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Donna Johnson of Lynfield, Auckland, has won the trip on the legendary Australian train The Ghan, a prize in Journey: 12 great Australian journeys, the magazine produced late last year by Herald Travel in conjunction with the Australian Tourism Commission.
There were 14,000 entries in the competition. Donna correctly answered that The Ghan runs between Adelaide and Darwin.
"What a wonderful start to the new year," she said when told of her win. "We can't believe our luck. This is so exciting." And who will be with her on the trip? "My husband, who is standing right beside me."
Their package includes Qantas business-class flights from Auckland to Darwin and Adelaide to Auckland, accommodation in Darwin and Adelaide, two nights on The Ghan in a deluxe Kangaroo Cabin, all meals included, stop-offs in Alice Springs for the Alice Wanderer Town Tour, and in Katherine Gorge for a boat cruise.
