Warwick to Wallangarra, Lunch at Wallangarra Railway Station - Girraween National Park Tour home by train

Adult (14+) $230

Child (2-14) $175

Infants (0-2) Free

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7:30 - Arrive at Warwick Station

8:00 - Depart Warwick for Stanthorpe

10:20 - Arrive Stanthorpe Station. Enjoy morning tea on the platform (included in your ticket)

10:45 - Train departs for Ballandean

11:45 - Bus to Wallangarra Railway Station

12:00 - Lunch at Wallangarra Station

13:30 - Bus Tour of the Girraween National Park - Queenslands Rugged but Spectacular Highlands

15:30 - Arrive back at Stanthorpe Station ready to Board your train for your trip back to Warwick

18:00 - Arrive at Warwick Station

Description of the tour... (all included in the ticket price)

Depart Warwick Station.

After easing into the uphill sections between Warwick (1,492ft), and Silverwood (1,913ft), we leave civilisation and wind up past sandstone ruins of Spring and Mineral Creek bridges before a short stop to check the locomotive before passing through the two tunnels on the line.

After this brief pause, it’s time to enjoy the spectacular views as we climb the Silverwood range to Dalveen where we pass The Summit (3,035ft), the highest QR station. Since leaving Warwick, we have risen 1,543 feet in the space of 32 miles. After passing The Summit we coast down into Stanthorpe for a 30 minute stop.

After morning tea on Stanthorpe Railway Station (included in the price) we depart for Ballandean. View wineries, highland country fauna and flora, orchards and hugh boulders.

Arrive at Ballandean and take a 15minute bus ride to the Wallangarra Railway Station. Lunch on the platform (included in the price) the depart by bus for a tour of the Girraween National Park (included in the price) ending at the Stanthorpe Railway Station.

We then depart Stanthorpe by train making our way back down the range with a setting sun before we arrive back in Warwick around 6.00pm.

Please plan to arrive at the Warwick Railway Station, Brosnan Cres Warwick at lease 30 minutes before departure..

There is plenty of free parking at the Warwick Railway Stration.

Relevant Travel Details:

• We make every to ensure that tour will operate as advertised. Unfortunately, this may not always be possible owing to unforeseen circumstances such as total fire bans or mechanical failures. In such events we reserve the right to make whatever changes are necessary, without compensation. However, any changes made will only be after we have exhausted all reasonable efforts to provide the tour as advertised.

Where steam is unavailable, SDSR will replace it with the Heritage Diesel Locomotive.
Some services may cancel at short notice. You will be notified by email.

• If you would like to sit in a carriage with friends that have booked tickets separately from you, email events@downsexplorer.org.au to let us know the name the tickets were booked in, trip details and order number. If you do not let us know, you may be seated in separate carriages.

• Times shown on brochures are subject to approval of the relevant authorities and could differ on the day. Correct times will be advised on your tickets or by special email.

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Warwick to Wallangarra, Lunch on Platform - Girraween National Park Tour