Spirit Safaris

Arka­roola Wilpe­na Flinders Ranges Lake Eyre Tours -6 days/​5 nights tour — Arka­roola Wilpe­na Flinders Ranges Lake Eyre Tours includes 4WD to Lake shore walk, wet­lands walk birds area, spec­tac­u­lar Arka­roola walks or Ridge Top Tour (option­al), spot endan­gered rock wal­la­bies as we dri­ve through Brachi­na & Bun­yeroo Gorges, incred­i­ble rock art at Arka­roo Rock & Cham­bers Gorge. We also expe­ri­ence the Old Ghan Rail­way, Tom Kruse ​“Out­back Mail­man” from ​“Back of Beyond” mail truck & his­to­ry, Ood­na­dat­ta Track, Birdsville Track, Mar­ree, Leigh Creek, Cop­ley, Lake Eyre Nation­al Park, Flinders Ranges, Wilpe­na Pound, with walks & option­al Lake Eyre and Wilpe­na Pound flights.

Arka­roola Wilpe­na Flinders Ranges Lake Eyre Tours — Itinerary 

Day 1 — From Ade­laide pick­up (or Bro­ken Hill option) approx­i­mate­ly 8 am from air­port or Ade­laide CBD for depar­ture via spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain scenery as we trav­el via Clare Val­ley wine coun­try, then in the foothills of the Flinders Ranges to Mar­ree. Our jour­ney takes us through rur­al South Aus­tralia to enjoy pic­turesque road­side stops for lunch and morn­ing teas. Vis­it his­toric Quorn & Hawk­er, view Wilpe­na Pound and trav­el via the spec­tac­u­lar Heyson Range in the Flinders Ranges before arrival at Mar­ree near Lake Eyre, for our com­fy overnight stops. Enjoy a sun­set walk and a relax at the bar before din­ner & overnight at Mar­ree Hotel. L, D

Day 2 —  From Mar­ree we head up the Ood­na­dat­ta Track fol­low­ing the route of the Old Ghan Rail­way and Over­land Tele­graph Line to his­toric William Creek on Anna Creek Sta­tion (Aus­tralia largest cat­tle sta­tion). We take a 1 hour (option­al 2 hours) scenic flight over Lake Eyre. Our flight allows us to see the lat­est high­lights of the ever chang­ing vast envi­ron­ment. See the War­bur­ton Groove, the main inflow chan­nel to Lake Eyre, Elliot Price Con­ser­va­tion Park, Hal­li­gan Bay, Lake Eyre South and learn of the Mar­ree Man (a 4 km long, giant engrav­ing in the land­scape). The day includes a vis­it to the lake shore and look­out over the vast­ness of the salt lake. Our adven­ture on the Ood­na­dat­ta Track includes con­nect­ing with the won­der of the bird and plant life at var­i­ous creeks and water­holes on the route. We vis­it per­ma­nent­ly flow­ing Mound Springs releas­ing water from the Great Arte­sian Basin, and restored Cow­ard Springs and Cur­dimur­ka Old Ghan Rail­way Sid­ing. On return to base, we see some of the sights of Mar­ree, this once thriv­ing Ghan Rail­way town at the junc­tion of the Birdsville Track & Ood­na­dat­ta Track. Mar­ree has an Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al cen­tre, Rail­way Muse­um and is care­tak­er for some inter­est­ing rail­way relics, plus the old mail truck used by leg­endary Out­back Mail­man Tom Kruse on the run from Mar­ree to Birdsville. Overnight Mar­ree. B,L,D

Day 3 —  Today we vis­it the Old Ghan Rail­way ghost town of Fari­na, view the giant Leigh Creek coal mine, the fas­ci­nat­ing and colour­ful Ochre Pits and trav­el via old Ghan rail­way towns. At Cop­ley we head east through the stun­ning Gam­mon Ranges to Arka­roola. There’s plen­ty to do here in this remote, rugged area, includ­ing scenic flights or relax­ing walks in the paths by near­by creeks After a spec­tac­u­lar day, relax by the fire­side and share your expe­ri­ences. Overnight Arka­roola BLD

Day 4 — We head out on the Arka­roola high­light, the Ridge Top Tour or alter­na­tive­ly explore remote creeks and land­scapes of Arka­roola. The 4.5 hour Ridge Top Tour show­cas­es the mag­ic of the North­ern Flinders Ranges time­less ter­rain and unique nat­ur­al beau­ty of the Arka­roola Wilder­ness Sanc­tu­ary. Wit­ness some of the most spec­tac­u­lar­ly rugged coun­try on earth as you trav­el through Arka­roola’s 1600-mil­lion year geo­log­i­cal his­to­ry, as the inspir­ing images of red gran­ite moun­tains and gold­en spinifex hill­sides give way to a breath-tak­ing view across the Freel­ing Heights, Lake Frome and the desert beyond. Overnight Arka­roola BLD

Day 5 — Today we leave Arka­roola & the Gam­mon Ranges to head south for Cham­bers Gorge, for insights and intro­duc­tions to this stun­ning Abo­rig­i­nal Rock Art Gallery and pic­turesque moun­tain and river­side land­scape. Enjoy a walk in the gorge, and some of the most elab­o­rate cer­e­mo­ni­al rock art in Aus­tralia. After morn­ing tea we trav­el back-coun­try roads that once sup­port­ed a thriv­ing wool indus­try, and head for the his­toric cop­per min­ing town of Blin­man for insights into ear­ly days of the region. After lunch we cross through the Flinders, ABC and Heyson Ranges via Parachilna Gorge to the Prairie Hotel at Parachilna on the Old Ghan Rail­way Line, for refresh­ments and view­ing the old­est com­plex life forms ‑the Edi­acaran Fos­sils, some of the old­est known exam­ples of com­plex, mul­ti­cel­lu­lar ani­mal life on Earth. We then join the Brachi­na Gorge Geo­log­i­cal Trail & Bun­yeroo Gorge through the ancient rock lay­ers that uplift­ed to form this spec­tac­u­lar geol­o­gy, includ­ing Wilpe­na Pound. Stun­ning look­outs are a high­light of this jour­ney as we wind our way to Wilpe­na Pound for the evening, nes­tled amongst the Riv­er Red Gums. BLD

Day 6– This morn­ing we rec­om­mend the spec­tac­u­lar option­al scenic flight over Wilpe­na Pound. There’s time also to enjoy the Wan­gar­ra Look­out & Hills Home­stead walk into the Pound or oth­er walks includ­ing Sacred Canyon. (more rock art). Time per­mit­ting we vis­it the impres­sive Kanya­ka Sta­tion & stone wool­shed ruins as we fol­low the Old Ghan Line via Quorn, through the Pitchi Ritchie Pass and the breath­tak­ing view of Spencers Gulf & Port Augus­ta to arrive Ade­laide around 6pm, deliv­ered to your accom­mo­da­tion or air­port con­nec­tion. B,L

Tour includes time for an option­al 1 or 2 hours Flight Over Lake Eyre. 

Inclu­sions –

• 5 nights Hotel Motel Accom­mo­da­tion — twin share or sin­gle sup­ple­ment avail­able — see book­ing link 
• Gen­uine small group tour vehi­cle — usu­al­ly max. 4 per 4WD Landcruisers 
• Pro­fes­sion­al Dri­ver Guide 
• All meals
• Wild wildlife!!
• Nation­al Parks entry fees.
• Tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids & Nature Care projects.

Exclu­sions

• Flights to and from depar­ture points
• Alco­hol, per­son­al items
• Arka­roola Ridge top tour — avail­able as option when booking
• Lake Eyre & Wilpe­na Pound scenic Flights — avail­able as option when booking

• 4WD trans­port in small group (max­i­mum 7) lux­u­ry air con­di­tioned vehicles
• Best Feath­erdale Wildlife Park expe­ri­ence up close with Aus­tralia’ favourite animals – 
  
• Koala, kan­ga­roos, wom­bats, Tassy Dev­ils, croc­o­dile, exot­ic birds etc
• Remote area access to rain­forests, giant gum trees, pris­tine forests, native flo­ra and fauna
• Deli­cious pic­nic lunch and morn­ing tea.
• Easy Walks in breath­tak­ing Blue Moun­tains Aus­tralia World Her­itage Nation­al Parks
• Vast ​“Grand Canyon” look­outs and breath­tak­ing views
• Kan­ga­roos, goan­nas, par­rots, lori­keets and their mates
• Expe­ri­enced and pro­fes­sion­al guide
• Departs dai­ly from your Syd­ney hotel approx­i­mate­ly 8 – 8:30am. Returns approx­i­mate­ly 5 – 5:30pm. Wear casu­al clothes and walk­ing shoes, bring hat, cam­era, water.

• Con­nect, Cre­ate and Cel­e­brate with wild nature’s vitality
• Expe­ri­ence the Mag­ic and Mys­tery of Abo­rig­i­nal ​“Dream­time”
• Learn of these great forests, ancient canyons, Song­lines, Sacred Sites and cre­ation stories

• Best day ever – LM
• This has been a real break­through for me … the land con­nec­tion and group ener­gy helped me see this – CEO
• I saw the impor­tance of my role in my com­pa­ny and how I can add so much more val­ue – Manager
• Real­ly Friend­ly, Enthu­si­as­tic and excel­lent knowl­edge – Nisha more

• 4WD trans­port in small group (max­i­mum 7) lux­u­ry air con­di­tioned vehicles
• Best Feath­erdale Wildlife Park expe­ri­ence up close with Aus­tralia’ favourite animals – 
  
• Koala, kan­ga­roos, wom­bats, Tassy Dev­ils, croc­o­dile, exot­ic birds etc
• Remote area access to rain­forests, giant gum trees, pris­tine forests, native flo­ra and fauna
• Deli­cious pic­nic lunch and morn­ing tea.
• Easy Walks in breath­tak­ing Blue Moun­tains Aus­tralia World Her­itage Nation­al Parks
• Vast ​“Grand Canyon” look­outs and breath­tak­ing views
• Kan­ga­roos, goan­nas, par­rots, lori­keets and their mates
• Expe­ri­enced and pro­fes­sion­al guide
• Departs dai­ly from your Syd­ney hotel approx­i­mate­ly 8 – 8:30am. Returns approx­i­mate­ly 5 – 5:30pm. Wear casu­al clothes and walk­ing shoes, bring hat, cam­era, water.

• Con­nect, Cre­ate and Cel­e­brate with wild nature’s vitality
• Expe­ri­ence the Mag­ic and Mys­tery of Abo­rig­i­nal ​“Dream­time”
• Learn of these great forests, ancient canyons, Song­lines, Sacred Sites and cre­ation stories

• Best day ever – LM
• This has been a real break­through for me … the land con­nec­tion and group ener­gy helped me see this – CEO
• I saw the impor­tance of my role in my com­pa­ny and how I can add so much more val­ue – Manager
• Real­ly Friend­ly, Enthu­si­as­tic and excel­lent knowl­edge – Nisha more

Cameron Corner Country 4WD Tour -NSW / QLD / SA Corner -4 Day Corner Country from Broken Hill return to Broken Hill via Tibooburra, Milparinka, Moomba, Innaminka, Dig Tree, Cameron Corner – Explore in the footsteps of Burke & Wills (visit the Dig Tree) this remote and fascinating area around the junction of the NSW, QLD & SA borders. 4 days from Broken Hill (or Sydney Adelaide or Melbourne by rail, fly or coach options available) -

Details below ...

Explore in the footsteps of Burke & Wills (visit the famous Dig Tree & historic reserve) this remote and fascinating area around the junction of the NSW, QLD & SA borders, known as Cameron Corner. Travel through giant sheep stations from over 100 years ago, witness the Moomba oil fields & mighty Cooper Creek at Innamincka. Travelling in our luxury 4WD Landcruisers, you can stand at the famous Cameron Corner, and stay overnight at the "corner store". Discover ancient Aboriginal rock art sites and hear the tales of the great Cattle drives as we travel the Strzelecki Track - pioneered by Captain Starlight as he stole 1000 cattle from Queensland QLD in 1870. Later, Sidney Kidman & Co and many others made their fortunes on the track pioneered by Starlight.

Cameron Corner Country Tour Details ...

Day 1 - Depart Broken Hill (or Adelaide day prior) through the Barrier Ranges on the Silver City Highway via Packsaddle for Milparinka and the Albert Hotel. Appreciate this once thriving gold mining town at the restored Milparinka Heritage Precinct. We check out the Tibooburra pub and considerable town before heading into the Sturt Desert & crossing the Grey Range with a stop at Fort Grey. The park protects an enormous arid landscape of space and solitude. The rolling red-sand dunes of the Strzelecki desert ripple through the western section, graduating past surprising wetlands surrounded by white sands. After some great opportunities for photos, and to explore we arrive at Cameron Corner on the 3 states corner (NSW, SA & QLD) for a welcome meal and overnight at the "Corner Store" and hotel.

Geologists think that 10 million years ago, the granites in the Cooper Basin, South Australia, were exposed at the surface. Since that time they have been covered by a sedimentary layer, four kilometres thick, that acts as an overlying blanket; trapping the heat and preventing it from escaping to the atmosphere.

The heat is created by naturally occurring radiogenic decay that heats the granite to more than 250 degrees Celsius. The granite temperatures in Europe are only 180 degrees Celsius. The granite belt in the Cooper Basin is fractured in horizontal layers and these fractures naturally contain water at very high pressures – up to 5, 000 pounds per square inch. Check out the birdlife at sunset on the flooding Cooper Creek before a delicious meal at the Innamincka Hotel, adjacent the Australian Inland Mission hospital, restored as National Parks offices.

Day 4 - Time to explore Tibooburra, and the Outdoor Pastoral Museum. Flat-topped mesas and fantastic views characterise the central Jump-Up country. Remnant gidgee woodland, the catchment system of the ephemeral Twelve-Mile Creek and gibber and grass-covered plains dominate the east, while 450 million year old granite tors surrounding Tibooburra form part of the southern boundary of the park. We leave town and head for Pooles Grave & Depot Glen where in 1845 Charles Sturts men were stranded and lay camp. Travelling south via salt lakes and vast plains we arrive Broken Hill late afternoon wth manay a tale to share.

Fully inclusive luxury 4WD tour includes luxury small group 4WD travel, 4 days with 3 nights accommodation, all meals, professional guide. If single room required, add $395 single supplement.

Inclusions –

• 4 days with 3 nights Hotel Motel Accommodation – twin share or single supplement available – see booking link
• Genuine small group tour vehicle – usually 4WD Landcruisers with a maximum of 4 people per car.
  
• Professional Driver Guide
• All meals
• Wild wildlife!!
• National Parks entry fees.
• Tour price supports Outback Kids &Nature Care projects.

Call Now: 1300 763 188

Can­ning Stock Route from Alice Springs return 19 days includes Tana­mi Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Stretch Lagoon — bird watch­ing near Paraku IPA Dur­ba Springs One­gun­yah Rock­hole Wilu­na Mt Bead­ell War­bur­ton Giles Ulu­ru Gun­bar­rel Highway

Tour includes trav­el by lux­u­ry Toy­ota Land­cruis­er GXL vehi­cles (Max­i­mum 3 – 4 per­sons per vehi­cle), 4 nights motel accom­mo­da­tion (Broome, Halls Creek, Wilu­na and Kunawaratji), all meals, fees, per­mits, pro­fes­sion­al 4WD dri­ver guides, deli­cious healthy meals, deluxe & mod­ern camp­ing gear sup­plied includ­ing full height tents, stretch­ers if required, hot show­ers & real toilet. 

Note Alice Springs depar­tures meet Broome depar­tures near Bal­go / Lake Gre­go­ry after trav­el­ling from Alice Springs via Tana­mi Track, Till­mouth Well and Rab­bit Flat. Both tours overnight at Can­ning SR end at Wilu­na and vis­it Well 2. Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way (built by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs 

Alice Springs or Broome depar­tures are same depar­ture dates, with return options – please ask.

