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Travelrite International invite you to join them on the 2021
Rail Tour of
South Australia
A choice of two depatures
16 to 27 June 2021
8 to 19 September 2021
Visiting Adelaide, Moonta,
Port Augusta, Peterborough
and Victor Harbor
Travelling on the Pichi Richi and
Southern Encounter Railways
Gavin Clark & Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society Inc.
Includes
over $500
per person value
in sightseeing tours,
entrances, transfers,
and gratuities!
Rail Tour of
South Australia
The tour will be a great opportunity to experience
some of the best rail journeys in Australia.
Experience the rail and transport heritage of South
Australia from the Pichi Richi Railway to Victor
Harbor. Visit railways, museums in Adelaide and
country South Australia. A great experience!
Itinerary
DAY 1 Adelaide
This afternoon we check into our central Adelaide hotel. This evening we
will host a welcome dinner to mark the start of the tour.
DAY 2 Adelaide/Moonta
This morning we will visit the Adelaide Tramway Museum. The Museum
now has 26 trams, a horse box, 5 trolley buses, two horse trams that
preceded and a diesel bus that replaced the electric trams, as well as
interruptive displays. The museum may be one of the few in the world
that can boast holding at least one representative example of every
principle tram type to have been in service on a city street system for
the life of the system. After time for lunch we travel north to Moonta
located on the coast of Spencer Gulf.
DAY 3 Moonta/Port Augusta
This morning we take the Moonta Mines Tourist Railway. It is a guided name railwaymen gave to the passenger train that ran from Terowie
tour of the historic Moonta Mines State Heritage Area. Featuring to Oodnadatta, through Quorn, in 1923. In time, this was abbreviated
extensive commentary from local drivers, we are taken past many to the Ghan. The railway was ultimately extended to Alice Springs by
historic landmarks of the former mining operations, including the 1929. The Ghan used the Pichi Richi Railway route until 1956 when a
reservoir, ore sorting floors, and through a tunnel in Ryans Tailings new standard-gauge railway from Stirling North to Brachina bypassed
Heap. It visits the former Precipitation Works, which was set up in 1900 the narrow gauge railway through the Pichi Richi Pass. Travelling the old
to recover additional copper from the tailings heaps, a process which Ghan route over red earth and bluebush plains from Port Augusta, you’ll
continued until 1943. There will be time to explore the Moonta Railway watch the ranges creep ever-closer before entering the Pichi Richi Pass
Station and museum before we travel to Port Augusta this afternoon. with its rocky outcrops, dry riverbeds and beautiful hilly scenery.
DAY 4 Port Augusta DAY 5 Port Augusta
A highlight of the trip! Today we take the full-day Afghan Express Today we enjoy a unique heritage rail experience aboard the authentic
return trip from Port Augusta Railway Station to the historic outback Steam Motor Coach No 1. Also known as the “Coffee Pot”, this unique
town of Quorn on the Pichi Richi Railway. The Afghan Express is the railcar is the last operating example of its type worldwide. Over 100
years old, this ornate Edwardian-era steam railcar has been lovingly
restored by volunteers. The Coffee Pot Heritage Rail Experience takes 22
people on a journey through the heart of the Pichi Richi Pass, stopping
to take in the scenery along the way. A great experience!
DAY 6 Peterborough
This morning we travel to Peterborough. On arrival we visit Steamtown,
the Peterborough Rail Heritage Centre. We will tour the sheds and the
extraordinary heritage-listed ‘Roundhouse’ before getting hands-on
with heroic locos and luxury carriages. This evening we will thrill to the
award-winning ‘Sound and Light Show’, when this powerful story plays
out on a stage like no other.
DAY 7 Adelaide
This morning we depart Peterborough and travel to Adelaide. On
arrival we will visit the National Motor Museum. Discover how motor
vehicles have opened up our country, linking some of the most isolated
communities in the world. From the stately to the absurd, from the hand-
PICHI RICHI PASS
QUORN
PORT AUGUSTA
PETERBOROUGH
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
MOONTA
ADELAIDE
VICTOR HARBOR
GOOLWA
built to the mass-produced, see the vehicles people loved and loathed,
thrashed and pampered, in the pursuit of their motoring dreams!
DAY 8 Adelaide
This morning we visit the National Railway Museum. We see the collection
of locomotives and carriages including the historic and luxurious Vice-
Regal carriages. We learn about this history and contribution of railways
to Australia and see the impressive collection of Australian railway
heritage items. We then visit the South Australian Maritime Museum
which preserves, explores and celebrates the human history of our
oceans and rivers. Renowned for its innovative approach to maritime
history and education, the Museum incorporates the historic Bond
Store with three floors of exhibitions, the Port Adelaide Lighthouse from
South Neptune Island, and the much-loved steam tug, Yelta.
DAY 9 Victor Harbor
A highlight of the trip! Today we take The Southern Encounter from Mt the picturesque holiday settlement of Port Elliot before cresting the
Barker just outside of Adelaide to the holiday town of Victor Harbor cliffs where passengers can experience some of the most picturesque
where we will stay for the next three nights. Leaving Mt Barker, the train coastal scenery in the South Australia, with nothing separating you from
first climbs up to the crest of the line and then winds down the eastern the beach below and a perfect view of the Southern Ocean – in winter
escarpment of the southern Mt Lofty Ranges, passing through several the home of Southern Right Whale before arriving into Victor Harbor.
long-abandoned station sites which bear testimony to the importance This afternoon we visit the South Australia Whale Centre that was once a
of this branch line a century ago. Crossing the Angas River you then railway shed. The centre offers an incredible interactive journey through
enter the historic township of Strathalbyn where many Scottish migrants 3 floors of whaling history where you will discover new information at
settled in the early 1800s, influencing the early architecture which is every turn.
still evident today. The journey then continues southwards across the
plains, well away from the main road. Native bushland unfolds from your DAY 10 Victor Harbor
carriage window and kangaroos and other animals might be seen trying This morning we take the historic Horse Drawn Tram across the Heritage
to keep pace with the locomotive! Then it’s across the towering Currency listed Causeway to Granite Island. The Tramway commenced operation in
Creek viaduct and on to Goolwa. At Goolwa, the train draws alongside 1894 and is one of two remaining in the world that operate a daily service.
the river wharf. Beyond Goolwa the train then meanders westwards to We will have time to explore Granite Island known for its marine life and
unusual granite formations. We then take a boat trip to see whales in
season, seals, sea lions and dolphins at Seal Island and Wright Island.
DAY 11 Victor Harbor
This morning we travel to visit the Port Milang Historic Railway Museum.
It tells the story of the Lakes Railways, displays a collection of South
Australian rolling stock and equipment. It also hosts the South Australia
Light Railways Centre. We then return to Victor Harbor. We travel on the
Cockle Train to the nearby town Goolwa which is sited at the mouth of
the Murray River by Heritage 400 class Redhen Railcar. We then visit the
Murray Riverboat Centre that houses a museum of the riverboats that
used to ply the Murray. We take a cruise on the historic paddle steamer
the Oscar W up the Murray River. This evening we have a final night
dinner to celebrate our tour.
DAY 12 Departure
This morning we return to Adelaide city and airport where tour
concludes.
Rail Tour of TOUR PRICE *Includes GST • The price for flights will be additional
The price per person, twin-share $ 3,995
South Australia Single supplement $ 925
16 to 27 June 2021 Book with confidence:
8 to 19 September 2021 Deposit refundable up to 60 days before departure
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• Rail Travel and entrances as listed in the itinerary quoted for separately
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