Dad left his home town and ended up in Peterborough looking for work in 58 . He got a job in the Railway Roundhouse. He shortly after met Mum who was a Nurse in Training at the P'borough Hospital , when he was admitted for a bad fall. Mum's Family are Railway Family . They all left around 1962. They can remember it being so cold it was snowing , but they remember it being Boiling Hot Climate
I have watched several Indian Pacific videos recently, so much of it I've already seen before. But I really appreciate the extra effort you went to to include all the other little details that fill in the gaps.
❤Well done. Good clear voice over, great photography and editing, right down to the food types, entertainment, Wi-Fi, off-train possibilities, (although not this time)lol and lots of side related information. After watching this I feel as though I’ve been there! Thank you 🎉
Thank you so much for having us along with you. I was beyond excited to hear that you were doing the Indian Pacific. Glad you made the most of it even with the itinerary hiccups. Keep up the great work, and as always looking forward to your next video. Love from the U.S.
I have always wanted to make this journey but I’m too old and sick to travel now. I really enjoyed watching this video as it makes me feel like I went there too 😊
We did this journey about ten years ago - -in Platinum class. Perth to Adelaide. Couldn't afford it now! Stopped at Calgourley and Cook It was a wonderful experience. Hopefully we will be able to do it once more! BRYAN and PAULINE BURDETT
A freight train carrying food to Perth runs along the railway line that you took from Sydney via Adelaide to Perth. A freight train transporting food consists of the following parts: at the beginning there are two diesel electric locomotives, behind which there is first a freight car that has two smaller container tanks with fuel for the locomotives, the next car is a passenger car in which one controller sits, behind the passenger car there are several freight cars which transport two container refrigerators standing on top of each other and finally there are refrigerator wagons.
Did that journey nearly 20 years ago ,loaded the ute up on the back and unloaded at adelaide and explored south Australia and Victoria then drove back to Perth.......its a great trip
Been watching your content and believe you have some of the best train content I’ve seen. Not too much talking, just enough detail and the historical tidbits I love. So a new sub!! Have been to Australia when I lived in Hong Kong and love it. Won’t be going back so living vicariously. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much - that’s lovely to hear! My ambition is for my videos to be the next best thing to being there so I’m pleased your able to live vicariously through them. 😊
Спасибо за возможность увидеть Австралию! Добрый привет из России! Я немного понимаю английский, но ваше произношение очень отличается, и его трудно понять. Было очень интересно, thank you very match.. Greetings from snowy Russia! Kangaroo forever! 🖐😁
@@FromtheWindowSeat приезжайте в Россию, здесь за 7 дней и 10000 км можно увидеть гораздо больше из окна поезда. Надеюсь в недалёком будущем Россия станет свободнее от диктатуры, и мы будем не менее свободной страной.
At just the time I was pondering the dangers of being on a passenger train traversing a 400 mile stretch of track through a desolate area you showed the spare engines. Excellent timing!
As a train lover I can say I hope to make this journey one day. Your videos are very inspiring and well done and I enjoy watching them. Cheers from Melbourne…
If you have an interest in trains, when in Perth you must visit The Railway Museum, also known as the Rail Transport Museum in Bassendean. I was staying in the Perth CBD and caught a train out there. They have some excellent examples of various rollingstock and I spent hours climbing in and looking.
I also rode it west-to-east, in 1990. Great experience, as I got an unexpected free upgrade to first class. It really let me experience the scale and flat aridity of south central Oz!
A great journey, to say the least. Thanks for putting this together. But I also can’t help by wonder what other passengers think of someone walking through the cabins while shooting a video. I mean, do they simply shrug it off, ignore it…?
I'm making the trip from Perth to Sydney on the Indian Pacific in just over a weeks time, your excellent video has got me more excited than ever for it.
@@PaulaBean Sorry for the delay in responding. It was as excellent as this video showed. The staff were very friendly and professional, the off train excursions were very interesting but due to the time constraints of track usage a couple of them were not available, this was conveyed at the time of booking so there weren't any surprises in that regard and from 2025 onwards the journey will be over 5 days instead of four so that should hopefully solve this. The food was phenomenal, truly some of the best I've ever tasted. Even the light snacks they provide before boarding are great. All in all it was well worth the price.
This just popped up in my Timeline and decided to watch. I'm always fascinated by Australia. I've really enjoyed this trip,Great watch. Much love from Kenya
That was freakin awesome Adam!!!! Just finished watching now!! Thanks so much for taking dad and I with you on your journey on the Indian Pacific... Sometimes we go to a small remote platform in East Orange just to watch it go past on a Wednesday night around 8.50pm... The driver gave us a wave and even sounded the horn just for the two of us!! Thanks again... A dream that hopefully will come true for us too one day... 💜
Your video is full of information. About the off train excursions, about the train itself, about some history and about the landscapes you travel through. All accompanied by a calm and clear way of commenting. I liked your style of presenting that much, that I'm saving up from right now to make this beautiful journey once myself. Thanks for posting!!