Broome to New­man or Broome. 16 days from Broome to New­man WA (to fly to Perth) or return to Broome via Mar­ble Bar – 17 days. Our jour­ney includes Fitzroy Cross­ing, Halls Creek, Billil­lu­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Lake Gre­go­ry (bird watch­ers par­adise), Paraku Indige­nous Pro­tect­ed Area, Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty, Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole, Dur­ba Springs, Diebel Springs, One­gun­yah Rock­hole, Lake Dis­ap­point­ment, Helen Hill, Slate Range, Ural Native Title Well, Glen Ayle Sta­tion, then the rich min­er­al & Gold rush areas around Wilu­na and Newman. 

OR Depart from Alice Springs and return to Alice Springs — 19 days 

Day 1 – Alice Springs depart 7 am for Tana­mi Track with stops at Till­mouth Well and Yuen­du­mu. Vis­it the World renowned War­lu Abo­rig­i­nal Art cen­tre here. Remote desert trav­el via Ren­ner Springs, and Tana­mi Gold Mine to camp that evening under the stars near Rab­bit Flat. BLD

Day 2 — After break­fast, we depart to see more remote old mines, and cross the WA bor­der. We arrive Halls Creek Hotel for overnight. B, L, D

Paruku is the Wal­ma­jar­ri name for Lake Gre­go­ry. Paruku/​Lake Gre­go­ry is the only lake in the region with a reli­able source of fresh water for large num­bers of birds and oth­er ani­mals, sup­port­ing over 70 species of water­birds and 175 aquat­ic species. Sur­round­ed by hun­dreds of kilo­me­tres of arid desert lands, these wet­land oases are fed from a catch­ment in the south-east Kim­ber­ley region. More than 100,000 birds vis­it the wet­lands reg­u­lar­ly, with up to 60,000 esti­mat­ed at Mulan Lake at any one time.

Day 4 – On the track again we explore Bread­en Pool and God­frey’s tank – named in 1896 after mem­bers of David Carnegie’s expe­di­tion. We stop at Wells 48 and 47 then it’s into the sand dunes with their unique veg­e­ta­tion and wildlife to arrive at Well 46 for overnight. 

Day 5 — We are now in the Great Sandy Desert and check out Wells 45 & 44, and take a break at Grav­i­ty Lakes. From Well 43 we head over the Guli Lake Sys­tem and past Well 42 to stop for overnight amongst the trees near Hele­na Springs track. 

Day 6 — Enjoy the remote ear­ly morn­ing nature of this area before arrival at Well 41, known by the locals as ​‘Tiru’. This was a pop­u­lar rest­ing spot for the drovers due to good feed here for their cat­tle. We head south to cross Lake Tobin then to Well 39, where lots of water here attracts abun­dant bird life includ­ing budgeri­gars. Ward­abun­ni Rock­hole & Well 38 is reached today, where we enjoy anoth­er night under the stars.

Day 7 — After anoth­er great break­fast we arrive at Well 37, where lay the graves of 3 ear­ly drovers who died under mys­te­ri­ous cir­cum­stances. We learn more of the mys­tery and their fate at the site, and numer­ous oth­er sto­ries of ear­ly pio­neers before Well 36. Trav­el­ling on we vis­it Well 33 then overnight in com­fort­able and mod­ern style rooms at the Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. Here we have abun­dant water and a chance to catch up on per­son­al laundry. 

Day 8 – At Kunawar­ritji Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty and store we can do per­son­al shop­ping and restock some essen­tial sup­plies & fuel. These remote com­mu­ni­ties are always fas­ci­nat­ing insights into remote desert life. Onwards we vis­it Wells 32, 31 and 30 (known as Duna Jin­n­da). After lunch we trav­el to Thring Rock, a sand­stone out­crop with a look­out we climb for a great view of the land­scape, before our overnight camp nearby.

Day 10 – We are now also on part of the Talawana Track, which is a direct route to New­man. We see the Capri­corn Road­house Fuel dump where many Can­ning trekkers still arrange fuel drops from New­man. Trav­el on to Geor­gia Bore, which was sunk in the 1970’s by CRA sur­vey crews. Lake Dis­ap­point­ment is a large salt lake and our goal today. Named by explor­er Frank Hann after he was expect­ing to find a fresh­wa­ter lake. Overnight and sun­set by the lake shore at Lake Disappointment. 

Day 11 – We trav­el sev­er­al kilo­me­tres by the shores of Lake Dis­ap­point­ment to Savory Creek cross­ing (or diver­sion cross­ing depend­ing on water lev­els) and Well 19. After lunch we vis­it One­gun­yah Rock Hole before majes­tic Dur­ba Springs where we spend 2 nights in this rest­ful shad­ed and well watered area.

Day 12 — Dur­ba Springs is known as ​‘Jiliku­ru’ by the local Mar­tu peo­ple, who made this area their home. Elab­o­rate Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites are here, and we walk through the Dur­ba Hills area view­ing these rock art gal­leries. Enjoy lunch back at camp and a relax­ing easy after­noon as the drovers and cat­tle did in the good old days. 

Day 13 – We leave this lit­tle haven and head for Well 16 with its chal­leng­ing his­to­ry then the look­out at Well 15 enables a wider view of this incred­i­ble land­scape. Wells 14 and 13 are vis­it­ed, then the restored Well 12 with good drink­ing water. Then on to wells 11 & 10 and Mac­Conkey Hill for our camp under a star­ry sky.

Day 14 – Today takes us to Weld Springs (Well 9) and the edge of Glen-Ayle Sta­tion, where WA’s first pre­mier John For­rest built a fort in 1874 to defend against Abo­rig­ines. We trav­el off the CSR here to Glen-Ayle Sta­tion and then to Wilu­na for refu­elling, before overnight camp at the south­ern end of Can­ning Stock Route. 

Days — 15 – 19 — Alice Springs tour returns on Gun­bar­rel High­way & Great Cen­tral Road (sur­veyed by Len Bed­dell) via Carnegie Sta­tion, Ever­ard Junc­tion, War­bur­ton (great Abo­rig­i­nal art work), Giles Weath­er Sta­tion, Schw­erin Mur­al Cres­cent, Dock­er Riv­er, Ulu­ru, Alice Springs overnight) com­pletes 10 am Day 19

If return­ing to New­man / Broome 

• Day 16 – Today you have time for an option­al morn­ing tour of the mon­ster BHP Mt Whale­back mine. Our CSR Tour ends at 10 am after break­fast and for those fly­ing we will trans­fer you to New­man air­port for your flight to Perth.
• Alter­na­tive­ly if trav­el­ling back to Broome with us we depart after the mine tour and lunch. We trav­el through spec­tac­u­lar min­er­al rich Pil­bara coun­try, via Roy Hill, the new Gina Rein­hart Iron Ore mine, vis­it the famous and impres­sive rock for­ma­tion that is the Mar­ble Bar then overnight in accom­mo­da­tion in Mar­ble Bar township.
• Option­al Day 17 – Vis­it the old Comet Mine before we trav­el min­er­al rich min­ing and Mesa areas of Shay Gap, before we cross the mighty De Grey Riv­er. Enjoy lunch at spec­tac­u­lar 80 Mile Beach, then a stop at Sand­fire to arrive Broome late after­noon. BL 
  

Cape Lev­eque Tours from Broome — 1 day tour

Join our spe­cial small group 4WD Cape Lev­eque Tours on this excit­ing and fas­ci­nat­ing Cape Lev­eque 1 day tour

Cape Lev­eque 1 Day Tours includes options for the following 

Includ­ed

• Dampi­er Peninsula
• Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm vis­it includ­ed and morn­ing tea
  
• Cape Lev­eque ( known as Kool­ja­man) — enjoy lunch then a free after­noon and time to relax on the pris­tine beach­es. Swim­ming,
  snorkelling, sun­bathing, pho­tog­ra­phy, paint­ing, cof­fee at the café or walks along the beach.
  

• Buc­ca­neer Arch­i­pel­ago — Giant Tides tour — huge tidal flows of the Kim­ber­ley. — option­al Sea Safari boat cruise 
• Abo­rig­i­nal guid­ed beach and cul­ture walk
  
• Lom­bad­i­na Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty — Enjoy the gar­dens and bush tim­ber church
• Bea­gle Bay Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Bea­gle Bay Church — pearl shell altar, for morn­ing tea.
• One Arm Point Community
• Ardyaloon Aqua­cul­ture­Hatch­ery at One Arm point with reef fish and trochus shell.
• Return to Broome approx 500pm

1 day includes lunch, morn­ing tea, fees, lux­u­ry small group (2−4 peo­ple) 4WD trans­port, pro­fes­sion­al driver/​guide.

Please ask for details & avail­able dates for Cape Lev­eque Tours

Note that Cape Lev­eque is Abo­rig­i­nal man­aged land and access has been lim­it­ed. If so at the time of your vis­it alter­na­tive des­ti­na­tions will be explored iin more details.

Add on before or after a Kar­ji­ni or Kim­ber­ley tour

Call 0417244600 for details 

Cape York Thurs­day Island Tours, with Horn Island, Weipa, Dain­tree, Quinkan Rock Art, Cairns to Cairns Tour — 8 day tour Cairns return­ing to Cairns over­land, includ­ing Lau­ra Rock Art, Weipa, & Billys Land­ing, Thurs­day & Horn Island fer­ries & day tours, includ­ing Twin & Fruit Bat Falls (on Old Tele­graph Track) and last night accom­mo­dat­ed in Cairns. Includes Cook­town, Lake­field Nation­al Park, Dain­tree Rain­for­est. Join us to trav­el by lux­u­ry 4WD to the north­ern most tip of Aus­tralia at Cape York & Thurs­day Island & Horn Island cruise and island tours. Explore Quinkan Rock Art, then Cook­town, Weipa, Lake­field Nation­al Park & the Dain­tree Rain­forests, Moss­man Gorge, Bloom­field Falls.

Cape York Thurs­day Island Dain­tree Rock Art Cairns Tour details

Day 1 – Cape York Thurs­day Island Tours – Depart Cairns 730 am and trav­el through the rain­forests and the Ather­ton Table­lands via pic­turesque Kuran­da and Maree­ba via the Palmer Riv­er area famous in the gold rush days, to the Lau­ra Dance Fes­ti­val site (time at fes­ti­val avail­able if dates match – bian­nu­al event). You can choose to spend the day here, or trav­el the short dis­tance to the Quinkan Rock Art Reserve, and an after­noon tour of this amaz­ing rock art site. Overnight Lotus Bird Lodge, Lake­field Nation­al Park BLD

Rock Art Walks – Explore some of the Quinkan Abo­rig­i­nal Rock Art at the Split Rock art site or the Quinkan rock art at Jowal­binna in Queensland’s pre­mier rock art site The area includes –

• Giant Wal­la­roo – ​“The Cycle of Birth and Death”: Spec­tac­u­lar land­scapes and paint­ings on a walk into Pine Tree Creek val­ley and up to the oppo­site escarp­ment wall.
• The Brady Creek Escarp­ment – ​“Many Clans, Many Totems”: Includes Death Adder, Hon­ey­moon Cave, Red Lady, Garfish Sor­cery and Tent Shel­ter rock art sites, near refresh­ing Brady Creek.
• Emu Dream­ing – ​“The Emu Ances­tor enters the Land”: An acces­si­ble site fea­tur­ing ancient abstract engrav­ings and occu­pa­tion evidence.
• Yam Dream­ing – ​“The Archae­ol­o­gists’ Choice”: A fas­ci­nat­ing archae­o­log­i­cal dig site on fer­til­i­ty cer­e­mo­ni­al grounds, involv­ing a chal­leng­ing walk and climb into the site (avail­able for exclu­sive tour­ing only).

Day 2 – Depart up the Penin­su­lar Devel­op­ment Road for the Old Tele­graph Track (OTT) head­ing for Cape York. We trav­el via the Hann Riv­er Road­house, and check out the Mus­grave Tele­graph Sta­tion. Mus­grave was first built as an over­land tele­graph sta­tion in 1887, along with Palmerville, Fairview, Coen, Mein, More­ton, McDon­nell and Pater­son. It was named after Sir Antho­ny Mus­grave (1828 – 1888) who was Gov­er­nor of Queens­land from 1883 to 1888. These sta­tions were repeater sta­tions, with great banks of bat­ter­ies and a gen­er­a­tor to boost the pow­er in the tele­graph line. Beyond the town­ship of Coen we pass the old Quar­an­tine Sta­tion, and begin to pass a num­ber of excit­ing creek cross­ings. We pass through the Mungkan Kand­ju Nation­al Park, a large wilder­ness park that stretch­es from the McIl­wraith Range foothills, between the Archer and Coen rivers, and con­sists of open euca­lypt wood­lands, melaleu­ca swamps and var­i­ous rain­for­est types. The Wik Mungkan, Kaan­ju and Aya­p­athu Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples, the Tra­di­tion­al Own­ers of the park, wel­come you to their land and ask that you respect their cul­ture and coun­try dur­ing your vis­it. We take a break at the Archer Riv­er Road­house, and cross the Pic­canin­ny Plains and Savan­nah coun­try to arrive in Weipa for a tour of the mas­sive baux­ite mine oper­at­ed by Rio Tin­to. Weipa is the largest town on Cape York Penin­su­la, and has approx 3000 peo­ple sup­port­ing the min­ing and export of baux­ite and cat­tle. Near­by is Duyfken Point, where Dutch explor­er Willem Jan­szoon record­ed the Aus­tralian coast in 1606, 164 years pri­or to James Cook. BLD Overnight Weipa

Day 3 – Depart Weipa to the OTT, cross­ing the Wen­lock Riv­er. After a stop at the More­ton Tele­graph Sta­tion, we turn off the OTT to the Bam­a­ga Rd and enter the Jar­dine Nation­al Park and the Heath­lands. Be entranced by the unusu­al change in the land­scape. The Heath­lands is a vast area of 2 metre high wet anddry heath veg­e­ta­tion which live side by side and is home to an abun­dance­of wildlife. Enjoy a break at Eliot Falls before we cross the noto­ri­ous Jar­dine Riv­er. We pass through the admin­is­tra­tive cen­tre for the region, Bam­a­ga to Siesia, the ​“Gate­way to the Tor­res Strait”. Today we also trav­el on to the far­thest north­ern point of Aus­tralia to stand on Australia’s north­ern most tip at Cape York , view the numer­ous islands of the Tor­res Strait, and the meet­ing place of the Ara­fu­ra and Coral Seas. Overnight Pun­sand Bay Resort, Bar­ma­ga, Cape York BLD 

Day 4 – At 8 am depart by fast cat fer­ry for the 1 hour 10 min ride to Thurs­day Island, pass­ing Fri­day and see­ing Wednes­day Islands enroute. Thurs­day Island is known as Waiben, mean­ing ​‘no water or place of no water’. In 1877, TI was an admin­is­tra­tive cen­tre for the Tor­res Strait Islands estab­lished by the Queens­land Gov­ern­ment. In the ear­ly days over 1000 Japan­ese pearl divers were oper­at­ing here. In 1880, Thurs­day Island act­ed as a defence post for Aus­tralia and old canons remain on the Island. On TI, a 1 hour island tour is includ­ed, high­light­ing local his­to­ry and land­marks, then free time to enjoy the Tor­res Strait Islander cul­tur­al cen­tre, and pearl, sou­venir or win­dow shop­ping. After lunch, (own cost) the return fer­ry departs at 2:30 from Engi­neers Wharf, arriv­ing approx­i­mate­ly 3:40. Enjoy free time this after­noon till din­ner. Option­al­ly, from Thurs­day Island your can join the Horn Island tour which vis­its WWII sites includ­ing a WWII muse­um. This tour also meets the last & only return fer­ry, and does not give time to look around Thurs­day Island. If you choose, you can overnight here and join us ear­ly next morn­ing (addi­tion­al cost) BD Overnight Pun­sand Bay Resort, Bar­ma­ga, Cape York

Day 5 – Head­ing south we vis­it the WWII air­craft wrecks of Bam­a­ga, and skirt the Jar­dine Riv­er Nation­al Park, take the Jar­dine Riv­er cross­ing then a rest stop at Fruit Bat Falls. We vis­it the beach at Cap­tain Billy’s Land­ing locat­ed on the east coast, and arrive More­ton Tele­graph Sta­tion for a few yarns, a great meal and overnight. BLD

Day 7 – Cook­town to Cairns via the Bloom­field Track & Dain­tree Rain­forests. The Dain­tree Rain­for­est encom­pass­es an area of approx­i­mate­ly 1,200 square kilo­me­tres, from the Dain­tree Riv­er north to Cook­town and west to the Great Divide, rep­re­sent­ing the sin­gle largest block of trop­i­cal rain­for­est in Aus­tralia. The area pro­tect­ed under World Her­itage list­ing cov­ers an area of approx­i­mate­ly 12,000 square kilo­me­tres, stretch­ing from Townsville to Cook­town 75 per cent of which is trop­i­cal rain­for­est, an area equiv­a­lent to about the size of Syd­ney. We explore and dis­cov­er the mag­ic of rain­forests on our Dain­tree Rain­for­est Dis­cov­ery cen­tre walk.

