The Indian Pacific-SBS

[kingie chaser]

Have you ever vatched one of those voyage type shows where the cameras are located say on a large ship & its travels its journey just showing the footage from different camera angles, well this video is a bit like that but way less boring.

Not to much talking which is a good thing.

I watched some of this yesterday & just finished watching the rest today.

Some interesting things on Australian history & other facts in there I didn't know so was interesting.

One comment cracked me up about the fake Loch ness monster(actually the loch ness monster is fake 😅 ) some people put on a salt lake, such an aussies thing to do 😂

Drone footage is pretty sweet as well.

 

I'd like to do some trips like this eventually but not by train, by 4X4, still Id do the train if I wasn't in a hurry, slower than a plane but with way better views!

 

If you get a chance watch it on the large screen, warning-goes for 3 hours, hence why I watched it over 2 days 

 

 

Edited January 27, 2020 by kingie chaser

[dmck]

Have done

Adelaide to Perth (INdian Pacific)

Cairns-Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide (4 different trains.)

 About to do Adelaide-Melbourne-Adelaide on Overland, just coz the service is ceasing soon

Booked on the GHan Adelaide -Darwin in June

and looking to complete the Sydney-Adelaide leg of Indian Pacific in next year.

 

Have also travelled extensively 4WD trips.. used to work for a mining company.

Love the 4WD and train travel... oh and cruises.....

 

Age and retirement does have some benefits!!

[rickmarlin62]

Watched the indian pacific show   was very good

[kingie chaser]

6 hours ago, motiondave said:

3 hours? 

Ha!

try looking up the full trip of the Ghan, goes for 17 hours straight

 

 

30 second intro video, you will need to do a search for full video

The object wasn't to display if 'yours is bigger than mine' just a train route that deserves some respect on how it actually came to being & the what its like along the journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

If you actually watch the video you will se they both share the 1st 350km of the same track.

 

I guess you missed that bit though? 

[kingie chaser]

53 minutes ago, dmck said:

Have done

Adelaide to Perth (INdian Pacific)

Cairns-Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide (4 different trains.)

 About to do Adelaide-Melbourne-Adelaide on Overland, just coz the service is ceasing soon

Booked on the GHan Adelaide -Darwin in June

and looking to complete the Sydney-Adelaide leg of Indian Pacific in next year.

 

Have also travelled extensively 4WD trips.. used to work for a mining company.

Love the 4WD and train travel... oh and cruises.....

 

Age and retirement does have some benefits!!

Would like to see some of that, its always better to see the actual experience over some network video!

 

Im a fisho but I am also a 4x4 outback traveller want a be.

 

Comes in line with those wanting to do the 'loop' & how you see what that 'loop' is & how you travel it??

 

[kingie chaser]

4 minutes ago, motiondave said:

@kingie chaser , hahaaaa....all good, just having a stir, 

maybe one day I will actually get to travel some of these mighty train trips. 

 

Both worthy journeys & have their own history but separate identities.

All good, just trying to share some appreciation of our great country 😁