Dear travellers, a magical experience is awaiting you aboard Kuranda Scenic Railway!✨Beware you don't swoon as you experience a rail journey where nature's beauty is at your fingertips. 🌊 Feel the cool ocean breeze through the open-air windows. 🍃Embrace the untamed senses as you traverse through ancient rainforests. 💦Immerse yourself in the beauty of flowing waterfalls. Don't forget to promenade at the lovely and leafy Kuranda railway station.🚂
Oh wow. 😍
Can it seriously get any more beautiful than this? As the sun kisses the train, let the beauty of Diwunga (Stoney Creek Falls) sweep you away as you move through ancient, lush rainforest.🍃🛤️
A journey on Kuranda Scenic Railway is bound to leave a little magic in your heart and a skip in your step. ✨ https://bit.ly/3ALHIgZ
Din Din (Barron Falls)
A new perspective to appreciate! 💭✨
We often marvel at Din Din (Barron Falls) from above, but seeing its incredible power and flow from this angle is truly something else. WOW!😍
🎥 @zeppmaxfield captures the stunning beauty below!
Wow 😍
📌 Din Din (Barron Falls)
As you continue the climb to Kuranda Village, you’ll witness the spectacular 257-metre staggered drop of Barron Falls. Keep your camera close, as Kuranda Scenic Railway pulls in for a short walk to the lookout.📷
Looking for your next adventure in Gimuy (Cairns)? Look no further! 👉 https://bit.ly/3Wn3LCX
Kuranda Scenic Railway 15 carriages
The answer you've all been waiting for! Thanks everyone for your answers to our Train Trek Trivia post yesterday. 👏 😁
The answer to the question, how many carriages does our longest train have is: 15 carriages
That's right! The train running from Gimuy (Cairns) to Ngunbay (Kuranda) at 9:30am and then back to Cairns from Kuranda at 3:30pm has 12 Heritage Class carriages, two Gold Class carriages and one accessible carriage. 💁
Originally built in 1909, our carriages were unique to the Cairns area and may have been the only vehicles of their type to operate in Australia at that time. They were known as “Grandstand” cars and were specifically intended for use by tourists travelling to Kuranda. Today, these heritage timber beauties host more than 300,000 guests between Cairns and Kuranda each year. 🌿🚂
Kuranda Scenic Railway - Passing Stoney Creek Falls
Chugging along the tracks.🚂
The world quiets as nature's spectacle unfolds before us. It's not just a train journey, it's a feast of the senses.🌿💧 Who's joining us for a ride through the heart of ancient rainforest? 🙋 https://bit.ly/4bHMR7m
📹 - @veraniaflorencia
Stoney Creek Falls
Can you believe this is Diwunga (Stoney Creek Falls)?!🤯
It's not often you see Stoney Creek Falls looking this powerful!💦 See it to believe it, book your rail adventure aboard Kuranda Scenic Railway now! 👉 https://bit.ly/3O5OQcR
Stoney Creek Falls
Woah!🤯
I know we love Din Din (Barron Falls) after some rain, but have you seen Diwunga (Stoney Creek Falls) lately?! Check her out!👇
There's no better time to join us on board for a spectacular journey! https://bit.ly/3O5OQcR
Imagine a natural wonder so close you can almost touch it. Your senses come alive with natural scents and untamed sounds of the dense rainforest and flowing waterfalls – that’s what it’s like aboard Kuranda Scenic Railway. ✨
Exploring Tropical North Queensland is not complete without embarking on one of the most unique rail journeys in the world.
Reminder: We're temporarily closed while we carry out inspections and recovery works following heavy rainfall in our region. Monitor our Service Updates for more. 👉 https://bit.ly/3nfApFh
📽️ - @phlipvids
KSR - Welcome back
Did you hop on board with us on Saturday? 😊🚂
We loved welcoming our customers as they joined us back out on the range for the very first time this year! 🛤️
Cyclone Jasper - Din Din before and after
Mother Nature reminding us of her power....💦
This before-and-after footage shows the roaring impact ex-Cyclone Jasper had on Din Din (Barron Falls) in Ngunbay (Kuranda), Tropical North Queensland.🤯
Merry Christmas from Kuranda Scenic Railway!