Cook­town was first estab­lished for the gold­fields on the Palmer Riv­er in 1872, although its also famous for when Cap­tain Cook repaired his ship, The Endeav­our, after hit­ting coral on the Great Bar­ri­er Reef. We check out some key local land­marks, includ­ing the Vera Scarth-John­son Gallery, whose art­work con­sists of illus­tra­tions of the flow­er­ing plants from the region, the Grassy Hill Light­house which is home to the Cook­town light­house, built in Eng­land and shipped to Cook­town in 1885, the sun dial which is actu­al­ly a ​‘Glob­al Posi­tion­ing Mon­u­ment’ and Cap­tain Cook’s Grassy Hill Mon­u­ment. Also, the James Cook Muse­um, includ­ing canon and the anchor from from Cooks ship, the HM Bar­que Endeav­our and Chi­nese, Pas­toral, Min­ing, and Indige­nous artefacts.

We depart Cook­town via the coastal road (4WD only) and wit­ness Black Moun­tain Nation­al Park, home to mys­te­ri­ous Abo­rig­i­nal leg­ends. We vis­it the her­itage-list­ed Lions Den Hotel built in 1875, then spec­tac­u­lar Bloom­field Falls at the Bloom­field Riv­er cross­ing. This track was the site of many protests and the Dain­tree Block­ade in 1983. The Bloom­field track takes us to Cape Tribu­la­tion and on to the fer­ry to cross the Dain­tree Riv­er. Time per­mit­ting, we trav­el through Moss­man and vis­it Moss­man Gorge, and a side trip via Port Dou­glas. Overnight Cairns. BLD

Day 8 – Tour ends in Cairns after break­fast for flights home or join us to trav­el from Cairns to Dar­win via the Lost City, Undara Lava Tubes and Savan­nah Way Tour 

Undara Lava Tubes – Vol­cano Val­ley – Vol­canic lava over 300,000 years, has cre­at­ed a remark­able tun­nel sys­tem that lies beneath the rich grass­lands of Undara. See them on the Lost City, Undara Lava Tubes and Savan­nah Way Tour If trav­el­ling to Cairns join Spir­it Safaris to meet this tour from Alice Springs, explore the Plen­ty High­way on the edge of the Simp­son Desert, the Min Min expe­ri­ence in Bou­lia, the mighty Dia­man­ti­na Riv­er and the Dinosaur Trail as we trav­el on to Clon­cur­ry (Qan­tas birth­place) Undara Lava Tubes & Cairns. If trav­el­ling from or to Dar­win, explore the Lost City, Lawn Hill, Adel’s Grove, Cob­bold Gorge, Dal­ly Waters, Mataran­ka Hot Springs ( and ​“We of the Nev­er Nev­er” home­stead) & Kather­ine. Option­al­ly Kakadu via Cooin­da (with Yel­low Waters Cruise) to Dar­win. (meets Dar­win to Broome tour depar­ture) Cape York, Thurs­day Island, Weipa, Dain­tree Rain­for­est, Quinkan Rock Art from Cairns 4WD Tour

8 Day Cape York Thurs­day Island Dain­tree Rock Art Cairns Tour from Cairns to Cairns 8 day tour Cairns return­ing to Cairns over­land, includ­ing Lau­ra Rock Art, Weipa, & Billys Land­ing, Thurs­day & Horn Island fer­ries & day tours, includ­ing Twin & Fruit Bat Falls (on Old Tele­graph Track) and last night accom­mo­da­tion in Cairns. Includes all meals, entry & park fees, pro­fes­sion­al guide, fer­ry to & from Thurs­day Island, lux­u­ry 4WD trans­port. Prices are for com­fy camp­ing OR for 7 nights accom­mo­da­tion upgrade add $995 per per­son (cou­ple or twin share) 

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This book is a cre­ation … and is intend­ed as a resource for peo­ple to adven­ture, dis­cov­er, con­nect and cre­ate extra-ordi­nary out­comes for their lives.

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Cre­ation is occur­ring every moment …. NOW … Your thoughts cre­ate our future

Cairns to Dar­win via Lost City & Gulf Savan­nah Way Tours  — Walk in the stun­ning Undara Lava Tubes, swim at Lawn Hill NP (2 nights), tour River­sleigh Fos­sils site, Burke & Wills last camp, Nor­man­ton, Karum­ba (sun­set cruise), Hells Gate, Bor­roloola, Lost City

8 days Accom­mo­dat­ed or Camp­ing or a com­bi­na­tion avail­able- select when booking 

Gulf Savan­nah Tours include Lost City, Lawn Hill, River­sleigh Fos­sils / Dinosaurs tour, Undara Lava Tubes 

Cairns to Dar­win (West­bound) itin­er­ary shown below. This tour has 2 nights at Lawn Hill / Adel’s Grove and includes River­sleigh Dinosaurs / Fos­sils sites tour.

Day 1 – Gulf Savan­nah Way Tours – Depart Cairns for the pic­turesque dri­ve to the Ather­ton table­lands to tour through the Undara Lava Tubes. The Undara Lava Tubes were formed some 190,000 years ago when a major vol­cano erupt­ed, its molten lava flow­ing down a dry riv­er bed. As the top lay­er quick­ly cooled and crust­ed, the fiery mag­ma below con­tin­ued to flow through the tubes tak­ing it fur­ther and fur­ther from the vol­cano. The Undara tubes are the world’s longest lava flow. The word Undara means ​‘a long way’ in Abo­rig­i­nal lan­guage. One of the lava flows from Undara extends over 160 kilo­me­tres (or 100 miles). This makes it one of the longest lava flows from a sin­gle vol­cano on our plan­et in mod­ern geo­log­i­cal time. The orig­i­nal tube formed by the flow extend­ed for approx­i­mate­ly 100 kilo­me­tres, and sev­er­al sec­tions are acces­si­ble. After our 2 hour tour and tasty lunch, we pass by Mt Sur­prise (where Savan­nahlander train overnights) to George­town for overnight LD

Day 2 – Trav­el via George­town and the mul­ti award win­ning, Ter­res­tri­al – the Ted Elliott Min­er­al Col­lec­tion, the largest min­er­als col­lec­tion in the world. We fol­low the Gulflan­der Rail­way line via the Gulf Devel­op­ment Road through Croy­don which in gol­drush days had 7000 peo­ple and 122 pubs. On to Nor­man­ton, and view the old Burns Philp store, and the 1870 rail­way his­to­ry from the gol­drush days, plus the hot arte­sian bore. Arriv­ing Karum­ba on the edge of the Gulf of Car­pen­taria, we enjoy a sun­set riv­er cruise. Karum­ba is the base of the gulf Bar­ra­mun­di and prawn­ing indus­try and home to many salt water croc­o­diles. Overnight Karum­ba BL – Din­ner at own expense in local restau­rant – great fresh fish and prawns here and very rea­son­able price !

Days 3 & 4 – Today we sure­ly see flocks of Brol­gas on our way to Burke and Wills last camp 119 near Bur­ke­town. Trav­el­ling west­ward and par­al­lel to the coast­line of the Gulf of Car­pen­taria in this spec­tac­u­lar savan­nah coun­try, we cross numer­ous rivers includ­ing the Leichardt Riv­er, named after Lud­wig Leichardt who walked this coun­try in 1845. We check out the Leichardt Falls before trav­el­ling across the ​“Plains of Promise” named when H M Brig Bea­gle (the famous ship which had car­ried Charles Dar­win on his voy­age) vis­it­ed here in 1841. Enjoy a break in the fron­tier town of Bur­ke­town, named after Burke of the Burke and Wills Expe­di­tion of 1860 who reached the gulf near here in Feb­ru­ary 1861. Bur­ke­town was estab­lished in 1865 to ser­vice new pas­toral hold­ings estab­lished in the region.We arrive at Lawn Hill Nation­al Park, (now Bood­ja­mul­la Nation­al Park) Adel’s Grove (2 nights), and walk, canoe or swim in the beau­ti­ful lagoon with water­falls. Vis­it the amaz­ing River­sleigh Dinosaur Fos­sil Field. Overnight Adels Grove BLD

Day 5. We trav­el by the large Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty of Doomadgee, then Hells gate where police were sta­tioned to pro­vide escorts for set­tlers to the escarp­ments of Hell’s Gate, beyond which the Abo­rig­i­nals were con­sid­ered fierce. Hells Gate is the routes most west­ern set­tle­ment in Queens­land and now is a pop­u­lar stopover with a grassy oasis and refresh­ments, near­by Abo­rig­i­nal rock art and caves. We trav­el via West­more­land (ura­ni­um deposits) and enter the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry, pass­ing the Red­bank (cop­per) Mine and arrive at Bor­roloola for overnight. BLD

Day 6. Bor­roloola is now a pop­u­lar fish­ing des­ti­na­tion. Pop­u­la­tion is around 800 (about 200 white­fel­las and 600 Abo­rig­i­nal), with Abo­rig­ines liv­ing in camps around the town. Bor­roloola has some very dif­fer­ent Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tures ie the Yanyuwa and Mara are ​‘salt­wa­ter peo­ple’ from the near­by islands while the Kur­dan­ji and Karawa peo­ple are ​‘main­land peo­ple’. We vis­it Caran­biri­ni Nature Reserve to walk amongst the Lost City through sand­stone tow­ers over­look­ing a bill­abong and across the escarp­ment coun­try of the Gulf Region. Option­al heli­copter flight over the Lost City. The Lost City can this morn­ing be explored by heli­copter from base at the Heart­break Hotel at Cape Craw­ford, with an amaz­ing 15 or option­al 30 minute flight over these ancient sand­stone pil­lars, formed when all this area was under­wa­ter Arrive Daly Waters famous pub for overnight. BLD

Day 7 – We take a short tour of the WWII air­base and air­craft hang­er at Daly Waters – with a fas­ci­nat­ing his­toric dis­play of WWII equip­ment, air­craft images and life here at that time. Onwards for a swim at Mataran­ka Hot Springs and con­nect with the famous clas­sic out­back Aus­tralian sto­ry of ​“We of the Nev­er Nev­er” and Elsey’s home­stead from the film. Onward via Kather­ine then Dar­win for overnight BLD 

Day 8 – A free day to cel­e­brate your jour­ney. Enjoy a leisure­ly break­fast and the many sights or activ­i­ties Dar­win has to offer. Options include a trip to Kakadu or Litch­field Nation­al Parks, or sim­ply shop or relax in Darwin’s balmy cli­mate. Tour ends after break­fast. Home Flights depart from Dar­win or con­sid­er trav­el­ling with us to Alice Springswith options includ­ing Kakadu, Kather­ine Gorge (option­al), Lost City & Dev­ils Mar­bles. B

Day 8 — Option­al­ly tour by Kakadu Nation­al Park for 1 or 2 nights from Kather­ine, or do Kakadu in a day or more from Dar­win. Ask for details. 

8 days Accom­mo­dat­ed or Camp­ing or a com­bi­na­tion avail­able- select when booking 

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You can join a small pri­vate group in on a lux­u­ry 4WD tour and explore the Hunter Val­ley, Wata­gan Forests, Wol­lom­bi, Broke, Abo­rig­i­nal and pio­neer his­to­ry of the region. Your tour includes Wine tast­ing, Spec­tac­u­lar Scenic Cir­cle route, Wildlife, Con­vict and Pio­neer Vil­lage and His­to­ry, Cheese, Choco­late and Cham­pagne tasting.

Trav­el in your pri­vate group or a small group of like mind­ed explor­ers and vis­it major and bou­tique winer­ies in his­toric Wol­lom­bi vil­lage and the famous Hunter Val­ley. Trav­el the land pio­neered by the O’Neill fam­i­ly, ear­ly wine and tobac­co grow­ers from the 1860s. 

• Trav­el the Abo­rig­i­nal trad­ing route and song line via scenic bush and the con­vict built Old North­ern Road.
• Learn of Abo­rig­i­nal tribes of the region and there way of life
• Vis­it his­toric vil­lages of the 1830’s and savour the life of the ear­ly set­tlers and convicts.
• Includes wine tast­ings at 3 – 4 (or more) wineries
• Enjoy tea/​coffee in the beau­ti­ful Wol­lom­bi Val­ley … and share the his­to­ry of the ​“locals”.
• Fine Aus­tralian wines and deli­cious lunch
• Lunch in the vine­yards – Add a 2 course gourmet lunch ($40 ), pur­chase own from café $5 – 30 or bring a picnic.
• Hunter Val­ley Gar­dens as an option from wine tasting
• Cheese and Choco­late tast­ings includ­ed – Cham­pagne tast­ing option.

¹⁄₂ day tour – (4 hours or 2 or more days avail­able — Please ask

Hotel pick-up and return.

Overnight options avail­able … a great escape in this beau­ti­ful and rich riv­er coun­try by Wol­lo­mi / Yen­go Nation­al Parks

Tour Code: HVW1 – Depart Syd­ney city approx­i­mate­ly 8:00 am return approx 6:00pm. Lunch own pur­chase (many options) includes morn­ing tea and wine tast­ing stops

4 Day Syd­ney to Out­back NSW via Jenolan Caves Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Nel­son Bay Tours with Hill End & Mudgee NSW Tours

Jenolan Caves Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Nel­son Bay Tours Includes Jenolan Caves under­ground tour, 3 nights’ accom­mo­da­tion (based on dou­ble or twin share), morn­ing teas, 4 lunch­es, 3 break­fasts. All fees, pro­fes­sion­al guide, lux­u­ry 4WD trans­port (Toy­ota Land­cruis­er or sim­i­lar). Add an extra night to your 3 day tour above with a night in the Hunter Val­ley to relax & enjoy the his­to­ry and wines or overnight in Port Stephens on Nel­son Bay near New­cas­tle (with option­al swim / surf or whale or dol­phin watch­ing cruise)

Day 1 – Jenolan Caves Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Tours Depart your Syd­ney hotel or accom­mo­da­tion at 730 am and enjoy the fresh ear­ly light and air of the spec­tac­u­lar Blue Moun­tains. Vis­it Katoom­ba, Leu­ra, Echo Point, Three Sis­ters, Jamieson Val­ley (Grand Canyon) and Cliff Dri­ve over Mega­long Val­ley. Enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar view from Govett’s Leap near Black­heath, over­look­ing the Grosse Val­ley and spec­tac­u­lar Blue Gum For­est. Descent the 1500 metres of the Great Divid­ing Range to the west­ern slopes, then down the scenic Jenolan Caves road for a cave tour or nature walk.

Jenolan Caves are the world’s old­est dat­ed caves – over 340 mil­lion years old! They con­tain some of the world’s most spec­tac­u­lar cal­cite crys­tal for­ma­tions, which since 1838 have entranced vis­i­tors. Regard­ed as Australia’s most out­stand­ing cave sys­tem – with 11 spec­tac­u­lar show caves, mul­ti-lin­gual self-guid­ed tour, pure under­ground rivers and amaz­ing for­ma­tions – Jenolan Caves is among the finest and old­est cave sys­tems in the world. 

