Onboard The Ghan - Australia's great luxury railway journey - Adelaide - Alice Springs - Darwin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- Gold class review of the The Ghan luxury train from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs and Katherine in this railway trip report captured in 4K. Train review. This video shows the full experience onboard including the food and drink, footage of the train and the off-train experiences at Simpson's Gap in Alice Springs and the Katherine Gorge. The Ghan Review. Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions review. BBC documentary SBS documentary
0:00 intro
01:16 boarding
01:43 tour of my room
05:26 tour of platinum lounge
05:50 tour of platinum room
06:40 leaving darwin
07:30 gold lounge
08:45 dining car - first lunch
10:52 dining car - first dinner
12:05 turndown service, bed and sunset
12:35 breakfast in Marla
14:45 brunch
16:35 Finke River
17:12 Alice Springs
18:23 Simpson's Gap
18:40 locomotives
20:20 dinner
22:02 final breakfast
22:25 Katherine
22:50 Katherine Gorge
24:15 final lunch
26:00 arrival in Darwin
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Travel class: Gold Twin
Camera: GoPro Hero 9
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Indian Pacific, but I think the actual on-train experience is similar, if not the same.
If you ever get the chance the Venice Simplon-Orient-express is always worth it. That said it is phenomenally expensive but still a really amazing experience.
Some day you should try one of Amtrack’s routes when allowed to travel to the USA 🇺🇸 again!
The Adelaide train terminal is a joke if your there out of normal business hours.
Yes! Do the Indian Pacific in OZ, then when conditions return to more of a sense of normality do the E&O and the Trans NZ
We just did the Ghan trip from Darwin to Adelaide, it was the best trip we ever did. Friendly staff, excellent food, fantastic drinks. Interesting excursions and nice company, other passengers.
I'm the principal bogie engineer for the last remaining rolling stock manufacturer in Australia (UGL. Formerly Goninan). I've designed bogies that are in use all around the world. We are currently manufacturing one of my designs for use on locomotives for Taiwan. I can tell you that the bogies on the Ghan (and Indian Pacific) are extremely primitive and unstable in comparison to modern designs. The ride on these trains could be improved immensely, and people could actually sleep while the train is running,. Presumably the capital cost is considered more important than allowing the customers to sleep well.
Sensational review mate - I have shared with my travel industry colleagues as it's an excellent training and selling tool for travel agents. Will have to jump on this train myself one day.
Cheers Dennis
Extremely expensive and boring after few hours!! Traveled in the bullet train in Japan and China 600+ kmph was much cheaper than this overrated train. Even Trans Siberia was cheaper.
I had no idea of what to expect of this train journey.. I enjoyed the train, commentary and route. Well done!
Quite a journey! Great food, excellent support and personal touch from the staff, extra tours like Simpsons Gap, home comforts like a good shower and gaining new information about this vast brown (and green) land that many of us call home. Well commentated Paul... perhaps my wife and I had better buy a couple of tickets and travel on the Ghan for the first time!
Canadian here, we did this on our honeymoon in '96. What a gorgeous train and a great trip! 😊❤
Hi Paul: I really enjoyed this review of the Ghan!. The “ride” itself was spectacular along with that jet boat ride that looked like a lot of fun. Your room looked cozy and I appreciated seeing the bathroom and shower. Now then the food! I love reading menus. One of the reasons I am such a plane enthusiast is due to the menus and food. You excelled on this journey and I was in seventh heaven reading all the menus, deciding what I would choose and seeing what you had and in most cases choosing the same. Even the wines looked delicious. Thank you for sharing this unique rail journey. I would love it if you did more of them although most have already been covered. You might try Royal Canadian Pacific which is ultra luxurious travel on a par with the Ghan. Best wishes and cheers from Colin.
Cheers Colin! I'll look into your suggestions :)
I went on this with my Dad back in 2016 as he works in transport and got a discount for us, we stayed in gold class too. It is seriously beautiful and the service is incredible. The sleeping was tough but otherwise I loved it. I can see how this is more for older/retirees (no Wifi and super expensive), proven by the fact that I was the youngest on there! BUT I highly recommend this trip to everyone to try at least once. Definitely worth it.
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, sleep was a challenge but otherwise it's a cool bucket item list to tick off. :)
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You have to do The Via Rail Canadian Toronto to Vancouver and the Indian Pacific Sydney to Perth.
