From Broome I flew to Darwin, where I stayed for 2 days. Did not much like the city... but did probably not explore it properly either.... I left Darwin on a train journey to Alice Springs on The Ghan. The Ghan runs from Adelaide to Darwin, via Alice Springs. However I was very surprised that the section from Alice Springs to Darwin was only completed in 2004! Having not researched this journey in advanced, I thought I would go on a kind of nostalgic, old fashioned train. And here I was sitting in a very modern and comfortable train! I was a bit surprised - but nevertheless the journey was great fun. The train leaves twice a week (Wednesdays and Saturdays from Darwin) and takes 24 hours to get to Alice Springs. It makes a stop in Kathrine in the afternoon, allowing the tourists on board to make one of many tours available. I opted for a lovely boat ride on the Katherine Gorge - the scenery was lovely there was no rock climbing involved in this gorge!
In the evening we continued the journey and arrived next morning at 9.10 in Alice Springs.
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