Great South Pacific Express
5 days/4 nights May 27 - 31, 2003 |
3 days/2 nights June 5 - 7, 2003 |
Until recently, no train existed that covered the length of the Eastern seaboard of Australia. Now there is the Great South Pacific Express, Australia's own Orient-Express train and the first ever train to go the distance from Sydney with its incomparable harbor, traveling northwards via sun-baked wine country and thundering rivers to Brisbane, locked in permanent summer. And onwards to Cairns, the meeting place of two designated World Heritage sites.
Whether you experience the GSPE for all or part of the route, you will have traveled aboard the only train of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Travel on the GSPE allows you to plan an itinerary as varied and informal as Australia itself. From Brisbane's sparkling beaches to the tropical paradise of one of the seventy-four Whitsunday Islands, your trip includes everything from an excursion to the Great Barrier Reef to a cable car ride over the tree tops of a tropical rainforest.
In a country in which the railway was responsible for opening up so much uncharted territory, this luxurious traveling hotel combines the highest standards of Australian engineering with opulence and comfort.
Air-conditioned throughout, the Great South Pacific Express pays tribute to Australia's early railway heritage. Walls are in solid red cedar wood and myrtle, roof panels are fitted with intricate stained glass, which reflects the light, creating richness and atmosphere.
Your en suite compartment is cool and luxurious with plenty of room to stretch out and relax. A steward is on hand twenty-four hours a day. The train never sleeps. Though you'll sleep more soundly than you could ever imagine.
Long distance rail travel has its own kind of heady romance. Add to this the sights, sounds, even the scents of an awe-inspiring landscape and you will begin to understand why the Great South Pacific Express is the only way to discover Australia.
You can smell the fresh morning air as you wander out on the Observation Platform. Listen to the sounds of rushing waterfalls, the calls of tropical birds and exotic animals carried on the breeze as the train travels onward and the landscape unfolds. Back inside, sink into a soft chair in one of the train's airy lounges. Explore the boutique. Prepare for evening and the civilized pleasure of good conversation in the bar car. The piano plays as the train moves on through the velvet night and you sip a smooth cocktail, prepared flawlessly by the barman. The Dining Car awaits with its white linen, sparkling crystal and heavy silverware. The menu is as fresh and inspiring as the landscape itself, our wines, pure Australian nectar.
Reserve the 5-day tour from Sydney to Brisbane by December 18th, 2002
and save $100 per person
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