9 days - $1745 per person
Includes Motel Accommodation and all Meals
Departure Date:
Sunday April 27th 2008
Day 1
You are welcomed aboard your unique, purpose built and air-conditioned
bus for departure from West Beach at 7.30 am.
We travel via Gawler and mid north towns, stopping for a cup of coffee at Tarlee
and lunch at Gladstone.. Our journey continues on to Quorn and Hawker then
through Leigh Creek to Copley, and our first night at the Leigh Creek Hotel.
Overnight: Leigh Creek Hotel
Day 2
After breakfast, we continue north to Lyndhurst stopping at Marree for lunch.
We explore this historic town at the start of the Oodnadatta and Birdsville Tracks.
Passing through one of Australia’s most fascinating and diverse regions, the
Oodnadatta Track closely follows a major Aboriginal trade route, the original
Overland Telegraph Line and the old Ghan railway line.
We travel through the Mound Springs on the rim of the Great Artesian Basin and
stop to visit Bubbler and Blanchecup springs.
Overnight: William Creek Campground Cabins
Day 3
After an enjoyable breakfast at William Creek , we capture the
atmosphere of South Australia’s smallest town, which lies in the centre of the
world’s largest cattle station, Anna Creek.
A little north of William Creek, we leave the Oodnadatta Track and head to the
opal capital of the world - Coober Pedy.
There is opportunity for a look around the town, including a visit to The Big Winch,
and underground church.
For something different - our accommodation is underground!
Overnight: Coober Pedy - Look Out Cave Motel.
Day 4
The Breakaway Reserve provides a spectacular drive today.
It consists of colourful low hills which have broken away from the Stuart Range
and have been featured in many films - including “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”.
A round trip follows the Dog Fence and “Moon Plain”.
Overnight: Coober Pedy - Look Out Cave Motel
Day 5
Painted desert
Leaving Coober Pedy we travel the Oodnadatta road to Mt Barry and the Arckaringa
Hills –an area of spectacularly coloured land formations featuring mesas, buttes,
tent hills and cliffs caused by erosion of an ancient land surface.
The colours come from pyritic sediments deposited in the soil millions of years ago.
Our route takes us through Copper Hills Station to Cadney Park Homestead.
Accommodation: Cadney Park Homestead (motel)
Day 6
We head down the Stuart Highway to Glendambo and past Lake Hart to
Pimba, where a slight deviation takes us to Woomera - the base for the
Nurrungar deep -space tracking station.
We visit Breen Park and the Missile Park Woomera Heritage Centre.
Accommodation: Woomera Eldo Hotel
Day 7
The interest is far from over as we take a day trip to the purpose built
town of Roxby Downs and a surface tour of the nearby Olympic Dam - one
of the world’s largest copper, uranium, gold and silver mining complexes.
A tour of the modern township of Roxby Downs follows the mining complex
tour.
Accommodation: Woomera Eldo Hotel
Day 8
We travel the Stuart Highway to Port Augusta for a look around the town,and visit the Arid Lands Botanic Gardens.
Accommodation: Pt Augusta - Acacia Ridge Motel
Day 9 A scenic drive through Horrocks Pass brings us to Wilmington, then on to Melrose - the oldest town in the Flinders Ranges, at the foot of Mt Remarkable.
Leaving Melrose, we travel home to Adelaide through
Orroroo, Terowie and Burra.
TRAVEL ROUTINE
The distance travelled in any day will depend on the general road conditions and
sightseeing opportunities along the way.After morning departure at 7.30am,
we take a break at around 10.30am and stop for lunch between 12.00-1.00pm, and
an afternoon break approximately 3.00pm.
Other stops are taken for photos, exploring and recreation.
MEDICAL
We carry a comprehensive First Aid kit, and have an accredited Senior First Aid
staff member on hand on all tours.
Due to the nature of outback travel, and the vast distances involved, anyone
with health problems, should give proper consideration to undertaking this trip, and
seek their doctor’s advice if necessary.
WHAT YOUR FARE INCLUDES
- All meals from start to finish and hotel
accommodation (twin share) plus meals where indicated. (Alcoholic drinks
are not included).
- Tour costs do not include additional accommodation, meals and incidental expenses
resulting from flooding, natural delays, unavailable connections or other unforeseen
circumstances.
TOUR VEHICLES
Travel is in an air-conditioned, purpose built, fully equipped 6 WD bus.
For your safety we carry a HF Radio with Royal Flying Doctor frequencies.
This radio can be used for urgent telephone calls if the need arises.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING
Comfortable casual clothes, for warm to hot days, and cool to cold nights, stout
comfortable shoes, and hat. (Most people bring more clothes than they ever use,
so consider carefully, and keep your baggage to a minimum), a camera, with
plenty of film and a torch.
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