I really love your videos. Your editing skills far surpass mine. Extremely enjoyable. Well balanced, informative, beautifully edited, and a charming accent. What's not to love. And I watch until the very end too ! I also am a TH-camr and know how much work goes into these. Muchas gracias amigo!
Thanks Adam, this brought back memories of my journey on the Indian Pacific earlier this year. I agree that Dylan is an amazing host, he looked after the section of the train I traveled on and took the time to learn names and remembered that I preferred to be seated facing the direction of travel when in the dining carriage,
Thank yoy so much for sharing this video. About 1 month ago I found your channel and 'binged-watched'! 😊 The videos were so inspirational that I'm hoping to take the California Zepher Amtrak train from Chicago to San Francisco and visit my son and his family. 3 days, 2 nights. 🎉
I really enjoyed this epic adventure across Australia! Broken Hill looked inviting. Too bad you didn't get to go to the miner's memorial historical tour. 😢 Every place you stopped was very exciting and, as always, a very pleasant narrator. Thank you, Adam, for such a wonderfully filmed journey! I really feel like I went with you!😊❤📣📣🍾🍾👍
I genuinely have no idea why your video was in my feed, or why I clicked on it. But I was absolutely captivated by the content! I dont think any other vlog has ever had me so enthralled! Absolutely fantastic from start to finish. I thoroughly enjoyed your work. Well done!!!
Great video mate, thanks for sharing. You give the viewer a really thorough and honest description and overview of the experience. All I have to do now is save my pennies until I can do the trip myself! Cheers "-)
This train journey in platinum service is at the top of my bucket list. Nothing like this exists in the U.S. We had 1 ocean to ocean line here that ran from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but it was destroyed by a hurricane, and isn’t likely to be replaced anytime soon.
Just completed the journey in December 2023. What an incredible adventure! I was lucky enough to afford a twin as I wanted my own bathroom. I loved all the stops and fell in love with Adelaide along the way! I thought the staff was simply wonderful with one lovely young woman that melted my heart ❤! The IP is a bucket list journey that you will never forget!
Enjoyed your video Adam. Brought back fond memories of my trip on the Indian in 2017 and I'm tempted to do it again at the end of my Ashes tour in January 2026, but I''d feel well robbed if I didn't get the off train experiences. The dinner at Rawlinna under the stars was a highlight and my travelling companions still talk about it. I think the Gold single with shared bathroom facilities actually looks better than the compact en-suite in a Gold where it's possible to sit on the loo and shave and shower! Apart from sleeping I didn't spend anytime in my cabin so more space in the washrooms is appealing.
Thank you! Yes, fair points. Unfortunately when sharing tracks with freight trains, sometimes delays and cancellations are unavoidable. Yes, the Gold Single cabins are very appealing.
My 7-year-old boy loved this video. Yesterday, we accidentally came across this video, and I showed it to him as he is fascinated by trains and train tracks/maps in Australia. Now, he is binge-watching your other videos. He also requests you to do a video on Gulflander and Spirit of Queensland. Can't wait to see what you come up with next! Good job!
That’s wonderful to hear! I have made a couple of videos on the Spirit of Queensland (one in economy and one in a RailBed). Would love to do the Gulflander one day. 🤞
Incredible video. Through you I can see a magnificent landscape of your great country. Also, you have shown so much care and love while filming as well as editing it. Greetings from Black Forest, Germany.
Greetings from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Why did I think you’d already undertaken this journey previously? Thank you Adam. I shall watch this in its entirety later today.
Greetings! I visited Croatia a few years ago and loved it. 😊 You must be very knowledgeable… I had been on the Indian Pacific before this trip, from Adelaide to Perth, but that was many years ago before I started making videos. 🤔 Hope you enjoy the video!
@@FromtheWindowSeatI lived in Sydney until the start of 2020 but am now permanently based in Dubrovnik and am pleased to hear that you enjoyed Croatia. I am now watching the remainder of this video. You are a natural presenter. I love traveling through the “eye of your lenses”. Cheers Zoltan
That’s an interesting dilemma - the ability to properly sleep on an overnight train. I’ve never been on an overnighter, increasingly throughout Europe many more such services are being re-opened. As a chronic insomniac, I question how well rested did you feel after this trip? Or any other overnight train?
