Great Southern (train) New South Wales, while the Brisbane to Adelaide service will take four days with beachside dining in northern New South Wales, a guided tour of the Hunter Valley and Newcastle, and a stop at the Twelve Apostles. Great Southern (train) Great Southern is an upcoming Australian passenger rail service operated by Great Southern Rail between Adelaide and Brisbane both ways. The inaugural journey is planned to depart from Adelaide on 6 December 2019. Similar to Great Southern Rail's other luxury rail holidays on "The Ghan" and the "Indian Pacific", "Great Southern" will be a slow journey across the country with
The Ghan along the track so that bore water could be used. When a new line to Alice Springs was built in the 1970s, the use of diesel locomotives meant that there was far less need for water, thus allowing the line to take the much drier route from Tarcoola to Alice Springs. The original Ghan was featured in an episode of BBC Television's series "Great Railway Journeys of the World" in 1980, presented by Michael Frayn. The original Ghan ran for the last time in 1980, and the Ghan Preservation Society repairs sections of the old narrow gauge track and some