All aboard for a train adventure

A train trip from Sydney to Perth aboard the Indian Pacific is poetry in motion.

Those familiar with Dorothea Mackellar's My Country will feel it come to life, almost line by line, during the four day, three night journey.

In the harbour city, a whisker before 3pm on a Wednesday afternoon, the adventure begins.

From the bar carriage with a G&T in hand (yes open bar) watch Sydney whip by before the train climbs through the majestic Blue Mountains.

Some parts were bushfire ravaged in October, but already the trees are sprouting new shoots.

Kangaroos bound along side the train as the landscape changes to rolling grazier fields.

The train passes herds of what crew members dub summer cows - "some are black, some are red, some are white and some are brown."

As the sun sets, and the train nears Parkes, bound for Broken Hill, it's dinner time in the grand dining cart - the Queen Adelaide restaurant.

It's a delightful opportunity to get to know your fellow traveller.

The gentle jingle of cutlery punctuates the excited chatter.

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All aboard for a train adventure