@@Hongaars1969 Sleeping can be a struggle. I’m a light sleeper too. However, the more nights you’re aboard, the easier it gets. And I generally find I can cope the next day after one night’s poor sleep (as long as it’s just one). 🤔
I am commenting prior to watching. Once again have known all week there was a new video out and have been looking forward to the Sunday afternoon tradition. Some of the videos are getting plenty of views now which is well deserved 😀
Thank you for taking us on this wonderful journey. I'll be retiring to the Philippines in 5 years and then we'll be making our first vacation to Australia. But I think it will be a road tip. Again thank you very much. Peter from germany.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job/interior of train/cities towns/wilderness areas the train passes thru. A wonderful way to tour southern Australia via this documentary. Some of those meal & desert dishes looked mighty appetizing.😋
Awesome video - I am so excited to say that I will be traveling the same route in a single, at the end of May 2024. This has helped me to understand what to expect. I love train travel.
Many years ago, I travelled on the Trans-Australian from Keswick to Perth and a few years prior, I did the opposite direction Peterborough to Sydney, after catching a 2-car diesel from Adelaide to Peterborough. Yes, things have over the years in relation to the travel on the Indian Pacific in particular to the service on the train and of course very expensive. I thoroughly enjoyed your video and the way how you described in detail on the train and the towns that the Indian Pacific travelled through. Well done. This train trip is definitely on my bucket list.
That woudl have been quite the experience. I caught a Bluebird from Adelaide to Broken HIll (via Peterborough) as a child - still a fond memory. Thank you for your feedback - lovely to hear!
Excellent video Adam. So informative, and the food looks great. Way back in 1978 I travelled ADL -> Kalgoorlie during my backpacking days on the IP as a treat, then hitched to Esperance. After watching your video, I am thinking of doing this trip the full monty. Thanks Adam
This was an absolutely enjoyable train journey through your eyes! Thank you so much! Have thought about doing this train trip since I first heard about it many years ago, and this video was almost as good!
I'm exploring Australia and seeing this country so much beautiful. Now thanks to you I know there is a great journey by train in this country that I must try!
Thankyou for a beautiful video mate, outlining everything that i needed to know for a possible trip on the IP. I could watch many more travel vids of yours as you are very soothing and grab my attention in a nice way, thanks again.😊
Awesome video Adam and great shot of the Perth Skyline from Maylands... make sure you come back here in the near future as the A Series will start retiring in the next few years !
数日前は久しぶりに、あなたの You-Tube を視た。でもすぐにコメントを書けなかった。このオーストラリアの鉄道 "The Indian-Pacific" と もう 1 つの "The Ghan" 列車に乗って、オーストラリアを旅行する事は、僕の夢の 1 つです。長距離列車や観光列車に乗る事は、旅そのものですよネ。Some days ago, I watched your You-Tube for the first time in a while. But I didn't write my comment soon. It is one of my dreams to travel crossing Australia on this Australian train "The Indian-Pacific" and another train "The Ghan". Riding the long-distance train or the sightseeing trains are the journey in itself, isn't it!?
Brilliant video Adam, other TH-camrs just give us the tourist version, you've given us a real 'local' insight. Will we be seeing you elsewhere in the world?
Found this video enjoyable and informative; thank you for putting it together. Also appreciate that you speak very clearly. I hope to go on The Indian Pacific one day 🚂
Very informative and nicely presented. It would have been nice if you had included more of the scenery in the stretches between centres as that's what passengers will be seeing, but it I appreciate that would have made the video twice as long. Thank you for making this, I really enjoyed watching it.
Wow, epic journey and a great video documenting it! Back in the day, I did Sydney to Adelaide when the Indian Pacific still had a seating coach - I think it would be good to reintroduce it as a regular passenger service on the route as well.
Hey Adam, wonderful video of your journey as always. Its on my bucket list but going from Perth to Sydney. All the food looks delicious. Erika from sunny Perth 😎
Haha. now I know why everybody looked so well rested when they stepped off the train in Sydney. Myself I completed the journey in a half-reclining seat for 3 days back in 2006 with a pillow I bought in Kalgoorlie 😂
@@FromtheWindowSeat Being in your early 20's helps a lot ;-) At least they had a shower in "cattle class" and you could order pizza by phone in Broken Hill before the train's arrival. I befriended the train driver during the stopover in Cook, and got to drive the train on departure 😁
I've been to Sydney and Gold Coast before but never been to other parts of Australia. I hope to travel across Australian outback someday. It's still in my bucket list.
Sounds like quite a journey, complete with some unexpected changes and misadventures! Good thing they compensated you and I'm still inspired to do the trip one day.
The number of Platinum carriages has been reduced from 4 to 2, as the demand has dropped on account of the exorbitant prices. Likewise, the length of the IP has been reduced from 29 to 26 carriages. Great train staff, with top-notch service when Lynley Lott and Deb Munn are the Service Operation Managers.
