These KIMBERLEY TOURS 2019 EARLY BIRD SAVINGS are available at 2018 rates for tours booked now before the 2019 price rises PLUS $400 per passenger for tours of 8 or more days.
Take advantage of these early bird offers, and get in early to see the best of the waterfalls and wet season new growth.
KIMBERLEY TOURS 2019 Early Bird Savings are $800 per couple or $400 per person on 8 or more days booked by December 31, 2018 for tours in 2019
Accommodated, camping or tag along options are available on most of our tours – most popular Kimberley tours are our 8 and 12-day tours – or we can tailor a tour to your specific requirements
We have these 2019 Earlybird offers available at 2018 prices – SAVE $ 500 by using Promo Code OCT20-500 at checkout THIS WEEKEND – ends Sunday 21 October..
For a TAILORED TOUR, or other than these displayed at the link PLEASE contact call or email if you have any questions – call now 0417 244 600 or email
Here are Corner Country & Earlybird Offers 2019 Kimberley Cape York Gulf Savannah Kakadu Canning Stock Route Tours
Birdsville Races toursflights 2019 Early Birds Offer with 2 Birdsville Race days( 3 nights), social events, all accommodation, Gold Medallion entry, local sightseeing including climb Big Red in the Simpson Desert, Diamantina River, Burke & Wills Tree at Birdsville, Lake Eyre flight options.
Earlybirds save $500 – Use the Booking Form at Booking Page
LIMITED PLACES – please BOOK NOW – with an email or phone call
Tours to Birdsville Races – 6, or 9 days or more …
September 1-9, 2019 – 9 days – Simpson Desert Tour with Birdsville Races from Alice Springs to Birdsville, Alice Springs or Adelaide option. Simpson Desert crossing includes Old Ghan Railway stops, Mt Dare, Dalhousie Springs (hot swim in thermals pools option), 2 nights in desert crossing via French Line, Colsen Track, GAA & WAA Line, Big Red then Birdsville Races, and 2 days return travel to Alice Springs via Boulia & Tobermorey or Adelaide option. ie end September 4 in Alice Springs, 9 days. Cost $4880. BOOK NOW
September 4-9, 2019 – Birdsville Races Tour from Adelaide to Birdsville & return/ extension options. Includes all gear, meals, accommodation supplied $2895 (6 days). BOOK NOW
September 4-9, 2019 Alice Springs to Birdsville Races returnto Alice Springs 6 days – All gear, food, race entry, accommodation, supplied. Travel via Gem Tree, Plenty Highway, Jervois, Boulia, Min Min experience, to Birdsville Races with Gold Medallion Pass & races entry. Also travel by 4WD into the Simpson Desert to view the incredible sight of the desert from the largest sandhill, Big Red. Option available to travel 1 way by Simpson Desert. Tour is 6 days/5 nights – $2995.
Itinerary for 6 days Alice Springs to Adelaide follow.
Alice Springs viia Harts Range and the Donohue & Plenty Highways, skirting the norther edge of the Simpson Desert to Jervois, and Tobermorey for overnight camp.
Travel to Boulia and experiecne the Min Min exhibition. If timing allows, optionally enter the Min Min Encounter ($20) before heading through the “channel country” to for Bedourie then Birdsville for overnight.
Birdsville Races Day – Its race day for 2 days with an active social program supporting the Royal Flying Doctor Service. You are issued with a Birdsville Race Club Medallion for entry to all events, including the races, and may attend the Birdsville Dance & the Birdsville Ball, enjoy a drink at the Birdsville Pub and tune up your whip cracking skills for the competition. Today if not having travelled the desert with us, we will also visit & optionally climb Big Red the Simpson Desert’s biggest sand hill. We do a Birdsville tour with its fascinating history, see Burke & Wills marked tree by the Diamantina River, and thermal power station . Optional Lake Eyre, Goyder Lagoon & Simpson Desert flights (book early) Great plane spotting too as we witness the fly in from around Australia. Overnight Birdsville
Races Days – The BIG DAY at Birdsville Races – 12 races are on the program. You choose if you wish to attend all or just be amused by the characters and many activities and spontaneous entertainment available. Overnight Birdsville
Birdsville Track via Mungerannie hot springs to Marree overnight. Head off south on the Birdsville Track crossing by the Cooper Creek and wetlands. Enjoy a break at Mungerannie Hotel, and a Mungerannie wetlands walk (and hot spa if time permits) views of the salt lakes and rich vegetation on this remote iconic Australian route. Overnight Marree.