Jenolan Caves is in a huge nature reserve which forms part of the Blue Moun­tains World Her­itage area. You can stroll along a choice of scenic bush tracks (from easy to stren­u­ous), pic­nic at the Blue Lake, and in the qui­et of the ear­ly morn­ing or at dusk, see native ani­mals and birds. On almost any day you can spot a platy­pus, and if overnight­ing, you are sure to see kan­ga­roos. After a caves tour and nature walk, we enjoy a deli­cious meal at the local restau­rant, before overnight at Caves House.

Day 2: After a healthy break­fast jour­ney through the moun­tain region to the tim­ber town of Oberon, then the scenic dri­ve into Bathurst. Bathurst was home to New South Wales first big gold rush in the 1850s and became home to the Cobb & Co (stage) coach com­pa­ny, who ran the largest trans­port net­work in the world with 6,000 hors­es run­ning dai­ly. Enjoy a look at local his­to­ry, and this tru­ly pio­neer­ing coun­try town before we ​“head for the hills” and back coun­try via the quaint old gold min­ing town of Sofala. From here we wind our way along the bri­dle track fol­low­ing the Tur­on Riv­er, to Hill End.

Some his­to­ry – In 1851, gold was dis­cov­ered at Hill End, and by 1872, at the height of the great gold rush, the town was the largest inland set­tle­ment in NSW. With its muse­um dis­plays and many pre­served build­ings, Hill End offers a fas­ci­nat­ing insight into the 19^th-cen­tu­ry gold rush. This well-pre­served, for­mer Bathurst gold-min­ing town is set in an iso­lat­ed val­ley sur­round­ed by rugged moun­tains and gorges. The rugged scenery has inspired many renowned Aus­tralian painters, includ­ing Don­ald Friend and Rus­sell Drys­dale, who paint­ed some of the finest Aus­tralian land­scapes of the 20^th cen­tu­ry. In its hey­day in the 1870s, Hill End had a pop­u­la­tion of 10,000 and boast­ed a kilo­me­tre of colour­ful shopfronts, includ­ing 28 pubs, an opi­um den and an oys­ter bar. Today you can take a self-guid­ed tour of the gold-rush streetscape, go under­ground at the Bald Hill Mine or join a ​‘fos­sick­ing’ tour and search for gold among mounds of old mine tailings.

East­ern Grey Kan­ga­roos Hunter Val­ley Tour­Time here to enjoy the local his­to­ry, before trav­el­ling back coun­try trails, to arrive at Mudgee, and pros­per­ous vol­canic soil wine grow­ing area. Enjoy a tasty lunch at a Win­ery in Mudgee and enjoy wine tast­ing at a pre­mi­um local win­ery. We see wild kan­ga­roos as we trav­el through dense forests and spec­tac­u­lar rock and moun­tain scenery to descend into the Upper Hunter­Val­ley. Overnight Sandy Hol­low or Denman.

Day 3: Trav­el through small rur­al towns on the Gold­en High­way, via some of Australia’s most pres­ti­gious thor­ough­bred horse studs, and cat­tle coun­try. We vis­it the sacred Abo­rig­i­nal ​“Biamme Cave” with a mas­sive Abo­rig­i­nal cave paint­ing depict­ing the supreme Abo­rig­i­nal cre­ator spir­it Biamme, with out­stretched arms car­ing over his peo­ple. (Known as the ​“rope man” in the Pacif­ic Islands. Learn of local Abo­rig­i­nal his­to­ry, and land­marks before we enjoy lunch at a scenic vine­yard pic­nic area. We trav­el through Broke and the his­toric vil­lage of Wol­lom­bi (more wine tast­ing options) before arriv­ing in the heart of the Low­er Hunter Val­ley, Pokol­bin. Lots of treats here includ­ing many bou­tique winer­ies, the Hunter Val­ley Gar­dens, Hunter Val­ley Choco­late Com­pa­ny, Cheese tast­ing and more. A local Wildlife park vis­it option is also avail­able to ensure close encoun­ters of the fur­ry kind with koalas, kan­ga­roos, wom­bats, Tas­man­ian Dev­ils, croc­o­diles and more. 

We see the vast coal mines of the Hunter Val­ley before our stop at some local winer­ies for wine tast­ing a full range of wines from var­i­ous vine­yards, and a deli­cious lunch. If will­ing, we can also vis­it the Hunter Val­ley Choco­late Com­pa­ny, a Cheese fac­to­ry for cheese tast­ing and a fudge fac­to­ry … mmm. Wildlife are wait­ing for us at a near­by wildlife park (closed Wednes­days). Here we can take a close up look and see most of the famous Ozzie wildlife includ­ing koalas, kan­ga­roos, wal­la­bies, din­goes, wom­bats, echid­nas and native birds. Overnight Port Stephens / Nel­son Bay.Nel­son Bay 

Day 4 – With an extra night added to your 3 day tour with a night & day to relax & enjoy the sun, surf, and sail­ing (option­al extra) in Port Stephens Resort on Nel­son Bay north of New­cas­tle with option­al swim/​surf or whale or dol­phin watch cruise (extra cost). Enjoy a scenic walk through the bush­land to Nel­son Bay Head­land in Toma­ree Nation­al Park. After a full day we trav­el back to Syd­ney cross­ing the mighty & scenic Hawkes­bury Riv­er, trav­el­ling back into the city via the leafy north shore sub­urbs, arriv­ing approx­i­mate­ly 6pm..

Pil­bara, Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, Kar­ratha & Mar­ble Bar Tours from Broome or pick­up in Port Hed­land or Kar­ratha (2^nd day). 

6 days Pil­bara Kar­ratha Kar­i­ji­ni Tours from Broome includ­ing Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park in the Pil­bara with Kar­ratha & Mar­ble Bar Tours from Broome, Port Hed­land & Kar­ratha – includes 3 days in Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park to explore amaz­ing gorges, walks & water­holes & option­al Tom Price or New­man mine tour, 1 night Port Hed­land, Kar­ratha, & Mar­ble Bar, 3 days / 2 nights in Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Parks. 6 days/​5 nights from Broome return to Broome or exit Port Hed­land – Ful­ly catered, com­fy camp­ing or motel & Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat accom­mo­dat­ed. New­man depar­ture options – Please ask.

TAI­LORED TOURS AVAIL­ABLE – If you pre­fer a dif­fer­ent itin­er­ary PLEASE ASK –

Email info@​spiritsafaris.​com or Call 1300 763 188 

6 day Itin­er­ary High­lights for Pil­bara Kar­ratha Kar­i­ji­ni Tours from Broome include –

• 80 Mile Beach – dri­ve on the beach, meet the locals and enjoy the many var­ied shells & corals His­toric Cos­sack and famous Art Cen­tre – West Australi’s first north­ern port & pearling area Bur­rup Rock Art – on Dampi­er Penin­su­la – com­plex fig­ures and art around 30,000 years old
• Mill­stream – Chich­ester Nation­al Park – incl Python Pool and the paper­bark springs walk at old Mill­stream Sta­tion by the Fortes­cue River
• 2 nights at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat to explore Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park amaz­ing wild­flow­ers, gorges, walks & water holes & Ham­mer­s­ley Gorge, Oxer, Jof­fre, Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales gorges, Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools.
• Tom Price Mine Tour option or more time at Karijini
• Port Hed­land docks – watch BHPs iron ore exports leave this mas­sive port (south­bound tour) or Mar­ble Bar, Shay Gap & De Grey Riv­er cross­ing on North­bound tour
• Ham­mer­s­ley Iron / Rio Tin­to Rail­way Road to Tom Price.
• Kar­ratha / Dampi­er Rio Tin­to port and LNG Plant vis­i­tors centre
• Hamer­s­ley Ranges
• Red Dog Memo­r­i­al at Dampier

Details of Pil­bara, Kar­i­ji­ni, Kar­ratha & Mar­ble Bar Tours – 6 Days 

Pil­bara, Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, Kar­ratha & Mar­ble Bar Tours from Broome or pick­up in Port Hed­land or Kar­ratha (2^nd day). Tour includes 3 days in Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park to explore amaz­ing gorges, walks & water­holes & Tom Price or Whale­back New­man mine tour, nights in Port Hed­land, Kar­ratha, Mar­ble Bar & Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat. Option­al­ly arrive Broome the day before to enjoy Broome, a Cable Beach swim and dinosaur foot­prints at Gantheaume Point – needs low tide.

Day 1 - Tour com­mences from Broome Mon­day 8 am. We trav­el the North­ern High­way through exten­sive cat­tle coun­try to Port Hed­land. Enroute enjoy a (short) walk on 80 Mile Beach. Vis­it the Port Hed­land docks, export­ing the worlds largest ship­ments of iron ore from BHPs rail­head & stor­age facil­i­ty. BLD

Day 2 – Trav­el over the De Grey Riv­er, and through this unique Pil­bara land­scape via Roe­bourne with its famous art exhi­bi­tion and his­toric build­ings, to Bur­rup rock art on the Dampi­er Arch­i­pel­ago to see unique rock art which is the World’s largest col­lec­tion of pet­ro­glyphs, Vis­it the Red Dog memo­r­i­al (the film star) and view the Rio Tin­to / Ham­mer­s­ley Iron Rail­way & port facil­i­ties and Kar­ratha beach before overnight in Kar­ratha. BLD

Day 3 – We trav­el and pic­nic in Mill­stream Nation­al Park, on the banks of the Forteque Riv­er, and enjoy the paper­bark springs walk at old Mill­stream Sta­tion. Trav­el through the Hamer­s­ley Ranges, via the spe­cial access Hamer­s­ley Iron / Rio Tin­to Rail­way Road to Tom Price (look­out view­ing and mine tour option) and overnight at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat for 2 nights. BLD

Days 3, 4, 5 – Expe­ri­ence awe­some gorges of Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park views, walks, water­falls & swim options includ­ing at Oxer look­out, and Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales, Red, Jof­fre and Knox Gorges, and Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools. Option­al Tom Price Rio Tin­to Iron Ore mine tour avail­able BLD

Day 5 – Depart Kar­i­ji­ni late morn­ing and trav­el the Great North­ern High­way and 4WD back roads to Mar­ble Bar & the Comet Gold Mine with gems and min­er­als dis­plays. Overnight Mar­ble Bar. Din­ner at the geol­o­gists favourite Iron Clad Hotel BLD

Day 6 – Vist the Chi­na­mans Pool and Mar­ble Bar a rock for­ma­tion across the Coon­gan Riv­er. The rock is actu­al­ly Jasper (not mar­ble) and cre­ates a stun­ning back­drop. Geol­o­gy enthu­si­asts will enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar out­crops and appre­ci­ate the chance to see some of the old­est Archaean Rocks in the world. We check out the high­lights of this fas­ci­nat­ing and once thriv­ing town of Mar­ble Bar, with the world record for the hottest town on the plan­et. Depart via Shay Gap with old min­ing his­to­ry, with a tea stop at the mighty De Grey Riv­er, then on via Par­doo & Sand­fire. Arrive Broome ear­ly evening or exit tour at Port Hed­land (approx.11am) for flights or coach etc. Tour may run in reverse BL

The Tom Price Rio Tin­to Mine – The Mount Tom price mine is owned by RioT­in­to / Hamer­s­ley Iron and oper­at­ed by Pil­bara iron. The mine was devel­oped in 1966, and is a mas­sive ore body eight kilo­me­tres long and more than one kilo­me­tre wide. In 2004 the mine moved over 45Mt of mate­r­i­al and pro­duced over 18Mt of iron ore.

Join us on this tour in the Pil­bara to bet­ter under­stand Australia’s & your future !!! – Please ASK or Book Tour

The team at Spir­it Safaris will get you there safe­ly and swift­ly, with plen­ty of time for fun and explor­ing these amaz­ing places.Our mod­ern Toy­ota Land­cruis­er 4WD vehi­cles means you trav­el in small pri­vate groups in com­fort to access areas oth­ers can’t reach.

Pil­bara, Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, Kar­ratha & Mar­ble Bar Tours from Broome or pick­up in Port Hed­land or Karratha 

6 days Pil­bara Kar­ratha Kar­i­ji­ni Tours from Broome includ­ing Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park in the Pil­bara with Kar­ratha & Mar­ble Bar Tours from Broome, Port Hed­land & Kar­ratha – includes 3 days in Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park to explore amaz­ing gorges, walks & water­holes & option­al Tom Price or New­man mine tour, 1 night Port Hed­land, Kar­ratha, & Mar­ble Bar, 3 days / 2 nights in Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Parks. 6 days/​5 nights from Broome return to Broome or exit Port Hed­land – Ful­ly catered, and motel accom­mo­dat­ed & Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat. New­man depar­ture options – Please ask.

TAI­LORED TOURS AVAIL­ABLE – If you pre­fer a dif­fer­ent itin­er­ary PLEASE ASK –

6 day Itin­er­ary High­lights for Pil­bara Kar­ratha Kar­i­ji­ni Tours from Broome include –

• 80 Mile Beach – dri­ve on the beach, meet the locals and enjoy the many var­ied shells & corals His­toric Cos­sack and famous Art Cen­tre – West Australi’s first north­ern port & pearling area Bur­rup Rock Art – on Dampi­er Penin­su­la – com­plex fig­ures and art around 30,000 years old
• Mill­stream – Chich­ester Nation­al Park – incl Python Pool and the paper­bark springs walk at old Mill­stream Sta­tion by the Fortes­cue River
• 2 nights at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat to explore Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park amaz­ing wild­flow­ers, gorges, walks & water holes & Ham­mer­s­ley Gorge, Oxer, Jof­fre, Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales gorges, Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools.
• Tom Price Mine Tour option or more time at Karijini
• Port Hed­land docks – watch BHPs iron ore exports leave this mas­sive port (south­bound tour) or Mar­ble Bar, Shay Gap & De Grey Riv­er cross­ing on North­bound tour
• Ham­mer­s­ley Iron / Rio Tin­to Rail­way Road to Tom Price.
• Kar­ratha / Dampi­er Rio Tin­to port and LNG Plant vis­i­tors centre
• Hamer­s­ley Ranges
• Red Dog Memo­r­i­al at Dampier

Details of Pil­bara, Kar­i­ji­ni, Kar­ratha & Mar­ble Bar Tours – 6 Days 

Day 1 - Tour com­mences from Broome Mon­day 8 am. We trav­el the North­ern High­way through exten­sive cat­tle coun­try to Port Hed­land. Enroute enjoy a (short) walk on 80 Mile Beach. Vis­it the Port Hed­land docks, export­ing the worlds largest ship­ments of iron ore from BHPs rail­head & stor­age facil­i­ty. BLD

Day 2 – Trav­el over the De Grey Riv­er, and through this unique Pil­bara land­scape via Roe­bourne with its famous art exhi­bi­tion and his­toric build­ings, to Bur­rup rock art on the Dampi­er Arch­i­pel­ago to see unique rock art which is the World’s largest col­lec­tion of pet­ro­glyphs, Vis­it the Red Dog memo­r­i­al (the film star) and view the Rio Tin­to / Ham­mer­s­ley Iron Rail­way & port facil­i­ties and Kar­ratha beach before overnight in Kar­ratha. BLD

Day 3 – We trav­el and pic­nic in Mill­stream Nation­al Park, on the banks of the Forteque Riv­er, and enjoy the paper­bark springs walk at old Mill­stream Sta­tion. Trav­el through the Hamer­s­ley Ranges, via the spe­cial access Hamer­s­ley Iron / Rio Tin­to Rail­way Road to Tom Price (look­out view­ing and mine tour option) and overnight at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Retreat (or alter­na­tive camp­ground if unavail­able) for 2 nights. BLD

Days 3, 4, 5 – Expe­ri­ence awe­some gorges of Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park views, walks, water­falls & swim options includ­ing at Oxer look­out, and Fortes­cue, Han­cock, Dales, Red, Jof­fre and Knox Gorges, and Fern & Cir­cu­lar Pools. Option­al Tom Price Rio Tin­to Iron Ore mine tour avail­able BLD

Day 5 – Depart Kar­i­ji­ni late morn­ing and trav­el the Great North­ern High­way and 4WD back roads to Mar­ble Bar & the Comet Gold Mine with gems and min­er­als dis­plays. Overnight Mar­ble Bar. Din­ner at the geol­o­gists favourite Iron Clad Hotel BLD

Day 6 – Vist the Chi­na­mans Pool and Mar­ble Bar a rock for­ma­tion across the Coon­gan Riv­er. The rock is actu­al­ly Jasper (not mar­ble) and cre­ates a stun­ning back­drop. Geol­o­gy enthu­si­asts will enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar out­crops and appre­ci­ate the chance to see some of the old­est Archaean Rocks in the world. We check out the high­lights of this fas­ci­nat­ing and once-thriv­ing town of Mar­ble Bar, with the world record for the hottest town on the plan­et. Depart via Shay Gap with old min­ing his­to­ry, with a tea stop at the mighty De Grey Riv­er, then on via Par­doo & Sand­fire. Arrive Broome ear­ly evening or exit tour at Port Hed­land (approx.11am) for flights or coach etc. Tour may run in reverse BL

The Tom Price Rio Tin­to Mine – The Mount Tom price mine is owned by RioT­in­to / Hamer­s­ley Iron and oper­at­ed by Pil­bara iron. The mine was devel­oped in 1966, and is a mas­sive ore body eight kilo­me­tres long and more than one kilo­me­tre wide. In 2004 the mine moved over 45Mt of mate­r­i­al and pro­duced over 18Mt of iron ore.

