The painting shows upper class passengers and their servants pictured with all of their hunting and sporting equipment. They carry their skins, fish, grouse, blackcock and even antlers. In the 19th century this journey would have taken Earl's travellers around 12 hours, leaving Perth at 1550 on the overnight sleeper train and arriving in to Kings Cross at 0350; the current journey is much faster at just over 6 hours during the day or 8 hours overnight.