Indian-Pacific: Across Australia by rail in 2010
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2023
- This is an historic video record of a Sydney to Perth trip on the Indian-Pacific from 22 May to 25 May, 2010.
I had intended to upload to CZcams but at the time the maximum limit was 15 minutes, which was terribly restrictive, and I abandoned the project.
But by 2023 my 13 year-old video had historic interest as a record of how things were.
We travelled “Red Kangaroo” sleeper. This was second class two-berth sleeper, very cramped. First-class was “Gold Kangaroo”, where you got a more specious cabin with double bunks and a tiny en-suite. Third-class featured airliner-type reclining seats, which is a pretty rough way to cross the continent.
Red Kangaroo sleeper disappeared in 2016, and the third-class also no longer exists. After various upgrades, the old first-class has become second-class (Gold Class) and the very luxurious Platinum Class features double beds. Some of the old second-class sleeper cabins have been converted to single passenger Gold Class.