Rail Travel Australia & NZ

Because sometimes the journey is every bit as memorable as the destination.

slow travel essentials Australia - Historic steam locomotive on the West Coast Wilderness Railway in TasmaniaJocelyn Watts
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Slow Travel Essentials Guide for Rail & Road

What You Really Need for Rail & Road: Slow Travel Essentials Australia Slow travel isn’t about moving slowly for the sake of it. It’s about moving intentionally — whether by rail across vast landscapes or by road through regional…
Rail travel in Australia and New Zealand: Taieri Gorge Railway Dunedin - Scenic Train TourJocelyn Watts
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Dunedin Railways: A Taieri Gorge Adventure

Discovering the untamed beauty of Taieri Gorge CAPTURING the earthy hues of rugged cliffs and bursts of yellow wildflowers cascading down the rocky slopes kept me enthralled for the entire Taieri Gorge journey on New Zealand’s South Island. In…
West Coast Wilderness RailwayJocelyn Watts
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Time Travel on the West Coast Wilderness Railway

Uncovering rail pioneers' stories BACK in 2009, my husband, Don Watts, and I took a jaunt through time courtesy of the West Coast Wilderness Railway in Tasmania. Picture this: the whistle of a heritage steam locomotive serenading us as we settled…
rail journey - couple sitting at a window of the dining carShutterstock Ai
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Epic rail journey to a tropical paradise

Discover North Queensland on a railway adventure AH, THE peace and tranquillity that comes with travelling by train. Kicking back in my high-back leather-look seat, letting time pass me by as the scenery rushes past outside - it was an experience…
Mary Valley Rattler - Steam TrainJocelyn Watts
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All Aboard The Mary Valley Rattler

Discover the Mary Valley Rattler: A Journey Back in Time HAVE you ever wanted to travel back in time? If so, and you’re in the Sunshine Coast or Gympie areas, then you’re in luck… well, almost. Riding the iconic Spirit of the Mary…
Mary AnnJocelyn Watts
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Mary Ann’s historic nameplate reappears

Mary Ann’s priceless nameplate comes home A PRICELESS piece of Queensland's railway history has reappeared after 127 years. Ipswich railway enthusiast Merv Volker, who visited Maryborough last week, has donated the nameplate from the original…
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