Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Overland Train Service Overland Train Service The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Overland Train Service The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:40): Supplementary: so in his role as the Minister for Tourism, does the minister accept that The Overland is an important tourism attraction and is certainly of benefit to the state? The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Overland Train Service The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:40): The Overland is one of many avenues of transport to South Australia. Members would know, and the Hon. Ms Scriven would know, that we used to have a train to Mount Gambier that she may have travelled on as a small child, and I travelled— Members interjecting: The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I know. Given the service suspended in 1975, I am trying to be a little generous, I would have thought. I could have said when she was an older teenager. It is an important offering but, of course, as I said in response to the Hon. Mr Hanson, any financial support is provided by the Minister for Transport and, while it is one of the many avenues on which tourists can travel to South Australia, the actual support for that service lies with the Minister for Transport and, as I said, I will refer the question to him and bring back an answer.