Day 2 - Mannum South Australia

Heading to Adelaide to board The Ghan we stayed overnight at the Mannum Hotel, A lovely country pub probably built in the late 1800's with little renovation since, We paid an extra $20 for a view (that took the total cost of the room to $70)  the bathroom was shared and they saved money by not putting any globes in the fittings ............you had to be brave to make the journey down to the end of the long corridor in the middle of the night to the toilet,

This was a photo opportunity at Dadswell that we couldn't resist.
Mark decided that he didn't want to pose but was happy to join the selfie trend.

The view from the verandah of the            Mannum Hotel

All Aboard 

We boarded The Ghan with the loaded vehicles at Adelaide as we were travelling Red Class                ( cattle class ) our overnight accommodation was a reclining chair. This was something that we were not looking forward to but were pleasantly surprised that we all managed to get a good amount sleep, fortunately the carriage was only half full so we were able to spread out . The dinning carriage was a good reprieve from our allocated seats , we played cards and managed to beat the blokes playing sequence, the food was good and drinks well priced. 

The train stopped at 3.30 am in order for the staff to organise the sunrise breakfast for the Platinum passenger, unfortunately being cattle class as we were, we were only allowed out of the train at 6.30am for 15 mins to walk up and down the tracks with a staff member supervising with a whistle to alert those who stray to far .

Alice Springs Sataion