I’ve travelled the Ghan 4 times, the Indian Pacific 2 times and the Canadian once, amazing experiences and a relaxing way to travel long distance.
Once again, a very fine episode of your travels.
Fantastic, I’ll add this to my list of things to do when the kids are older.
Ahhhh, Mr Stewart.....you’ve done it again!!!! Another excellent video. You brought back some fond memories of the trips I did on the Indian Pacific. The Ghan is now on my to-do...Thank you. 😊👍
Cheers Joe
Wonderful vlog. Took my mind off the cold and snow out my windows in Ohio. Please do more train videos. Thanks for the entertainment and information.
Cheers Sandi! Greetings from Downunder!
Another amazing video, Paul. Many thanks for sharing.
Never thought I would see a train review on this channel! Was nice to see this by you!
I love the extra space you get in the double cabin but the single gold has the bed along the window so you can prop your pillows up lay back and have a hell of a lot better view than the gold double cabin 👍🏻😁
Paul,
That review was as good as Paul Lucas' Indian Pacific review and he's up to 1.7mil views. Congratulations...really well done. It certainly looks like a world class luxury train trip. The boat trip in that gorge looked spectacular.
Cheers Michael. Being compared with Paul is a honour. :) I've met him in London and he's a nice guy. The boat trip was fantastic and my one regret from this video was not including more footage from the gorge.
Better in my opinion. Paul has a very nice style. He covers what he needs to cover but Paul Lucas video was a bit overdone. I prefer you to him.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful train experience .I love it
Fantastic 4K footage - especially that boat ride!
Glad you enjoyed it Heath. Yes I was very happy with the new GoPro and especially on the boat!!
You've outdone yourself Paul with another fantastic trip report. I really appreciated the details including the food as well as some history while you travelled along. I look forward to more train vlogs.
cheers mate
By far the best coverage of The Ghan I’ve seen on TH-cam. Would love to see more!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. ❤️
Most folk I know can hardely keep their eyes open on a train!
I have always wanted to go o the Ghan, to late now alas. As a child I was priviledged to go from Nyasaled to Cape Town ( I'm 78 ) nearly 2weeks on the train, loved every minute.
Well done, Paul. You really capture the train, the experience and the spectacular Aussie scenery really well. Like others have commented, I loved looking at the menus. 😍 What an amazing trip. Can't wait to see where you'll head next. Cheers.
Cheers Michael
Brilliant review and video quality giving everyone a thorough insight into this trip. I would like to have seen the lounge area where people gather for drinks after dinner and a bit later into the evening but other than that, we loved watching your great and comprehensive review.
Thank you for showing us beautiful journey
Hi 👋 from the uk 🇬🇧 😊
I've just come across this. What a fantastic 👏 review and such lovely scenery 😀
Thank you 😊
Such a fantastic video Paul! Thanks for sharing! That footage in the gorge looked amazing!
cheers - yeah the gorge footage came out really well :)
Excellent quality videography....I like the background high quality audio ! Excellent professional look commentary ....Keep up the good work and thx for sharing ... hmm I am thinking to book sooner or later..... Completely boring story watched on SBS TV about the Ghan for 3hrs with no commentary... Yours was very fascinated story...
Awesome, thank you!
It looked an awesome journey with an excellent presentation, well done Pau
Brought back wonderful memories from my Ghan trip in 2017! Thank you.
What a pivot! Paul Stewart you do this travel stuff so well!
This time last year we flew VH-OEH together ✈️✈️✈️
Sorry a train will never get me into the clouds!
Loved the recognition on 65K yr land. We really are the luckiest people on the planet.
Love your work!
Cheers Hamish
Paul, you do a wonderful job of describing everything .... I felt I was along for the ride, or rather the experience!
I had watched another TH-cam video of The Ghan and although the information was interesting and scenery great, the presenter left a lot to be desired!!!!!
I'm sorry, but his voice almost put me to sleep.
I know it's not his fault and I'm sorry for being a negative nelly but it is what it is.
Keep up the great work and I'm checking out your channel.
Thank you and hopefully I'll catch you on The Ghan soon.
Nice review! I've always wanted to take one of these trips, and you've made me want to do it even more.
I plan to take this trip in 2 yrs time. Thank you for sharing your Ghan train trip.
My wife and I traveled the Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin almost 13 years ago and truly loved it! We're train travelers around the world and this has been one of our favorites (to date). Keep them coming...