Dad left his home town and ended up in Peterborough looking for work in 58 . He got a job in the Railway Roundhouse. He shortly after met Mum who was a Nurse in Training at the P'borough Hospital , when he was admitted for a bad fall. Mum's Family are Railway Family . They all left around 1962. They can remember it being so cold it was snowing , but they remember it being Boiling Hot Climate
Thank you for sharing!
My dad worked at Peterborough for the railways as well. It would have been in late 60’s. Was he still there then?
Thanks for lovely information
@@Askingly My grandad worked at Peterborough Railway then too ! Small world eh ?
I have watched several Indian Pacific videos recently, so much of it I've already seen before. But I really appreciate the extra effort you went to to include all the other little details that fill in the gaps.
I’m really glad to hear that. I add a lot of details during editing as I find out more information and come across interesting tidbits. 🤔
❤Well done. Good clear voice over, great photography and editing, right down to the food types, entertainment, Wi-Fi, off-train possibilities, (although not this time)lol and lots of side related information. After watching this I feel as though I’ve been there! Thank you 🎉
Thanks so much - really happy to hear that! 😊
You've a great talent for this work. I'm always happy to compliment that level of dedication. Gnote
Thank you so much for having us along with you. I was beyond excited to hear that you were doing the Indian Pacific. Glad you made the most of it even with the itinerary hiccups. Keep up the great work, and as always looking forward to your next video. Love from the U.S.
I’m glad you liked it. Thank you!
Great video Adam, I appreciate the hard work it takes to make a video of this length and keep it entertaining!
Really happy to hear that. Thank you!
I have always wanted to make this journey but I’m too old and sick to travel now. I really enjoyed watching this video as it makes me feel like I went there too 😊
I was really hoping the video was the next best thing to being there so I’m really glad to hear that. Thank you!
That’s such a nice thing to say!
Oh what a shame, I'm fit enough, but too poor😁
I am almost to old and to poor!!
@@why67152 Old, poor AND unfit, here!! Yay!!
We did this journey about ten years ago - -in Platinum class. Perth to Adelaide. Couldn't afford it now! Stopped at Calgourley and Cook It was a wonderful experience. Hopefully we will be able to do it once more! BRYAN and PAULINE BURDETT
Sounds wonderful. Would love to try Platinum one day but as you say, it’s very expensive.
Smoking allowed in Cabin's?
A freight train carrying food to Perth runs along the railway line that you took from Sydney via Adelaide to Perth. A freight train transporting food consists of the following parts:
at the beginning there are two diesel electric locomotives, behind which there is first a freight car that has two smaller container tanks with fuel for the locomotives, the next car is a passenger car in which one controller sits, behind the passenger car there are several freight cars which transport two container refrigerators standing on top of each other and finally there are refrigerator wagons.
Good to know. Thanks for sharing!
Did that journey nearly 20 years ago ,loaded the ute up on the back and unloaded at adelaide and explored south Australia and Victoria then drove back to Perth.......its a great trip
Nice!
Been watching your content and believe you have some of the best train content I’ve seen. Not too much talking, just enough detail and the historical tidbits I love. So a new sub!! Have been to Australia when I lived in Hong Kong and love it. Won’t be going back so living vicariously. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much - that’s lovely to hear! My ambition is for my videos to be the next best thing to being there so I’m pleased your able to live vicariously through them. 😊
Now you have ridden on every Journey Beyond train! Keep up the good work on your fabulous videos!
I have. Thanks so much! 😊
@@FromtheWindowSeat You are quite welcome!
Спасибо за возможность увидеть Австралию! Добрый привет из России! Я немного понимаю английский, но ваше произношение очень отличается, и его трудно понять. Было очень интересно, thank you very match.. Greetings from snowy Russia! Kangaroo forever! 🖐😁
Большое спасибо! Привет из Австралии. Рад, что вам понравилось видео. Ваше здоровье! (Courtesy of Google Translate 😉)
@@FromtheWindowSeat приезжайте в Россию, здесь за 7 дней и 10000 км можно увидеть гораздо больше из окна поезда. Надеюсь в недалёком будущем Россия станет свободнее от диктатуры, и мы будем не менее свободной страной.
Such a fantastic rail journey and having you as a wonderful guide and host. I was intrigue with all the info.
Glad you enjoyed it - thank you!
At just the time I was pondering the dangers of being on a passenger train traversing a 400 mile stretch of track through a desolate area you showed the spare engines. Excellent timing!
Happy to help!
As a train lover I can say I hope to make this journey one day. Your videos are very inspiring and well done and I enjoy watching them. Cheers from Melbourne…
Thank you very much!
If you have an interest in trains, when in Perth you must visit The Railway Museum, also known as the Rail Transport Museum in Bassendean. I was staying in the Perth CBD and caught a train out there. They have some excellent examples of various rollingstock and I spent hours climbing in and looking.