Lake Eyre flight option available (book early) before travel via the spectacular scenery of the Flinders Ranges and remote outback pastoral country via Hawker, Quorn and Pitchie Ritchie pass to Adelaide to arrive approximately 6-7 pm. Accommodation own arrangements.
Itinerary for 9 days Alice Springs to Adelaide follow.
Alice Springs to Mt Dare Hotel – Depart 8am for Kulgera, Lambert’s Centre of Australia, Finke Aboriginal community, Charlotte Waters (old OTL Telegraph Station) NT/SA border crossing, Witjira National Park. At Mt Dare overnight camp or accommodation upgrade option
Dalhousie Springs – Travel via Bloods Creek Bore & stockyards, Opossum Waterhole to Dalhousie Springs, 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 western edge of the Simpson Desert
Simpson Desert crossing – Travelling over and between the sandhills. Great photo opportunities, sunsets and sunrises and wildflowers. Remote desert camp
Simpson Desert – as above – another night under the stars in a remote camp
Birdsville – Visit the Approdinna Attora Knolls, high gypsum hills with a great lookout over the desert. Poeppels corner marking the meeting of QLD, NT & SA borders. Traverse Big Red sandhill – originally known as Nappanerica Dune, on the western edge of Lake Nappanerica, and eastern edge of The Simpson Desert Overnight Birdsville
Races Day – Its race day for 2 days with an active social program supporting the Royal Flying Doctor Service. You are issued with a Birdsville Race Club Medallion for entry to all events, including the races, and may attend the Birdsville Dance & the Birdsville Ball, enjoy a drink at the Birdsville Pub and tune up your whip cracking skills for the competition. Today if not having travelled the desert with us, we will also visit & optionally climb Big Red the Simpson Desert’s biggest sand hill. We do a Birdsville tour with its fascinating history, see Burke & Wills marked tree by the Diamantina River, and thermal power station . Optional Lake Eyre, Goyder Lagoon & Simpson Desert flights (book early) Great plane spotting too as we witness the fly in from around Australia. Overnight Birdsville
Races Days – The BIG DAY at Birdsville Races – 12 races are on the program. You choose if you wish to attend all or just be amused by the characters and many activities and spontaneous entertainment available. Overnight Birdsville
Birdsville Track via Mungerannie hot springs to Marree overnight. Head off south on the Birdsville Track crossing by the Cooper Creek and wetlands. Enjoy a break at Mungerannie Hotel, and a Mungerannie wetlands walk (and hot spa if time permits) views of the salt lakes and rich vegetation on this remote iconic Australian route. Overnight Marree.
Lake Eyre flight option available (book early) before travel via the spectacular scenery of the Flinders Ranges and remote outback pastoral country via Hawker, Quorn and Pitchie Ritchie pass to Adelaide to arrive approximately 6-7 pm. Accommodation own arrangements.
These Corner Country & Earlybird Offers 2019 Kimberley Cape York Gulf Savannah Kakadu Canning Stock Route Tours are available to book now with $600 savings on many tours
All Kimberley tours travel on the Gibb River Road and most include Mitchell Falls, Bungle Bungles, El Questro and unique rock art sites
PLUS LOTS MORE …
Benefits of early booking include BIG SAVINGS ( at 2018 prices) plus see the best of the waterfalls and wet season new green growth.
