Travel the World by Train: Australia & New Zealand
This video tour begins in Sydney's neo-Gothic central train station
and spends 42 minutes touring Australia by rail before hopping across
the Tasman Sea to New Zealand's South Island for the remaining 18
minutes. The Australian portion visits the well-known cities of Sydney,
Adelaide, and Perth, as well as Cairns and Rockhampton (inland from the
Great Barrier Reef) and Alice Springs and Longreach (deep in the
outback). While offering sample views of kangaroos and the flavor of the
cities, the tape concentrates on the locomotive experience. Viewers will
get a feel for the style and formality of the individual trains.
Although the focus tends to be on compartments and first-class dining on
the luxury trains, the cameras do take a peek into coach travel,
especially on the inland-bound lines. One, The Ghan, offers slot
machines and videos to break up the 23-hour trip through relentless red
dirt. The two New Zealand tours begin in Christchurch, one heading north
through Kaikoura to Picton, featuring views of the snowcapped Southern
Alps on one side and humpback whales weaving through the waves of the
Pacific on the other. The second train heads south to the Scottish
municipality of Invercargill, which brags of being the closest city to
the South Pole
Travel five continents in a 55 country rail trip in this ten part
series. On this journey, we travel through the vast outback of
Australia, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Alice Springs; Queensland to
Christchurch and Wellington in New Zealand.
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