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NEW for 2018 Scenic Flights included

2018-2019 www.outbackaussietours.com.au LEGEND Spirit of Queensland Spirit of the Outback Savannahlander Gulflander

Thursday Horn Island Scenic Flights Island Cape York

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Call in and say G’day to the team at our Historic Longreach Railway Station office

G’day from Alan and Sue Plan Ahead Born and bred in the bush, we love the outback life and share a passion for its strong and Save sense of community and freedom. Let us take you on a journey to discover our natural and cultural heritage. Settle back and enjoy our warm outback hospitality, and be EARLY EMU OFFER entertained by local yarns as we share our connection with this land, our home. We Book and pay deposit carefully select our touring experiences for their authenticity and local flavour, so we by 31 Dec 2017 and know you will return home with plenty of stories to share. Our passengers benefit from save up to $600pp on our strong relationships with station owners and great local characters – a key point of selected departures. difference on our tours. PAST PASSENGER To all of our past passengers, we look SAVINGS forward to welcoming you back, and Past passengers enjoy to those who are new to Outback Early Emu Offers on all Aussie Tours, we can’t wait to welcome tour departures if they book you aboard. and pay deposit before 31 Dec 2017. Alan and Sue Smith Longreach, Queensland’s Outback TRAVEL WITH FRIENDS & SAVE* When six or more people book a holiday of 6 days or more together, you will each receive $150pp off your tour price.

SECOND TOUR DISCOUNT* Save 10% per person on the land portion of any of our extended tours when you purchase two of them. This discount applies to the tour of lesser value. Offers valid on new bookings only.

*May not be combined with Early Emu Offers.

Unwind & Relax by Rail

SPIRIT OF SPIRIT OF QUEENSLAND THE OUTBACK

Brisbane to Cairns (overnight) Brisbane to Longreach Spirit of Queensland Departs Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat Departs Tue & Sat (overnight) Rail Bed Cairns to Brisbane (overnight) Longreach to Brisbane Departs Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun Departs Mon & Thu (overnight) Distance: 1681 kms Duration: 24 hrs Distance: 1325 kms Duration: 26 hrs

Spirit of the Outback First Class Sleeper 3 A holiday is not just about seeing an attraction and ticking it off your list, it’s about engaging with the people and culture of the destination.

TESTIMONIAL: TESTIMONIAL: “All the best to Brett and Kathy "From the moment we stepped off fantastic Savannah Guides Master Operators as they start another the plane, everything went well. The four Cape York & Torres Strait group on and a half days going around Longreach and their way from Cairns to Horn Island Winton was well organised with very friendly for 11 days they will never forget. So staff wherever we went. Apart from the much to see. So much to do. Wish we boat trip and show (which were excellent) were coming again. Memories forever the other highlights were the Sunset Dinner at Camden Park Station and the tour and John & Marg lunch at Rosebank Station. All food provided was of a highrecommend quality. Ithis would tour." definitely Toni M.

THE OUTBACK SIGNATURE AUSSIE TOURS SCENIC FLIGHT EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES With over 30 years experience in crafting NEW for 2018 - join our included scenic authentic outback tours, you’re assured flights for the ultimate outback and of a memorable and highly personalised wilderness experience. Fly over majestic touring holiday with Outback Aussie Tours. desert landscapes, spectacular gorges and Guests travelling to our outback home are exclusive Barrier Reef & Gulf islands. hosted to a suite of signature experiences, The Cessna Grand Caravan** offers made possible through our long-standing seating for 13 passengers in comfortable local connections and partnerships. leather seats, all offering window seats providing excellent scenic viewing. DEDICATED DRIVER & Passenger commentary is piped through ONBOARD HOSTS overhead speakers, which eliminates the You’ll be travelling with our experienced need for headphones. Savannah Guides Master Operator drivers, all with an in-depth local knowledge and COOKTOWN TO WEIPA passion for the outback. Plus, on all of our On a spectacular scenic flight from extended tours (with the exception of Cooktown to Weipa, see the picturesque Outback Short Break & Outback Getaway) Princess Charlotte Bay and pristine you will have the added service of our sections of the Great Barrier Reef. Take in friendly onboard hosts. magnificent contrasting reef and outback landscapes with aerial views over Lizard CUSTOM 4WD VEHICLES Island, Lakefield National Park, Coen AND COACHES (refreshment stop), the Telegraph Track Explore the outback in comfort and safety, and Gulf of Carpentaria. See page 14 thanks to our custom-built vehicles, designed to meet the specific operational INNAMINCKA TO BIRDSVILLE conditions of the Australian outback. Experience breathtaking aerial views of sand dune, gibber plains, salt wetlands THEMED DINNERS & OUTBACK and fresh water lake systems on our scenic HOSPITALITY flight from Innamincka in the heart of the Get a real taste of the outback with our Strzelecki Desert. Fly over Cooper Creek, on board home-baked goodies, sunset Coongie Lakes and Lake Eyre North to drinks & nibbles and our exclusive themed William Creek (refreshment stop), before dinners in magnificent outback settings. our flight over Goyder Lagoon and Big Red, in the Simpson Desert. See page 16 COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY LAWN HILL GORGE Outback Aussie Tours is committed TO KARUMBA to best practice environmental Board our scenic flight for spectacular sustainability, contributing to conserving views over Lawn Hill Station, the Gorge the environment and helping local and the meandering channels that merge communities. We take our role as local with the incredible Gulf of Carpentaria. custodians very seriously and our ethos is Make a stop on remote Sweers Island with to leave the environment a better place. its miles of golden beaches, mangroves and rocky cliffs, then reboard our flight to Karumba. See page 20