Join us on this tour in the Pil­bara to bet­ter under­stand Australia’s & your future !!! – Please ASK or Book Tour

The team at Spir­it Safaris will get you there safe­ly and swift­ly, with plen­ty of time for fun and explor­ing these amaz­ing places. Our mod­ern Toy­ota Land­cruis­er 4WD vehi­cles mean you trav­el in small pri­vate groups in com­fort to access areas oth­ers can’t reach.

Accom­mo­da­tion at Kar­i­ji­ni Eco Lodge and motels is included 

Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Wilpe­na Pound Coober Pedy 4 DAYS via Flinders Ranges, Bun­yeroo & Brachi­na Gorges, Sacred Canyon, Coober Pedy, William Creek. Includ­ing 1 Hour Flight over Lake Eyre and view­ing War­bur­ton Groove, lake shore vis­it and walk, Bird­watch­ing and Lake Shore dri­ve by 4WD, lux­u­ry 4WD transport.

Fol­low the Over­land Tele­graph Line & Old Ghan Rail­way Track and vis­it his­toric Cow­ard Springs & Cur­dimur­ka Rail­way Sid­ings and his­to­ry plus much more. Includes all fees, flight, meals, ensuite accom­mo­dat­ed at Wilpe­na Pound, Mar­ree (or William Creek) & Coober Pedy. Con­sid­er also the Wilpe­na Pound Flinders Ranges flight option. Tour Code LCP4. Con­nec­tion options to Syd­ney, Bro­ken Hill or Melbourne 

Our tours aim to show you the best this unique region has to offer, includ­ing the amaz­ing mound springs, icon­ic land­marks and Ghan and pio­neer his­to­ry. Late­ly our trav­ellers have been impressed with their Lake Eyre flight also incor­po­rat­ing the Paint­ed Hills, a near­by desert region with awe­some mul­ti coloured ochre hills. This oppor­tu­ni­ty will be offered to your group on the tour and avail­abil­i­ty depends on a con­sen­sus to spend approx­i­mate­ly half the flight time on Lake Eyre, and half on the Paint­ed Hills.Please con­tact me if you have any ques­tions or concerns

4 Day Lake Eyre Tours Flights — itinerary

Day 1 — From Ade­laide city or air­port we depart via spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain scenery adja­cent the South­ern Flinders Ranges. Trav­el via the rich wine pro­duc­ing region of the Clare Val­ley (wine tast­ing option­al) and through the rich coun­try­side of rur­al South Aus­tralia. Enjoy pic­turesque scenery, and rur­al town stops with lunch and morn­ing tea. We have a pic­nic lunch in scenic Mel­rose at the base of Mt Remark­able and cross the Goy­der Line before Quorn and Hawk­er, gate­way to the Flinders Ranges. Enjoy Scenic views of the Elder, Druid & Heyson Ranges, and vis­it an ancient Abo­rig­i­nal Rock art site at Arka­roo Rock (with art­work sim­i­lar to recent­ly dis­cov­ered War­ran­tyi Rock Shel­ter). Here enjoy an easy short walk amongst the Cypress Pines into the gorge to view pecked rock art tens of thou­sands of years old. Return­ing to Wilpe­na Pound, we check in for the night for a cosy din­ner with open fire place L,D

Day 2 — Enjoy an option­al scenic flight before a scenic walk with the kan­ga­roos and spec­tac­u­lar Riv­er Red Gums into Wilpe­na Pound, view­ing unique flo­ra, Old Hills Home­stead. Then an option­al hike up to Wan­gar­ra Hill look­out offer­ing panoram­ic views of Wilpe­na Pound. Depart Wilpe­na Pound Resort and trav­el the fas­ci­nat­ing Geo­log­i­cal Trail through 800 mil­lion years of time via Brachi­na Gorge and Bun­yeroo Gorge in the Flinders Ranges, view­ing fos­sils includ­ing ancient stro­ma­to­lites. Arrive at the old Ghan rail­way town of Parachilna and the famous Prairie Hotel, with tasty treats and excep­tion­al Abo­rig­i­nal art and jew­ellery for sale. We trav­el north here fol­low­ing the Heyson Range via Leigh Creek (view­ing the mas­sive open cut mine ow closed) via Cop­ley and Lind­hurst past the Strz­elec­ki Track and into the desert. Stop for a look at the large and colour­ful ochre pits famous for trad­ing ochre wide­ly through­out Aus­tralia. Fari­na Arrive Mar­ree for overnight. B,L,D

Day 3 – At Mar­ree check out the ancient mosque and Old Ghan Rail­way his­to­ry. Also the Lake Eyre Yacht Club and Birdsville Track. We fol­low the Ood­na­dat­ta Track Over­land Tele­graph Line & Old Ghan Rail­way Track and vis­it his­toric Cow­ard Springs & Cur­dimur­ka Rail­way Sid­ings and the look­out at Lake Eyre South then the Mound Springs, nat­ur­al springs bub­bling up from the Arte­sian Basin. Vis­it the shores of Lake Eyre and con­nect with the won­der of the bird and plant life revi­talised by flood­ing rains. We vis­it creeks and water holes along the route which are favourite spots for birds (includ­ing brol­gas, egrets, swans, ducks, waders, Herons and many more) and bird­watch­ers. Arrive his­toric William Creek on Anna Creek Sta­tion (Sid­ney Kid­man’s largest cat­tle sta­tion) for a 1+ hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre. After our flight, we head back through the moon plains for Coober Pedy for overnight. This is a spe­cial sleep under­ground oppor­tu­ni­ty. B,L,D

Day 4 – Today we are head­ing south on the Stu­art High­way via desert trav­el & salt lakes that let you appre­ci­ate the remote and vast out­back. Wit­ness mod­ern ​“oasis” out­back sta­tions and trans­port road­hous­es of this great Stu­art High­way con­nect­ing Australia’s north and south. Vis­it Woomera and the ​“rock­et park” col­lec­tion of mis­siles launched from this unique loca­tion, the exten­sive Rock­et Range Muse­um and view the infa­mous Deten­tion Cen­tre. Trav­el via Port Augus­ta, the pow­er­house of Spencers Gulf and a cup­pa by the water front, then on via rich rur­al lands of the Gulf of St Vin­cent to arrive, Ade­laide this evening. Tour ends approx 7 pm. B,L

Lake Eyre Tours Flights with Wilpe­na Pound Coober Pedy Tour Inclusions -

• Ful­ly accom­mo­dat­ed (ensuites) and all meals included
• Small group lux­u­ry 4WD trav­el (usu­al­ly 2 – 4 per 4WD vehi­cle) with pro­fes­sion­al and expe­ri­enced dri­ver / guide
• Scenic Flight over Lake Eyre — 1 hour flight with add on options as above and selec­table in book­ing process
• All deli­cious meals, includ­ing veg­e­tar­i­an options
• Com­fort­able hotel / motel style ensuite accommodation
• All Nation­al Park entry and accom­mo­da­tion fees, air­port or hotel pick­up & return
• Con­tri­bu­tions of tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids and Aus­tralian Wildlife Con­ser­van­cy nature care programs.
  

Light­ning Ridge Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Out­back NSW Tour

This 3 day Light­ning Ridge Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Out­back NSW Tour from Syd­ney gives you the real out­back and coun­try NSW expe­ri­ence plus Blue Moun­tains with Katoom­ba, Echo Point and Gov­etts Leap, wine tast­ing in Hunter Val­ley, and Mudgee wine and gold country.

Light­ning Ridge Opals Tours

Syd­ney to Out­back New South Wales ( NSW ) tour via Blue Moun­tains, Mudgee wines, Wol­lo­mi Nation­al Park, War­rum­bun­gle Moun­tains, Light­ning Ridge opals, hot springs, Mt Kaputar, Hunter Valley 

• Wildlife in the wild. See koalas, emus, kan­ga­roos, rep­tiles, wal­la­bies, stun­ning native birds and much more
• Buy opal at traders prices from the source at Light­ning Ridge
• Meet real Australian’s and local Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple in communities
• Oth­er tour options include Bro­ken Hill, Lake Mun­go NP, Gund­abooka Nation­al Park, Bourke

3 day Light­ning Ridge Blue Moun­tains Hunter Val­ley Out­back NSW Tour

– itin­er­ary

Day 1 – Depart your Syd­ney hotel or accom­mo­da­tion at 730 am and enjoy the fresh ear­ly light and air of the spec­tac­u­lar Blue Moun­tains. Vis­it Katoom­ba, Leu­ra, Echo Point, Three Sis­ters, Jamieson Val­ley (Grand Canyon) and Cliff Dri­ve over Mega­long Val­ley before a morn­ing tea at Govett’s Leap near Black­heath, over­look­ing the Grosse Val­ley and spec­tac­u­lar Blue Gum For­est in the Blue Mountains.

Descent the 1500 metres of the Great Divid­ing Range and from Pearson’s Look­out view the Blue Moun­tains region and Wol­lo­mi Nation­al Park in this World Her­itage area. Enjoy a tasty lunch at a Win­ery in Mudgee and enjoy wine tast­ing. Trav­el on through old gold min­ing towns, and his­toric Gul­go­ng – the town on the $10 note. Trav­el via Dune­doo to Coon­abarabran for overnight.. Dine at own expense in town (numer­ous options) and con­sid­er a vis­it to the Sky Watch Obser­va­to­ry to view the night sky through their giant tele­scope. This area expe­ri­ences some of the clear­est skies in the world, hence the near­by Sid­ing Springs Obser­va­to­ry. Enjoy motel style accom­mo­da­tion this evening.

Day 2: After a healthy break­fast see wild kan­ga­roos and emus as we trav­el through War­rum­bun­gle Nation­al Park. We take a short bush­walk to see the spec­tac­u­lar view of the Bread­knife and sur­round­ing moun­tains in this unique vol­canic region. Con­sid­er a close-up vis­it to the large 3.9‑metre diam­e­ter opti­cal tele­scope at the Anglo-Aus­tralian Tele­scope facil­i­ty at Sid­ing Springs in the War­rum­bun­gles. Sid­ing Spring Obser­va­to­ry hous­es over 60 tele­scopes from insti­tu­tions across the world includ­ing, Korea, Amer­i­ca, the UK, Poland, Hun­gary, Ger­many and Rus­sia. Trav­el through rur­al grain pro­duc­ing towns, and see the inno­v­a­tive and large water tow­er and silo art­works Arrive Light­ning Ridge, home to Australia’s beau­ti­ful black opal. Vis­it an under­ground mine and see how the min­ing com­mu­ni­ty lives. Buy your opals direct from the Opal Cut­ters and Whole­salers at huge dis­counts to City prices. 

Day 3: Depart Light­ning Ridge for the 800 km return jour­ney to Syd­ney via huge sheep sta­tions and some of the largest fields of wheat and cot­ton in the world. Wit­ness the majes­tic 1520 m high Mt Kaputar dom­i­nat­ing this ancient vol­canic land­scape. Lunch in a ​“Coun­try Pub”. Trav­el on through the Liv­er­pool Ranges, and Scone, the heart of horse breed­ing coun­try in Aus­tralia. Time per­mit­ting enjoy some wine tast­ing in the Hunter Val­ley before arrival in Syd­ney approx­i­mate­ly 7:00 pm

Inclu­sions –

• Motel style en-suite accommodation
• All meals except 2 din­ners own cost in restaurants
• Wine tast­ings
• Wild wildlife!!
• Dis­count opal buying
• Abo­rig­i­nal art and real Aussie coun­ty folk
• Nation­al Parks entry fees.
• Tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids Fund & Nature Care projects.

BOOK HERE Or Call 0417 244 600 or 1300 763 188

¹⁄₂ day Syd­ney North­ern Beach­es, Bays and Rivers Tour by pri­vate lux­u­ry 4WD – includes scenic beach­es and water­ways, Wildlife, Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites, Kuringai Chase Nation­al Park.

Expe­ri­ence the Mag­ic and Mys­tery of the Syd­ney bush and water­ways, the wildlife, song lines and pow­er­ful Abo­rig­i­nal rock art sites. Enjoy a real tea or cof­fee in the bush and the won­der and beau­ty of the north­ern beach­es, scenic head­lands, vast ocean views, and hide­away bays. Expand your aware­ness and nature con­nec­tion. Fun, empow­er­ing and relax­ing – includes lux­u­ry 4WD trav­el, after­noon tea/​coffee and free sou­venir.

Departs from your North­ern Beach­es accom­mo­da­tion or Man­ly, Syd­ney city hotel, or Milson’s Point/​North Syd­ney, returns to your accom­mo­da­tion, city or Man­ly (or as arranged) to enable you to return to the city by Man­ly Fer­ry (40 min­utes or 20 min­utes by Jet­cat) or stay a while in Manly.

Departs from your CBD hotel, OR Man­ly OR North­ern Beach­es: MORN­ING 8am ‑12 noon or AFTER­NOON 1pm‑6:00pm

Call 1300 763 188 or 0417 244 600

• 4WD trans­port in small group (2−7) lux­u­ry air con­di­tioned vehicles
• Deli­cious morn­ing / after­noon tea.
• Expe­ri­enced and pro­fes­sion­al local guide

• Best day ever – LM
• This has been a real break­through for me … the land con­nec­tion and group ener­gy helped me see this – CEO
• I saw the impor­tance of my role in my com­pa­ny and how I can add so much more val­ue – Manager
• Real­ly Friend­ly, Enthu­si­as­tic and excel­lent knowl­edge – Nisha more

Silo Art Trail Mun­go NSW Out­back Tours Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill 6 days 

Our Silo Art Trail Mun­go NSW Out­back Tours Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill 6 days are small group adven­tures for peo­ple who love to con­nect with region­al Aus­tralia and par­tic­u­lar­ly region­al and out­back New South Wales. Our small group tours trav­el in Land Cruis­er vehi­cles or we do have a com­fort­able minibus for up to 10 people

The Silo At Trail is trans­form­ing Aus­tralian region­al towns. Join us on an adven­ture through rur­al Aus­tralia to wit­ness these great mas­ter­pieces and the local hospitality.

Pos­si­ble to Meet Lake Eyre to Alice Springs tour from Ade­laide or Bro­ken Hill OR Meet Cameron Cor­ner Coun­try tours

Options a day tour Mutaw­in­tji Nation­al Park for excep­tion­al rock art rich in Abo­rig­i­nal history.

