The Ghan is billed as the world’s only north-south transcontinental railroad (since most continents have more than one country in the N/S direction).

I has a single sleeper cabin in the Gold section. It was much more comfortable than just a chair in the Red section, but there’s a big demographic different (I was one of the younger people in the sleepers).

At Alice Springs (hot and dry) I went on a tour of the Alice Springs Desert Park. We were on time for a Birds of Prey show.

At Katherine  (hot and wet)I went on a boat tour of the First and Second Gorges at Nitmiluk National Park.