The iconic Gulflander is back after an extended hiatus with services resuming from Wednesday, May 15. Starting out as a reporter in Lightning Ridge in 2005, I returned to journalism in 2023 after 15 ...

Ken Fairbairn was "just on a holiday" through remote parts of Australia when he struck up a conversation that would change the course of his life. The Gulflander train has run between Normanton and ...

Queensland Rail's historic Gulflander travel train is back up and running after a longer than usual closure during the prolonged wet season.

The Tin Hare (just one of the train’s nicknames) links Normanton, near the Gulf of Carpentaria, with the inland town of Croydon, 94 miles (150km) southeast. The line opened on July 20, 1891, when ...

"You're lucky to be here this time of year," says train driver Ken over the roar of the Gulflander's engine. "It's very green. Later in the year it's brown – still beautiful, but not as green." It's ...