Here is our 6 day tour Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill (or reverse option please ask)

High­lights – NSW Silo Art Trail Tours

• Port­land Silo Art
• Parkes Radio Tele­scope – The Dish
• Canowin­dra – Age of Fish­es Fos­sil Museum
• Gren­fell Silo Art
• Weet­halle Silo Art
• Hay – Shear Out­back Centre
• Went­worth – Junc­tion of the Dar­ling & Mur­ray Rivers + Megafau­na Museum
• Mun­go Nation­al Park & Chi­na Walls tour
• Menindee – Lakes & Burke & Wills Camp
• Bro­ken Hill & Silverton
• Return option­al tours or meets rail to Syd­ney or Adelaide

Fol­low­ing is our 6 day Silo Art Trail Mun­go NSW Out­back Tours Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill in out­back region­al New South Wales Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill – (reverse avail­able) sup­port­ing region­al com­mu­ni­ties and those that have been suf­fer­ing through recent droughts and the bush­fires – hope you can join us. 

NOTE This tour also avail­able as 12 days Syd­ney Bro­ken Hill Syd­ney return via Tiboobur­ra Bourke, Bre­warin­na Gund­abooka, Mac­quar­ie Marsh­es — see https://​spir​it​sa​faris​.rezdy​.com/​3​9​1​3​7​2​/​n​s​w​-​o​u​t​b​a​c​k​-​e​x​p​l​o​r​e​r​-​s​i​l​o​-​a​r​t​-​c​o​r​n​e​r​-​c​o​u​n​t​r​y​-​m​u​n​g​o​-​b​r​o​k​e​n​-​h​i​l​l​-​d​a​r​l​i​n​g​-​r​i​v​e​r​-​b​o​u​r​k​e​-​s​y​d​n​e​y​-​r​e​t​u​r​n​-​1​2​-days

Day 1 – NSW Silo Art Trail tours take us through some love­ly coun­try towns and region­al areas, and our 6 day tour from Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill includes the Port­land silos at the old Cement Fac­to­ry – beau­ti­ful art­work there on the cement works and sym­bol­ic of the restora­tion of the com­mu­ni­ty in Port­land exem­pli­fied by their site work and the won­der­ful annu­al art exhibition.

Mov­ing on beyond Bathurst and the fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry of the gold rush and Cobb & Co coach­es, then The Dish Exhi­bi­tion cen­tre at the giant CSIRO oper­at­ed radiote­le­scope that brought the 1^st moon land­ing images to Earth. Overnight Parkes

Day 2 – We vis­it Canowin­dra and the Muse­um of Fish­es – ancient fish fos­sils from this area that was once an inland sea. Then Cowra (and rail­way round­house for the keen). Onwards to the pop­u­lar Gren­fell Wheat silos com­plet­ed in 2019 and then mov­ing to the well-known Wee­t­alle Silos. Dri­ving West via Rankin Springs the coun­try spreads and
the sky seems to get big­ger as the sun sets over
the Hay Plains. Overnight Gool­go­wi LD

Day 3 – Shear Out­back, Wine Tast­ing, Mur­ray Dar­ling Junc­tion, Wentworth 

Today we trav­el to Hay, one of Australia’s major wool grow­ing areas, and a vis­it to the Shear Out­back cen­tre takes
to you into the rich life in the wool indus­try in ear­ly NSW. We’ll take
the back­road through salt­bush plains, that are home to over 50 farm­ing
fam­i­lies. Tiny vil­lages are the social hub for many of the large out­back
sta­tions, where life can often be lone­ly. . Fol­low the Mur­ray Riv­er to Tren­tham Estate,
a fam­i­ly-owned win­ery on the banks of the Mur­ray Riv­er. Enjoy an
after­noon wine tast­ing by the riv­er before we head to Went­worth. In the
late 1800’s Went­worth was the largest riv­er port in Aus­tralia with over
400 boats ply­ing the Mur­ray and the Dar­ling Rivers, which meet here.
Overnight Went­worth Meals: BLD

Day 4 – From Went­worth vis­it the junc­tion of the Mur­ray and Dar­ling Rivers, Australia’s biggest riv­er sys­tem and also vis­it Went­worth Pio­neer Muse­um with life-size megafau­na repli­cas from the local area includ­ing the cud­dly 2‑metre high Diprotodons. Into the desert and Mun­go Nation­al Park to explore this ancient lakebed envi­ron­ment. Here the sto­ries of the regions from a local guide, and learn of the old­est known rit­u­al bur­ial in the world. Dis­cov­er the Walls of Chi­na and megafau­na his­to­ry of the area, explore the ancient Wil­lan­dra Lakes and the his­toric sheep sta­tion and large and impres­sive shear­ing shed that served the area for around 100 years. Overnight Mun­go Lodge, Mun­go Nation­al Park.

Day 5 – Trav­el the Dar­ling Riv­er via Poon­car­ie, Menindee and Kinchega Nation­al Park. Explore the memo­r­i­al to Burke & Wills camp on the lakeshore, and a haven for wet­land birds. Into Bro­ken Hill and din­ner at famous & deli­cious Mario’s Palace Hotel (full of murals from Priscil­la Queen of the Desert fame) Overnight Bro­ken Hill.

Day 6 – Tour com­pletes at 10 am after break­fast. You are free to explore many of the rich his­to­ry and fas­ci­nat­ing Bro­ken Hill high­lights (your choice) includ­ing Pro Hart Gallery, The Line of Lode Look­out and Min­ers Memo­r­i­al plus Desert Sculp­tures or Mutaw­in­tji Nation­al Park (extra option­al cost) for excep­tion­al rock art rich in Abo­rig­i­nal history.

Day 7 options – Explore Bro­ken Hill in the morn­ing then trav­el to Ade­laide via Peter­bor­ough (rail­way his­to­ry) Bur­ra (old Cop­per mine tour) and tour completion

Silo Art Trail Mun­go NSW Out­back Tours Syd­ney to Bro­ken Hill 6 days 

All tours require a min­i­mum of 2 pas­sen­gers for depar­ture. Should you require a book­ing for 1 per­son please call us direct to con­firm min­i­mum num­bers have been met pri­or to book­ing online.

Inclu­sions –

• 6 days with 5 nights Hotel Motel Accom­mo­da­tion – twin share or sin­gle sup­ple­ment avail­able – see book­ing link
• Gen­uine small group tour vehi­cle – usu­al­ly 4WD Landcruisers
• Pro­fes­sion­al Dri­ver Guide
• All meals
• Wild wildlife!!
• Nation­al Parks entry fees.
• Tour price sup­ports Out­back Kids & AWC Nature Care projects.

Call 1300 763 188 or BOOK Here

Simp­son Desert Tours from Ade­laide return to Ade­laide — 10 days 

OPTION fly out Day 8 
from Birdsville (Rex air­lines) to Bris­bane or oth­er options.

Itin­er­ary Details

Day 2 – You can check out the opals and fas­ci­nat­ing Umoona under­ground muse­um before we head off into the desert to The Paint­ed Hills includ­ing Mount Arckaringa — these Ochre coloured hills are a unique fea­ture of this area. We arrrive Ood­na­dat­ta and have a cup­pa at the famous Pink Road­house before vis­it­ing the Old Ghan Rail­way Muse­um full of won­der­full his­to­ry of the estab­lish­ment and oper­a­tion of Ood­na­dat­ta and the rail­way. Ood­na­dat­ta was estab­lished on the Neales Riv­er in 1889 it was South Australia’s most north­ern rail­way town. It was a start­ing point for pio­neer­ing trav­ellers head­ing north and a major rail­head for cat­tle being walked down the north­ern stock routes. By 1893, Ood­na­dat­ta boast­ed a diverse pop­u­la­tion which includ­ed Afghans, Chi­nese & Euro­peans. We trav­el north from Ood­na­dat­ta fol­low­ing sec­tions of the old Ghan Track and vis­it Pedir­ka Sid­ing Ruins and the Old Dal­housie Springs Home­stead.

We enter Witji­ra Nation­al Park and arrive at Dal­housie Springs, a vast area of nat­ur­al springs out­pour­ing from the Great Arte­sian Basin – Dal­housie Springs is a series of 60 nat­ur­al arte­sian springs from the Great Arte­sian Basin. Swim option at Dal­housie Springs in 38 – 43 Deg C water. Enter the Simp­son Desert Region­al Reserve – Overnight camp here on the edge of the Simp­son Desert. BLD 

Day 3 – Head­ing into the Simp­son Desert Region­al Reserve we cross the flood­plains of Spring Creek Delta mov­ing into numer­ous salt lakes and high­er sand dunes. We take a break at Purnie Bore before more of the French Line with spec­tac­u­lar views from the top and great feel­ing of humil­i­ty and nur­tur­ing by nature with­in the dunes. We trav­el over and lon­gi­tu­di­nal­ly between the sand­hills. Great pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties, maybe a din­go or two to see, sun­sets and sun­ris­es and wild­flow­ers. Enjoy and evening camp­fire at our remote desert camp BLD

Day 4 – 6 – We cross more salt lakes and sand dunes, but also trav­el par­al­lel to the dunes for a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive of the land­scape. We vis­it the Approdin­na Atto­ra Knolls, high gyp­sum hills with a great look­out over the desert. We see rem­nants of oth­er trav­ellers and oil search­es in the desert. Take a break at Poep­pels Cor­ner mark­ing the meet­ing of QLD, NT & SA bor­ders. Overnight under the stars in our remote camp.

Day 7 – We cross Eyre Creek and tra­verse the largest sand­hill, Big Red is also known as Nap­paner­i­ca Dune, on the west­ern edge of Lake Nap­paner­i­ca, and the east­ern edge of The Simp­son Desert. Overnight ensuite accom­mo­da­tion in Birdsville. BLD

Day 8– This morn­ing, time to check out Birdsville and unquie fea­tures of this once bus­sling town which was a cus­toms post for cat­tle head­ing down the track. Con­sid­er an option­al flight over Lake Eyre, Goy­der Lagoon & Simp­son Desert. (book ear­ly). We vis­it the his­toric Burke and Wills camp tree by the Dia­man­ti­na Riv­er After lunch we head past the famous Birdsville Race Track and down the Birdsville Track to Munger­an­nie for overnight. BLD

Day 9 – This morn­ing we cross the Coop­er Creek, and flood plain, vis­it old sta­tion ruins includ­ing Lake Har­ry. Arriv­ing in Mar­ree, explore this once thriv­ing rail­way town that helped save Dar­win dur­ing WWII with 56 trains per week ! Mar­ree is at the junc­tion of the Birdsville and Ood­na­dat­ta Tracks, and the path of the Great North­ern Rail­way / Old Ghan for over 100 years, so lots of his­to­ry here includ­ing Abo­rig­i­nal muse­um and his­to­ry, Tom Kruse (Out­back Mail­man from ​“Back of Beyond”) and Don­ald Camp­bells Blue­bird sto­ry. Take an option­al 1 or 2 hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre to see the War­bur­ton Groove, the main inflow chan­nel to Lake Eyre, Elliot Price Con­ser­va­tion Park, Hal­li­gan Bay, Lake Eyre South and the Mar­ree Man (a 4 km long, giant engrav­ing in the land­scape). On return to base, we see some of the sights of Mar­ree, this once thriv­ing Ghan Rail­way town. Mar­ree is care­tak­er for some inter­est­ing rail­way relics, plus the old mail truck used by leg­endary out­back mail­man Tom Kruse on the run from Mar­ree to Birdsville. We vis­it the shores of Lake Eyre and Lake Eyre Nation­al Park and con­nect with the won­der of the bird and plant life revi­talised by recent flood­ing rains in a per­ma­nent water­hole. Overnight in Mar­ree with a few yarns around the camp­fire or at the local pub. BLD

Day 10 – Today we vis­it the restored ruins of the old Ghan rail­way town of Fari­na, which once sup­port­ed 300 peo­ple. We view the giant Leigh Creek coal mine (now closed), enjoy a break at the Quan­dong café at Cop­ley and trav­el via old Ghan rail­way towns to Parachilna, and in the foothills of the Flinders Ranges to Hawk­er and pic­turesque moun­tain land­scapes via the Pitchi Ritchi Pass to arrive in Ade­laide around 6pm. BL

Simp­son Desert Tours from Ade­laide return to Ade­laide — 10 days 

OPTION fly out Day 8 
from Birdsville (Rex air­lines) to Bris­bane or oth­er options.

Itin­er­ary Details

Day 2 – You can check out the opals and fas­ci­nat­ing Umoona under­ground muse­um before we head off into the desert to The Paint­ed Hills includ­ing Mount Arckaringa — these Ochre coloured hills are a unique fea­ture of this area. We arrrive Ood­na­dat­ta and have a cup­pa at the famous Pink Road­house before vis­it­ing the Old Ghan Rail­way Muse­um full of won­der­full his­to­ry of the estab­lish­ment and oper­a­tion of Ood­na­dat­ta and the rail­way. Ood­na­dat­ta was estab­lished on the Neales Riv­er in 1889 it was South Australia’s most north­ern rail­way town. It was a start­ing point for pio­neer­ing trav­ellers head­ing north and a major rail­head for cat­tle being walked down the north­ern stock routes. By 1893, Ood­na­dat­ta boast­ed a diverse pop­u­la­tion which includ­ed Afghans, Chi­nese & Euro­peans. We trav­el north from Ood­na­dat­ta fol­low­ing sec­tions of the old Ghan Track and vis­it Pedir­ka Sid­ing Ruins and the Old Dal­housie Springs Home­stead.

We enter Witji­ra Nation­al Park and arrive at Dal­housie Springs, a vast area of nat­ur­al springs out­pour­ing from the Great Arte­sian Basin – Dal­housie Springs is a series of 60 nat­ur­al arte­sian springs from the Great Arte­sian Basin. Swim option at Dal­housie Springs in 38 – 43 Deg C water. Enter the Simp­son Desert Region­al Reserve – Overnight camp here on the edge of the Simp­son Desert. BLD 

Day 3 – Head­ing into the Simp­son Desert Region­al Reserve we cross the flood­plains of Spring Creek Delta mov­ing into numer­ous salt lakes and high­er sand dunes. We take a break at Purnie Bore before more of the French Line with spec­tac­u­lar views from the top and great feel­ing of humil­i­ty and nur­tur­ing by nature with­in the dunes. We trav­el over and lon­gi­tu­di­nal­ly between the sand­hills. Great pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties, maybe a din­go or two to see, sun­sets and sun­ris­es and wild­flow­ers. Enjoy and evening camp­fire at our remote desert camp BLD

Day 4 – 6 – We cross more salt lakes and sand dunes, but also trav­el par­al­lel to the dunes for a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive of the land­scape. We vis­it the Approdin­na Atto­ra Knolls, high gyp­sum hills with a great look­out over the desert. We see rem­nants of oth­er trav­ellers and oil search­es in the desert. Take a break at Poep­pels Cor­ner mark­ing the meet­ing of QLD, NT & SA bor­ders. Overnight under the stars in our remote camp.