**It may be necessary to travel in an alternative aircraft type should operational conditions change. 5 Drover's Sunset Cruise

3 DAYS OUTBACK

Short Break Low level of fitness required 2018 DEPARTURE DATES EX LONGREACH Saturdays 01 Apr 18 - 31 Mar 19 Drover’s Sunset Cruise featuring top deck Australian DAY 1: LONGREACH river views, informative nature commentary subject to availability You will be welcomed on arrival at Stockman's and a glorious Outback sunset. Enjoy on- Hall of Fame Longreach Airport by Outback Aussie board nibbles and drinks before savouring Tours and taken on a town highlights a two-course camp oven themed dinner, on orientation tour. Visit the award-winning the banks of the Thomson River, under the Qantas Founders Museum, eloquently stars at Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show. telling the story of Qantas through world-class interactive displays, then join a Overnight Longreach Motor Inn – guided Jets Tour of the resident 747 & 707 King Executive Room jets. Late afternoon, experience the warm hospitality of local graziers on our Camden DAY 3: HOMEWARD BOUND Park Station Sunset Tour including a barbeque dinner with our hosts under the Relish a lazy breakfast before checking spectacular outback night sky. out of your accommodation. Wander across the road to the Historic Railway Overnight Longreach Motor Inn – Camden Park Station Sunset Tour Café for a nostalgic morning tea. Guests King Executive Room joining the overnight Spirit of the Outback Rail journey to Brisbane will DAY 2: LONGREACH depart Longreach at 10.00am. Guests Enjoy a relaxed buffet breakfast with free making flight connections will have some time to take a stroll along the Botanical free time in downtown Longreach before Walkway, a 2.5km interpretive flora walk. transferring to Longreach Airport. Mid morning you will be transferred to the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, a tribute to our outback pioneers, early INCLUSIONS explorers, stockmen and Indigenous Two nights in a King Executive Australians. Wander the five themed Room at centrally located galleries of this impressive multi-arched Longreach Motor Inn including 5 building for a wonderful insight into life Star Pillow Top King Beds, Comfy in the outback. Take your seat at the Bath Robes, Stocked Mini-bar and entertaining Outback Stockman’s Show, Espresso Coffee Capsule Machine TOUR HIGHLIGHTS a live storytelling show about life as a All transfers, touring & entries Longreach Town Tour Stockman, complete with horses, sheep, as specified Qantas Founders Museum cattle and working dogs. Late afternoon, Most meals (2 buffet breakfasts, Jets Tour board the fully licensed MV. Explorer for the 1 morning tea and 2 themed Camden Park Station Sunset dinners) Dinner Tour ( PER PERSON ) Australian Stockman’s Hall PRICES of Fame Entry & Outback Twin Share Single Stockman’s Show Drover's Sunset Cruise with 3 Day Longreach – Longreach $899 $1159 Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show Historic Railway Café Morning Tea

