THE MIRACLE OF EYRE WITH BILL PEACH JOURNEYS Sojourn Flightseeing Lake Eyre 4 Days | 7 – 10 Jun 2019 | AUD$5,300pp twin share | Single Supplement FREE* 4 Days | 28 Jun – 1 Jul 2019 | AUD$5,300pp twin share | Single Supplement FREE* Exclusive Highlights oin us for a memorable 4 day journey to discover the miracle of JLake Eyre. With the enormous rains and flooding of the , central and southern Queensland, Lake Eyre (Kati Thanda) * Enjoy incredible ‘flightseeing’ of the rugged ancient is set to undergo a remarkable transformation that is testament to landscapes across western New South Wales, Flinders the restorative powers of mother nature. When water flows in to Ranges, Wilpena Pound and flooding Lake Eyre part-fill the lake via great inland rivers including the Diamantina, and the Warburton, the spectacle is breathtaking * Touring of Broken Hill, the Flinders Ranges, and is best viewed in Bill Peach Journeys style while ‘Flightseeing’. and Munga-Thirri National Park Rapid growth and fertility follow the floods; long dormant marine creatures multiply and large flocks of waterfowl arrive to feed and * Cruise the mighty Darling River learning its raise their young before the waters evaporate once more. Spend 2 fascinating history on the Paddle Vessel Jandra nights at Wilpena Pound Resort in the Flinders Ranges and 1 night * Visit the Royal Flying Doctor Service which recently at the iconic Birdsville Hotel where the Diamantina has changed this celebrated its 90th year of invaluable service harsh environment into a natural paradise. We will also tour Broken Hill including the new Royal Flying Doctor headquarters. We will * Stay 3 nights in iconic Australian outback locations enjoy a cruise from yesteryear aboard the Paddle Vessel Jandra in * All meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner Bourke and explore the fascinating ancient Flinders Ranges. * Enjoy this Lake Eyre discovery with new friends About Sojourns with Bill Peach Journeys while enjoying your own room with no single Our Sojourn programmes everything is included and supplement charge are short break journeys put arranged before you even together in conjunction with leave home. That includes all * Escorted throughout by a dedicated Journey themes, events or experiences. sundries like tips, taxes and Director transfers. In fact you won’t even These programmes range need to carry your bags. from cruising New Zealand’s North Islands to world class Enjoy the finest level of “The entire journey was a totally wonderful events and unique experiences accommodation, dining and experience. Seeing our country from the air was a throughout and New service all in the one fare. From new experience with spectacular highlights.” Zealand. the very moment your journey begins, your seamless travel Mr B Bousfield, Ballarat, VIC Fully Inclusive experience with Bill Peach When you travel on a Sojourn Journeys begins. Day 1 | Sydney - Broken perspective of the Adnyamathanha people. This afternoon there will be a sunset tour Hill - Ikara Flinders Ranges Later today we set off to Stokes Hill which of the Munga-Thirri National Park home Boarding our aircraft in Sydney, we fly offers spectacular panoramas of Wilpena to rare mammals, reptiles, and more than across central New South Wales landing Pound, Mt Patawarta, and the Druid, 180 species of bird. A farewell dinner this in Broken Hill. We visit the new Royal Chace, Elder, Heysen and Bunker Ranges. evening at the hotel. Flying Doctor Service headquarters and Overnight: Wilpena Pound Resort Overnight: Birdsville Hotel embark on a tour of this historic mining town noted for its colonial architecture Day 3 | Wilpena - Kati Thanda Day 4 | Birdsville - Bourke - and the mine itself which looms in the - Lake Eyre - Birdsville Sydney background. Our flight today will include extensive After breakfast we enjoy flightseeing of We re-board our aircraft for our flight flightseeing over Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre to Birdsville surrounds and the Cooper Creek to the Ikara Flinders Ranges. On arrival include South Lake Eyre National Park and river system one of the most famous and we transfer to Wilpena Pound Resort. North Lake Eyre National Park following least visited rivers in Australia. It is one In this natural bush setting, native flora Warburton Creek to Birdsville. Your of three major Queensland river systems and fauna abound in some of the most private aircraft will provide breathtaking that flow into the . spectacular scenery in . views of the remote landscape of the Kati The flow of the creek depends on The park is world renowned for its Thanda - Lake Eyre system which covers monsoonal rains falling earlier and many geological history, including impressive an area of 9,690 square kilometres, or hundreds of kilometres away in eastern fossil remains. A welcome dinner tonight roughly the size of Holland. Queensland. At 1300 km in length it is at the Resort. We land at Birdsville and enjoy lunch at the second longest inland river system in Overnight: Wilpena Pound Resort Australia’s most remote outback bakery. Australia after the Murray-Darling system. Proclaimed a town in 1887, it was located We land in Bourke and transfer to the Day 2 | Ikara Flinders Ranges at the border of South Australia and PV Jandra paddle boat for a cruise along Today the group will explore more than Queensland to collect tolls from the the Darling River. The whole Murray- 800 million years of geological history in droves of cattle being moved interstate. Darling river system, one of the largest the “Corridor Through Time”. Marvel at the Birdsville was considered the gateway in the world, drains all of New South rugged beauty of Brachina and Bunyeroo to the . Now known Wales west of the , Gorges. Search for Yellow Footed Rock as Munga-Thirri National Park, it is much of northern Victoria and southern Wallabies and enjoy sweeping views of Queensland’s largest and Queensland and parts of South Australia. Bunyeroo Valley and the eastern wall of covers nearly a million hectares. Its meandering course is three times Wilpena Pound. Many of Australia’s pioneering European longer than the direct distance it traverses. After lunch join an Aboriginal guide to explorers travelled through the Birdsville We reboard our aircraft mid afternoon for explore Old Wilpena Station, one of South district. Monuments to acknowledge the our return flight to Sydney. Australia’s oldest and best preserved feats of Captain Charles Sturt, Burke & pastoral settlements. Learn about the Wills, Madigan and others are located Please contact Bill Peach Journeys or your local travel agent landscape and bio-diversity from the throughout the town. for assistance with airfares.

*Conditions Apply: Single Supplement Free offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

tin r a g eb o Call our Reservations Team on 1800 252 053 (Australia), 0800 445 700 (New Zealand) l v e e r c email [email protected] or visit www.billpeachjourneys.com.au 35 o years f e www.facebook.com/BillPeachJourneys e c xcellen Bill Peach Journeys Pty Ltd. ABN 11 054 959 152. Travel Agents licence Number 2TA 003 547