Day 7 – We cross Eyre Creek and tra­verse the largest sand­hill, Big Red is also known as Nap­paner­i­ca Dune, on the west­ern edge of Lake Nap­paner­i­ca, and the east­ern edge of The Simp­son Desert. Overnight ensuite accom­mo­da­tion in Birdsville. BLD

Day 8– This morn­ing, time to check out Birdsville and unquie fea­tures of this once bus­sling town which was a cus­toms post for cat­tle head­ing down the track. Con­sid­er an option­al flight over Lake Eyre, Goy­der Lagoon & Simp­son Desert. (book ear­ly). We vis­it the his­toric Burke and Wills camp tree by the Dia­man­ti­na Riv­er After lunch we head past the famous Birdsville Race Track and down the Birdsville Track to Munger­an­nie for overnight. BLD

Day 9 – This morn­ing we cross the Coop­er Creek, and flood plain, vis­it old sta­tion ruins includ­ing Lake Har­ry. Arriv­ing in Mar­ree, explore this once thriv­ing rail­way town that helped save Dar­win dur­ing WWII with 56 trains per week ! Mar­ree is at the junc­tion of the Birdsville and Ood­na­dat­ta Tracks, and the path of the Great North­ern Rail­way / Old Ghan for over 100 years, so lots of his­to­ry here includ­ing Abo­rig­i­nal muse­um and his­to­ry, Tom Kruse (Out­back Mail­man from ​“Back of Beyond”) and Don­ald Camp­bells Blue­bird sto­ry. Take an option­al 1 or 2 hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre to see the War­bur­ton Groove, the main inflow chan­nel to Lake Eyre, Elliot Price Con­ser­va­tion Park, Hal­li­gan Bay, Lake Eyre South and the Mar­ree Man (a 4 km long, giant engrav­ing in the land­scape). On return to base, we see some of the sights of Mar­ree, this once thriv­ing Ghan Rail­way town. Mar­ree is care­tak­er for some inter­est­ing rail­way relics, plus the old mail truck used by leg­endary out­back mail­man Tom Kruse on the run from Mar­ree to Birdsville. We vis­it the shores of Lake Eyre and Lake Eyre Nation­al Park and con­nect with the won­der of the bird and plant life revi­talised by recent flood­ing rains in a per­ma­nent water­hole. Overnight in Mar­ree with a few yarns around the camp­fire or at the local pub. BLD

Day 10 – Today we vis­it the restored ruins of the old Ghan rail­way town of Fari­na, which once sup­port­ed 300 peo­ple. We view the giant Leigh Creek coal mine (now closed), enjoy a break at the Quan­dong café at Cop­ley and trav­el via old Ghan rail­way towns to Parachilna, and in the foothills of the Flinders Ranges to Hawk­er and pic­turesque moun­tain land­scapes via the Pitchi Ritchi Pass to arrive in Ade­laide around 6pm. BL

Explore Tasmania’s West Coast Wilder­ness Tracks when you join this small pri­vate group Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours see­ing the best of Tas­man­ian wilder­ness includ­ing Freycinet Nation­al Park, Wine­glass Bay, Huon Val­ley, Tarkine For­est, Styx Riv­er Val­ley walk, Cra­dle Moun­tain (walks), Port Arthur, Hobart, Mac­quar­ie Har­bour, Gor­don, Franklin & King Rivers, West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way, Burnie, Stan­ley & ​“The Nut”

Tours from Launce­s­ton (or Syd­ney / Mel­bourne oth­er cities options)

Itin­er­ary for 8 days tour shown below.

12 day Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours includes the 8 days PLUS 4 extra nights for –

• Tour through Cen­tral Plateau & Great Lake Con­ser­va­tion Areas, via West­ern Tiers
• Bruny Island Wilder­ness Cruise explor­ing the rugged coast­line of Bruny Island in south­ern Tasmania.
• Strath­gor­don tour via Lake Ped­der and Lake Gor­don & Admans­field Con­ser­va­tion Area
• Fly to the South­west World Her­itage Area via South East Cape, to Melaleu­ca for a boat trip to Bathurst Har­bour, Port Dav­ey. See map 
  
• Option­al time for Mona Art Gallery and more

8 & 12 Day Tour – DAY 1: Tamar Val­ley – Lif­fey Falls – Launce­s­ton Lif­fey Falls

Arrive in Launce­s­ton (air­port links from major cities) by 12:30 pm for an after­noon explor­ing Launce­s­ton, and the scenic Cataract Gorge Reserve plus Lif­fey Falls in the shad­ow of the West­ern Tiers moun­tain range. All meet at 6:00 pm in our Launce­s­ton hotel for Wel­come Din­ner this evening

DAY 2: Launce­s­ton – St Helens – Bicheno
Depart Launce­s­ton and head towards the north east coast via Scotts­dale, call into Pyen­gana and vis­it St Colum­ba Falls and the Pyen­gana Cheese Fac­to­ry
Vis­it the coastal town of St Helens, then Bina­long Bay and World Her­itage List­ed Bay of Fires for beach walk and stun­ning red rock pho­tog­ra­phy
Explore the fish­ing vil­lage of Bicheno and the sea bird life at the fish­ing port of The Gulch
Meet the Lit­tle Pen­guins on a pen­guin parade from the local pen­guin colony
Overnight at Bicheno (B,L,D)

DAY 3: Bicheno- Swansea – Freycinet Nation­al Park – Hobart

• Explore the Freycinet Nation­al Park and the spec­tac­u­lar scenery and nat­ur­al won­ders of the World Her­itage List­ed area includ­ing Friend­ly Beach­es, the Haz­ards and Wine­glass Bay. Vis­it Cape Tourville Light­house and spot the Sea Lions on the near­by Nuggets Islands. Meet the cute lit­tle local Ben­netts Wal­la­by, usu­al­ly hap­py to greet vis­i­tors. Enjoy a deli­cious pic­nic lunch on the beach at Hon­ey­moon Bay with a wide view over Coles Bay and the Haz­ards
• On the scenic dri­ve to Hobart call in for some tasty home­made ice-cream and fruit at Kate’s Berry Farm
• Vis­it Con­sti­tu­tion Dock (Hobart water­front) then check in to your 2 nights accom­mo­da­tion near the water­front in Hobart (B,L,D)

DAY 4: Hobart – Port Arthur (or Mona, Bruny Island options) – Hobart

Begin the morn­ing vis­it­ing Mount Welling­ton, tow­er­ing 1271 metres over Hobart
Options avail­able today include Mona Art Gallery (by boat up the Der­went Riv­er), Huon Val­ley & South­ern tip dri­ve, South West Cape with forests flight, Bruny Island cruise – please ask
For Bruny Island cruise we depart Hobart 745am for 45 mins to Ket­ter­ing fer­ry at 9 am fer­ry then 35 min on Bruny for 11am cruise
OR we dri­ve down the Tas­man Penin­su­lar, and see the Peninsula’s nat­ur­al won­ders – the Tes­sel­lat­ed Pave­ment, Blow Hole, Devil’s Kitchen and Tas­man Arch (all at Eagle­hawk Neck) before arriv­ing into Port Arthur. Here expe­ri­ence a guid­ed tour, har­bour cruise and access to the his­toric site and build­ings
Return to Hobart for 2^nd night in Hobart hotel (B – Lunch and din­ner own costs)

DAY 5: Hobart – Styx Val­ley – Lake St Clair – Mt Field NP – Stra­han

• If your tour has you in Hobart on a Sat­ur­day, enjoy a morn­ing enjoy a stroll through Sala­man­ca Mar­kets area and expe­ri­ence some of Tasmania’s local pro­duce, arts and crafts.
• Trav­el to New Nor­folk and up the Der­went Riv­er Val­ley to head west to the Styx Val­ley For­est walk
• Mar­vel at these ancient and giant trees – some over 80 metres tall – the tallest in the world with the high­est car­bon den­si­ty – recent­ly threat­ened by log­ging
• Vis­it Mt Field Nation­al Park and the spec­tac­u­lar water­fall walks to famous and near­by Rus­sell Falls then only 300 metres beyond the top of Rus­sell Falls the beau­ti­ful Horse­shoe Falls.
• Head­ing towards the west coast wilder­ness, we take a break and walk at scenic Lake St Clair. We vis­it the out­stand­ing artis­tic cre­ation and depic­tion of Tas­man­ian his­to­ry in the wood­en carved The Wall- in the Wilder­ness at Der­went Bridge

The Wall in the Wilder­ness — Artist Greg Dun­can is cre­at­ing a stun­ning sculp­ture at Der­went Bridge in the heart of Tas­ma­nia. The Wall in the Wilder­ness is a com­mem­o­ra­tion of those who helped shape the past and present of Tasmania’s cen­tral high­lands. A work in progress, The Wall is being carved from three-metre high wood­en pan­els. The carved pan­els will tell the his­to­ry of the harsh Cen­tral High­lands region – begin­ning with the indige­nous peo­ple, then to the pio­neer­ing tim­ber har­vesters, pas­toral­ists, min­ers and Hydro work­ers.

We cross the Franklin Riv­er and check the wilder­ness look­out before dri­ving through the bare hills of Queen­stown and arriv­ing into Stra­han late after­noon on the scenic shores of Mac­quar­ie Harbour

• Buf­fet Din­ner with deli­cious local seafood
Overnight Stra­han Vil­lage, Stra­han (B,L,D)

DAY 6: Stra­han – Gor­don Riv­er – Tarkine – Cra­dle Moun­tain

• Today you have the choice between a Gor­don Riv­er Cruise or the West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way. Both take you deep into Tasmania’s most stun­ning wilder­ness telling sto­ries of the areas colour­ful his­to­ry.

• OR from Stra­han, take an option­al extra cost heli­copter flight and fly over the King and Franklin Gor­don Wild Rivers, World Her­itage Area, land­ing on the Gor­don for a short walk amongst the Huon Pines near the riv­er junc­tions where the Gor­don Riv­er dam was going to be, but was stopped by envi­ron­men­tal protests. On return explore and relax on the water­front in Stra­han.

• OR from Stra­han there’s time to ride the steam train of the West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way, (SEE VIDEO BELOW) a beau­ti­ful­ly scenic and his­to­ry filled jour­ney through the forests, as we cross high bridges and climb steep grades through a nar­row gorge and fol­low the route built by pio­neers more than a cen­tu­ry ago.

• We explore Stra­han and sur­rounds includ­ing Hen­ty Dunes and Ocean Beach to expe­ri­ence the Great South­ern Ocean with no land mass west of here until Argenti­na. We depart the area via the his­toric min­ing town of a Zee­han. We take the fer­ry over the Pie­man Riv­er then the dirt road from Corin­na through the unique Tarkine For­est region to Sav­age Riv­er. We stop at the Her­itage Min­ing town of Waratah to admire the water­fall in the mid­dle of town and the old miner’s Stam­per Mill, before arriv­ing into Cra­dle Moun­tain.
• Tonight will include an option­al tour ​‘Devils@Cradle’, where you can watch Tas­man­ian Dev­ils feed at night
• Din­ner at Cra­dle Moun­tain

Overnight Cra­dle Moun­tain (B, L, D)

DAY 7: Cra­dle Moun­tain

This ancient glacial area is one of Tasmania’s high­lights. Enjoy the unique cli­mate and spec­tac­u­lar scenery with numer­ous walks, or just relax with our 2 nights in the Cra­dle Moun­tain Lodge.

Option­al walks include …

• Crater Lake Walk – An excel­lent walk which takes you to the Crater Falls and a mag­i­cal for­est with pan­di­ni and sas­safras trees. Dis­cov­er the hid­den glacial lake sur­round­ed by 200 meter cliffs cov­ered with fagus. Great views of Marion’s Look­out and Crater Lakes. Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Medi­um
• Mar­i­ons Look­out Walk – This is a mod­er­ate grade walk with some steep sec­tions, so a rea­son­able degree of fit­ness is desir­able. On a clear day, this walk offers spec­tac­u­lar views of Cra­dle Moun­tain and Dove Lake. Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Medi­um to Hard

Overnight Cra­dle Moun­tain Château, Cra­dle Moun­tain (B, L, D)

DAY 8: Cra­dle Moun­tain – Arthur Riv­er – Stan­ley – The Nut – Burnie – Launce­s­ton

• After a tasty break­fast, we dri­ve back into the Tarkine For­est region for qui­et walks time in this amaz­ing for­est. Then trav­el via the west coast road to Arthur Riv­er with time at Cou­ta Rocks and The Edge of the World at Gar­diners Point. The ocean west of Tas­ma­nia is the longest unin­ter­rupt­ed expanse of ocean on the globe. From Argenti­na the cur­rents sweep unim­ped­ed more than halfway around the plan­et until they hit this point. Enjoy the quaint Tas­man­ian vil­lage of Arthur Riv­er Ocean then north to Stan­ley and the famous Nut, vis­it­ing Rocky Cape Nation­al Park & light­house. Return­ing along the north­ern coast road via Burnie and Pen­guin to Launce­s­ton.
• Return to Launce­s­ton for flights home approx 1900 hrs
• Option­al­ly extend your stay in Tas­ma­nia for flights or fer­ry next day. (B, L)


Inclu­sions for Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours – 12 Days Tour :

• 11 nights 3 ½ – 5 star accom­mo­da­tion includ­ing break­fast daily
• All Din­ners except 1 (includ­ing Wel­come Din­ner in Launceston)
• 8 lunch­es – 2 are own pur­chase in local mar­kets, villages
• Entry to Port Arthur His­toric site 
  
• Gor­don Riv­er Cruise includ­ed or West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way (add $249)
• Air­port, fer­ry or hotel pick­up & return in Launce­s­ton or Devon­port return to Hobart airport
  
• Small group trav­el in lux­u­ry 4WD
• Nation­al Park entry fees
• Pro­fes­sion­al guide/​drivers

EXTRA in the 12 day tour 

• Tour through Cen­tral Plateau & Great Lake Con­ser­va­tion Areas, via West­ern Tiers
• Bruny Island Wilder­ness Cruise explor­ing the rugged coast­line of Bruny Island in south­ern Tasmania.
• Strath­gor­don tour via Lake Ped­der and Lake Gor­don & Admans­field Con­ser­va­tion Area
• Fly to the South­west World Her­itage Area via South East Cape, to Melaleu­ca for a boat trip to Bathurst Har­bour, Port Dav­ey. See map
• Option­al time for Mona Art Gallery and more

Exclu­sions –

• 2 lunch­es (Port Arthur/​Hobart, Stra­han), alcohol, 
  
• Fares to & from Launce­s­ton, Tasmania.
• Trav­el from Mel­bourne or Syd­ney avail­able – Please ask.

Itin­er­ary for 8 days tour shown 12 day tour includes the 8 days PLUS 4 extra nights and activ­i­ties as above 

Explore Tasmania’s Wilder­ness Tracks when you join this small pri­vate group Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours see­ing the best of Tas­man­ian wilder­ness includ­ing Freycinet Nation­al Park, Wine­glass Bay, Huon Val­ley, Cra­dle Moun­tain (walks), Port Arthur (or oth­er options), Hobart, Mac­quar­ie Har­bour, Gor­don, Franklin & King Rivers, West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way option, Burnie, Stan­ley & ​“The Nut”

Tours from Launce­s­ton (or Syd­ney / Mel­bourne oth­er cities options)Explore Tasmania’s West Coast Wilder­ness Tracks when you join this small pri­vate group Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours see­ing the best of Tas­man­ian wilder­ness includ­ing Freycinet Nation­al Park, Wine­glass Bay, Huon Val­ley, Tarkine For­est, Styx Riv­er Val­ley walk, Cra­dle Moun­tain (walks), Port Arthur, Hobart, Mac­quar­ie Har­bour, Gor­don, Franklin & King Rivers, West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way, Burnie, Stan­ley & ​“The Nut”Itinerary for 8 days tour shown below.Our 12 day Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours include the 8 days PLUS 4 extra nights for –

• Tour through Cen­tral Plateau & Great Lake Con­ser­va­tion Areas, via West­ern Tiers
• Bruny Island Wilder­ness Cruise explor­ing the rugged coast­line of Bruny Island in south­ern Tasmania.
• Strath­gor­don tour via Lake Ped­der and Lake Gor­don & Admans­field Con­ser­va­tion Area
• Fly to the South­west World Her­itage Area via South East Cape, to Melaleu­ca for a boat trip to Bathurst Har­bour, Port Davey. 
• Option­al time for Mona Art Gallery and more

8 & 12 Day Tour – DAY 1: Tamar Val­ley – Lif­fey Falls – Launce­s­ton Lif­fey Falls Arrive in Launce­s­ton (air­port links from major cities) by 12:30 pm for an after­noon explor­ing Launce­s­ton, and the scenic Cataract Gorge Reserve plus Lif­fey Falls in the shad­ow of the West­ern Tiers moun­tain range. All meet at 6:00 pm in our Launce­s­ton hotel for Wel­come Din­ner this evening

DAY 2: Launce­s­ton – St Helens – BichenoDepart Launce­s­ton and head towards the north east coast via Scotts­dale, call into Pyen­gana and vis­it St Colum­ba Falls and the Pyen­gana Cheese Fac­to­ryVis­it the coastal town of St Helens, then Bina­long Bay and World Her­itage List­ed Bay of Fires for beach walk and stun­ning red rock photography

• Explore the fish­ing vil­lage of Bicheno and the sea bird life at the fish­ing port of The Gulch
• Meet the Lit­tle Pen­guins on a pen­guin parade from the local pen­guin colony
• Overnight at Bicheno (B,L,D)