Thankyou for showing railway journey.Australia is beautiful.Love from India
You’re welcome! ☺️
I did the Indian Pacific from Perth to .Sydney twenty years ago. Your podcast has encouraged to do it again. Great vid, Adam, thankyou
That’s brilliant to hear. Cheers!
I also rode it west-to-east, in 1990. Great experience, as I got an unexpected free upgrade to first class. It really let me experience the scale and flat aridity of south central Oz!
Narrow carriages: try Indian broad-gauge at 5 ft 16 inch...
Very detailed information on the journey! Thank you for sharing! It was like as if we were traveling ourselves! Good watch :)
That's wonderful to hear. Thank you!
A great journey, to say the least. Thanks for putting this together. But I also can’t help by wonder what other passengers think of someone walking through the cabins while shooting a video. I mean, do they simply shrug it off, ignore it…?
Thank you! Most people don’t bat an eyelid because a lot of other people were also taking photos and capturing video. 🤔
I always dream of riding the Indian Pacific! What a great way to enjoy the vast Aussie land and it's pure clean nature. Thank you for sharing✌️👍
Hopefully you’ll get the chance one day. 🤞Thanks for watching. ☺️
I'm making the trip from Perth to Sydney on the Indian Pacific in just over a weeks time, your excellent video has got me more excited than ever for it.
Wonderful to hear that. Enjoy!
How did it go?
@@PaulaBean Sorry for the delay in responding. It was as excellent as this video showed. The staff were very friendly and professional, the off train excursions were very interesting but due to the time constraints of track usage a couple of them were not available, this was conveyed at the time of booking so there weren't any surprises in that regard and from 2025 onwards the journey will be over 5 days instead of four so that should hopefully solve this.
The food was phenomenal, truly some of the best I've ever tasted. Even the light snacks they provide before boarding are great.
All in all it was well worth the price.
@@XantaxiaGreat to hear your experience and that 2025 the trip will be over 5 days.
Hope to travel Syd to Perth in 2025
This just popped up in my Timeline and decided to watch. I'm always fascinated by Australia. I've really enjoyed this trip,Great watch. Much love from Kenya
That’s so good to hear - thanks!
That was freakin awesome Adam!!!!
Just finished watching now!!
Thanks so much for taking dad and I with you on your journey on the Indian Pacific...
Sometimes we go to a small remote platform in East Orange just to watch it go past on a Wednesday night around 8.50pm... The driver gave us a wave and even sounded the horn just for the two of us!!
Thanks again... A dream that hopefully will come true for us too one day... 💜
So glad you liked it Corinne. I too hope you and your dad get to ride it one day. 🤞 😊
Your video is full of information. About the off train excursions, about the train itself, about some history and about the landscapes you travel through. All accompanied by a calm and clear way of commenting. I liked your style of presenting that much, that I'm saving up from right now to make this beautiful journey once myself. Thanks for posting!!
Thank you very much! Great to hear that. 😊
I really love your videos. Your editing skills far surpass mine. Extremely enjoyable. Well balanced, informative, beautifully edited, and a charming accent. What's not to love. And I watch until the very end too ! I also am a TH-camr and know how much work goes into these. Muchas gracias amigo!
What wonderful feedback. Muchas gracias! 😊
Your coverage of these rail journeys is first class. Great to have an insight into the experience before you book. 👍
Thank you - great to hear that!
Thanks Adam, this brought back memories of my journey on the Indian Pacific earlier this year. I agree that Dylan is an amazing host, he looked after the section of the train I traveled on and took the time to learn names and remembered that I preferred to be seated facing the direction of travel when in the dining carriage,
Thank you Christine. Yes, that really is attention to detail! They have great crew. 😊
Thank yoy so much for sharing this video.
About 1 month ago I found your channel and 'binged-watched'! 😊 The videos were so inspirational that I'm hoping to take the California Zepher Amtrak train from Chicago to San Francisco and visit my son and his family. 3 days, 2 nights. 🎉
Oh wow - that’s great to hear. Your trip sounds amazing. Enjoy!
I really enjoyed this epic adventure across Australia! Broken Hill looked inviting. Too bad you didn't get to go to the miner's memorial historical tour. 😢 Every place you stopped was very exciting and, as always, a very pleasant narrator. Thank you, Adam, for such a wonderfully filmed journey! I really feel like I went with you!😊❤📣📣🍾🍾👍
Thanks so much for your feedback. Lovely to hear. 😊
I genuinely have no idea why your video was in my feed, or why I clicked on it. But I was absolutely captivated by the content! I dont think any other vlog has ever had me so enthralled!
Absolutely fantastic from start to finish. I thoroughly enjoyed your work. Well done!!!
I’m super happy to hear that - thank you! 🙏
God bless you ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧਿਆ
Thank you!
