Heritage Rail Motor Tour: Explore Ilfracombe's Unique Attractions

Longreach

Discover Ilfracombe’s charm on a historic rail motor journey. Explore unique attractions, enjoy local cuisine, and relive nostalgic tales.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Wellshot Centre - Enjoy the Wellshot Centre.
Wellshot Hotel - Enjoy Lunch at the Historic Wellshot Hotel in Ilfracombe.
Ilfracombe Machinery & Heritage Museum - Take a wander along Machinery Mile.

What's Included

Travel on our historic Rail Motor
Informative interpretation from your train driver/guide
Time to explore Ilfracombe
Lunch

Additional Information

Experience our heritage Rail Motor as it travels to the one-pub town of Ilfracombe, where you’ll gather stories of nostalgia to share with friends for years. Embrace the freedom of the expansive open plains leading to Ilfracombe, then disembark to explore unique attractions in the “Hub of the West” such as the Wellshot Centre, the Machinery Mile, and…

Location

Longreach Railway Station

Wonga Street

The Railway Station is located on the Landsborough Highway, opposite Anzac Park, which is next to the WaterTower. Look for a guide who wears a Savannah Guides uniform.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Juliabv210xh

Sep 25, 2023

Great experience - Family trip, with 3 children. The train journey was great (will do a longer trip next time). Ilfracombe was lovely, would suggest going with guide to start. The pub offered a lovey lunch and it had a nice atmosphere. The guide was awesome, highly recommend.

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Mark

Sep 25, 2024

Ripoff prices. No Thanks - $399 for a family ticket to travel 27km Longreach to Ilfracombe to see the (free of charge) mile of machinery and visit the Wellshot Pub. Includes 1 each complimentary drink (no meal). Are you serious?? $129 per adult $99 per child. Just to provide some perspective. Train Longreach to Brisbane = $285 distance 1176kms. We chose to save $400 and just drive the 20mins and enjoy the mile of machinery which is just marvellous. And we got to see a virtually empty train along the way. We really like Longreach but don’t understand why places think that an average of $400 per family of 4 is reasonable.

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Triptrouble

Sep 14, 2024

Waste of money. - Train trip from Longreach was nice, but you could have driven it in 20 minutes. Basically walked the main street looking at old machines tractors etc. Looked forward to lunch at the pub which supposedly was a ploughman's lunch. Was a dagwood dog 2 small hash brown's a bit of cold meat an something resembling coleslaw. What a shocker. For $129 this was disgusting. Would never recommend.

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