Prof Andy Gleadow, Chair of RAA’s Science Advisory Council and leader of the Rock Art Dating Projecttalks to Prof Bruno David about the remarkable geomorphic findings from a cave excavation, and to Dr Helen Green and Dr Damien Finch about their research and aims, and most exciting discoveries.
No charge. Click here – https://rockartaustralia.org.au/raa-news-october-2021/
This Creativity Workshop Vision Quest is also a CREATIVITY PLAYSHOP – An Online Purpose Clarity Event
You know you love being creative, and you know there is a Bigger life you could be leading …
This workshop gives you clarity, of your Values, Purpose and Path
“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
This online event is guided by Richard T. O’Neill BE, FAIM a business professional with over 33 years of international experience in corporates, SMEs and government, as a business owner, business planner, consultant, coach and mentor, you will see how you and your business can add so much more value in this 3 hour online event with powerful processes for Vision & Values clarity.
Join a small group and treat yourself to this special Vision Vitality Quest including –
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Life and or Business focussed events are here – https://www.spiritsafaris.com/vision-quest-for-life-and-business-online/
You can see more details or book for this online event at a special introductory price here – https://www.spiritsafaris.com/vision-quest-for-life-and-business-online/
This Songlines Leylines and Sacred Sites Webinar shows how ancient cultures, your ancestors and modern architects have worked with Earth Energy for thousands of years. This subtle energy is flowing through us all – and may be blocked causing dis-ease
Your body needs Grounding to Earth, which Increases your Vitality, Clarity & deeper sense of Purpose.
At the end of the webinar, I discuss health and how our bodies are influenced by the songlines. This is an opportunity to go deeper into understanding songlines and Your life purpose here on Earth.
Looking at my ancestors’ journeys, and Songlines was certainly a catalyst for understanding and purpose clarity for me.
Check out the FREE webinar at a time that suits you HERE
You can also buy the Expanded Songlines, Leylines and Sacred Sites Report – HERE
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New video shows our private luxury 4WD small group tour to amazing Karijini National Park Tour with Millstream Burrup Rock Art Marble Bar plus Chichester, the Python Pool, and amazing gorges including Hamersley Gorge. Travel via the 4WD Rio Tinto Railway Road up close to these massive trains (see video). Tours depart from Broome or meet us at Karratha or Port Hedland
The 6 day tour 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
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.
Rio Tinto iron ore trains consist of up to 236 wagons, 106 tonnes each. Trains are up to 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) long and weigh approximately 29,500 tonnes. The trains have an average cycle time of 28 hours from mine to port return. A mine tour is available at Tom Price on this tour
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Here are the latest the likely direct flights to Broome from Sydney, Melbourne Adelaide Perth options for 2021 2022
Bookings for 2022 are filling fast so early booking is recommended – see here for details –
Qantas flies from Darwin to Broome and return. Airnorth operates a regular schedule to/from Darwin with a stop in Kununurra.
Seasonal flights (usually in peak/high season) are available.
Qantas flies direct from Sydney to Broome on a seasonal schedule:
Seasonal flights (usually in peak/high season) are available.
Qantas flies direct from Brisbane to Broome on a seasonal schedule:
Qantas flies direct from Melbourne to Broome on a seasonal schedule:
Qantas and Airnorth operate flights between Melbourne and Kununurra (not direct flights, there are stops).
Flights into Kununurra are often available from Perth through Airnorth and Qantas. (check to ensure if your flight has stops or is direct, some are not direct)
Broome to Perth via Karijini Kalbarri Ningaloo Monkey Mia Tour 10 days via West Coast of Western Australia. Includes 80 Mile Beach, Millstream NP, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, Hamersley Ranges, Port Hedland 2 nights at Karijini Eco Retreat to explore amazing wildflowers, gorges, walks & water holes & Oxer, Joffre, Fortescue, Hancock, Dales gorges, Fern & Circular Pools. Plus BHPs Port Hedland docks, Newman, Burrup Rock Art, Red Dog Memorial, Rio Tinto Railway Road to Tom Price. optional Mine tour option.
