Hi guys. Read more about this trip on The Ghan here: topoztours.com.au/the-ghan-gold-service-review/. If you have any questions about the experience, please drop a comment below. Adam @ TOT
My wife and I travelled on the Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide last year. The staff didn't know how to smile, the food was very ordinary, the crockery chipped and apart from the indigenous guide who guided us on the boat at Katherine Gorge (she was brilliant) the whole trip was truly underwhelming. The best part was when the train had to stop because of a spectacular lightning storm including one of the engines being struck by lightning. Definitely not worth the money.
I traveled all around Australia as a kid. My fiancé never traveled so I’m considering the Ghan for our honeymoon. I took him to cairns and Gold Coast last year which is where he proposed 😅 thank you for this review
Hey Hayley! Thanks for the feedback and congrats! You will love the Ghan. I think you can do it in the opposite direction from Darwin to Adelaide and it takes an extra night. Anyway, enjoy! Adam
We travelled on the Ghan in 2013. We stayed in a gold superior cabin which is priced between gold twin and platinum. We did not want bunks and the gold superior has a double bed and also a fold down one above it. They are small but sufficient. There is only a couple of these cabins available. Back then the Ghan did not stop at Marla. The first stop was Alice Springs. Our tour included the telegraph station, old gaol and Anzac hill where you can look over the whole of Alice Springs. At Katherine we also did the gorge cruise which as you said is fantastic. After arriving at Darwin we spent 10 days there. We did several tours including the bombing of Darwin, Kakadu and Litchfield. We could not see the point of going all that way and getting straight on a plane back home. The next year we did the Indian Pacific and flew from Perth to Broome for a week. Brian
Hi Adam, We did do the full trip from Sydney to Perth. I have a family connection with Broken Hill. In 1921 my mother migrated from England at the age of 11 and they went to Broken Hill where her father worked in the mine. Unfortunately he died in 1927 but it was a medical problem, not a mine accident. I was also fascinated with the town of Cook on the Nullarbor Plain. It has a population of 2 and it is where the trains refuel and take on water. Crews also change there. When the railroad was being built it was where the workers stayed. It also had a school and a hospital. It does however still have a souvenir shop. Brian
Hi Adam, I have already watched that video. It was great and I have visited most of the places in it. We went to Broken Hill for a holiday and to find family connections. Brian
Hoping to do this next year. I notced dining is 4 per table. Can you sit as a couple or are you put with others? Also, do suitcases fit in cabin or s it best with a small bag?
Hey Tim. No worries. There’s not a huge amount of space in the cabins, but I think from memory there was storage for luggage under the couch seat/lower bunk. They do try and seat you with others for dinner as tables of four, but if you go a bit later you can usually get a table to yourselves. Adam 👍
My wife and I were booked on the Ghan (platinum sleeper) in late May. 4 days before we were due to head off, her father died. Now, I get that their terms say that cancelling at such short notice means no refund, I really do. But I would have expected a halfway decent company to offer some sort of token partial credit for a future trip. Just as a gesture of good faith. But no. Beyond are beyond belief. Not only will I never travel with them, I will - and am - telling everyone I know this story.
I did this years ago. I encountered the rudest, most un-cooperative Steward I have ever had to suffer. He was that bad I put a complaint about him. Never again.
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Hi guys. Read more about this trip on The Ghan here: topoztours.com.au/the-ghan-gold-service-review/. If you have any questions about the experience, please drop a comment below. Adam @ TOT
My wife and I travelled on the Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide last year. The staff didn't know how to smile, the food was very ordinary, the crockery chipped and apart from the indigenous guide who guided us on the boat at Katherine Gorge (she was brilliant) the whole trip was truly underwhelming. The best part was when the train had to stop because of a spectacular lightning storm including one of the engines being struck by lightning. Definitely not worth the money.
I traveled all around Australia as a kid. My fiancé never traveled so I’m considering the Ghan for our honeymoon. I took him to cairns and Gold Coast last year which is where he proposed 😅 thank you for this review
Hey Hayley! Thanks for the feedback and congrats! You will love the Ghan. I think you can do it in the opposite direction from Darwin to Adelaide and it takes an extra night. Anyway, enjoy! Adam
We travelled on the Ghan in 2013. We stayed in a gold superior cabin which is priced between gold twin and platinum. We did not want bunks and the gold superior has a double bed and also a fold down one above it. They are small but sufficient. There is only a couple of these cabins available. Back then the Ghan did not stop at Marla. The first stop was Alice Springs. Our tour included the telegraph station, old gaol and Anzac hill where you can look over the whole of Alice Springs. At Katherine we also did the gorge cruise which as you said is fantastic. After arriving at Darwin we spent 10 days there. We did several tours including the bombing of Darwin, Kakadu and Litchfield. We could not see the point of going all that way and getting straight on a plane back home. The next year we did the Indian Pacific and flew from Perth to Broome for a week.
Brian
Hi Brian. Thanks for that. 👍 All good to know. We are hoping to do the Indian Pacific at some stage too. Did you do the full trip? Regards Adam @ TOT
Hi Adam,
We did do the full trip from Sydney to Perth. I have a family connection with Broken Hill. In 1921 my mother migrated from England at the age of 11 and they went to Broken Hill where her father worked in the mine. Unfortunately he died in 1927 but it was a medical problem, not a mine accident. I was also fascinated with the town of Cook on the Nullarbor Plain. It has a population of 2 and it is where the trains refuel and take on water. Crews also change there. When the railroad was being built it was where the workers stayed. It also had a school and a hospital. It does however still have a souvenir shop.
Brian
Wow, what a story. We made a video in Broken Hill recently. I loved it. Might be of interest to you. ua-cam.com/video/RkcRDSzcLYg/v-deo.html Adam 👍
Hi Adam,
I have already watched that video. It was great and I have visited most of the places in it. We went to Broken Hill for a holiday and to find family connections.
Brian
Been to Adelaide and Darwin, but not much in between. Love to go one day. Thanks for an other great video Adam.
Thanks Jim. Love getting your feedback! Regards Adam 👍
Panda is gorgeous, wombat is wonderful, nature🔥
Hoping to do this next year. I notced dining is 4 per table. Can you sit as a couple or are you put with others? Also, do suitcases fit in cabin or s it best with a small bag?
Hey Tim. No worries. There’s not a huge amount of space in the cabins, but I think from memory there was storage for luggage under the couch seat/lower bunk. They do try and seat you with others for dinner as tables of four, but if you go a bit later you can usually get a table to yourselves. Adam 👍
My wife and I were booked on the Ghan (platinum sleeper) in late May. 4 days before we were due to head off, her father died.
Now, I get that their terms say that cancelling at such short notice means no refund, I really do. But I would have expected a halfway decent company to offer some sort of token partial credit for a future trip. Just as a gesture of good faith.
But no.
Beyond are beyond belief.
Not only will I never travel with them, I will - and am - telling everyone I know this story.
I did this years ago. I encountered the rudest, most un-cooperative Steward I have ever had to suffer. He was that bad I put a complaint about him. Never again.
So year's ago & one person! Maybe he had a reason!
I would have watched it but for the irritating accompanying music.
What a dreadfully superficial review. A waste of eight minutes.