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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Ernest Giles, Nullarbor National Park, Indian Pacific, Spinifex people, Eyre Highway, Edward John Eyre, Trans-Australian Railway, Eucla, Western Australia, Maralinga Tjarutja, Yalata, South Australia, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia, Balladonia, Western Australia, Madura, Western Australia, Cook, South Australia, Caiguna, Western Australia, Shire of Dundas, Mundrabilla, Western Australia, Wangai, Nullarbor Links, Nundroo, South Australia, List of localities, and stopping places related to the Trans Australian railway line, Nullarbor Nymph, Tea and Sugar Train, Bunda cliffs, Mamungari Conservation Park, Nullarbor Regional Reserve, Auralia, Eyre Bird Observatory, Eyre Telegraph Station, Penong, South Australia, Ooldea, South Australia, Abrakurrie Cave, Zanthus, Western Australia, Forrest, Western Australia, Nullarbor, South Australia, Forrest Airport, Old Homestead Cave, Loongana railway station, Nullarbor Dwarf Bettong, Nuytsland Nature Reserve, Toolinna Rockhole. Excerpt: The Indian Pacific is a twice-weekly passenger rail service running between Perth and Sydney, Australia. The train first ran in 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in Western and South Australia. The first Indian Pacific service left Sydney on 23 February 1970, the first direct train across the Australian continent, made possible by the completion of an east-west standard gauge route a few months earlier. The train originally took 75 hours and operated four days per week, departing Sydney on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and departing Perth on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The service was originally operated jointly by the New South Wales Government Railways, South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways and Western Australian Government Railways. The stainless steel carriages, purpose-built for the train ...
