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featuring preserved Victorian     weekly, staying overnight
 architecture.                     Wednesday before returning
                                   to Normanton on Thursdays.
   roydon is the rail depot and    Normanton was established in
   destination for the Gulflander  1868 but became a land/sea
 train. Today it provides tourists with  port for wealthy Croydon
 an historic journey through       when gold was discovered.
 savannah country on original and  The train carried goods,
 unique termite resistant, heritage  people and the gold itself.
 listed steel rails and sleepers. The
 Gulflander travels to the
 architectural award winning
 reconstructed Croydon Station
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