The Australian outback is one of the wildest places on Earth. A vast void of deserts and semi-arid wilderness, it stretches across about 80% of the country’s interior — an area roughly equivalent to ...

Riding The Ghan – the world’s longest sleeper train – in first class was like stepping into a moving luxury hotel through the heart of Australia. In this video, I share what it’s like to journey from ...

For nearly a century, the Ghan railway has connected passengers to difficult-to-reach corners of the Australian Outback, traveling past sacred Aboriginal sites, through vast desert plains dotted with ...

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