6 Smithy's Outback Dinner & Show

2018 DEPARTURE DATES EX LONGREACH Sundays 01 Apr 18 to 31 Mar 19 subject to availability

5-7 DAYS OUTBACK

Getaway Low level of 2018 fitness required Qantas Founders Museum DEPARTURE DATES EX LONGREACH Saturdays 01 Apr 18 - 31 Mar 19 a two course table-service dinner under subject to availability DAY 1: LONGREACH the stars as you watch the entertaining DAY 4: LONGREACH Welcome to Longreach where you will Visit the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Smithy’s Outback Dinner and Show. receive a warm outback greeting by Fame to discover the inspiring stories our Outback Aussie Tours driver and a of the men, women and children living courtesy transfer to your accommodation. DAY 3: LONGREACH in and pioneering Outback Queensland, Be prepared to be impressed with the Late afternoon, you’ll experience the then enjoy an exclusive lunch at Dr Bruce changing landscapes as we travel from excitement of the Outback Stockman’s Yeates Memorial Cottage. Late afternoon, Longreach to Winton. We visit the Dinner and Show at the Australian experience the warm hospitality of local Australian Age of Dinosaurs perched on a Stockman’s Hall of Fame. graziers on our Camden Park Station magnificent mesa overlooking the plains Sunset Tour including a BBQ dinner under 4 nights Longreach Motor Inn, Longreach where dinosaurs once roamed! Onsite the spectacular outback night sky. Dinosaur enthusiasts treat us to a top- DAY 2: LONGREACH class interpretive tour of the laboratory, Witness a ‘totally different way of collection room and the new Dinosaur DAY 5: HOMEWARD BOUND Your Outback Queensland adventure schooling’ at Longreach School of Canyon. Tour Winton, see the quirky comes to an end after breakfast with a Distance Education where you will walk Arnos Wall, the Musical Fence and learn complimentary transfer to your homeward in the footsteps of the students and the story behind Australia’s unofficial bound connections. teachers who share a classroom more national anthem at the Waltzing Matilda than twice the size of Victoria! Wander Centre. After returning to Longreach, we the Qantas Founders Museum and step will take a short drive to Ilfracombe for inside the 747 and 707 jets on a guided dinner at the historic Wellshot Hotel. TOUR HIGHLIGHTS interpretive tour. Late afternoon, board Outback Stockman’s Dinner the MV. Explorer for the Drover’s Sunset & Show Cruise on the Thomson River. Unwind INCLUSIONS Longreach School of Distance with on-board nibbles and drinks as you All motel en suite accommodation Education Tour watch a magnificent outback sunset. Enjoy Travel by quality touring vehicle Qantas Founders Museum Savannah Guides Master Operator Jets Tour driver/guide Fully Licenced Drover’s Sunset Most meals (4 continental Cruise on the MV Explorer EARLY EMU SAVER ALERT breakfasts; 4 dinners; 2 lunches) Table Service Campfire Dinner Save $150 per couple All entries/activities as at Smithy’s Outback Dinner on Apr & Oct departures per itinerary & Show Longreach accommodation Australian Age of Dinosaurs arrival/departure transfers Laboratory, Collection Room Tour & Dinosaur Canyon ( PER PERSON ) ASK ABOUT PRICES FLIGHT Winton Town Tour including a PACKAGES Tour of Waltzing Matilda Centre Twin Share Single Ilfracombe Tour & Wellshot Hotel Dinner 5 Day Longreach – Longreach $ $ 1599 1949 Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame 7 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ $ (with return overnight rail) 2317 2667 Camden Park Station Sunset Dinner Tour

*Price includes return First Class overnight rail on the Spirit of the Outback based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types. 7 6-8 DAYS Legendary LONGREACH & WINTON

the Drover’s Sunset Cruise with tasty pool. Late afternoon, we drive a short DAY 1: LONGREACH onboard nibbles platters followed by a distance out of town to the Australian Welcome to Longreach! On arrival, two course table-service dinner under Age of Dinosaurs perched high on transfer to your accommodation for the the stars at Smithy’s Outback Dinner a spectacular mesa. Join a guided next three nights. Meet fellow travellers and Show. interpretive tour of the laboratory, and hear all about the adventures ahead collection room and NEW Dinosaur with a comprehensive tour orientation Canyon, then breathe in the moment by our Savannah Guides Master Operator DAY 4: WINTON Travel west to Winton for a guided tour of at our very special sunset barbeque driver and host. the recently reopened Waltzing Matilda overlooking the plains where dinosaurs 3 nights Albert Park Motor Inn, Longreach Centre, the only museum dedicated to a once roamed! song. Learn the story behind the quirky 2 nights Boulder Opal Motel, Winton DAY 2: LONGREACH Arnos Wall and play a tune on what is Enjoy some free time in downtown believed to be the world’s only musical DAY 5: WINTON Longreach then join our Strathmore fence. Check in to your accommodation Travel into the heart of Waltzing Matilda Station Tour for an insider’s view into for the next two nights then enjoy some country and drive along private tracks to life on the land followed by a delicious free time to wander the main street, the beautiful Carisbrooke Station. Here homestead lunch. Visit the world-class visit the opal shops or take a dip in the we’ll follow the scenic Cory’s Range drive Qantas Founders Museum, eloquently telling the story of the founding of Qantas through interpretive displays and interactive exhibits, then join a guided Jets Tour. Late afternoon, experience the warm hospitality of local graziers on our Camden Park Station Sunset Tour including a sunset barbeque dinner under the spectacular outback night sky.

