Alice Thompson, together with her friend, made a ride on a long-distance train from Sydney to Alice Springs. They (spend) two days and nights on the famous Ghan train.
The train was wonderful and comfortable and the food was great too. They tasted delicious meals were cooked by experts! The scenes were very colorful for the first few hundred kilometres of the journey. Then they saw desert and empty farms.
The people on the train were nice. Alice sat quietly and looked of the window, enjoying the scenes. Sometimes she talked to other (passenger), and sometimes sheen joyed (she) with books and music. At night, the night sky was so beautiful with the stars shining like diamonds she often watched it for hours.
Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way (travel)to the middle of the country, so they brought some camels Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan. For many years, camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products. In the 1920s, a new railway line. (build) and the camels weren't needed any more. As result, some were shot according to a law made in 1925.