Next time in the USA (if you've not already done these)...Amtrak's the Coast Starlight from LA to Seattle and the California Zephyr from Denver to California...have some spectacular scenery! And also consider the Durango/Silverton and the Cumbres & Toltec for some great old steam lines! Reach out to me privately to discuss more...
cheers!
What a beautiful journey and so so interesting as I’m from a small town outside of London U.K.. I’d not heard of this journey but it looks amazing . Love the train and so happy you shared this . Thankyou it was absolutely superb
Cheers - glad you enjoyed it
The sun setting over this beautiful country.
Excellent presentation. Please do make more. Thank you.
Cheers Paul! It was fascinating just watching the changes in the environment. Adelaide looked quite dry and then it went red and ended up quite green.
Glad you enjoyed it
23"07 is the only decent thing about Katherine. The town is a dump and I should know as I lived there. That or the fact a 4 hour road trip north and your in Darwin and Darwin is WAY more fun
That is a bit rough. Gorge, thermal springs and good caravan parks made it a pleasant stay for us. Thumbs up for Katherine
In my humble opinion, this is by far the best video of The Ghan! Well done
Cheers - glad you enjoyed it :)
Very beautiful video .
❤️❤️❤️so sweet and beautiful ❤️❤️ from India 🇮🇳.I❤️ Aus and train thank u.good video
Nice to see you paid for your trip . I avoid the many trip ads by free trip reviewers.
Cheers - yep freebies are always nice but it's impossible to be objective when you're being paid to say nice things. :)
Awesome! Thank you for sharing, greeting from Europe.
That was fantastic!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Thanks very much for the ride Paul. Really enjoyed the scenery and the boat ride. Looks like a fantastic experience. Really surprised to see no one wearing masks but I guess that's what happens when your country gets things under control!
Cheers Russ. With the exception of Melbourne at the moment :( , things are pretty much back to normal
Glad you enjoyed the trip. Great report btw. Was interesting seeing it from Adel to Darwin. Different tours from August 2 years ago. An overseas train worth doing is VIA rail's The Canadian. It doesn't have the side tours and the gold twins are more like the Great Southern's single with a shared shower. In Winter it's spectacular. A bit of an adventure in that one never knows how late it will be running. 24hrs is not unheard of.
Cheers Deb
Really nice video. What a pleasure not having to read constant captions, causing us to miss the scenery and food offerings. Your informative description of the experience was very welcomed and enlightening. I wish other "travelers would follow your lead. I am late to your excursion, but thanks for the post.
What a hoot! The bathrooms have been really upgraded since my trip some 15 years ago😃
Wonderful video & journey. Hope I can do this someday when I visit next. Being a train enthusiasts this seems lovely.
Regards from Mumbai
I highly recommend the Spirit of the Outback which goes from Brisbane to Longreach! The rooms are a lot smaller however quite comfortable and have everything you need, except for the shared toilets and showers, but overall a wonderful experience. The dining carriage the Tuckerbox Restaurant is lovely and food well is amazing absolutely amazing five stars. If your lucky my wife will be working and you’ll experience real customer service 👍
This video introduce inside the journy We can feel stay there. Thankks a lot your teaching
Great video! I am doing the Ghan trip in Sept. Your information was very helpful. . . . . Looking forward to my trip
Was lucky enough to get on this train last year and it was a huge amount of fun. Highly recommend it if you ever get the chance.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it too!
I'm a bit late to the party, but just want to thank you for the epic review, Paul. I've always loved your flight reviews, but this was at a whole new level. Wow. Thanks for taking us on the journey - instantly adding this trip to my bucket list!
This is awesome. I took an around the world trip a few years ago and did the south west chief with Amtrak and then considered this when I got to Australia but I didn't have the time so I definitely need to do this some day.
The Ghan to Darwin is on my bucket list, loved the review, thanks Paul
Glad you enjoyed it
"Train terminal" is the most aviation we can get when talking about trains XD
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haha we're all missing Paul's international fly vlogs too
I just loved how you filmed the train seemingly disappearing into the land. Coming from New Zealand I was blown away how flat Australia can be. Great video, just loved it.
Glad you loved it Maria! I hope to do more filming around the South Island in a few months if we can manage the current covid outbreak.
Thank you for a very nice film of your travel.
Fantastic journey on the Ghan. Well described trip. Everything looked amazing Paul. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Lewis
Hey Paul, was wondering if you could do the Indian Pacific from Sydney to Adelaide! Cheers and great video!
