{"id":19751,"date":"2014-08-01T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/the-ghan-to-stop-at-coober-pedy\/"},"modified":"2014-08-01T05:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T05:09:00","slug":"the-ghan-to-stop-at-coober-pedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/08\/the-ghan-to-stop-at-coober-pedy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghan to stop at Coober Pedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travmedia.com\/images\/uploads\/gallery\/393405\/393405_num987107_600x600.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/travmedia.com\/images\/uploads\/gallery\/393405\/393405_num987107_600x600.jpg\" height=\"265\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>For the first time in its 86 year history, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatsouthernrail.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ghan<\/a> will make a regular extended stop at Coober Pedy from 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Guests will be free to enjoy a full day in the world&#8217;s opal mining capital as part of The Ghan&#8217;s new extended journey, on sale now for travel between 23 May and 22 August 2015. <\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/60\/183758560_d651094be6_m.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/60\/183758560_d651094be6_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Coober Pedy (flickr user: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mlbm\/\" target=\"_blank\">mlbm<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Coober Pedy is one of Australia&#8217;s most unusual and intriguing travel destinations. Celebrating its centenary in 2015, the town offers a range of attractions including tours of its amazing network of underground residences and the nearby arid landscapes of the Breakaways Reserve. <\/p>\n<p>The four-day Ghan will add an extra day and night to the standard Ghan journey from Darwin to Adelaide, taking guests through the heart of the Australian Outback on a 76-hour adventure. <\/p>\n<p>The four-day, three-night Ghan includes: <br \/>Off Train Excursions at the magnificent Nitmiluk Gorge in Katherine<br \/>Day and night Off Train Excursions in Alice Springs, including a dinner under the stars at the MacDonnell Ranges<br \/>The option to undertake a fly-in visit of Uluru (at extra cost), getting back in time to rejoin The Ghan<br \/>A full day to explore underground at Coober Pedy, the opal mining capital of the world <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve previously featured some of these experiences in our special events program and on every occasion, the feedback from our guests has been extraordinary,\u201d Great Southern Rail spokesman Steve Kernaghan said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was important for us to share these incredible Outback moments with a wider audience, which is why we&#8217;ve now included them as highlights in our regular schedules.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s really no other way you can visit three or four iconic Australian destinations in such a short space of time, while still enjoying the luxury and comfort that The Ghan delivers. <\/p>\n<p>Great Southern Rail&#8217;s 2015\/16 journeys for The Ghan, Indian Pacific and The Overland are on sale now. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatsouthernrail.com.au\/\">www.greatsouthernrail.com.au<\/a> or call 1800 725 993 to book.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in its 86 year history, The Ghan will make a regular extended stop at Coober Pedy from 2015. Guests will be free to enjoy a full day in the world&#8217;s opal mining capital as part of The Ghan&#8217;s new extended journey, on sale now for travel between 23 May and 22 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}