DAY 3: Bicheno- Swansea – Freycinet Nation­al Park – Hobart• Explore the Freycinet Nation­al Park and the spec­tac­u­lar scenery and nat­ur­al won­ders of the World Her­itage List­ed area includ­ing Friend­ly Beach­es, the Haz­ards and Wine­glass Bay. Vis­it Cape Tourville Light­house and spot the Sea Lions on the near­by Nuggets Islands. Meet the cute lit­tle local Ben­netts Wal­la­by, usu­al­ly hap­py to greet vis­i­tors. Enjoy a deli­cious pic­nic lunch on the beach at Hon­ey­moon Bay with a wide view over Coles Bay and the Haz­ards• On the scenic dri­ve to Hobart call in for some tasty home­made ice-cream and fruit at Kate’s Berry Farm• Vis­it Con­sti­tu­tion Dock (Hobart water­front) then check in to your 2 nights accom­mo­da­tion near the water­front in Hobart (B,L,D)

DAY 4: Hobart – Port Arthur (or Mona, Bruny Island options) – HobartBegin the morn­ing vis­it­ing Mount Welling­ton, tow­er­ing 1271 metres over Hobar­tOp­tions avail­able today include Mona Art Gallery (by boat up the Der­went Riv­er), Huon Val­ley & South­ern tip dri­ve, South West Cape with forests flight, Bruny Island cruise – please ask­For Bruny Island cruise we depart Hobart 745am for 45 mins to Ket­ter­ing fer­ry at 9 am fer­ry then 35 min on Bruny for 11am cruise­OR we dri­ve down the Tas­man Penin­su­lar, and see the Peninsula’s nat­ur­al won­ders – the Tes­sel­lat­ed Pave­ment, Blow Hole, Devil’s Kitchen and Tas­man Arch (all at Eagle­hawk Neck) before arriv­ing into Port Arthur. Here expe­ri­ence a guid­ed tour, har­bour cruise and access to the his­toric site and build­ingsRe­turn to Hobart for 2^nd night in Hobart hotel (B – Lunch and din­ner own costs)

DAY 5: Hobart – Styx Val­ley – Lake St Clair – Mt Field NP – Stra­han• If your tour has you in Hobart on a Sat­ur­day, enjoy a morn­ing enjoy a stroll through Sala­man­ca Mar­kets area and expe­ri­ence some of Tasmania’s local pro­duce, arts and crafts.• Trav­el to New Nor­folk and up the Der­went Riv­er Val­ley to head west to the Styx Val­ley For­est walk• Mar­vel at these ancient and giant trees – some over 80 metres tall – the tallest in the world with the high­est car­bon den­si­ty – recent­ly threat­ened by log­ging• Vis­it Mt Field Nation­al Park and the spec­tac­u­lar water­fall walks to famous and near­by Rus­sell Falls then only 300 metres beyond the top of Rus­sell Falls the beau­ti­ful Horse­shoe Falls.• Head­ing towards the west coast wilder­ness, we take a break and walk at scenic Lake St Clair. Head­ing towards the west coast wilder­ness, we take a break and walk at scenic Lake St Clair. We vis­it the out­stand­ing artis­tic cre­ation and depic­tion of Tas­man­ian his­to­ry in the wood­en carved The Wall- in the Wilder­ness at Der­went Bridge

The Wall in the Wilder­ness — Artist Greg Dun­can is cre­at­ing a stun­ning sculp­ture at Der­went Bridge in the heart of Tas­ma­nia. The Wall in the Wilder­ness is a com­mem­o­ra­tion of those who helped shape the past and present of Tasmania’s cen­tral high­lands. A work in progress, The Wall is being carved from three-metre high wood­en pan­els. The carved pan­els will tell the his­to­ry of the harsh Cen­tral High­lands region – begin­ning with the indige­nous peo­ple, then to the pio­neer­ing tim­ber har­vesters, pas­toral­ists, min­ers and Hydro workers.

We cross the Franklin Riv­er and check the wilder­ness look­out before dri­ving through the bare hills of Queen­stown and arriv­ing into Stra­han late after­noon on the scenic shores of Mac­quar­ie Harbour

• Buf­fet Din­ner with deli­cious local seafoodOvernight Stra­han Vil­lage, Stra­han (B,L,D)

DAY 6: Stra­han – Gor­don Riv­er – Tarkine – Cra­dle Moun­tain• Today you have the choice between a Gor­don Riv­er Cruise or the West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way. Both take you deep into Tasmania’s most stun­ning wilder­ness telling sto­ries of the areas colour­ful his­to­ry.• OR from Stra­han, take an option­al extra cost heli­copter flight and fly over the King and Franklin Gor­don Wild Rivers, World Her­itage Area, land­ing on the Gor­don for a short walk amongst the Huon Pines near the riv­er junc­tions where the Gor­don Riv­er dam was going to be, but was stopped by envi­ron­men­tal protests. On return explore and relax on the water­front in Stra­han.• OR from Stra­han there’s time to ride the steam train of the West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way, (SEE VIDEO BELOW) a beau­ti­ful­ly scenic and his­to­ry filled jour­ney through the forests, as we cross high bridges and climb steep grades through a nar­row gorge and fol­low the route built by pio­neers more than a cen­tu­ry ago.• We explore Stra­han and sur­rounds includ­ing Hen­ty Dunes and Ocean Beach to expe­ri­ence the Great South­ern Ocean with no land mass west of here until Argenti­na. We depart the area via the his­toric min­ing town of a Zee­han. We take the fer­ry over the Pie­man Riv­er then the dirt road from Corin­na through the unique Tarkine For­est region to Sav­age Riv­er. We stop at the Her­itage Min­ing town of Waratah to admire the water­fall in the mid­dle of town and the old miner’s Stam­per Mill, before arriv­ing into Cra­dle Moun­tain.• Tonight will include an option­al tour ​‘Devils@Cradle’, where you can watch Tas­man­ian Dev­ils feed at night• Din­ner at Cra­dle Moun­tain­Overnight Cra­dle Moun­tain (B, L, D)

DAY 7: Cra­dle Moun­tainThis ancient glacial area is one of Tasmania’s high­lights. Enjoy the unique cli­mate and spec­tac­u­lar scenery with numer­ous walks, or just relax with our 2 nights in the Cra­dle Moun­tain Lodge.• Dove Lake Cir­cuit Walk – A fair­ly easy grade makes this walk suit­able for all ages and fit­ness lev­els, focus­ing on Cra­dle Moun­tain, tem­per­ate rain­forests and sub alpine plant communities. 

See Cra­dle Moun­tain in all its glo­ry and learn about the action of past glac­i­ers on the landscape. 

Option­al walks include …

Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Easy• Crater Lake Walk – An excel­lent walk which takes you to the Crater Falls and a mag­i­cal for­est with pan­di­ni and sas­safras trees. Dis­cov­er the hid­den glacial lake sur­round­ed by 200 meter cliffs cov­ered with fagus. Great views of Marion’s Look­out and Crater Lakes. 

Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Medi­um• Mar­i­ons Look­out Walk – This is a mod­er­ate grade walk with some steep sec­tions, so a rea­son­able degree of fit­ness is desir­able. On a clear day, this walk offers spec­tac­u­lar views of Cra­dle Moun­tain and Dove Lake. Dura­tion – 3 Hours Grade – Medi­um to Hard Overnight Cra­dle Moun­tain Château, Cra­dle Moun­tain (B, L, D)

DAY 8: Cra­dle Moun­tain – Arthur Riv­er – Stan­ley – The Nut – Burnie – Launce­s­ton• After a tasty break­fast, we dri­ve back into the Tarkine For­est region for qui­et walks time in this amaz­ing for­est. Then trav­el via the west coast road to Arthur Riv­er with time at Cou­ta Rocks and The Edge of the World at Gar­diners Point. The ocean west of Tas­ma­nia is the longest unin­ter­rupt­ed expanse of ocean on the globe. From Argenti­na the cur­rents sweep unim­ped­ed more than halfway around the plan­et until they hit this point. Enjoy the quaint Tas­man­ian vil­lage of Arthur Riv­er Ocean then north to Stan­ley and the famous Nut, vis­it­ing Rocky Cape Nation­al Park & light­house. Return­ing along the north­ern coast road via Burnie and Pen­guin to Launce­s­ton.• Return to Launce­s­ton for flights home approx 1900 hrs• Option­al­ly extend your stay in Tas­ma­nia for flights or fer­ry next day. (B, L) 

Inclu­sions for Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours – 8 Days Tour :

• 7 nights 3 ½ – 5 star accom­mo­da­tion includ­ing break­fast daily
• All Din­ners except 1
• 5 lunch­es – 2 are own pur­chase in local mar­kets, villages
• Entry to Port Arthur His­toric site
• Gor­don Riv­er Cruise includ­ed or West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way (add $230)
• Air­port, fer­ry or hotel pick­up & return in Launceston
• Small group trav­el in lux­u­ry 4WD
• Nation­al Park entry fees
• Pro­fes­sion­al guide/​drivers

12 day Tas­man­ian Wilder­ness Explor­er 4WD Tours includes the 8 days PLUS 4 extra nights for –

• Tour through Cen­tral Plateau & Great Lake Con­ser­va­tion Areas, via West­ern Tiers
• Bruny Island Wilder­ness Cruise explor­ing the rugged coast­line of Bruny Island in south­ern Tasmania.
• Strath­gor­don tour via Lake Ped­der and Lake Gor­don & Admans­field Con­ser­va­tion Area
• Fly to the South­west World Her­itage Area via South East Cape, to Melaleu­ca for a boat trip to Bathurst Har­bour, Port Davey. 
• Option­al time for Mona Art Gallery and more

Exclu­sions – 2 lunch­es (Port Arthur/​Hobart, Stra­han), alco­hol, fares to & from Launce­s­ton, Tas​ma​nia​.Trav​el from Mel­bourne or Syd­ney avail­able – Please ask.Itinerary for 8 days tour show below. 12 day tour includes the 8 days PLUS 4 extra nights for tours listed8 days Departs and Returns to/​from Launceston

One Day Vision Vital­i­ty Quest 

This pro­gram gives you expand­ed aware­ness and vital­i­ty from con­nect­ing deeply with your nature, your self, and your networks.

“To Suc­ceed in the New Econ­o­my We Must Oper­ate by the Prin­ci­ples of the Rain­for­est” … says Mr Tachi Kiuchi – For­mer CEO of Mit­subishi Elec­tric & Future 500 USA

Guid­ed by Richard T. O’Neill BE, FAIM a busi­ness pro­fes­sion­al with over 33 years inter­na­tion­al expe­ri­ence in cor­po­rates, SMEs and gov­ern­ment, as busi­ness own­er, busi­ness plan­ner, con­sul­tant, coach and men­tor, you will see how you and your busi­ness can add so much more val­ue in this ¹⁄₂ day out­door jour­ney in nature, with pow­er­ful process­es for Vision & Val­ues clarity.

Here’s What Peo­ple say …

• “Inspi­ra­tional …. I re-wrote my busi­ness plan the next day” ….. Com­pa­ny Director
• “I saw the impor­tance of my role in my com­pa­ny & how I can add so much more val­ue” – Manager
• “I real­ly got why I’ve not been tap­ping my full poten­tial…. this day has been a real break­through for me … the easy & wel­come way that you helped us con­nect with the land, and with my true self, and the group ener­gy you brought togeth­er helped me see this – CEO & busi­ness leader

Imag­ine …. Fun, Ener­gy, Empow­er­ment, Adven­ture & Learn­ing expe­ri­enc­ing the cre­ative envi­ron­ment of Nature, at high ener­gy places, in pow­er­ful forests …..

Con­nect & Cre­ate with new lev­els of Your & Your team’s Iden­ti­ty, Cre­ativ­i­ty & Pow­er with new aware­ness & under­stand­ings from the Nature of this ancient land ….

• Con­nect & Com­mu­ni­cate with Expand­ed Aware­ness – Audi­to­ry, Visu­al, Kines­thet­ic… and con­nect­ing via songlines.
• Pow­er & Ener­gy from Cen­tring & Ground­ing of your body’s elec­tri­cal sys­tems – Imple­ment­ing 8 Action Steps
• Nature’s Prin­ci­ples for Thriv­ing Suc­cess … Prac­ti­cal tools for easy implementation
• New Under­stand­ings of – Vision, Val­ues, Pow­er, Pur­pose, Pas­sion & Path, Iden­ti­ty, Clar­i­ty, Focus, Inten­tion, Cycles
• A short bush walk to relax & per­son­al tools for expand­ing aware­ness and self & team mastery
• Adding High­er Val­ue with Bal­ance in the mar­ket – Con­scious conversation
• Evo­lu­tion Insights, Ancient Wis­dom & tools to empow­er Your Rela­tion­ships & Business !
• Includes Vision Results fol­low up, Net­work Group, and Mas­ter­mind & Per­son­al Coach­ing opportunities
• Tasty snacks, Work­Sheets & Trans­port to the learn­ing site.

You will learn and expe­ri­ence these prin­ci­ples and more. Pre­sent­ed by Richard T. O’Neill BE, FAIM …… Richard deliv­ers an engi­neers prac­ti­cal­i­ty, sci­en­tif­ic log­ic, ancient wis­dom and cre­ative syn­er­gy to pro­duce extra-ordi­nary outcomes.

Join a mixed group, or form your own. Vision Vital­i­ty Quest is avail­able in Syd­ney and oth­er areas on request. Part and full day or tai­lored pro­grams also available. 

Departs North Syd­ney 10:00 am — return approx. 5:30 — 6 pm. Details pro­vid­ed when booked. Ask about depar­tures from oth­er loca­tions or cities.

Join a mixed group, or form your own. Vision Vital­i­ty Quest for Busi­ness is avail­able in Syd­ney and oth­er areas on request and includes light snacks, work­book and trans­port. Part and full day or tai­lored pro­grams at oth­er loca­tions also avail­able. Also extend­ed pro­grams – Please ask

General Terms & Conditions

1 The tour operator or agent reserves the right to vary or cancel tours or part thereof owing to extremes of weather or changes to conditions eg road closures or other circumstances to ensure safety and value to clients 2 Every effort will be made to keep to published departure times connections and itineraries but no guarantee can be made and no compensation shall be payable if variations occur. 3 The operator reserves the right to substitute drivers and/or vehicles or equipment or subcontract suppliers as circumstances may require or vary or cancel tours without prior notice. 4 Prices are in Australian Dollars and are subject to change. Prices are confirmed at time of booking. 5 The tour operator does not accept any liability for the acts omission defaults or negligence of other operators suppliers wildlife parks rides or any other service provider used in conjunction with these tours. 6 Smoking and the consumption of alcohol are prohibited on public passenger vehicles & aircraft. The operator reserves the right to exclude a passenger if he/she presents a danger to other passengers or impairs their comfort or if he/she commits an unlawful act.7. I understand 4 wheel drive travel in remote areas can be dangerous and can lead to serious injury or death 8 The tour operator shall not be responsible or liable for death illness or injury to any person or loss of or damage to any property or otherwise due to the operator's or agent's negligence nor for any inconvenience delay injury accident theft or negligence caused to or expenses incurred by any passenger/ client however caused by or arising out of provision of or failure to provide services. 9 Tours are sold subject to conditions of the operator supplying the services & these General Conditions. 10 For multiday tours a deposit of $300 or 25% per person (whichever is greater) is required to confirm booking. Final payment to be made at least 60 days prior to departure. Cancellation Policy: Written notice is required. For multi day tours cancellation up to 30 days prior to departure is subject to a $100 administration fee. Cancellation within 42-60 days of departure loss of 25%. Cancellation within 20-30 days of departure loss of 50%. Less than 20 days 100%. Your Travel insurance may compensate if cancellations are required. For day or short tours cancellation by client and alternative tours not being available cancellation fees may apply of 10% per day from 10 days prior to tour date depending on tour type/duration. 11 All travellers are advised to take out comprehensive travel insurance in case of unforseen circumstances such as cancellation missed connections illness or lost luggage.