FREE NO OBLIGATION TOUR PLANNING SESSION
Please call or email to arrange a time if you would like a Free No Obligation Tour Planning Session
I am available after 12 pm Thursday 13 September or another time that suits you – for your Free Tour Planning Session – Call me on 0417 244600
We have some great tours coming up in the next few weeks including –
September 28-30 – 3 day Lake Eyre Tours and Flights in August September 2018 – Book Here
September 28 – Oct 1 – 4 day Lake Eyre Tours and Flights as same as 3 day above PLUS extra day & night at Wilpena Pound, includes Brachina& Bunyeroo Gorges, Pound walk, Sacred Canyon, optional Wilpena & Finders Ranges flight – Book Here
September 28 – October 2 – Cameron Corner from Adelaide to Broken Hill (or Adelaide return options) – 5 day tour with overnights at Cameron Corner, Innaminka, Tibooburra. Highlights include Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Milparinka, Sturt National Park, Moomba, Cooper Creek, Epsilon, White Cliffs, Travel to Sydney option
October 9-12 – Cameron Corner from Broken Hill to Broken Hill (or Adelaide return options) – 5 day tour with overnights at Cameron Corner, Innaminka, Tibooburra. Highlights include Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Milparinka, Sturt National Park, Moomba, Cooper Creek, Epsilon, White Cliffs, Travel to Sydney option
Accommodated, camping or tag along options are available on most of our tours – most popular Kimberley tours are our 8 and 12-day tours – or we can tailor a tour to your specific requirements
We have these 2019 Earlybird offers available at 2018 prices – SAVE $ 600 by using Promo Code SEP15-600 at checkout before September 15.
For a TAILORED TOUR, or other than these displayed at the link PLEASE contact call or email if you have any questions – call now 0417 244 600 or email
Here are Corner Country & Earlybird Offers 2019 Kimberley Cape York Gulf Savannah Kakadu Canning Stock Route Tours
Corner Country Tours september october 2018 – NEW DATES
Birdsville, Oodnadatta & Strzelecki Tracks by Luxury 4WD with Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Cooper Creek, Innamincka, Arkaroola
Birdsville Corner Country Tours
NEW DATES for these iconic tours
Thank you for your interest in our Corner Country Tours — where the three states of South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland meet.
This area is steeped in early pioneer history with Burke and Wills Dig Tree by Cooper Creek, Innamincka’s 1928 hospital and thriving wool and cattle industries using the Birdsville, Oodnadatta and Strzelecki tracks.
Visit the vast Simpson Desert & Big Red, the largest sand dune, then the iconic Birdsville pub, likely Australia’s most famous and home of the Birdsville Races.
Cordillo Downs station and stone arch shearing shed is visited in far North East SA. Cordillo Downs was once Australia’s largest sheep station in the 1880s setting a record of shearing over 85,000 sheep in a season – with stands for 120 shearers working with hand shears.
We have been sharing this region with travellers for nearly 20 years so we will introduce you to a few locals, and local landmarks like the Mound Springs from the Artesian Basin, Overland Telegraph Line and Old Ghan Railway.
You will experience personalized, extraordinary value in very comfortable small group (4-6 people) luxury 4WD vehicles. We take you to special places others don’t know about and share a rare depth of connection to this country.
There is still some availability on these Corner Country Tours in 2018. Note that motel/hotel style accommodation is usual on most of these tours, but does book out. Book Early to ensure your dates and options are met.