DAY 3: LONGREACH Discover the inspiring stories of our pioneering heroes at the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame then take your seat for the entertaining Outback Stockman’s Show. We’ll visit historic Rosebank Station, originally settled as a sheep and cattle station some 100 years ago. Hear local pastoral heritage stories and enjoy morning tea in the original Australian Age of Dinosaurs homestead. Late afternoon, unwind on

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LEGENDARY LONGREACH INTON & WINTON 2 D LONGRE S 3 S S NORTHERN TERRITORY QUEENSLAND

Carisbrooke Station Drover's Sunset Cruise

Camden Park Sunset Dinner

NEW SOUTH WALES

2018 DEPARTURE DATES EX LONGREACH (WED) 11 Apr, 25 Apr, 02 May, 16 May, 20 Jun, 27 Jun, 04 Jul, 11 Jul, 18 Jul, 15 Aug, 05 Sep,

12 Sep, 26 Sep, 10 Oct, 24 Oct

SDNE Low level of fitness required

to see the Three Sisters rock formation, fossick for opals and enjoy a relaxed billy tea. Witness a prehistoric event from some 95 million years ago at Dinosaur Stampede, Lark Quarry Conservation Park. Join an interpretive tour of the world’s only recorded dinosaur stampede featuring over 3000 footprints frozen in time in ancient mudflats. Return to Winton for a relaxed dinner at your accommodation tonight.

DAY 6: HOMEWARD BOUND Outback Stockman's Show Smithy's Outback Dinner & Show Following an early breakfast, we end the tour with a short drive back to Longreach to join your connecting INCLUSIONS TOUR HIGHLIGHTS transfers home. All motel en suite Strathmore Station Tour & Lunch accommodation (3 nights Qantas Founders Museum and Longreach, 2 nights Winton) Jets Tour Travel by quality touring coach Camden Park Station Sunset Tour EARLY EMU Savannah Guides Master and Dinner SAVER ALERT Operator driver & host Save $150 pp Australian Stockman’s Valid Apr & All Meals (5 buffet breakfasts; Hall of Fame & Outback Oct departures 4 lunches; 5 dinners) Stockman’s Show All entries/activities as Rosebank Station Morning Tea per itinerary Drover’s Sunset Cruise including Longreach accommodation Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show arrival/departure transfers Winton Town Tour ( ) ASK ABOUT PER PERSON Waltzing Matilda Centre PRICES FLIGHT PACKAGES Twin Share Single Australian Age of Dinosaurs Tour including NEW Dinosaur Canyon 6 Day Longreach – Longreach $2299 $2649 and Deluxe Sunset BBQ Carisbrooke Station Tour 8 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ $ Dinosaur Stampede at Lark (with return overnight rail) 3017 3367 Quarry Conservation Park

*Price includes return First Class overnight rail on the Spirit of the Outback based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types. 9 9-11 DAYS Birdsville DESERT ESCAPE

colours in Welford National Park; the flight with breathtaking views over the DAY 1: LONGREACH golden green spinifex, white-barked Simpson Desert and Big Red. Tonight we Welcome to Longreach! You will be met ghost gums and stunning red sand dunes. toast the glorious outback sunset from on arrival at Longreach Railway Station Take in the serenity with a picnic lunch atop Big Red, a 40 metre high sand dune and transferred to your accommodation in the National Park beside one of the marking the symbolic eastern edge of the for the next two nights. Tonight, sit back many coolibah-lined waterholes. Late Simpson Desert. and hear the entertaining stockman’s afternoon in Windorah, we’ll take a short story at the Outback Stockman’s Dinner trip out of town to toast the sunset from DAY 6: BOULIA and Show. beautiful wind-swept red sand hills. Have Take a close up look at the rare and ancient 2 nights Jumbuck Motel, Longreach your cameras ready! Waddi Trees. See the Carcory Ruins, a Overnight Cooper Cabins or Western Star remnant of early European settlement and DAY 2: LONGREACH Hotel, Windorah the nearby flowing Artesian Bore. Explore Visit the world-class Qantas Founders the remote town of Bedourie, located on Museum, eloquently telling the story DAY 4: BIRDSVILLE a sand dune overlooking the Eyre Creek of the founding of Qantas through Heading west today, see the JC Hotel floodplain. See the historic Royal Hotel, interpretive displays, interactive exhibits Ruins, once part of the township site of built in the 1880s with adobe bricks, still and an impressive collection of genuine Canterbury, before reaching Betoota – very much in its original condition. Witness artefacts. Meet the Smith family at historic population zero! Established in 1885 to spectacular 360-degree views from the Rosebank Station for great hospitality collect cattle tolls and later a Cobb & Co Vaughan Johnson Lookout before arriving and a relaxed homestead morning tea, change station, the last resident died in Boulia early afternoon. then enjoy some free time in downtown in 2004 making Betoota a ghost town. Overnight Australian Hotel or Desert Longreach. Discover the inspiring stories Take in spectacular views from Deon’s Sands Motel, Boulia of our pioneering heroes at the Australian Lookout and see the Dreamtime Serpent Stockman’s Hall of Fame as you wander Indigenous artwork, an impressive the five themed galleries. Late afternoon, hillside installation created with gravel Boulia landscape unwind on the Drover’s Sunset Cruise with and gibbers. At the end of the famous tasty on-board nibbles platters before Birdsville Track we arrive in the frontier taking your seat at Smithy’s Outback town of Birdsville. Dinner & Show. Relax under the stars and 2 nights Birdsville Hotel, Birdsville savour a mouth-watering two-course camp oven themed dinner as the talented DAY 5: BIRDSVILLE musical artists perform on the River Stage. Stroll down to the banks of the tranquil Birdsville Billabong and see the well DAY 3: WINDORAH known Birdsville Racetrack. Visit the Follow the mighty Thomson River Wirrarri Visitor Information Centre to floodplain to Windorah, said to be the only view local artists’ work in their extensive place in the world where two rivers form gallery and explore the Inland Hospital a creek! See magnificently contrasting ruins. Join a spectacular half-hour scenic