Beautiful video. Very detailed and well presented.
Subscribing from India!
Thanks so much! Welcome aboard!
Great video mate, thanks for sharing. You give the viewer a really thorough and honest description and overview of the experience. All I have to do now is save my pennies until I can do the trip myself! Cheers "-)
Thank you! Hope you make it one day!
This train journey in platinum service is at the top of my bucket list. Nothing like this exists in the U.S. We had 1 ocean to ocean line here that ran from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but it was destroyed by a hurricane, and isn’t likely to be replaced anytime soon.
Yes, I’d love to try platinum but it’s very pricey. Hope you get to tick it off your list! ✅
Lovely video Adam, i'm literally editing my overland video now!
Thank you! Cool!
Muy interesante, y muy informativo tu vídeo!. Felicitaciones y gracias por tu trabajo. Saludos desde la Patagonia Argentina 🙋♀.
Muchas gracias! :)
Just completed the journey in December 2023. What an incredible adventure! I was lucky enough to afford a twin as I wanted my own bathroom. I loved all the stops and fell in love with Adelaide along the way! I thought the staff was simply wonderful with one lovely young woman that melted my heart ❤! The IP is a bucket list journey that you will never forget!
Sounds like you had an incredible trip. Agreed - it's certainly a bucket list journey. 😊
Enjoyed your video Adam. Brought back fond memories of my trip on the Indian in 2017 and I'm tempted to do it again at the end of my Ashes tour in January 2026, but I''d feel well robbed if I didn't get the off train experiences. The dinner at Rawlinna under the stars was a highlight and my travelling companions still talk about it. I think the Gold single with shared bathroom facilities actually looks better than the compact en-suite in a Gold where it's possible to sit on the loo and shave and shower! Apart from sleeping I didn't spend anytime in my cabin so more space in the washrooms is appealing.
Thank you! Yes, fair points. Unfortunately when sharing tracks with freight trains, sometimes delays and cancellations are unavoidable. Yes, the Gold Single cabins are very appealing.
My 7-year-old boy loved this video. Yesterday, we accidentally came across this video, and I showed it to him as he is fascinated by trains and train tracks/maps in Australia. Now, he is binge-watching your other videos. He also requests you to do a video on Gulflander and Spirit of Queensland.
Can't wait to see what you come up with next! Good job!
That’s wonderful to hear! I have made a couple of videos on the Spirit of Queensland (one in economy and one in a RailBed). Would love to do the Gulflander one day. 🤞
Enjoyable video, thanks for taking us with you!
Thank you! Me pleasure!
54 mins?! Omg yes!!! Just made my night
Yes, it’s a long one! Cheers!
Incredible video. Through you I can see a magnificent landscape of your great country. Also, you have shown so much care and love while filming as well as editing it. Greetings from Black Forest, Germany.
That’s wonderful to hear - thank you! Greetings from Down Under. 😊
Greetings from Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Why did I think you’d already undertaken this journey previously?
Thank you Adam. I shall watch this in its entirety later today.
Greetings! I visited Croatia a few years ago and loved it. 😊
You must be very knowledgeable… I had been on the Indian Pacific before this trip, from Adelaide to Perth, but that was many years ago before I started making videos. 🤔
Hope you enjoy the video!
@@FromtheWindowSeatI lived in Sydney until the start of 2020 but am now permanently based in Dubrovnik and am pleased to hear that you enjoyed Croatia. I am now watching the remainder of this video. You are a natural presenter. I love traveling through the “eye of your lenses”. Cheers Zoltan
That’s an interesting dilemma - the ability to properly sleep on an overnight train. I’ve never been on an overnighter, increasingly throughout Europe many more such services are being re-opened. As a chronic insomniac, I question how well rested did you feel after this trip? Or any other overnight train?
@@Hongaars1969 Sleeping can be a struggle. I’m a light sleeper too. However, the more nights you’re aboard, the easier it gets. And I generally find I can cope the next day after one night’s poor sleep (as long as it’s just one). 🤔
I thought he had done one too aboard the Indian Pacific Eugena. You weren’t the only one. 😊😅
Very interesting journey loved it , didn't realize how large Australia is , and that's one just one piece WOW , thanks for sharing this video .
Happy to hear that - thank you! Yes, Australia is huge!
This is going to be a good one!!!
I hope so. 🤞
I am commenting prior to watching. Once again have known all week there was a new video out and have been looking forward to the Sunday afternoon tradition. Some of the videos are getting plenty of views now which is well deserved 😀
Wow, thank you! ☺️
As someone who hates train travel and prefers planes this was super interesting to watch and really captivated me
I’m really happy to hear that. Cheers!
