Pichi Richi Quandong Express - Travel from Port Augusta (on The Afghan Express) to Quorn Quandong Festival. RETURN TRIP on The Pichi Richi.
Event description
Exclusively for the 'Quandong Festival' Book your tickets for the QUANDONG EXPRESS, toot toot. This trip will pick up passengers residing or staying in Port Augusta and 10.30am and deliver them to Quorn for the festival, returning them after the days festivities. The departure journey from Port Augusta is on The Afghan Express and Return Journey on the Pichi Richi.
Experience train travel as it was a century ago in the South Australian countryside on the Pichi Richi Explorer and The Afghan Express.
As the track winds its way into the picturesque Pichi Richi Pass, you'll get a close-up view of the ancient Flinders Ranges geology in the deep rock cuttings built in the 1870s.
The carriages, some dating back to the 19th century, were used on narrow-gauge trains such as the Great Northern Express, the Ghan, the East-West Express and services in the south-east of SA. Trip Includes:
- Return travel Port Augusta to Quorn
- Depart Port Augusta at 10.30am (arrive 12.30am) Depart Quorn at 6pm (arrive 7.30pm)
- Departure Afghan Express
- Return Pichi Richi Express