Driver's Eye View Plus - Savannahlander - Part 7 - With Commentary - Dimbulah to Kuranda
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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Please sit back and enjoy the ride accompanied by an informative commentary delivered with typical Australian humour by our driver/guides Will and Hamish. An alternative version of this trip for people who prefer an uninterrupted experience without commentary using video footage from an external camera will be available shortly.
Passengers returned to their seats on the train having looked around the “Tobacco Display” and souvenir shop at Dimbulah station where tasty snacks and drinks were provided by the “Dimbulah Historical Society”.
Over the next two hours we pass through an ever changing landscape featuring lush farmlands, small towns, fruit trees, native forest and grasslands. As we pass through Mareeba our driver/guide describes how the town was once a major rail hub where trains were re-marshalled, loaded and unloaded in substantial sidings that have all but disappeared today. We get our first sight of the Barron River shortly after Biboohra, crossing it on a substantial, multi span steel bridge, next we run along the edge of Bilwon State Forest. The rain forest closes in on the tracks as we squeeze next to the Barron River between Formartine State Forest and Kuranda State Forest, crossing a succession of Barron River tributaries. Our train slows down as we pass a turntable and the attractive Kuranda station comes into view, decorated with hanging baskets and pretty flower beds.
Here is a little information about the train, mostly courtesy of Wikipedia -
The service was introduced on 3 April 1995 by Queensland Rail to replace the Forsayth Mixed (marketed as the 'Last Great Train Ride'). The line was closed from Mareeba to Mount Surprise at the same time. It was initially run with a 2000 class railmotor set that was refurbished at Townsville Workshops. Initially this service only ran on the Mount Surprise to Forsayth section of the Etheridge line. However, after an upgrade of the line for sugar syrup trains from Cairns to Arriga, and a limited restoration of the rest of the line, the railmotor started travelling from Cairns to Forsayth in September 1998. In 2004 it was decided to put the running of the train out to tender and the winning bid was submitted by “Cairns Kuranda Steam Pty Ltd”. Please listen to the commentary to hear more about “Cairns Kuranda Steam” and how it came to be running the Savannahlander.
Music - Track - Composer - Source
00:00 & 02:00:42 - ES_My Tongue Is Tied 4 - Bo Järpehag - epidemicsound.com
Map at 00:36 - Google Earth
Map at 00:45 - Google Maps
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This trip was filmed - 20.10.2023
Track Gauge - 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
To see the first 5 Parts of this trip, please click on any of the links below -
Driver's Eye View (Plus) - Savannahlander - Part 2 - With Commentary - Forsayth to Cafe Bloodwood - • Driver's Eye View Plus...
Driver's Eye View (Plus) - Savannahlander - Part 3 - With Commentary - Cafe Bloodwood to Einasleigh - • Driver's Eye View Plus...
Driver's Eye View (Plus) - Savannahlander - Part 4 - with commentary - Einasleigh to Mount Surprise - • Driver's Eye View Plus...
Driver's Eye View (Plus) - Savannahlander - Part 5 - With Commentary - Mount Surprise to Almaden - • Driver's Eye View (Plu...
Driver's Eye View (Plus) - Savannahlander - Part 6 - With Commentary - Almaden to Dimbulah - • Driver's Eye View Plus...
لدينا خطحديدى مثل هذا بضبط وهو خط بئر العبد الغريش خط مفرد هلت ❤ 32:55 😂😂😂🎉😊😊
شكرًا لك، سأبحث في الإنترنت للعثور على معلومات حول خط بئر العبد الغريش 😊👍
Buen viaje, pero ese habla mucho! Dejá de hablar!😅
Hola, quizás te guste la versión sin comentarios: ruclips.net/video/0FR1DTkkL1o/видео.html
Kuranda station looking its usual green self! First time I was there was in 1960 on a youth tour and it looked the same then. Station Masters there must be chosen for their green thumbs!
Thanks, Tim. Looking forward to the last leg down the mountain.