Includes Ningaloo Reef glass-bottom boat cruise, (or swim with whale sharks option at extra cost), Coral Bay, Monkey Mia dolphins & Kalbarri National Park, and Pinnacles to Perth
New tour …
Day 1 – Depart Broome visit Great Northern Highway through cattle grazing country, adjacent the Great Sandy Desert. Visit Sandfire and Pardoo and 80Mile Beach for a short walk in the sand amongst the coral and multiple shellfish washed up by the Indian Ocean. Optional swim. We cross the mighty De Grey River, and arrive in the BHP operated Port Hedland, now also FMG nearby. We visit the docks area and view massive shipping traffic in this busy port. Overnight in Port Hedland.
Day 2 – Head south through scenic and stunning Pilbara landscapes and river crossings to Karratha – the port for Rio Tinto & Roy Hill mine. Roy Hill is Hancock Prospecting’s majority-owned US$10 billion mega iron ore operation, which has successfully ramped up production to become Australia’s single largest iron ore mine producing 60 million tonnes of ore per annum.
We learn of the history of the region at the visitors centre and witness this modern industrial phenomenon that brings massive wealth to Australia. The Red Dog memorial is also nearby at Dampier and he’s always happy to see visitors. After lunch by the beach, Explore Burrup Peninsula rock art, the largest rock art site in the world, with petroglyphs estimated around 25-30 million years old. Here also is one of the worlds largest LNG liquefied gas plants processing offshore gas for export. Overnight Karratha.
Day 3 – Visit unique landscapes of Millstream National Park with the FortesqueRiver lookouts, then travel the Rio Tinto private Railway Road, witnessing up close the largest trains in the world carrying Iron Ore to Karratha docks. Depart for Tom Price (mine tour optional) before we head for Hammersley Gorge – Karijini Eco Retreat for overnight
Day 3-4 – Two nights at Karijini EcoRetreat to explore amazing wildflowers, gorges, walks & water holes &Oxer lookout, and Fortescue, Hancock, Dales, Red, Joffre and Knox Gorges, and Fern & Circular Pools. Fern & Circular Pools with swimming opportunities and overnights at the Karijini Eco Retreat.
Day 5 – Depart Karijini and travel via Tom Price (mine tour option) then scenic mountain, iron ore and cattle country via the Nanutarra Road to Nanutarra and Learmonth.
The Tom Price Rio Tinto Mine – The Mount Tom price mine is owned by Rio Tinto /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. Overnight Exmouth on NorthWest Cape.
Day 6 – In Exmouth, we visit the monument a tribute to Operation Jaywick. This operation involved the “Krait”, a captured Japanese fishing vessel. This vessel sailed from Exmouth to Singapore in WWII. This elite crew severely damaged seven ships totalling almost 40 000tons. The party returned to Exmouth Gulf after 47 days at sea. See https://www.abc.net.au/austory/the-story-of-the-krait/8466640
Travelling around North West Cape to Charles Knife and Shothole Canyon in Cape Range National Park. Then via Ningaloo and Ningaloo Reef. Explore the world’s largest fringing Ningaloo Reef. It is situated only metres from the shore in places and has over 500 species of tropical fish and 250corals along with the world’s largest fish, the giant whale shark (late March-July) and Humpback Whales (June- November). Charter boats are available for diving and fishing. Overnight Coral Bay
Day 7 – Enjoy relaxing in Coral Bay then a Glass-bottom boat cruise (included) or optional Whale swim available. We head further south,for Carnarvon exploring more of this unique landscape. Overnight Carnarvon
Day 8 – Visit the ancient Stromatolites of Hamelin Bay and the 120km long Shell Beach, two of the unique natural attractions in the area.We visit the Shark Bay World Heritage Discovery Centre and learn about the bay history, culture and why it is one of the few places on earth to meet all four natural criteria for World Heritage listing. Meet the friendly Dolphins of Monkey Mia followed by a boat cruise on the marine rich waters of the bay. Overnight Shark Bay
Day 9– Explore Kalbarri National Park and visitors centre, with a stunning coastal walk and spectacular coastal cliff lookouts and inland gorges. VisitEagle Bluff with big bay view, and shark and dugong sightings. Overnight Kalbarri
Day 10 – Continue to the City of Geraldton-Greenough. We visit the WA Museum Geraldton and the HMAS Sydney Memorial for stunning views over the city and ocean. Travel the IndianOcean Drive on the West Australian Coast via Cervantes and Jurien Bay to NambungNational Park. Enjoy the atmosphere of the surreal limestone Pinnacles of upright stones. Arrive in Perth and enjoy an evening dinner together. Accommodation own arrangements. Tour completes in Perth
Inclusions for Broome to Perth via Karijini Kalbarri Ningaloo Monkey Mia Tour 10 days
Exclusions
Small group private tours from Broome are a specialty of Spirit Safaris. Travel by luxury 4WD with 2-4 people (or family options) to stunning beaches of Cape Leveque, beautiful Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek, the Bungle Bungles, or even our numerous tours of the awesome Kimberley on the Gibb River Road.
