Across Australia by train Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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—Slim Dusty - "Indian Pacific" The Ghanis named after the Afghan cameleers that transported goods to Australia's remote centre prior to the construction of the railway. The sand and heat made the trip entirely unsuited to horses. The cameleers overwhelmingly weren't from Afghanistan, they were just known as Afghans in the Australian vernacular. The construction of the original Ghan from Adelaide started in 1878, withOodnadattareached in 1891 and, after a thirty-year break,Alice Springsin 1926. A separate but unconnected track fromDarwintoKatherinein the north was also completed in the same year; this line was closed in 1976. Unfortunately, the original Ghan was twisty, narrow-gauge and built straight through many valleys prone to flash floods that washed away tracks and bridges. A decisio
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