I've visited Kuranda station twice previous to this visit and it always looks good, a nice place to enjoy something from the cafe, if there are no train movements the signaller is happy to show people around the signal box and the village is made up of a fascinating collection of gift, indigenous craft shops and cafes. There is also a small zoo and if you take a walk down to the lake, it's well worth joining a cruise with commentary about the wildlife. I bet its changed a bit since your 1960 visit. I'm currently working on the next leg of this journey down to Cairns, Wow it looks even more awesome from the cab than it does from the passenger seat.
Hi Tim! Did you have a joke teller on board because there were some laughs? Looked like it to me. Best regards from Hans and cheers. 🍻🇦🇹
Hello Hans, the commentary was delivered with good old fashioned Australian humour; it was good to listen to. Enjoy your weekend, Best wishes form Tim 🍺.
Благодарю за ролик! А что за деревья растут на зелёных плантациях? Привет из России!
Спасибо, я рад, что вам понравилось видео. В этом видео показано большое разнообразие деревьев. Вот ссылка на веб-сайт, на котором перечислены некоторые деревья тропических лесов умеренного пояса. Возможно, вам понадобится использовать Google Translate, надеюсь, он работает нормально - www.skyrail.com.au/blog/floraaustralianrainforests/
С наилучшими пожеланиями от Тима из Великобритании.
I prefer the ones without commentary.
Pocos paisajes son tan feos como éste y tanto hablar!! HORROR!
wow what a ride this time,thanks for sharing ;-)
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride 😊.
Really enjoying this one. Thanks Tim
That's nice to know, riding the Savahhalander was one of my all-time favourite rail experiences.
1:14:20 Sweet potatoes - the only vegetable with a sense of self...... *I yam what I yam!* LOL😄
Oh, you are awful Neil 🤣😂😊.
@@Timsvideochannel1 LOL🤣
I'm figuring this must be the last leg of the journey!
We’re not there yet Neil, we've got one last leg to Cairns, probably the most spectacular stretch of railway line to be found anywhere in Australia.
No shortage of spare rail lying around on this section
It must be a logistical nightmare to get new rails to where they are needed and to remove the worn out rails.
This whole series was very nice. Great job.
Thank you, it's good to know you enjoyed the whole series 😊.
Good video , my friend
Thank you, it's nice to know you are enjoying this adventure.
The War and Peace of Australian train travel.?
What an epic.... and the commentary and passenger conversations, superb!
Hi, I love the comparison with Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" a literary work, recognised as one of the longest ever written. I'm glad you are enjoying this epic journey, particularly the commentary and passenger conversations. Just one leg to go now before we reach journeys end at Cairns over what many describe as Australia’s most scenic stretch of railway as we descend from the Tablelands down to the coast.
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We are almost there !!! LOL😄😄
One more leg to complete after this one 😊.
Excellent, Thanks Tim
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Очень интересное и познавательное видео,большое спасибо!
Спасибо, я рад, что вам понравилась поездка 😊.
Thanks Tim, We have finally reached civilisation 😁,I had no idea the scale of irrigation on the tablelands and i think i spotted some mango🥭 trees the best time to eat them is when your having a bath🛁🤣have you tried them? cheers Bob.🦘🐨🥭🍊🍌🍍🍎🍐🍑
Hello Robert, the history here is fascinating, mining and the tobacco industry led to the development we see in this video, although mining is no longer a major industry and Tabaco growing has been replaced by fruit farming. It was those original industries that led to the railway being built and a little later to the construction of the irrigation system to increase the yield from tobacco farming, today the railway hosts a weekly tourist train and the irrigation system feeds fruit trees and general agriculture. I've never eaten a mango in the bath, maybe I should have bought one to take back to my hotel although I don't think standing in a shower is quite the same experience 🥴 . Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Cheers from a cold and wet UK 🌨☔.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Thanks Tim the reason you eat them in a bath because so juicy.🥭😂
@@robertcoleman4861 Oh, in that case, eating them in a shower is OK 😉.
@@Timsvideochannel1 🚿🥭😅