My most popular web page is "Indian Pacific: Sydney to Perth by Train", from a trip in 2005. I have now been asked by a reader, if Internet access is available on this, or other long distance trains in Australia. As far as I know it is not. Some suburban services and stations may have WiFi, but I don't think the trains themselves do. Even mobile phone coverage may be problematic on the more remote routes. But Tesltra's coverage map (Telstra have the largest mobile network), does have a long thin line across the bottom of the continent, which is the route of the Indian Pacific train.
Showing posts with label Indian Pacific Train. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Pacific Train. Show all posts
Sunday, March 04, 2012
Internet on the Indian Pacific Train
My most popular web page is "Indian Pacific: Sydney to Perth by Train", from a trip in 2005. I have now been asked by a reader, if Internet access is available on this, or other long distance trains in Australia. As far as I know it is not. Some suburban services and stations may have WiFi, but I don't think the trains themselves do. Even mobile phone coverage may be problematic on the more remote routes. But Tesltra's coverage map (Telstra have the largest mobile network), does have a long thin line across the bottom of the continent, which is the route of the Indian Pacific train.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Indian-Pacific train documentary
The SBS TV Global Village series featured a documentary about the Indian-Pacific train, on 17 January 2012. Unfortunately there does not appear to be a copy on-line, but there are numerous other Videos of the Indian-Pacific Train. I took the trip in 1995: "Indian Pacific: Sydney to Perth by Train".
Oceans Apart - A trip from Sydney to Perth on the famous Indian-Pacific train, stopping off at Broken Hill, Adelaide, Cook and Kalgoorlie. Presented by Silvio Rivier. (From Australia) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC"
From: SBS TV, Global Village, 17 January 2012
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