You can choose from 2 main options ie
4 days via Cameron Corner from Broken Hill to Innamincka, Tibooburra, Milparinka & the Dig Tree or
8 days from Adelaide via Lake Eyre, Birdsville, Innamincka, Arkaroola, Dig Tree, Flinders Ranges
We have places available – I hope you can join us – it’s an iconic and fascinating area to visit
4 day SA/ QLD / NSW Cameron Corner Country Tour – via Broken Hill to Broken Hill tour via Tibooburra, Milparinka, Cameron Corner, Moomba, Innamincka – see below –
September 28 – October 2, 2018 – Cameron Corner from Adelaide to Broken Hill (or Adelaide return options) – 5 day tour with overnights at Cameron Corner, Innaminka, Tibooburra. Highlights include Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Milparinka, Sturt National Park, Moomba, Cooper Creek, Epsilon, White Cliffs, Travel to Sydney option
September 29 – October 2 – Cameron Corner fromBroken Hill to Broken Hill (or Adelaide return options) – 4 day tour with overnights at Cameron Corner, Innaminka, Tibooburra. Highlights include Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Milparinka, Sturt National Park, Moomba, Cooper Creek, Epsilon, White Cliffs, Wilcannia. Travel to Sydney option
October 2-5 – Cameron Corner fromBroken Hill to Broken Hill (or Adelaide return options) – 4 day tour with overnights at Cameron Corner, Innaminka, Tibooburra. Highlights include Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Milparinka, Sturt National Park, Moomba, Cooper Creek, Epsilon, White Cliffs, Wilcannia. Travel to Sydney option
October 9-12 – Cameron Corner fromBroken Hill to Broken Hill (or Adelaide return options) – 4 day tour with overnights at Cameron Corner, Innaminka, Tibooburra. Highlights include Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Milparinka, Sturt National Park, Moomba, Cooper Creek, Epsilon, White Cliffs, Wilcannia. Travel to Sydney option
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. PLEASE ASK RE DATES – Details – https://www.spiritsafaris.com/nsw-cameron-corner-country-tours-broken-hill-tibooburra-innamincka/
8 dayCorner Country, Birdsville Track & Lake Eyre Tour with Coober Pedy & Wilpena Pound
September 19-26 – Corner Country tour 8 days via Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, Birdsville & Lake Eyre – From Adelaide or Broken Hill to Birdsville, via Strzelecki Track, Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Lake Eyre (flight included), Flinders Ranges to Adelaide or Broken Hill. Cooper Creek, Lake Eyre via Coongie Lake wetlands,(now need to bypass due to road damage), Moomba, Innamincka, Birdsville, Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Lake Eyre (Optional Lake Eyre flight available), Flinders Ranges to Adelaide.
Please ask us if you have any questions –
Call us on 0417 244 600 or 1300 763 188
To make sure you don’t miss out – You can Book Now at the link below or call us on 0417 244 600 or 1300 763 188
It’s interesting to reflect on the travel experiences that make the most sense for us throughout our lives. In our 20s, the focus is on fun, friends and partying. As kids come into the picture, we turn to holidays by the beach, caravan parks and kids clubs!
But by our 60s, many of us seek deeper meaning from our adventures. We begin to yearn for a connection with the land, with other people and even with ourselves.
From my experience guiding people on adventures throughout Australia, I’ve seen first-hand that the earth is a magnetic place and Australia in particular, is one of the most mesmerising locations you can explore. With one of the oldest, richest, continuous cultures on the planet, there are endless opportunities for people to find a sense of place, a sense of wellbeing and a sense of community. All essential ingredients to feed your soul.
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A life well-travelled is a life well-lived and travelling well is all about making deeper connections along your journey. So, what is important to you? What connections will feed your soul? Write a Connections List, a list of all the things that are important to you, like friendships, nature, your partner and the land. Then develop a Connections Matrix where you rank each item and their relative importance to you, where 1 is least important and 5 is very important. This will help you plan a holiday that deep down, nourishes you.
Connections Matrix
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If you have any questions or need some help with this or planning your next adventure, feel free to call or email me at info @ spirit safaris.com
Canning Stock Route Tours 2019 from Broome, Darwin, Kununurra, Halls Creek, Perth, Alice Springs
Canning Stock Route Tours 2019 are genuine small group 4WD Tours of the iconic Canning Stock Route in convoy in comfortable and modern Toyota Landcruiser GXL vehicles. 4 nights motel accommodation (Halls Creek, Wiluna, Kunawarritji and Newman), all meals, fees, permits, professional 4WD driver guides, delicious healthy meals, deluxe & modern camping gear supplied including full height tents, stretchers if required, self inflating mattresses, linen and pillow case, real toilet and hot showers !