Cheers Harry, I'll look into it :)
@@PaulStewartAviation Thank you! :D
A great survey of the trip Paul. I personally won't be trying it unless the track and ancient rolling stock are upgraded. I feel only if this was done would the exorbitant ticket cost be justifiable. The catering is a remarkable achievement given the constraints of the kitchen.
Cheers
Husband and I did it and in all our travels it was one of the hi-lights.
Loved this video Paul! Looking forward to your next adventure!
Cheers Leah
Mum and I got a disability cabin which in gold, is bigger than standard for no extra cost.due to mobility problems. We have done the Ghan and Indian Pacific. Even got a cake for my birthday.
Nice! I hope they looked after you well :)
@@PaulStewartAviation very much so. Although mum liked the bed in the basic gold cabin better. Gold superior was an extra $900 each so we passed. Platinum was$3300 each one way. The cake was by request. Disability cabin was just so close to explorer and Adelaide lounges. Cheers.
A fascinating journey Paul! I had heard of the Ghan but didn't realise it was named after Afghanistan! Keep these rail vlogs coming :)
It was named after all the pioneering Afghani cameleers who blazed a permanent trail into the Red Centre of Australia more than 150 years ago
Gr8 review thanks for sharing.
We are travelling on the Ghan mid June.
So watching ur video gave us a great insight...
Glad you enjoyed it! Enjoy your trip!
A really enjoyable 'train report'! I look forward to seeing more of them! Your comment about wifi and phone reception is very true! It's nice to be forced to get away from technology and get back to the basics in life. I must admit that I enjoyed the 14hrs of being uncontactable across the pacific before inflight wifi became common.
Cheers, glad you enjoyed the video
Ah, I loved this video. Well done, mate. Just on a side note, did that announcer on the train sound a little bit like that voice Glenn Robbins puts on when he plays Russell Coight narrating on the history of various Australian landmarks?
Love to see more railway journeys, say from Sydney to Perth.
Cheers David
So good you shared your Adelaide - Darwin Ghan experience. Your commentaries and video coverage was seamless and superb. There were 12 of us who made our tour of Central Australia from Melbourne to Alice Springs in June 2019 by Road. It was a 21 Days journey led by a very experienced Aussie Couple friends of us.
I had heard of the Ghan but didn't see it live. So on the day we were at Alice Springs, the Ghan rolled in from Adelaide! Wow what a thrilling sight to see the Gentle Giant rode in. I felt like a boy and after it stopped and waiting for the next leg my wife and I, sister and B.i.l. strolled up to take photos of the twin Engines. The Attendants were so friendly that they gave us a tour of the inside of a Carriage followed with a bonus complimentary ride on the mini coach to the Beautiful Station and lounge!. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Paul I thank you and appreciated your honesty on your Ghan trip, you sounded as if you enjoyed the trip overall. Jan
I couldn’t have asked for a better video this was very well put together and narrated I really found it so interesting and enjoyable. Thank you so much. I have always wanted to make this journey and your video has really convinced me I should do this. Have you made a video of Sydney to Perth I would love to see that one if you have.
Cheers Robert, glad you enjoyed it as it took quite a while and the ticket itself was quite expensive 😂 No other train trips I’m afraid. Most of my journeys are via the air 😀
All good thank you so much 😊.
We are just averaged working class people who decided to take a trip on the Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin. Upon investigation into the cheapest fares we realised we would have to take a 2nd mortgage on our home to pay for the trip. The rail prices are just to expensive for the average Australian, it's only for the elite. So sad.
Yep, very expensive. Tooo much!
There is a cheaper option as long as you are happy shovelling coal into the burners for a few hours each day.
@@Hoodoo04 If that was the case I would be happy to give up a couple of hours to help pay for the trip. However they would charge extra for a shower.
It is a pity that these train journeys have become so expensive.
The fares correlate with the international tourism industry. Not for the average local affordability - those days are over.
An excellently produced and very informative video. You certainly ate well! 😁 Thank you very much!
Excellent video Paul, thanks for the views and details of the experience. We look forward to taking the Ghan when travel to Australia opens up again! In the meantime we can travel with you via your well produced video reports. Look forward to more.
Cheers John
looks pretty decent, nice relaxing video.
I dontknow if i am old enough to go.
