From check in to the meal service, how do you keep people happy when you've got some of the longest flights in the world? This week on Leaders of Travel, I speak to the man at Qantas who's in charge of every passenger's experience.

#16 - Qantas Head of Customer Product Phil Capps

This is the first episode of a 7-part series taking you on one of the most iconic Australian journeys. Come with me on the 3000 kilometre trip from Darwin to Adelaide on board the luxury train, The Ghan.

Episode 1: Darwin to Katherine

The 3000 kilometre trip from Darwin to Adelaide on board the luxury train, The Ghan, is one of the most iconic Australian journeys. In this episode, you'll come with me on one of the stops - to Nitmiluk Gorge near Katherine in the Northern Territory.

Episode 2: Nitmiluk Gorge

In this episode, I'll introduce you to some of the people who keep The Ghan running for four days as it makes its way through 3000 kilometres of harsh Australian terrain.

Episode 3: Katherine to Alice Springs

The stops each day on The Ghan take you to some of the most iconic Australian landmarks in the outback. In this episode, I'll take you up close to the most famous of them all - Uluru.

Episode 4: Uluru

In this episode, we go into the kitchen on board The Ghan to find out how you feed 300 people for four days while travelling through the Australian outback.

Episode 5: Alice Springs to Coober Pedy

We are in the middle of the desert in South Australia and we're heading to a town where the population lives underground. In this episode, I'm going to take you to Coober Pedy.

Episode 6: Coober Pedy

On the final episode of this podcast series, we meet a man who has been working on the railways for 50 years and hear some of his stories from the tracks.

Episode 7: Coober Pedy to Adelaide

An interview with Tina May, the co-founder of Institute of Code, which is a coding school at a luxury villa in Bali.

Interview with Tina May, co-founder of Institute of Code

An interview with Dashpurev Tserendeleg, the director of the Hustai National Park Trust. The park is home to the incredible Przewalkski’s horse which was almost extinct. More information here: http://www.timetravelturtle.com/2017/04/dashpurev-tserendeleg-hustai-mongolia

Dashpurev Tserendeleg, the director of Mongolia's Hustai National Park Trust

Hear from Sameera Rathanayake, the assistant curator at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka. He addresses some of the concerns that people have about animal welfare at the site.

Sameera Rathanayake, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka

I speak with Madurnga from the Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery in Sri Lanka about the efforts to protect the species and some of the concerns about the conservation project.

Madurnga from the Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery in Sri Lanka

Michael Turtle is an award-winning travel blogger who has been wandering around the world for five years, sharing the stories of his experiences on his site - Time Travel Turtle.

Michael Turtle

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