Canning Stock Route Tours 2019 from Broome, Darwin, Kununurra, Halls Creek, Perth, Alice Springs
Register your interest so you don’t miss out.. email us info @ spiritsafaris.com
SAVE $600 per person for August 12 departure if booked and paid by September 15, 2018.
Our Canning Stock Route Tours 2019 travel the original Canning Stock Route created by Albert Canning in 1908 for Kimberley cattlemen to take their stock from the Kimberley grasslands to the southern markets including Kalgoorlie and Perth. The original route includes 51 wells and stretches 2,013 kilometres from Halls Creek to Wiluna. The Canning Stock Route now forms one of the most remote and challenging four wheel drive tracks in the world…. Our route takes us via awesome desert landscapes as we travel via the Great Sandy Desert, Tanami and Gibson Deserts through gibbers, sandhills, ancient ranges and salt lakes.
Personal & Private Tours
Join us Departing on this 15 day tour from Broome to Newman WA (to fly to Perth) or return to Broome via Marble Bar (16 days).
Our journey includes Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Billilluna Aboriginal Community,Lake Gregory (bird watchers paradise), Paraku Indigenous Protected Area, 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 (with a BHP Mt Whaleback Mine tour).
SPECIAL LIMITED OFFER – Price of 15 day/14 night Canning Stock Route tour from Broome to Newman is $9,380 (normally $9,980) – SAVE $600 per person if booked in full by September 15, 2018.
Marble Bar option – Add return to Broome 2 days including extra 1 night accommodation (optional BHP Whaleback mine tour available) plus sightseeing at Marble Bar & 80 Mile Beach – Add $ 680.
Alice Springs departure & return options on these dates if booked early.
LIMITED PLACES Contact us with your expression of interest
Please contact us if any questions – Places are limited so book early
Corner Country tour via Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, Birdsville & Lake Eyre
8 or 9 dayCorner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks with Lake Eyre Tour from Adelaide (or Broken Hill option) to Birdsville, Cooper Creek, Lake Eyre via Strzelecki Track, Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Coongie Lake wetlands, (bypass) Moomba, Innamincka, Birdsville, Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Flinders Ranges to Adelaide or Broken Hill. Price includes all meals, NP park entry fees, professional guide, Optional Lake Eyre flight available, luxury small group 4WD transport.
2022 Corner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks
Private Small Group Luxury 4WD Tours – Hotel or camping
Corner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks
Burke & Wills Tree
Corner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks & Lake Eyre Tour From Broken Hill or Adelaide to Birdsville, Cooper Creek, Lake Eyre via Strzelecki Track, Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Coongie Lake wetlands area (now need to bypass due to road damage), Outback NSW, Moomba, Innamincka, Birdsville, Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Lake Eyre (flight included), Flinders Ranges to Adelaide or Broken Hill.
8 day Corner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks & Lake Eyre Tour from Adelaide (or Broken Hill option) to Birdsville, Cooper Creek, Lake Eyre via Strzelecki Track, Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Coongie Lake wetlands, (bypass) Moomba, Innamincka, Birdsville, Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Flinders Ranges to Adelaide or Broken Hill. Price includes all meals, NP park entry fees, professional guide, Optional Lake Eyre flight available, luxury small group 4WD transport.
