Beat the petrol prices: Seven Aussie holiday spots you can visit by train
With spiralling petrol prices the great Aussie road trip is said to be endangered. To which I say, 'So what?' You can have more fun travelling by train.
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Tim Richards
Tim Richards fell into travel writing after living and teaching in Egypt and Poland. He’s a light packing obsessive, and is especially drawn to the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
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