The Great Southern from Adelaide to Brisbane leaves passengers wanting more.
on my mind as the Great Southern train leaves the town of Murray Bridge. Just a few hours into this epic rail journey from Adelaide to Brisbane, there’s excitement as the train crosses the Murray. I’ve been this way before, and the view is usually of the river surrounded by flood plains upon which random cows munch grass.
Past the swollen river we head across the flat farmland of western Victoria, past dry, cropped wheat fields and occasional tiny towns with obsolete grain silos. Having said that, the Canberra outing is enjoyable. We have chosen the “Historical Brushstrokes’ tour, which starts at the relatively new premises of the National Portrait Gallery. Limited for time, our guide Kate takes us on a short but effective tour of the currentexhibition, which she says takes “a broad church approach to portraiture”. Basically this means art that you might not think of as portraits, including a stylised Vespa scooter with a little baby scooter next to it, looking cute.
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