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BIRDSVILLE INTON DESERT ESCAPE OULI 2 1 2 LONGRE S NORTHERN TERRITORY 1 2 QUEENSLAND INDOR IRDSILLE RISNE

Big Red Carcory Ruins NEW SOUTH WALES

2018 DEPARTURE DATES EX LONGREACH (SUN) 01 Apr, 06 May, 10 Jun, 29 Jul, 05 Aug, 19 Aug, 16 Sep, 30 Sep, 14 Oct SDNE

Medium level of fitness required Birdsville Hotel

Winton’s links to Australia’s unofficial DAY 7: WINTON national anthem and explore the interactive Visit Boulia’s Min Min Encounter, a and fascinating displays. Free time after tribute to the famed Min Min Light lunch to visit other Winton attractions phenomenon. Explore the Stonehouse including the Musical Fence, Arno’s Wall and Museum, one of the first homes built in the Winton Truck Museum. Late afternoon, Western Queensland and home to an visit the Australian Age of Dinosaurs for a Birdsville Hotel impressive Marine Reptile Fossil exhibit. guided interpretive tour of the laboratory, Travel a scenic drive to Winton, stopping collection room and NEW Dinosaur Canyon. at Cawnpore Lookout to take in the stark Relax with new found friends at our flat-topped beauty of the surrounding exclusive sunset barbeque overlooking the TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Lillyvale Hills. Call into the historic plains where dinosaurs once roamed. Outback Stockman’s Middleton Hotel, originally a coach staging Dinner & Show post, for entertaining yarns and a casual DAY 9: HOMEWARD BOUND Australian Stockman’s pub lunch. Enjoy some free time in Winton Depart Winton for an early transfer back Hall of Fame to relax or to wander the Opal Walk. to Longreach to join your connecting Qantas Founders Museum 2 nights Boulder Opal Motel, Winton transfers home. Rosebank Station Morning Tea Welford National Park DAY 8: WINTON Windorah and Cooper Visit the newly re-opened Waltzing Matilda INCLUSIONS Creek Catchment Centre, the only museum dedicated to a All motel en suite accommodation Betoota Ghost Town and song. Hear wonderful stories surrounding Travel by quality touring coach JC Hotel Ruins Savannah Guides Master Operator Sunset Sandhill nibbles Windorah driver & host Sunset nibbles atop Big Red All meals (8 buffet breakfasts; (Sand Dune) EARLY EMU SAVER ALERT 7 lunches; 8 dinners) Save $200 pp Wirrarri Centre and Inland Valid Apr & Oct departures All entries/activities as Hospital Ruins per itinerary 30 minute Scenic Flight over Longreach accommodation Simpson Desert & Big Red arrival/departure transfers Channel Country and the ( PER PERSON ) ASK ABOUT PRICES FLIGHT Birdsville Hotel PACKAGES Twin Share Single Min Min Light Encounter and Stonehouse Museum 9 Day Longreach – Longreach $ $ Historic Middleton Hotel & 3869 4399 Cawnpore Lookout Australian Age of Dinosaurs Tour 11 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ $ (with return overnight rail) 4587 5117 & Sunset Barbeque Waltzing Matilda Centre

*Price includes return First Class overnight rail on the Spirit of the Outback based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types. 11 Undara Lava Tubes

