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RAIL PASSES

Australia Flexipass

Offers you the flexibility of travelling on any 15 or 22 days within a six month period. Ride all the way from Perth to Cairns, or Alice Springs in Red Kangaroo seat or Economy seats. Sleeper accomodation can be purchased at additional cost.

	any 15 days	any 22 days

£380		£534

East Coast Discovery Pass

Offers six months unlimited economy class travel in one direction north or south between the following points:



	MELBOURNE-CAIRNS or VV			£183
	MELBOURNE-BRISBANE or vv			£82
	MELBOURNE-SYDNEY or VV			£44
	SYDNEY-BRISBANE or VV			£44
	SYDNEY-CAIRNS or VV			£145
	BRISBANE-CAIRNS or VV			£104

Backtracker Rail Pass

Unlimited travel in New South Wales and as far as Brisbane and Melbourne.

	14 days	1 month	3 months

£ 101.00		£117.00	£127.00

Great Southern Railway Pass

Six months unlimited travel in Red Kangaroo seats on the indian Pacific, The Ghan and the Overland trains. Adult £274 Student £209. When booking railpasses please have your passport number ready.

Rail based tours

Australia offers a number of inclusive tours featuring rail travel, hotels and sightseeing. Call for a seperate brochure.

ACCOMODATION

Red Kangaroo Seats
(economy seats on "Sunlander")

For those on a budget, reclining two abreast arm chairs that can swivel to face each other, generous leg room, individual reading lights and video entertainment.

Red Kangaroo Sleepers
(economy sleepers on "Sunlander")

Air conditioned twin cabins, seats by day convert to upper and lower berths for overnight travel with fresh sheets, pillows and duvets. Each cabin features a washbasin, wardrobe, mirror power point and folding table. Queenslander Economy sleepers are 3 berth. Meals in Red Kangaroo seat or sleeper class can be purchased in the Cafe car offering breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and snacks.

Gold Kangaroo Sleepers

Choose from single or twin berth cabins, comfortable armchairs by day, upper and lower berth at night. Fresh sheets, pillows and duvets provided. Each cabin has an ensuite toilet, washbasin and shower (single cabins have showers at the end of each carriage) plus wardrobe, complimentary toiletries, welcome kit and bath towels.

Gold Kangaroo passengers have access to a private lounge car with bar on board and complimentary tea/coffee. Breakfast, three course lunches and evening meals are included in the restaurant car, often featuring native Australian cuisine.

Queenslander Class are 2 berth only with washbasin and meals included.

THE TRAINS

Three rail companies operate trains in Australia. Great Southern Railway, feature the "Indian-Pacific" between Perth and Sydney, the legendary "Ghan" between Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide and Alice Springs, soon to be extended to Darwin, and the "Overland" service between Adelaide and Melbourne.

Countrylink run trains from Sydney to Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane while Queensland Rail operate their "Sunlander" train from Brisbane to Cairns and into the remote outback to Mount Isa, Charleville and Longbeach plus the short but fast "Tilt Train" from Brisbane to Rockhampton and Cairns.

The epic journey into the heart of the Australian outback.

RED KANGAROO
SEAT

RED KANGAROO SLEEPER

GOLD KANGAROO SLEEPER

ADELAIDE-ALICE SPRINGS

£100.00

£315.00

£394.00

ADELAIDE-DARWIN

£112.00

£408.00

£510.00

Depart	Adelaide	Sun/Fri 17.15	Arrive	Alice Springs	11.55 next day

Arrive	Darwin	16.00 (Tues only)

A journey across a continent from coast to coast featuring the worlds longest straight on the Nullabor Plain, historic Broken Hill and early mining towns plus the spectacular Blue Mountains

RED KANGAROO
SEAT

RED KANGAROO
SLEEPER

GOLD KANGAROO
SLEEPER

PERTH-SYDNEY

£263.00

£604.00

£748.00

PERTH-ADELAIDE

£144.00

£445.00

£551.00

ADELAIDE-SYDNEY

£104.00

£209.00

£264.00

Depart	Sydney	Sat/Wed 14.30	Arrive	Adelaide	15.15 next day
			Arrive	Perth	Tue/Sat 09.10

Depart	Perth	Wed/Sun 11.55	Arrive	Adelaide	Fri/Tue 07.30
			Arrive	Sydney	11.00 next day

Connects Adelaide and Melbourne four times a week.