9 dayCorner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks & Lake Eyre Tour with Coober Pedy & Wilpena Pound and as above (1 night William Ck in leiu of Marree)
Floodwaters pass by Birdsville and head for Goyder Lagoon on the way to Lake Eyre
Itinerary – Corner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks & Lake Eyre Tour
Day 1 – From Adelaide pickup (or Broken Hill option) approximately 8 am from airport or your accommodation for departure via spectacular mountain scenery as we travel via Clare Valley wine country, then the Flinders Ranges to Wilpena Pound. Our journey takes us through rural SA to enjoy picturesque roadside stops for lunch and a morning and afternoon teas. Visit historic Quorn & Hawker before arrival at Wilpena Pound resort for our comfy overnight stop. Enjoy a sunset walk with the kangaroos amongst the ancient Red River Gums and a relax at the bar before dinner. L, D
Day 2 – This morning we recommend the spectacular optional scenic flight over the pound. There’s time also to enjoy the Wangarra Lookout & Hills Homestead walk into the Pound. We leave Wilpena and pass by traditional sheep stations and plains stretching to Lake Frome, and through into the Gammon Ranges National Park to Arkaroola. Overnight Arkaroola Resort. B,L,D
Wilpena Pound
Day 3 – There’s plenty to do here in this remote, rugged area, including scenic flights or relaxing walks in the paths by nearby creeks, but the highlight is the Ridge Top Tour. 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. After a spectacular day, relax by the fireside and share your experiences. Overnight Arkaroola BLD
Arkaroola Village
Sillers Lookout Arkaroola
Day 4 – Today we pass by desert sand dunes, gibber plains and hot springs as we heading north to Innamincka. We pass by Lake Callabonna, where Diprotodon and numerous Australian megafauna roamed in swampy terrain when this was the eastern most shore of Australia. There are many remains of ancient beasties here, and the country makes it easy to imagine this other world of many millions of years ago. At Mt Hopeless (aptly named) we join the Strzelecki Track, we pass Merty Merty homestead and on via the vast oil and gas fields of Moomba and the Delta gas fields to enter the Innamincka Regional Reserve area, and famous Innamincka township on the banks of the notorious Cooper Creek. An optional Cooper Creek cruise (if running) is in order before dinner at the Innamincka pub.
Day 5 – Today we visit the Burke & Wills dig tree, were the ill fated explorers arrived too late for their support party, and did not respond to the message on the tree to dig, where supplies were buried that could have saved their lives. We do though enjoy the prolific birdlife near here and unique flora before heading up the track, passing the largest shearing shed in Australia and the ruins of Cadelga Downs station, (alternatively via Haddon Corner, depending on road conditions) over the Queensland border to arrive Birdsville for overnight. BLD
Birdsville Pub
Diamantina River at Birdsville
Day 6 – Birdsville is an icon of the outback, attracting outback travellers to connect with the frontier history of this landmark town. Birdsville used to be the customs post for goods and cattle travelling to and from South Australia before Federation. It was the route used by the great cattle drovers, including S. Kidman & Co, and there’s plenty of this history to experience in Birdsville, especially at the local museum, adjacent the tasty treats of the Hard Road Cafe. Today we visit Big Red, the Simpson Desert’s biggest sand hill, and see Burke & Wills marked tree on the Diamantina River. An optional flight over the Simpson Desert and Goyder Lagoon is available here. We head off south on the Birdsville Track following the spectacular Diamantina River past Pandie Pandie station and Goyder Lagoon. Time and track conditions willing, we visit Kalamurina Wildlife Sanctuary & Station, part of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy for overnight, or alternatively overnight at Mungeranie Roadhouse on the Birdsville Track. BLD
Day 7 – 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 take a 1 or 2 hour scenic flight over Lake Eyre to see the Warburton Groove, the main inflow channel to Lake Eyre, ElliotPriceConservationPark, HalliganBay, 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 EyreNational 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
Big Red Simpson Desert
Simpson Desert sandhills
Lake Eyre Flight
Day 8– 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, enjoy a break at the Quandong cafe 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 to arrive in Adelaide around 6pm, delivered to your accommodation or airport connection. BL
Corner Country Tours via Birdsville Strzelecki Oodnadatta Tracks
8 dayCorner Country, Birdsville Track & Lake Eyre Tour from Adelaide (or Broken Hill option) to Birdsville, Cooper Creek, Lake Eyre via Strzelecki Track, Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound, Coongie Lake wetlands, (bypass) Moomba, Innamincka, Birdsville, Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Flinders Ranges to Adelaide or Broken Hill. Price includes all meals, NP park entry fees, professional guide, Optional Lake Eyre flight available, luxury small group 4WD transport.
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