9-10 DAYS OverlanderOUTBACK

fringing at this impressive canyon. A of Fame as you wander the five themed DAY 1: CAIRNS highlight of this Park is a multi-coloured galleries. Late afternoon, unwind on Welcome to the start of your overland sandstone monolith, called the Pyramid. the Drover’s Sunset Cruise with tasty adventure, taking the roads less Meet Hughie the Muttaburrasaurus at on-board nibbles platters, before taking travelled from Cairns to Brisbane via the the Flinders Discovery Centre before your seat at Smithy’s Outback Dinner & magnificent outback. On arrival, transfer following the dinosaur trail to Winton. Show. Relax under the stars and savour a to your tour hotel for an afternoon check- Overnight Boulder Opal Motel, Winton mouth-watering two-course camp oven in. At the Welcome Dinner tonight, meet fellow travellers and hear all about the themed dinner, as you watch the live adventures ahead with a comprehensive DAY 4: LONGREACH entertainment on the River Stage. Learn the intriguing story behind tour orientation by our Savannah Guides Australia’s unofficial anthem at the Master Operator driver and host. DAY 6-7: CARNARVON GORGE Waltzing Matilda Centre, the only Overnight Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns museum dedicated to a song! Soak up Heading east, we cross the Great Dividing the warm country hospitality and enjoy Range, reaching 444 metres above sea DAY 2: UNDARA a homestead lunch at Dariveen Station level, en route to Lake Maraboon for Travel past fertile green pastures of the with its sprawling homestead gardens. a picnic lunch. Three times the size of Atherton Tablelands to the beautiful Lake Late afternoon, arrive in Longreach, the Sydney Harbour, the lake is home to a Barrine, an enchanting natural lake tucked heartland of Outback Queensland, and healthy population of red claw crayfish. away in World Heritage Rainforest. Gain a check in to your accommodation for Follow the sandstone belt via Springsure close-up view of one of the most amazing the next two nights. Tonight, sit back to the spectacular Carnarvon Gorge rainforest eco-systems in the world as and hear the entertaining stockman’s National Park, an oasis in the semi arid you cruise this beautiful lake. Marvel at story at the Outback Stockman’s Dinner heart of Central Queensland. Check in to the giant 100 year-old bougainvillea as and Show. your accommodation for the next two you enjoy a relaxing lunch at Woodleigh 2 nights Albert Park Motor Inn, Longreach Station. Walk in the path of a volcano nights. Explore the beautiful Moss Garden as you explore the Undara Lava Tubes walk with its splendid waterfall backdrop, DAY 5: LONGREACH claimed to be the largest and longest on ferns and mosses. Follow the short walk to Visit the world-class Qantas Founders the planet. End the day with a golden Baloon Cave to see stencilled Aboriginal Museum, eloquently telling the story rock art. Wake up to a symphony of sunset in the shadows of this natural of the founding of Qantas through birdsong and witness colourful sunrises geological wonder. interpretive displays, interactive exhibits as the light meets the gorge’s sandstone Overnight Undara Experience – Restored and an impressive collection of genuine cliffs. By day, see kangaroos and wallabies Railway Carriages, Undara artefacts. Meet the Smith family at historic Rosebank Station for great around the picnic area; at night spot DAY 3: WINTON hospitality and a relaxed homestead echidnas and listen to the call of yellow- Get ready for a day of contrasting morning tea, then enjoy some free bellied gliders, owls and the bush landscapes as we travel to Porcupine time in downtown Longreach. Discover stone curlew. Gorge National Park. See towering the inspiring stories of our pioneering 2 nights Carnvarvon Gorge Wilderness sandstone cliffs and lush vine-forest heroes at the Australian Stockman’s Hall Lodge, Carnarvon Gorge

12 2018 DEPARTURE DATES EX LONGREACH (SAT) 07 July, 28 July, 15 September, 13 October

T I T Rosebank Station

Carnarvon Gorge

L 1 IRNS 1 U L T G 1 OUTBACK LONGRE 2 OVERLANDER 2 G NORTHERN TERRITORY QUEENSLAND Medium level of RISNE SOUTH fitness required 1 AUSTRALIA T

