Many things are capital G great in Australia. The Great Barrier Reef. The Great Dividing Range. The Great Ocean Road and the Great Sandy Desert. And the Great Southern, which has just gotten even greater with its brand-new Brisbane to Melbourne route, commencing this December!
With over 200 places across Australia with ‘The Great’ in their name, once assigned, little is done to ensure it lives up to its grand expectations. We’re looking at you Great Marlow, NSW, population 184.
Not with the Great Southern, though.
As Australia’s newest rail journey, the Great Southern is always innovating. This is why, from 1 December 2024 to 28 February 2025, your clients can experience their innovative ways firsthand on the Brisbane southbound service, now with two disembarkation points: Melbourne or Adelaide.
With 24 departures across the season, there’s ample opportunity for your clients to slow down and be pampered this summer!
Woohoo!
Going to Great (Southern) lengths
The brand-new Brisbane to Melbourne route is a breeze to book and even breezier to experience.
The Great Southern offers your clients luxe cabins, attentive staff, and exquisite dining (and wine) for a slow travel experience that commands relaxation and presence. It’s an effortless vacay with everything included.
Great (Southern) expectations
When your clients choose to travel between Brisbane and Melbourne, they’ll not only enjoy three days on this inspired route addition but still experience the Melbourne Off Train Experiences that Great Southern guests rave about!
Melbourne travellers will conclude their tour at this point, where the Adelaide-bound folk will be re-embarking after lunch at Eureka 89 above the Melbourne Skydeck. They’ll even be reunited with their luggage to ensure they can enjoy Melbourne’s Off Train Experiences without a single burden.
Except perhaps the burden of wishing that they had booked their trip all the way to Adelaide because no one wants their journey to end when they’re THIS spoilt!
The Great (Southern) & the good
This new 3-day/2-night Great Southern itinerary has all the bells and whistles you’d expect from Journey Beyond Rail.
Besides the wonder of taking in the gorgeous coastline, rolling hills, and legendary Hunter Valley wine region, there’s the Great Southern’s renowned attentiveness, an experience shared across every train trip under the Journey Beyond umbrella.
Brisbane to Melbourne tour highlights include:
- 2 nights aboard the Great Southern
- All-inclusive regionally inspired meals, plus fine wines and beverages
- Off Train Experiences include a dreamy beachside Coffs Harbour dinner, a fabulous day among the vines in the Hunter Valley, and some of Melbourne’s most iconic sites*
Book this new Brisbane to Melbourne leg from $3,795 per person in a Gold twin cabin or from $4,545 per person in a Gold Premium cabin.
With Great (Southern) power comes Great (Southern) responsibility
Isn’t it fabulous to not only have the Great Southern Brisbane to Adelaide to offer your clients but this shorter, no less fabulous version from Brisbane to Melbourne, too?
There are three things you’ll need to know before booking:
1) *Moorabool Valley is the only Off Train Experience not available to guests travelling this route.
2) The remaining leg from Melbourne to Adelaide is not bookable on it’s own.
3) Platinum cabins are only available for the Brisbane to Adelaide route.
4) To change your clients from their already booked Brisbane to Adelaide journey, you can edit their departure point to Melbourne by contacting the Journey Beyond Travel Centre. Your clients will receive the fare difference in the form of a Journey Beyond Travel Voucher.
The Great (Southern) deets
To book Great Southern cabins, head to the Journey Beyond Rail Online Booking Engine, call their expert travel centre crew on 13 21 47 or email tradesales@journeybeyond.com.
Promote this new route (and the existing Brisbane to Adelaide journey) with handy campaign assets, including Facebook tiles, eDM headers, and editable flyers. Download them at the Journey Beyond Experience Hub.
*T&Cs Apply
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