RED KANGAROO SEAT

GOLD KANGAROO SLEEPER

MELBOURNE-ADELAIDE (overnight)

£28.00

£82.00

ADELAIDE-MELBOURNE (day train)

£28.00

£69.00

Depart	Melbourne	Thu 21.10	Arrive	Adelaide	07.10 next day
Depart	Adelaide	Thu 08.30	Arrive	Melbourne	19.40 same day

Depart	Melbourne	Sat/Sun/Fri 22.10	Arrive	Adelaide	08.20 next day

Depart	Adelaide	Sat/Sun/Fri 10.00	Arrive	Melbourne	21.10 same day
Meals included in rail fare in Gold Kangaroo Class

Queensland Rail - "Sunlander"

Travel from Brisbane along the coast, past sugar cane fields to tropical Cairns, getaway to the Barrier Reef.

ECONOMY
SEAT

1st CLASS SLEEPER

QUEENSLANDER CLASS SLEEPER

BRISBANE-CAIRNS

£87.00

£175.00

£320.00

Depart	Brisbane	Sun/Thu 08.55	Arrive	Cairns	16.00 next day

Depart	Cairns	Tue/Sat 08.35	Arrive	Brisbane	15.55 next day

The new fast way to explore the Queensland Coast. The air-conditioned train features reclining seats, club car for light meals, drinks and snacks. Business class passengers have meals delivered to your seats. The train has showers in some coaches.

STANDARD

BUSINESS CLASS

BRISBANE - ROCKHAMPTON

£45.00

£67.00

BRISBANE - TOWNSVILLE

N/A

£113

BRISBANE - CAIRNS

N/A

£130

Depart	Brisbane	Daily 10.30	Arrive	Rockhampton	17.30 same day
Depart	Rockhampton	Daily 07.40	Arrive	Brisbane	14.40 same day

Depart	Brisbane	Mon/Wed/Fri 16.30	Arrive	Townsville	12.40 next day
				Cairns	18.30

Depart	Adelaide	Sun/Wed/Fri 08.35	Arrive	Melbourne	21.10 same day
				Brisbane	09.00 next day

Countrylink Rail Services

Daily fast train services from Sydney - explore Canberra, travel to Melbourne or north to Surfers Paradise and Brisbane. Choice of 1st class or economy seats, twinette sleepers for overnight services include bed linen, towels and toiletries. All trains have a buffet car for hot and cold meals, snacks and drinks.

ECONOMY
SEAT

1ST CLASS SEAT

1ST CLASS SLEEPER

SYDNEY-MELBOURNE

£54.00

£75.00

£112.00

SYDNEY-SURFERS PARADISE

£52.00

£70.00

£108.00

SYDNEY-CANBERRA

£23.00

£33.00

N/A

Dpt	Sydney	Daily 07.43/20.43	Arve	Melbourne	18.15/07.00
Dpt	Melbourne	Daily 08.30/19.45	Arve	Sydney	19.13/06.25

Dpt	Sydney	Daily 07.15	Arve	Surfers Paradise	22.15
Dpt	Surfers Paradise	Daily 19.45	Arve	Sydney	11.38 next day

Dpt	Sydney	Daily 07.15/16.24	Arve	Brisbane	22.50/05.35
Dpt	Brisbane	Daily 07.30/19.00	Arve	Sydney	21.51/11.38

Dpt	Sydney	Daily 07.05/11.44/18.44	Arve	Canberra	11.15/15.50/22.21
Dpt	Canberra	06.45/12.15/17.15	Arve	Sydney	10.55/16.24/21.26

All prices given are for guidance only and are subject to change.