Broome is a great starting point to see the last great frontiers of Australia and as well as our extended multi day Kimberley tours, we have shorter 1 or 2 or 5 or 6 days tours from Broome.
Tours can include an Ardi experience, which in the local Bardi language means the region north of Broome. This is a regular meeting place for the Bardi and Nyul Nyul Aboriginal people, and these tours are opportunities to develop a deep connection with Aboriginal culture through local people delivering experiences including Bush medicine, fishing, hunting and gathering experiences and storytelling.
Join us on this amazing journey to the Dampier Peninsula, through the red sandy country to the beaches and tidal flats and mangrove creeks of the Ardi. View King Sound with its massive king tides of over 10 metres, the Indian Ocean and Timor Sea. Swim or just delight in the incredible unspoiled beaches, with numerous opportunities available for adventures in the ocean such as the Giant Tides and Reef Waterfalls tours, or a deeper connection with Aboriginal culture. Check us out or give us a call. We look forward to showing you this amazing place.
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Join our special small group 4WD Cape Leveque Tours and visit remote beaches by 4WD on this exciting and fascinating area of Cape Leveque 1 or 2 day tour. Highlights include Dampier Peninsula Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community, Beagle Bay Pearl Church, One Arm Point, Giant Tides 2 hour tour, Buccaneer Archipelago and more
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, comfy camping or motel & Karijini Eco Retreat accommodated. Newman departure options
via Katherine hot springs, Victoria River,Timber Creek, Kununurra, with Lake Argyle cruise option, Bungle Bungles flight & Cathedral Gorge walk, Fitzroy Crossing, Geike Gorge Cruise, Tunnel Creek, Windjana Gorge, Katherine hot springs – Code KXD5
via Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Fitzroy Crossing, Geike Gorge Cruise, Bungle Bungles flight & Cathedral Gorge walk, Kununurra, with Lake Argyle cruise option Katherine hot springs – Code KXD5
Gibb River Road Kimberley Tours from Broome to Broome or Broome to Darwin with Lake Argyle via Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell Falls, Bungle Bungles, El Questro plus Fitzroy Crossing with Geikie Gorge cruise on Fitzroy River, Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Imitji, King Leopold Ranges, Galvans Gorge, Manning Gorge, Mt Barnett, Mt Elizabeth Station, Drysdale Station, Mitchell Falls, King Edward River rock art, El Questro, Zebedee Hot Springs, Bungle Bungles walks. – see details
West Coast Broome to Perth via Karijini Kalbarri Ningaloo Monkey Mia Tour 10 days via West Coast of Western Australia. Includes 80 Mile Beach, Millstream NP, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, Hamersley Ranges, Port Hedland 2 nights at Karijini Eco Retreat to explore amazing wildflowers, gorges, walks & water holes & Oxer, Joffre, Fortescue, Hancock, Dales gorges, Fern & Circular Pools. Plus BHPs Port Hedland docks, Newman, Burrup Rock Art, Red Dog Memorial, Rio Tinto Railway Road to Tom Price. optional Mine tour option. Includes Ningaloo Reef glass-bottom boat cruise, (or swim with whale sharks option at extra cost), Coral Bay, Monkey Mia dolphins & Kalbarri National Park, and Pinnacles – see details here
WA Wildflowers Kalgoorlie Perth to Southern Coast Stirling Ranges Tour 7 days – From Perth to Wave Rock, Kalgoorlie, Stirling Ranges, Albany, Denmark, Margaret River, journey via the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges, and along the spectacular southern and western coastlines through vast seas of wildflowers and magnificent National Parks. Consider an optional boat trip to Rottnest Island, a gazetted A-class nature reserve, or closer to home. see details here
Genuine small group Landcruiser 4WD Kimberley Gibb River Road Tours in 2021 are in full swing with new accommodation and flights available partly due to cancellations by Victorians.
Since 1997 we have been delivering amazing small group deep connection Kimberely tours after working with senior elders in remote Kimberley locations. Join us for a special experience in this unique wilderness of Australia.
