Good to know! Another reason, to improve the service.

Yes, it’s expensive but is all inclusive like a cruise. 👍

That’s great to hear. Enjoy!!

Thank you! ☺️

Come on … you can’t criticise Frank Walker from National Tiles! What a legend! 😝😂😂😂

That’s sad to hear. Would have been a great tourism opportunity!

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching. ☺️

@@FromtheWindowSeat Admittedly I did visit New Zealand, my most favorite country ever & jumped out of an Airplane at 15000 feet over Lake Taupo. Thats an interesting way to get a view LOL

@@jezzter4293 wow … that would have been quite the experience!

@@FromtheWindowSeat It was along way down. 1 minute freefall. Totally amazing

Thanks for your video's. I live in the UK with my 2 yr old Dalmatian now. I watch travel thanks to people like you. Stay safe & be well ok

I think the idea is to keep it as a souvenir / reusable lunchbox.

Sounds great!

Ah, apologies about that.

@@FromtheWindowSeat no probbies mate - just wanted to point it out. There have not been any guards on Victorian Railways for quite some time 🙂

Well spotted sir! 💯

The Tasman Sea is part of the South Pacific Ocean. The reason I specifically made the Pacific reference is because that’s why the train is named the Indian Pacific. 😉

@@FromtheWindowSeat okay then…

Cheers!

Thanks!

Cheers!

Happy to hear that!

The food was really good tbh. Ewww … the actual toilet isn’t that far away! 🤮

Thank you!

🤣🤣🤣 Thankfully more comfortable than a camel … and also quicker … a camel would take about 5 days to cover this distance (not including stops) but I take your point. 🐪

Cheers!

The majority of passengers on these trains tend to be by reasonably well off (given the cost) retirees … not sure if that plays a part. At the time of filming, inbound tourism to Australia from Asia hadn’t yet rebounded so there were quite a few British people and Europeans but that was about it, however not sure this was representative as i understand pre-Covid the train also attracted a lot of Chinese tourists. 🤔

What, she has her own airline?! 🤣

Welcome aboard! That’s great hear. Thank you! ☺️

Fingers crossed for you! 🙏

@@FromtheWindowSeat Aamiiiiiin thank you 😊 🙏 stay happy and blessed

Hi Erika! Thank you. This was a classic upgrade reward using frequent flyer points (19,000 I think) - don’t think I’ve even been upgraded for free on Qantas. 🤔 I would say Koko Black is up there with Haigh’s … slightly different flavour. I’d still give an edge to Haigh’s but I’m biased, being South Aussie. 😂

@FromtheWindowSeat Hey Adam, thanks for your reply. I would have thought you would have had a free upgrade by now from Qantas. So are the upgrades using points guaranteed?

@@Erika-el1kp Classic upgrade rewards are not guaranteed and are based on availability of seats (ie Qantas hasn’t been able to sell them) as well as frequent flyer status (so higher tier frequent flyers get first dibs). If you put in the upgrade request early and the flight has a good proportion of business seats available, then you might get an instant upgrade (so it’s upgraded when at the time you put the request in and is basically guaranteed as they deduct the points then). However, if it’s a more popular flight then you’ll normally find out if your upgrade is successful 24 hours or less before the flight (because there’s an unsold seat or someone else has cancelled or switched flights, for example). But it’s a good use of points compared to the cost of business class seats in $.

@FromtheWindowSeat thanks Adam, I might give that a try next time we fly out from Perth. Regards Erika from sunny Perth 😎

The fare is covered at 23:06 in the video. The journey is about three hours (but subject to the weather). Food is not included … you buy on board (although there is a premium lounge you can buy entry to which includes food).

Thanks so much!

Thank you!

Yes, you’re talking about the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. That’s the tallest structure whereas this is the tallest ‘tower’ (different definition apparently … at least, that’s what the internet told me 😂).

Great to hear - thank you!

Yes, the open air car is the best! And it obviously helps that NZ is beautiful. 😍 Thank you!

Ha! Thanks!

That’s in the video at 51:30 😉

I’d really like to. Just have to find the time (fit these videos around a full time job). 😊

You’re welcome! ☺️

Yes, it’s going global. 😂

The taste was fine but yeah, it was lacking.

It’s incredible. 🙌

bet it is@@FromtheWindowSeat 🤘😇🤟

Not next but hope to visit one day. 🤞

☺️✌️

Great to hear. Someone else told me that bento box was aimed to children … which makes sense in hindsight. 😂😂😂

@@FromtheWindowSeat As Tom Baker said in his first Doctor Who story, Robot - what’s the point of being an adult if you can’t be like a child every so often. Okay I changed it slightly, but I still think it’s on point. 😉

@@cmnetwork_au 💯 🙌

Thank Patrick! Hoping to visit Romania one day and travel on some of your trains. 😎

Sounds horrible.

Ha! You can mostly avoid them if you don’t like it as they only perform in each lounge for 30 mins or so. Most people seem to enjoy it though.

It is 😎

Enjoy! Thank you!

I did not know that … but it makes sense now you say it. 😂😂