TRAIN in OZ?

Anyone know if it is feasable to think of doing a train trip from
Sydney to Adelaide? Also, Adelaide to Melbourne? Costs?

Just trying to think of a way to avoid flying!

Thanks,


john

in article , jb at
wrote on 2/15/04 5:32 PM:

Anyone know if it is feasable to think of doing a train trip from
Sydney to Adelaide? Also, Adelaide to Melbourne? Costs?

Just trying to think of a way to avoid flying!

Thanks,


john


http://www.gsr.com.au

If, as it appears, you are a foreigner, consider a flexpass. Can work out
cheaper than individual tkts.

Sydney/Adelaide possible via either Melbourne or Broken Hill.


"jb" wrote in message
...
Anyone know if it is feasable to think of doing a train trip from
Sydney to Adelaide? Also, Adelaide to Melbourne? Costs?

Just trying to think of a way to avoid flying!

Thanks,


john

"jb" wrote in message
...
Anyone know if it is feasable to think of doing a train trip from
Sydney to Adelaide? Also, Adelaide to Melbourne? Costs?

Just trying to think of a way to avoid flying!

Thanks,

individual base-class rail tickets are not much cheaper than air
on the inter-capital routes


You can travel from syd-melb then melb-adel in the green inhabited zone

or syd-adel via broken hill on Indian pacific
if you want to see something more open

20 years ago there were 3 buses a day Adelaide-Broken Hill , daily through
to Sydney
Now that route has _no_ scheduled bus services , but there are 3 planes a
day
and 2 trains a week.

Raffi Balmanoukian wrote:

http://www.gsr.com.au

If, as it appears, you are a foreigner, consider a flexpass. Can work out
cheaper than individual tkts.

Or get a YHA card: proof that you are a "backpacker" gets you student
fares. It was $155 from Adelaide to Perth, so should be well under than
that for heading East of Adelaide.

in article , alfred at
wrote on 2/15/04 9:07 PM:

Raffi Balmanoukian wrote:

http://www.gsr.com.au

If, as it appears, you are a foreigner, consider a flexpass. Can work out
cheaper than individual tkts.

Or get a YHA card: proof that you are a "backpacker" gets you student
fares. It was $155 from Adelaide to Perth, so should be well under than
that for heading East of Adelaide.



Two days plus in the seats, plus tucker - would add up to $200 plus, easily,
without anesthetic (a/k/a booze)? Ugh. I paid something like $550 first
class on this exact itin (ADL-PER) for a single berth and including meals.
Sure, not cheap, but one of life's once-only indulgences and well worth it;
and, all considered, not too much more expensive. SYD-MEL and MEL-ADL are
overnight trips and doable on a shoestring, if you wish.

Raffi Balmanoukian wrote:

in article , alfred at
wrote on 2/15/04 9:07 PM:

Or get a YHA card: proof that you are a "backpacker" gets you student
fares. It was $155 from Adelaide to Perth, so should be well under than
that for heading East of Adelaide.


Two days plus in the seats, plus tucker - would add up to $200 plus, easily,
without anesthetic (a/k/a booze)? Ugh.

I cheated: got off in Kalgoorlie and caught the Prospector a few days
later so only had one night on the train. The cheap seats weren't so
bad, although the grumpy guard who made sure everyone was wearing shoes
and awake in the lounge car detracted somewhat.

If you want to avoid flying, maybe a bus then? You'll be more flexible..

See http://www.greyhound.com.au/ or http://www.mccaffertys.com.au/..

Marcel

"jb" wrote in message
...
Anyone know if it is feasable to think of doing a train trip from
Sydney to Adelaide? Also, Adelaide to Melbourne? Costs?

Just trying to think of a way to avoid flying!

Thanks,


john

in article , alfred at
wrote on 2/16/04 10:40 PM:

Raffi Balmanoukian wrote:

in article , alfred at
wrote on 2/15/04 9:07 PM:

Or get a YHA card: proof that you are a "backpacker" gets you student
fares. It was $155 from Adelaide to Perth, so should be well under than
that for heading East of Adelaide.


Two days plus in the seats, plus tucker - would add up to $200 plus, easily,
without anesthetic (a/k/a booze)? Ugh.

I cheated: got off in Kalgoorlie and caught the Prospector

If you stopped for an overnight in Kalgoorlie, you're lucky the Prospector
was the only thing you caught! If the springs are rockin'....it may not
just be because of the train...

Raffi Balmanoukian wrote:

If you stopped for an overnight in Kalgoorlie, you're lucky the Prospector
was the only thing you caught! If the springs are rockin'....it may not
just be because of the train...

Hehe: I was intrigued by the location of the two backpackers in town -
they are both in Hay Street, opposite Langtrees and the pink and red
"houses". The YHA has in fact taken over a former brothel for longtermers.