First Australian rail cruise, including shore excursions for some of the most important tourist country, has the first two links between Uluru and the state capitals of the East ended.
Now, Great Southern Rail (GSR) hopes that South Spirit Train is a symbol for himself.
Marketing Manager David Smith believes it is a position in the luxury market for package tours all-inclusive.
It is not for everyone, said GSC website - observation highlighted by the cost: $ 13,900 per person in category Platinum, and $ 10,590 in gold class, although the reductions in early reservations are available.
Experience, the company adds, the essence of Australia.
Across the border in NSW, the birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman in Cootamundra in New South Wales, the radio telescope at Parkes, NSW immortalized in the 2000 film The dishes, a dinner cruise in Sydney Harbor, and finally, Coffs Harbor, Brisbane before administration.
The first trip ( The Grand Tour ), except in a tour of New South Wales Hunter Valley to Sydney for the return ( The Epic Coastal ) for an extended stay in Sydney and the Australia festivals.
Eight nights in the spirit of the South, and spent the rest in five-star hotels on the way to Uluru (2), King Gorge, Kangaroo Island, Melbourne and Sydney.
GSC urges travelers who have already recorded an interest for the next two cruises, probably in January 2011.
After the first two 14-day trips with a total area of 4550 km is the company to undertake a detailed study of all 90-odd passengers, asking their views on all aspects of packaging.
It covers the whole journey, accommodation, facilities and meals on the train during and attitudes.
Current planning is at least two such visits in 2011, led CGT, which can be done in 2010, based on early experience and reflects comments and suggestions and passengers.
Up to 96 people can be accommodated - It will probably take two years to happen, said Mr Smith.
The original plans were for the Southern Spirit makes its debut in January 2009 but was postponed for 12 months as part of the global economic crisis.
First line of current year began on January 9 Uluru and took a bus to Kings Canyon and Alice Springs, then by train to Melbourne and Brisbane Kangaroo Ferry variety of Iceland.
GSC used (renamed), cars and machinery, which will be wet season in the Northern Territory was futile because the GSC The train from Darwin to Adelaide, only once a week in a reduced way.
The train of 13 wagons 332m length and average 85kph in the light lasts too many passengers spent the night in remote sidings to allow free movement and sleep for freight and some passenger trains scheduled.
Offer Category Platinum Spirit Cabins South long enough to be equipped with a double bed or twin beds with large en-suite with shower and toilet, or in class, where passengers sleep in the upper and lower berths.
Schools organize your staff, the beds at a wall during the day when travelers can sit down and see the landscape passing in comfortable chairs, listening to the comments on the system PA, or join others for a discussion and / or drink in the lounge car.
There is room here for only light in the boot of the Covenant, with the heavier material is taken in luggage, passengers should carefully plan and prepare their clothes when it comes to taking the attitude of the hotel.
The gourmet meals served at the restaurant Queen Adelaide, wine with lunch and dinner, part of the package.
For food for our first meal on board in the Chief Executive Brad Kerkman jumped on our bus to Coffs Harbor Fish fish market, to-the-day ingredients for a feast of seafood
My wife and I have tried four travel writers GSR and their partners in the arena called the parts of the road from Brisbane to Uluru, some journalists have taken the Melbourne Section Alice Springs.
Our fellow passengers, number about 40, a cross section of Australians and a small number of countries overseas, including Great Britain, France and Sweden.
Although we were together for six days, the consensus that a passenger train, food and Ports of call was good, and most predicted it will reach the market in the area and the price had value only if it includes all tours and personalized quality of service.
Roland from Sweden, said that experience similar trips at least, he has shown in Africa and South Asia.
There were occasional problems, but the kind that does not happen again.
Failed to establish a bus from Brisbane to passengers have been replaced by the hotel (train, taxi) to take a hotel overlooking Sydney Harbor was not the fireworks will be Australia Day today in terms of Darling Harbor and feet (first) to play Ned Kelly in Glenrowan wrong.
The GSC had already had experience in railway cruise on a much smaller scale, to broaden the range of an from Alice Springs to Darwin in 2004.
from Adelaide, is no longer available three to four hours in Alice and Katherine, with many trips by bus and helicopter flights for passengers an additional fee.
They are popular - but there are a number of years the company only luxury group Grand Orient Express South Pacific Express between Sydney and Cairns, whose side travel to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree, never really got.
Southern Spirit passengers can begin or end their journey in Alice Springs, Uluru and Kings leg cut Canyon.
Prices for Brisbane Alice Springs or vice versa, was $ 10,990 platinum-class and $ 8,990 in gold class.