Thank you for taking us on this wonderful journey. I'll be retiring to the Philippines in 5 years and then we'll be making our first vacation to Australia. But I think it will be a road tip. Again thank you very much. Peter from germany.
Thank you Peter - so good to hear that.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job/interior of train/cities towns/wilderness areas the train passes thru. A wonderful way to tour southern Australia via this documentary. Some of those meal & desert dishes looked mighty appetizing.😋
So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
Awesome video - I am so excited to say that I will be traveling the same route in a single, at the end of May 2024. This has helped me to understand what to expect. I love train travel.
Thank you! That's exciting - hope you enjoy your trip as much as I did! 😀
Another great video Adam - well done!
Thanks so much!
Many years ago, I travelled on the Trans-Australian from Keswick to Perth and a few years prior, I did the opposite direction Peterborough to Sydney, after catching a 2-car diesel from Adelaide to Peterborough. Yes, things have over the years in relation to the travel on the Indian Pacific in particular to the service on the train and of course very expensive. I thoroughly enjoyed your video and the way how you described in detail on the train and the towns that the Indian Pacific travelled through. Well done. This train trip is definitely on my bucket list.
That woudl have been quite the experience. I caught a Bluebird from Adelaide to Broken HIll (via Peterborough) as a child - still a fond memory.
Thank you for your feedback - lovely to hear!
Please try out the Maharajas Express in India. The way you presented this train journey, I am sure your Maharajas Express journey will be a hit.
I’d love to visit India one day. 🙏
Excellent video Adam. So informative, and the food looks great. Way back in 1978 I travelled ADL -> Kalgoorlie during my backpacking days on the IP as a treat, then hitched to Esperance. After watching your video, I am thinking of doing this trip the full monty. Thanks Adam
Thanks so much Richard - great to hear that! :)
I did The Indian Pacific train trip with my father it was a great trip to do with my father 😊😊
Yes, that would have been wonderful. Cheers!
This was an absolutely enjoyable train journey through your eyes! Thank you so much! Have thought about doing this train trip since I first heard about it many years ago, and this video was almost as good!
That’s great to hear. Thank you! Hope you get to make this journey one day. 😊
New subbie...love the history you include in your video.. unlike other YTers😊
Thanks so much! ☺️
I'm exploring Australia and seeing this country so much beautiful. Now thanks to you I know there is a great journey by train in this country that I must try!
Happy to hear that. Thank you!
Wonderful video again Adam.Having only travelled from Adelaide to Perth on the IP it was great to see the other part of the journey. 😊
Glad I could fill the missing gap in your journey. Cheers!
I agree with you. From Konnagar Hoogli WB INDIA ❤❤❤👌👍
Thankyou for a beautiful video mate, outlining everything that i needed to know for a possible trip on the IP. I could watch many more travel vids of yours as you are very soothing and grab my attention in a nice way, thanks again.😊
I’m really happy to hear that. Thank you!
Amazing, I hope to go on this train one day!
Thank you! Fingers crossed for you. 🤞
Awesome video Adam and great shot of the Perth Skyline from Maylands... make sure you come back here in the near future as the A Series will start retiring in the next few years !
Thank you! Yes, definitely keen to return.
@@FromtheWindowSeat The current set of the Australind will finish up next month !.
@@qfa330 I see. A piece of history!
Thank you, that was very enjoyable and informative!😊
So happy to hear that! Thank you!
This was really cool. I was stoked to discover your channel the other week. You are so down to earth and easy to watch.
That’s so kind of you to say. Thank you!
Mulțumesc, este fascinant pentru Nordici, vedem în premieră.
Thank you!
I enjoy viewing your well-made videos. Thank You.
Great to hear. Thank you!
数日前は久しぶりに、あなたの You-Tube を視た。でもすぐにコメントを書けなかった。このオーストラリアの鉄道 "The Indian-Pacific" と もう 1 つの "The Ghan" 列車に乗って、オーストラリアを旅行する事は、僕の夢の 1 つです。長距離列車や観光列車に乗る事は、旅そのものですよネ。Some days ago, I watched your You-Tube for the first time in a while. But I didn't write my comment soon. It is one of my dreams to travel crossing Australia on this Australian train "The Indian-Pacific" and another train "The Ghan". Riding the long-distance train or the sightseeing trains are the journey in itself, isn't it!?
Thank you! Yes, the journey is as important (and sometimes even more so) than the destination. That’s why I love train travel. 😊
Wonderful video! Thank you for bringing me to Australia. A place on my bucket list but may never make! Cheers!!
So good to hear. Thank you!
Train running in Australia but name is India ❤
Ha!
@@FromtheWindowSeat wow you know hindi
I know very little about Australia (apart from Home and Away!). This was so interesting. Train looks great. 🙋♂️👏👏🇬🇧
Great to hear that - thank you!