NEW SOUTH WALESMuttaburrasaurus DAY 8: TOOWOOMBA Follow the south-eastern Carnarvon Range to Injune, a thriving township with some 450 residents. Travel through Roma, SDNE home of Australia’s oil and gas story, to Miles Historical Village, its historic streetscape providing a glimpse into a bygone era. See cotton fields and melon paddocks as we travel through Chinchilla, Australia’s melon capital, before arriving in Toowoomba late afternoon. Enjoy sunset EARLY EMU views from Picnic Point Lookout with SAVER ALERT panoramic views over Main Range and Save $200 pp Valid all departures Lockyer Valley, before our farewell dinner. Overnight Potters Boutique Hotel, TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Toowoomba Lake Barrine Cruise Woodleigh Station Lunch & DAY 9: HOMEWARD BOUND INCLUSIONS Undara Lava Tubes Tour Take a morning stroll through Ju Raku All hotel/motel en suite Porcupine Gorge National Park En Japanese Garden, one of Australia’s accommodation Flinders Discovery Centre largest and most traditionally designed Travel by luxury 4WD coach Waltzing Matilda Centre Japanese stroll gardens, then wander the Savannah Guides Master Operator floral displays of Toowoomba’s beautiful driver & host Dariveen Station Homestead Queens Park. Travel through Toowoomba’s All meals (8 buffet breakfasts; Outback Stockman’s Dinner high country hamlets of Highfields and 8 lunches; 8 dinners) & Show Hampton to Esk in the ‘Valley of the Lakes’ All entries/activities as Qantas Founders Museum for a relaxing final lunch before arriving in per itinerary Australian Stockman’s Hall Brisbane early afternoon. Cairns accommodation arrival of Fame transfer (cab voucher) Rosebank Station Morning Tea ( PER PERSON ) ASK ABOUT Drover’s Sunset Cruise including PRICES FLIGHT PACKAGES Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show Twin Share Single Lake Maraboon Picnic Lunch 9 Day Cairns – Brisbane $ $ Carnarvon Gorge National Park & 4259 5139 Guided Walks to Moss Garden & Baloon Cave 10 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ $ (with one way overnight rail) 4596 5476 Toowoomba's Queens Park and Ju Raku En Japanese Garden

*Price includes one way overnight Rail Bed Brisbane to Cairns on the Spirit of Queensland, based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types. 13 Scenic Flight over Great Barrier Reef

11-13 DAYS Cape York & Torres Strait

for an insightful tour of their ancestral The 15-20 minute walk over the rocky DAY 1: CAIRNS rock art sites. They will share the stories headland to 'The Tip' requires a good level On arrival in Cairns, transfer to your behind the art, giving you a real insight of fitness. We stand at the very tip of our tour hotel for an afternoon check-in. into Aboriginal society and spirituality. continent, the most northerly point of At the Welcome Dinner tonight, meet Australia and savour a picnic lunch at fellow travellers and hear all about the 2 nights Sovereign Resort, Cooktown Somerset Beach with expansive views to adventures ahead with a comprehensive Albany Island. tour orientation by our Savannah Guides DAY 5-6: WEIPA 2 nights Cape York Peninsula Master Operator driver and host. On a spectacular scenic flight from Cooktown to Weipa, see the picturesque Lodge, Bamaga Overnight Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns Princess Charlotte Bay and pristine sections of the Great Barrier Reef. Take in DAY 9: TORRES STRAIT DAY 2: DAINTREE magnificent aerial views of Lizard Island, ISLANDS We travel north along one of Australia’s the Gulf of Carpentaria and Bauxite Mine Cruise the beautiful turquoise waters of most scenic coastal drives towards the before landing in Weipa. Join a local guided the Endeavour Strait to Thursday Island, World Heritage-Listed Daintree tour of the Weipa Bauxite Mine, the largest one of 274 islands which lie between the National Park, crossing the mighty of its kind in the world. Cruise the mouth northern tip of Queensland and Papua Daintree River by cable ferry. Visit the of the Gulf of Carpentaria on a Sunset New Guinea. Join a special tour experience world-class Daintree Discovery Centre for Eco Tour for a chance to spot wildlife and to Friday Island and the Kazu Pearl Farm. an excellent introduction into the wonders to hear commentary about the beautiful Learn about the cultivation, seeding of the Daintree Rainforest. Check in to the ecosystems and local culture. and harvesting of the oyster followed Heritage Lodge with time to experience 2 nights Albatross Bay Resort, Weipa by a delicious Japanese lunch. Discover the resort’s private swimming holes and Thursday Island’s hidden past, including rainforest walks. DAY 7-8: BAMAGA Overnight Heritage We travel along the Batavia Downs Station 'The Tip', Cape York Lodge & Spa, Daintree Road to Moreton Telegraph Station on the Wenlock River, passing through DAY 3-4: COOKTOWN the Heathlands Resources Reserve and Follow the famous Bloomfield Track on Bramwell Station. Driving on some of the an amazing journey hugging the scenic original sections of the Old Telegraph Daintree Coast to Cooktown. Cooktown Track, we follow rugged 4WD roads to the is the place where Lieutenant James lush Fruit Bat Falls with its crystal clear Cook beached the Endeavour in 1770 water (croc free), a perfect swimming after striking the Great Barrier Reef. spot and one of the most special places Enjoy lunch at the Lions Den Hotel, one of on the Cape. Experience the highlights Queensland's oldest operating bush pubs. of Cape York Peninsula, one of Australia’s While there, take a look at the quirky last great wilderness areas with relaxed decorations and see the visitor signatures cruising between Seisia, Possession Island scribed on the walls. Join a local custodian and Frangipani Bay (weather permitting).

