Indian Pacific from Perth to Adelaide.
Apr 19th 2004, 2:00 pm
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Indian Pacific from Perth to Adelaide.
Just thought I'd let you know that we are leaving Perth on 26th May via the 'Indian Pacific' train to Adelaide which is a bargain price of $155 each one way and $130 for children. We have to join 'Back Packers' to get the cheaper rate (normally $350) it takes two days but we think it will be a great adventure. We are spending a few days with friends in Adelaide then flying onto Sydney for about a week.
We managed to get good flights from Sydney to New Zealand (with NZ Airlines) and are stopping over there for a few days then it's onto LA for about a week. Then via France to the UK. The flights were a bargain at $1300 each. I had tried so hard to get flights to LA but everything was coming up so expensive. I had convinced myself that it was a stop over in Vietnam
Flight centre got us the flights.
Mickey Mouse here we come!!!!
We managed to get good flights from Sydney to New Zealand (with NZ Airlines) and are stopping over there for a few days then it's onto LA for about a week. Then via France to the UK. The flights were a bargain at $1300 each. I had tried so hard to get flights to LA but everything was coming up so expensive. I had convinced myself that it was a stop over in Vietnam
Flight centre got us the flights.
Mickey Mouse here we come!!!!
Apr 19th 2004, 2:04 pm
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wow sounds like a fantastic journey you've got yourself planned!
Have a great time, you will love the Indian Pacific, what a way to travel, we did the whole Perth to Sydney journey a couple of years ago and loved it!!
Happy travelling!!
love sophia xx
Have a great time, you will love the Indian Pacific, what a way to travel, we did the whole Perth to Sydney journey a couple of years ago and loved it!!
Happy travelling!!
love sophia xx
Apr 19th 2004, 2:07 pm
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Re: Indian Pacific from Perth to Adelaide.
Originally posted by janeyray
Just thought I'd let you know that we are leaving Perth on 26th May via the 'Indian Pacific' train to Adelaide which is a bargain price of $155 each one way and $130 for children. We have to join 'Back Packers' to get the cheaper rate (normally $350) it takes two days but we think it will be a great adventure. We are spending a few days with friends in Adelaide then flying onto Sydney for about a week.
We managed to get good flights from Sydney to New Zealand (with NZ Airlines) and are stopping over there for a few days then it's onto LA for about a week. Then via France to the UK. The flights were a bargain at $1300 each. I had tried so hard to get flights to LA but everything was coming up so expensive. I had convinced myself that it was a stop over in Vietnam
Flight centre got us the flights.
Mickey Mouse here we come!!!!
Just thought I'd let you know that we are leaving Perth on 26th May via the 'Indian Pacific' train to Adelaide which is a bargain price of $155 each one way and $130 for children. We have to join 'Back Packers' to get the cheaper rate (normally $350) it takes two days but we think it will be a great adventure. We are spending a few days with friends in Adelaide then flying onto Sydney for about a week.
We managed to get good flights from Sydney to New Zealand (with NZ Airlines) and are stopping over there for a few days then it's onto LA for about a week. Then via France to the UK. The flights were a bargain at $1300 each. I had tried so hard to get flights to LA but everything was coming up so expensive. I had convinced myself that it was a stop over in Vietnam
Flight centre got us the flights.
Mickey Mouse here we come!!!!
Apr 19th 2004, 2:13 pm
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Did the Adelaide to red centre years ago.........coach adelaide to sydney and back the rest of the way!
Great way to see the countryside...!!!!!
sue
Great way to see the countryside...!!!!!
sue
Apr 19th 2004, 2:14 pm
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Re: Indian Pacific from Perth to Adelaide.
Originally posted by Innyjim
I was in scumbag class, but it was a great experience all the same.....
I was in scumbag class, but it was a great experience all the same.....
Apr 19th 2004, 2:22 pm
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Re: Indian Pacific from Perth to Adelaide.
Originally posted by janeyray
Oh yes, thats our class too!!! Just doing it for the experience. They have showers I'am told so at least we can keep refreshed!
Oh yes, thats our class too!!! Just doing it for the experience. They have showers I'am told so at least we can keep refreshed!
I loved passing all the little fueling and mail stations on the Nullabor with a population of one and a dog. Mad place....
Apr 19th 2004, 2:32 pm
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yeah the really tiny places you stop at on the nullabor is really mad and WAY cool! We stopped at a place called cook which had a population of 4, no-one I noticed ventured too far from the train on that stop!!
There is a hermit guy that lives along the track somewhere, they tell you the tale over the speaker system, he helped build the original railway and still lives out in the bush in this house that is just made of odds and ends. The slow the train down occasionally and the staff say they chuck out tins of Milo for him!
love sophia x
There is a hermit guy that lives along the track somewhere, they tell you the tale over the speaker system, he helped build the original railway and still lives out in the bush in this house that is just made of odds and ends. The slow the train down occasionally and the staff say they chuck out tins of Milo for him!
love sophia x
Apr 19th 2004, 2:41 pm
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Originally posted by sophia
yeah the really tiny places you stop at on the nullabor is really mad and WAY cool! We stopped at a place called cook which had a population of 4, no-one I noticed ventured too far from the train on that stop!!
There is a hermit guy that lives along the track somewhere, they tell you the tale over the speaker system, he helped build the original railway and still lives out in the bush in this house that is just made of odds and ends. The slow the train down occasionally and the staff say they chuck out tins of Milo for him!
love sophia x
yeah the really tiny places you stop at on the nullabor is really mad and WAY cool! We stopped at a place called cook which had a population of 4, no-one I noticed ventured too far from the train on that stop!!
There is a hermit guy that lives along the track somewhere, they tell you the tale over the speaker system, he helped build the original railway and still lives out in the bush in this house that is just made of odds and ends. The slow the train down occasionally and the staff say they chuck out tins of Milo for him!
love sophia x
sue
ps sorry janeyray for taking the thread a bit OT!!
