Dundee, Dennis has got your job!
We have travelled on both in Platinum , Darwin to Adelaide was THE BEST Trip we have had, great staff, great food, good company, good off train experiences (especially the camel ride ,I think it was that one that got me the brownie points), on the trip from Perth to Sydney, we were always late coming into a stop, so we missed a lot, maybe next time try Sydney to Perth. Philltheflyer
Awesome, hoping for more train travel reviews! :)
Looks like a great day
The Ghan is on my bucket list I would love to see you do a video on the whole experience. If it was me I think I would do it in Gold class.
This day trip is interesting and nice. Love the wine pairing lunch. During my trip on the Indian Pacific, the only first class travel is Gold, now there's Platinum. Can't wait to try it.
You have a safe and healthy week (what's left of it).
Going to be in Sydney 7-4-22 to catch Indian Pacific on 7-6 to Perth and can hardly wait. Still have Ghan on my list . Great upload.
I would like to take the Indian Pacific from Perth to Adelaide to see Australia then staying at Adelaide for a week before continueing to Sydney by the Indian Pacific (or a bus)....
Thank you very much, Dennis, for sharing your great documentary with us.
Great video mate. Cheers from Rio de Janeiro.
Need to come to Australia Looks amazing !
What a great video. I thought you just looked like a little noughty boy with 3 glasses of wine. Hahaha, you Made my day (as allways with your video’s) greetings from Holland🇱🇺😄🥂🍺
😁 😂 that was so much fun! Thanks! x
@@DennisBunnikTravels I could see it was great fun! In Holland we say, ik gleed van de bank van het lachen.🤣😆
Great video. Would love to see you do a full review of The Ghan.
What a great trip and review . I’ll be in Adelaide on 6th December , and I know now to put the Clare Valley on the “ to do “ list . You certainly wet my appetite and gave me food for thought , pardon the puns 😀.
I’ve just watched the video again after a break of about 2 weeks . Like a good Red , it just got better 👍. I hope things are starting to look up a little now the SA border restrictions are relaxing . Cheers and here’s to the next video .
After have done the ghan both ways highly recommended paying the extra and doing it from Darwin I am planning it again with a friend from NZ in couple years
What a great trip. The "Gold" dining car was much nicer than the "Platinum," how odd.
Miss travel 🍷🚂
Love the red wine at the tasting. One for each hand lol Love you trying to be your professional self, but guessing slightly tanked lol I would love to do this.
Its 8:47 pm over here and never been this fast before :)
Greetings from Oslo,Norway
Thought I'd release one with European prime time in mind. Bit early in the morning here though.
@@DennisBunnikTravels Yeah.. You are 10 hours ahead of my country :)
But love your videoes and its greaat that you are finlly back to making us happy again...
My future daughter in law lives in Canberra and are moving to Norway Desember 28 to begin her new life with my oldest daughter,thats gonnna be great
Would love for you to review The Ghan trip Adelaide to Darwin. I'm doing the trip on Sunday.
It would be good if Journey Beyond could introduce a Darwin version of the Taste of The Ghan.
Dennis do you think you will show us more train journeys (especially from overseas) when the world reopens???
Great video Dennis. When can we see the blooper video?
i haven't seen your vlog for a long time. How have you been doing, mate? How is everything with Covid pandemic in Adelaide?
I missed that intro music of yours
The food looked very good, but as a personal preference no alcoholic drinks.
Dennis you have a very strong liver😉
As always great trip report Dennis !!!! I can't wait for all this chaos to be over and get back to traveling, The Ghan and the Indian Pacific which Paul did are most definitely on my bucket list and will be on my next journey to Australia. Possibly both on the same trip ! Thanks again and cheers from New Jersey US !
Love boozy Dennis... the scenery wasn't too bad either
Luxury train travel and wine lunches with upper class people.....you are really suffering through Covid down there. At least you didn't have to pay...LOL
You are wrong! Calories, sugar and fat are actually worth 3 times when in business class!