The Q Train serves up vintage dining cart glamour
Stuck for a romantic date night or weekend getaway idea? The Q Train on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula has opened six refurbished carriages (once used on Queensland’s The Sunlander) for a journey that brings back a bit of the glamour of rail travel. Collecting guests three times...
Local produce celebrated in unique dining experience
For this month's Bellarine Life Lee Martin takes part in an incredibly unique dining experience, The Q Train. Join us as we have a chat with the managing director, Andrew Bridger about what makes this eatery so special. Watch the video here here ...
Experts take to the tracks for meet the maker sessions
The Q Train’s philosophy to showcase the best of the region will come into full view during their Meet the Maker sessions running throughout May. A series of four events will see the region’s best brewers and wine makers come on board the Q Train to...
Six Reasons to Visit Drysdale
The Q Train offers a luxurious four-hour, slow lunch or dinner on board refurbished rail dining cars travelling between Drysdale and Queenscliff. The six-course degustation menu is based on local producers such as beef from Sage Farm and smoked trout from Bellarine Smokehouse prepared by the...
Local produce celebrated in unique dining experience
LOCAL produce is the star of the dining car aboard a new travelling restaurant in a restored Sunlander Rail train on the Bellarine Peninsula. The Q Train opened in October last year and runs Thursday to Saturday weekly, serving a six-course meal of local food and...
From Drysdale to Queenscliff, the Q Train shows the best of the Bellarine
Not just about food and wine, at their core restaurants are in the business of delivering joy. That’s what the good ones do. You see it on the faces of the couple celebrating an achievement, an anniversary, a rare night out. You feel it from...
Q Train, Drysdale to Queenscliff brings glamour back to rail travel in Victoria
The 1970s hit Old Time Rock and Roll is rocking the Q Train's bar as we board at Drysdale, east of Geelong. And this is no ordinary bar car. As well as stools it contains a small square of dance floor, lit from above by multi-coloured...