Merry Christmas from all of us here at Kuranda Scenic Railway! 🎄🎅🎁
Wishing all our wonderful customers a happy and safe holiday season.✨ A warm thank you to all who joined us on board this year and we can't wait to welcome you all back on board in 2024! 💚
Just a reminder that Kuranda Scenic Railway is closed while we undertake track recovery works following the impacts of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. After a quick break for a Christmas dinner with our families we will keep working to return our services to normal schedules. We look forward to welcoming you in 2024. 🙏
Skyrail - Barron Falls
🔊 Hear the roar!
Our friends at Skyrail Rainforest Cableway recently captured this spectacular footage of Din Din (Barron Falls). Witness the power of the falls awash in the inundation below.👇
Cassowaries - Din Din
Ever wanted to spot a cassowary?👀
While only 4000 cassowaries are believed to be left in the wild, you'll have a good chance of spotting one in various sections of Wet Tropics World Heritage rainforest! After your adventure on Kuranda Scenic Railway up to Ngunbay (Kuranda), explore the wet tropics and try your luck at spotting one!
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway was lucky enough to recently capture footage of this beautiful flightless feathered family at Din Din (Barron Falls)!👇😍
But remember... always stay "casso-wary" when you do! It's important to keep a safe distance when exploring in their habitat. 💚
KSR
As you ascend, the world transforms before your eyes. Feel the temperature shift, let the ocean breeze guide you, and watch as the landscape shrinks beneath you. Experience the magic of reaching 327 meters above sea level on this journey of a lifetime, aboard Kuranda Scenic Railway.💚 Book now➡️ https://bit.ly/3C3ENhg
📹 - Discover Atherton Tablelands
Kuranda Scenic Railway level crossing
CHOO CHOO🚂 A Gimuy (Cairns) icon coming through!
Stop, stare and snap away all you like.. just make sure you're doing so, safely! When you're mesmerised by the beauty of Kuranda Scenic Railway passing through, it's important you stay behind the boom gates and safety markings.🚷
Safety is Queensland Rail’s number one priority. We all have a part to play and we urge everyone to pay attention to the signs and signals in place at level crossings, for your safety and ours.🚥
📷 - @le_grome
Sids.ventures National Biodiversity Month 2023
We love sharing the magic of Far North Queensland biodiversity.
This #NationalBiodiversityMonth our KSR team is shouting it from the rooftops! This magical #TropicalRainforest is our home. 🌿 💚
One of our favourite expert adventurers Sids.ventures shares his knowledge about the amazingly diverse, unique and important World Heritage Wet Tropics rainforest of Far North Queensland. ✨
🐍 If you want to see as many plants and animals as possible in a small location. THIS is the place to be!
🤯 The Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland is home to 30% of all marsupials, 40% of all birds, 30% of all frogs, 20% of all reptiles and LOTS more!
We are truly blessed to call this home and take travellers here. 🙏
Kuranda Scenic Railway loco relocating
Heading into the weekend like...
🚂 💨 👋 🚃 🚃 🚃 🤭
Actually, we aren’t quite done yet. After the train stops at Kuranda railway station in the morning and our customers head out to enjoy their day in Ngunbay (Kuranda), our team turns the train around in preparation for the afternoon services. We need to move our Buda-dji locomotives into position ready for our Friday afternoon railway adventurers. 🧐 👏
Our Saturday and Sunday services are very popular so book early and don’t miss out!
Buda-Dji pulling into Freshwater station
Our Buda-dji locos carry the visuals from a powerful ancient dreamtime story told by Traditional Owners of the land we traverse 🐍
Buda-dji is the carpet snake who, in the dreamtime, carved out the Barron River and the creeks that join onto it, from the coast to the Tablelands. ⛰️ He travelled many times along the Barron Gorge with his beautiful Nautilus shells and bartered these with different clan groups along the river for dilly bags, eel traps and other useful items.
Read more of the story here 👉 https://bit.ly/44NFZlp
