Michael Portillo continues his 1700 mile rail journey across southern Australia from Adelaide to Perth.

Arriving in Kalgoorlie aboard the luxurious transcontinental Indian Pacific Railway, he strikes gold in one of the most lucrative goldfields in the world and strikes it lucky in the traditional Australian gambling game of Two Up.

He enjoys a bird’s eye view of Perth, one of the world’s most isolated cities, and its port of Fremantle. South of the city in Pinjarra, he uncovers a dark chapter in the histories of both Britain and Australia – a child migration programme devised at the time of Michael’s Bradshaw’s Guide.

Back in the city, Michael hears how Edward VIII was caught up in a train accident near Bridgetown and is invited to an Aussie barbie. Show less