Sunday, 14 September 2014

Afghan Express aka (The Ghan)

Here I have done some more researcher trying to find out if their are more stories about the camel trains in Australia that relates to my site. And I did. This one here is The Ghan where I have added the old photos of the camel drivers in the background, the next layer is the 'Ghan' train that is brightly coloured, the fourth layer is the 2 like tramp stamps of the 'Ghan' logo on the corners then lastly in the middle is the map of the trail where the camelers once took. 
The Camel train takes you through to Adelaide, Pimba, Tarcoola, Manguri, Kulgera, Alice Springs and Darwin.  


In the English-speaking world the term "camel train" often applies to Australia, notably the service that once connected a railhead at Oodnadatta in South Australia to Alice Springs in the center of the continent. The service ended when the train line was extended to Alice Springs in 1929; that train is called "The Ghan", a shortened version of "Afghan Express", and its logo is camel and rider, in honor of the "Afghan cameleers" who pioneered the route.

For this image here, I have added the old photo effect with old coffee stains and  made them black instead of their original colour was brown also gave them a bit of depth with the black line that surrounds the stain and disintegrates in the middle turning into grey. Also I messed around with the brightness, contrast of the image. 

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