I never been to Australia but wish one day amazing country thank for this journey love from Mumbai❤
You’re welcome. Hope you make it one day. ✌️
Lovely trip!!!
Many thanks from Sao Paulo, Brasil.❤️🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m that roving musician! It was great to meet you on that trip Adam, great video you have put together 😊
Hey Adam. Oh cool - well there you go! Thanks so much! Hopefully bump into you on another train sometime. 😊
I really enjoyed this adventure, thanks for the invite to join you
Your info is vital for a prospective traveler like myself.
So good to hear. Thank you!
Brilliant video Adam, other TH-camrs just give us the tourist version, you've given us a real 'local' insight. Will we be seeing you elsewhere in the world?
Thanks so much Kevin! Yes, hoping to head overseas soon. 😊
Found this video enjoyable and informative; thank you for putting it together. Also appreciate that you speak very clearly. I hope to go on The Indian Pacific one day 🚂
Happy to hear that. Thank you! Hope you get to travel on the IP one day.
Australia full of beauty n surprises. Love their beautiful architectural buildings.
Yes.
Very informative and nicely presented. It would have been nice if you had included more of the scenery in the stretches between centres as that's what passengers will be seeing, but it I appreciate that would have made the video twice as long. Thank you for making this, I really enjoyed watching it.
Great to hear - thank you! Yes, it’s always a delicate balance but appreciate the feedback.
Wow, epic journey and a great video documenting it! Back in the day, I did Sydney to Adelaide when the Indian Pacific still had a seating coach - I think it would be good to reintroduce it as a regular passenger service on the route as well.
Thanks so much!
This is the first video I have watched on your Channel. Love your video work and presentation. Look forward to watching more of your content.
Welcome aboard! Thank you!
That was wonderful! Thank you for taking us with you. I love your commentary that includes informative history of the rails in Australia.
Really glad to hear that. Thank you!
Hey Adam, wonderful video of your journey as always. Its on my bucket list but going from Perth to Sydney. All the food looks delicious.
Erika from sunny Perth 😎
Hey Erika. Glad you liked it! They’re introducing a new 5-day version of the Indian Pacific Perth to Sydney trip in 2025, so could be a goer! 😎
Every flat earther should watch this video, because according to their map of Australia this journey should be almost twice as long.
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Everybody arguing about their belief systems, because they don't know the real truth - apart from what they've been taught!
Tolol
😂😂😂
If the earth is a ball.... Then everyone in Australia is upside down
I am a train enthusiast and this journey is on my bucket list...interesting video and very informative. Thank you, Adam.
Glad it was helpful! Hope you get to try it. Cheers!
Veary nice docomantry🎉🎉
Thanks so much! 😊
Thanks for a super video. Great graphics. Made all the difference. 😅😅😅
Awesome to hear. Thank you!
Mantapppp, lanjutkan terus Adam 👍😃
Thank you! 😃
I am looking forward doing this trip next year, thank you for this video.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 😊
Haha. now I know why everybody looked so well rested when they stepped off the train in Sydney. Myself I completed the journey in a half-reclining seat for 3 days back in 2006 with a pillow I bought in Kalgoorlie 😂
Ha! Woah - yes sitting in a journey of this length would be quite the experience. 😝
@@FromtheWindowSeat Being in your early 20's helps a lot ;-) At least they had a shower in "cattle class" and you could order pizza by phone in Broken Hill before the train's arrival. I befriended the train driver during the stopover in Cook, and got to drive the train on departure 😁
@@oskich Pizza and your train driving experience sound great!
I've been to Sydney and Gold Coast before but never been to other parts of Australia. I hope to travel across Australian outback someday. It's still in my bucket list.
You should. Cheers!
Lovely 🥰
.... Thanks
Thank YOU! ☺️
Very well done with lots of information. Thanks mate.
Glad you liked it. Cheers!
great trip
Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoy your journey ❤❤ lam from sri lanka
Thank you!
Sounds like quite a journey, complete with some unexpected changes and misadventures! Good thing they compensated you and I'm still inspired to do the trip one day.
Great to hear - it’s well worth doing. Cheers!
Looking forward to this. Would love to go on it but just so expensive.
Cheers!
@@FromtheWindowSeat😮
Greatly enjoyed this video. All Aussies should watch it.
Thanks so much! ☺️
The number of Platinum carriages has been reduced from 4 to 2, as the demand has dropped on account of the exorbitant prices. Likewise, the length of the IP has been reduced from 29 to 26 carriages. Great train staff, with top-notch service when Lynley Lott and Deb Munn are the Service Operation Managers.
Good to know. Thanks!
I drove to Uluru from Sydney in 2017, following the trains route.I can't put myself through such a drive again.This train trip looks interesting .
Yes, fair enough. Although Alice Springs to Uluru is still quite a distance.