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 Brisbane
to Longreach
Longreach to Brisbane
1 day, 1 night
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wice a week, the Spirit of the Outback offers
a unique train travel experience between Brisbane and
Longreach, via Rockhampton, offering passengers an
insight into the history and culture of early Australia.
The journey from Brisbane |
takes a little over 24 hours, and you'll travel 1326km...
hugging Queensland's coast line past extinct volcanoes, large
cattle
stations and kilometres of sugar cane
plantations until you reach Rockhampton, the beef capital
of Australia.
 From
Rockhampton your trip continues to the region's largest coal
town, Blackwater, where more than 5 million tonnes of
coal is mined every year. From Blackwater the Spirit
will head west through Barcaldine, Emerald and the great
sapphire
fields of Anakie, following the Tropic of Capricorn inland
over the Great Dividing Range to Longreach... the largest
town in the central west, famous for the Australian Stockman's
Hall of Fame - an historical monument to the original pioneers
and explorers.
This is an area of opal mines and history rich with dinosaurs
and Aboriginal cave paintings, stockmen and bush rangers.
Themed carriages such as the Stockman's Bar,
Tucker Box Restaurant and Captain
Starlight's Lounge reflect the rich heartland which
you travel through, further enhancing the Australian Outback
holiday experience.
The scenery of the outback makes train travel in Queensland
a truly marvelous experience... You'll enjoy the changes in
the terrain and will see wildlife that makes the outback quintessentially
Australian... You're going to love your adventure on The
Spirit of the Outback.
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