Wrap up the Top End – Experience spectacular Kimberley Gibb River Road Tours in 2021 with destinations including Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell Falls, and Rock Art, Bungle Bungles, El Questro plus Fitzroy Crossing with Geikie Gorge cruise on Fitzroy River, Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Imitji, King Leopold Ranges, Galvans Gorge, Manning Gorge, Mt Barnett, Mt Elizabeth Station, Drysdale Station, Mitchell Falls, King Edward River rock art, El Questro, Zebedee Hot Springs, Bungle Bungles walks & optional heli flight. Opportunity to meet Aboriginal elders and artists, visit Wandjina and Bradshaw rock art sites, swim in pristine waterholes on this Gibb River Road tour. Fully accommodated (extra cost) or camping rate is shown.
Experience incredible rock art galleries – learn about Aboriginal culture, lore, men and women’s business, spirituality, bush medicines and food, language and history, ceremony, song and dance. Enriching and fulfilling experiences in the land of the world’s longest surviving culture. Visit special Wandjina and Bradshaw (Gwion Gwion) Aboriginal rock art sites. A unique opportunity to learn ancient wisdom, recreating community and nature. Enriching and fulfilling experiences with the world’s longest surviving culture.
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Also Available for same dates are TAG ALONG or Self Drive Tours
Kimberley tours Broome to Broome see Kimberley tours Broome to Broome
For Kimberley tours Broome to Darwin see Kimberley tours Broome to Darwin
For Kimberley Tours Darwin to Broome see Kimberley Tours Darwin to Broome
Corner Country Tours by luxury 4WD via Broken Hill, Tibooburra, Milparinka, Cameron Corner, Moomba, Innamincka to the famous NSW / QLD / SA Corner – 4, 5, 8, 10, 12 Day tours from Broken Hill Sydney and Adelaide exploring Sturt National Park Tibooburra, Milparinka, Moomba, Innaminka, Dig Tree, Cameron Corner – .
Includes 2 hour Cooper Creek cruise at Innamincka if operating
via Broken Hill to Broken Hill tour via Tibooburra, Milparinka, Cameron Corner, Moomba, Innamincka
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 Sturt National Park 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.
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Strzelecki Track History
Named after Polish Count Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, the ‘highway’ from Lyndhurst in the south to Innamincka and beyond in the north used to be one of the driest and loneliest tracks to transport mobs of fat cattle to the Adelaide market.
Today the southern point of the track is Lyndhurst, surveyed in 1896. Here Dutch born, self-taught Talc artist, poet, bush philosopher and supporter of the new flag for Australia, Cornelius Alferink has carved himself a place in outback art and modern history.
More than hundred years ago it was Captain Starlight, of Robbery under Arms fame, who gave the track notoriety. In 1870 Henry Arthur Readford, better known as Harry Redford, or Starlight, drove a thousand head of stolen cattle from Queensland, down the Barcoo and Cooper past Mount Hopeless, to Blanchewater where he sold them for $10,000. When finally apprehended in 1872, the now folk hero and his two accomplices were found not guilty.
In earlier days the track terminated at Farina and cattle from Avondale, Blanchewater, Cadelgo, Coongie, Cordillo Downs, Cullamurra, Haddon Downs, Innamincka, Merty Merty, Monte Collina, Mount Hopeless, Mount Lyndhurst, Murnpeowie, Nappa Merrie, Tinga Tingana, Titcha, and Wallelderdine were walked to its railhead to be transported to the southern markets.
Land at the southern end of the track was first taken up by John Baker at Blanchwater in 1857. At the northern end it were settlers from Warrnambool, Victoria, who gained pastoral leases in 1872. One of the first mobs of cattle to be walked down was in 1877, taking about ten weeks. The Strzelecki Track was last used by drovers during the 1930s.
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You must ensure you have completed ALL necessary documents that apply to the state borders you may be crossing and carry these with you in a handy location in the vehicle on tour eg if travelling from Darwin to Broome for border crossing
NOTE – some forms require completion within 7 days before border crossing, some may take 6 days to process. Current at 14 April 2021
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WA – WESTERN AUSTRALIA eg travel to Broome or Perth
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SA – SOUTH AUSTRALIA – eg Adelaide, Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges Coober Pedy
All travellers wishing to enter South Australia must complete a Cross Border Travel Registration with SA Police. https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/restrictions-and-responsibilities/travel-restrictions
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