I really enjoyed this Paul . I’ve been on lots of “ sleepers “ , usually from Sydney to Picton on the Old Southern Highlands Express 😀, in fact I never failed to sleep , but nothing as luxurious as this one . The tucker looked top shelf . I’m glad you had a good time and enjoyed the whole experience . Thanks for sharing this great video and stay safe .
Cheers David
Fantastic review.
My husband and I did this trip to Alice Springs as we wanted to visit Ularu. The Ghan experience was amazing all around, we also traveled Gold cabin. We enjoyed every minute, no complaints what so ever, I also did not sleep that well until we stopped at Marla. Thank you for this video it brought back wonderful memories.
Glad you enjoyed it
My husband and I travelled in Platinum on The Ghan for my birthday several years ago and it was a fantastic experience. Your personal video was excellent and went through everything in great detail and your comments on the food and wine were extremely descriptive. It was good to see how the COVID situation has been handled and that the journey can still run so smoothly. It is an absolute must and a once in a lifetime experience. I must say that your video is the best that I have seen especially with the amount of information which you share. Well done. Jacqueline Wright.
Cheers Jacqueline, glad you enjoyed reliving you memories :)
Superb review - would love to take my family on this trip once (hopefully soon) the world has returned to some semblance of normal!
Breathtaking scenery. What an epic journey! YES MORE TRAINS!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was so interesting and really enjoyable to watch, thank you Paul, keep travelling.
Glad you enjoyed it Alex!
I’ll be honest. The separate Gold class lounge looked much classier than the platinum. The Platinum was very bland. Plus Gold class had a separate dining room (which also looked great and nicer ) but the Platinum was part of the lounge. Only the actual cabin for Platinum looked nicer than your Gold class twin.
What an epic adventure - really enjoyed this latest vlog, the service, food, cabin looked more comfortable than I was expecting and not being Australian myself, it was invaluable to learn about the country, history, geology and food and wine. When you come over here you’ll have to ask me about the Orient Express! Thank you so much for sharing Paul! 🙏🇦🇺 🚂 🍷🦘
Cheers mate- glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely, just finished watching all of Noel Philips videos and then this channel pops up.
Welcome :)
24:14 That lady in the pink is so friendly x Her smile warms my heart.
Definitely doing this whenever I finally visit Australia. Not sure the Platinum class is worth it. I expected a real double bed and maybe even a bathtub. Palladium class maybe? Haha
Pretty sure Platinum is a queen bed
Fatntastic video, Paul. I travelled on The Ghan with my mom in 2009. We booked Platinum Class and although tickets were the same price as a Business Class return ticket from Europe, for me it was more than worth it. Great to see all the sights and sounds again, thanks for sharing.
Great to see a review which really shows what you can expect, and whether it's worth it. Seems so! I was wondering why you didn't do an excursion to Uluru, and now I see it's a four hour journey, haha. Wow, your country is just so.....huge! Says a Kiwi. In New Zealand, the TranzAlpine east to west coasts through the Southern Alps (which I did, and it was beautiful), and the North Island Explorer, Auckland to Wellington through the volcanic plateau (still to do), and the South Island Coastal Pacific, are all popular trips by tourists and Kiwis. I'd say you should do them too -you could fit them all in quite quickly - but you'd need to point your camera at the scenery more than what's in the trains. Compared to the Ghan, they do not have much to say. Perhaps you could turn your camera to ships - not huge hotels on water, but more manageable examples of travelling afloat . Like a two night cruise on Fiordland's Doubtful Sound in winter, which we have just done. Incredible. Plenty of subject matter on board and without. Thanks for the video.
Terrific video. Brought me back two years ago on my first Ghan ride. Greetings from Michigan, USA and I cannot wait to watch that sunrise again in Marla. Never forget being in my nightime berth and seeing the Southern Cross out the window. Thank you for this great video. Happy memories.
Cheers glad you enjoyed it and g'day from downunder! Stay safe over there!
Great trip and great commentary. Certainly looks like a 'Must Do' trip. We would love to do it one day, thanks for the trip insight. If you want another train journey, seems only fair to try the Indian Pacific :) Looking forward to the next one.
Cheers Brad, yep I'll be looking into the IP :)
What about doing a review on the tilt train between Brisbane and Rockhampton?
Thanks Paul. Was so looking forward to this vlog. The Ghan is on my bucket list and these vlogs just keep my motivation up.
Cheers mate - glad you enjoyed it
Awesome trip report Paul