14 T I I I 1 2 2018 DEPARTURE DATES 2 EX LONGREACH (TUE) 22 May, 26 June, 10 July, 24 July, 07 August, 04 September, 18 September CAPE YORK & TORRES STRAIT 2 D 1 IRNS 2

QUEENSLAND Daintree Rainforest

Cape York LONGRE NORTHERN TERRITORY R & Torres Strait Medium level of fitness required I CAPE YORK & TORRES STRAIT RISNE

Green Hill Fort, on a guided history tour. S Cameron NEW SOUTH WALES Overnight Jardine Motel, Thursday Island Corner T

DAY 10: CAIRNS Board the ferry for a short crossing to nearby Horn Island. Join local guides on a tour of the World War II sites, including INCLUSIONS TOUR HIGHLIGHTS gun emplacements, an underground SDNE command post and an aircraft wreck with All motel en suite accommodation Daintree Rainforest and Daintree Discovery Centre an unbelievable story. Walk in the steps of Travel by luxury 4WD coach traditional owners, the Kaurareg People, from Cairns Bloomfield Track and and learn their stories. Transfer to the Scenic flight transfer from Daintree Coast airport for our return QantasLink flight Cooktown to Weipa** Aboriginal Rock Art Interpretive to Cairns. Savannah Guides Master Operator Tour with Aboriginal Guide Overnight Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns driver & host Scenic Flight from Cooktown All meals (10 buffet breakfasts; to Weipa 9 lunches; 10 dinners) Weipa Bauxite Mine Tour DAY 11: HOMEWARD BOUND All entries/activities as Weipa Sunset Eco Cruise Your Cape York & Torres Strait adventure per itinerary Moreton Telegraph Station concludes after breakfast with a Ferry transfers between Cape Fruit Bat Falls (swimming complimentary transfer to your homeward York, Thursday Island and Horn opportunity) bound connections. Island Cape York Scenic Cruising and One way economy flight Horn Walk to 'The Tip' Island to Cairns Endeavour Strait Cruising Cairns accommodation arrival/ Kazu Pearl Farm Tour EARLY EMU SAVER ALERT departure transfers (cab voucher) Save $600 pp Horn and Thursday Island Touring Valid 22 May & 18 Sep departures Torres Strait Cultural Heritage **Note: a seat in coach option is offered Experiences for guests not wanting to take the scenic flight transfer – please enquire. ( PER PERSON ) ASK ABOUT PRICES FLIGHT PACKAGES Torres Strait Twin Share Single Cultural Dancers 11 Day Cairns – Cairns $8899 $10249

13 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ $ (with return overnight rail) 9573 10923

*Rail price based on return Aust. Govt. Senior Card Holder fares in a first class sleeper on the Spirit of the Outback between Brisbane and Longreach. Please ask for Qld Pensioner and Full Adult rail fares. 15 16-17 DAYS Corner Country EXPLORER

The Dig Tree Bilby Experience, Charleville

16 T I T

Scenic Flight over Lake Eyre

QUEENSLAND 3

LONGRE CORNER COUNTRY EXPLORER 2018 DEPARTURE DATES

NORTHERN TERRITORY 1 EX LONGREACH (WED) 2 R 2 1 09 May, 06 June, 18 July, I 08 August, 26 September RISNE 1 Lake 2 Eyre 1 T 1 William Cameron 1 NEW SOUTH WALES S Creek Corner T

SDNE DAY 1: BRISBANE DAY 5: CHARLEVILLE Arrive in Brisbane and check into your Gain an insight into the workings of accommodation early afternoon. At an iconic outback service at the Royal the Welcome Dinner tonight, meet Flying Doctor Interpretive Centre. At the fellow travellers and hear all about the Airport precinct, see remnant reminders adventures ahead with a comprehensive of our World War II involvement. Visit tour orientation by our Savannah Guides the Historic House Museum, one of the Master Operator driver and host. few Queenslanders left in Charleville. Overnight Hotel Jen, Brisbane This afternoon we meet the rare and endangered Bilby at the Bilby Experience DAY 2: STANTHORPE to learn more about this native marsupial Travel to the beautiful Southern and the long-running captive breeding Queensland Country region and visit and conservation program. Abbey of the Roses for a tour of the heritage-listed sandstone country manor DAY 6: THARGOMINDAH built in 1891. Enjoy lunch and sample Follow the Warrego River to Cunnamulla, ciders at Suttons Apple Farm before taking which came into being as a Cobb and Co a tour of Ballandean Winery. We have a coach stop. Visit the Cunnamulla Fella late afternoon check-in to our cosy cedar Centre, home to the art gallery and cabins at Granite Belt Brewery Retreat, Artesian Time Tunnel. Discover the quaint where tonight we will sample their famous township of Eulo, hear the tales of Isabel Brewers Platter - a seasonal produce menu ‘The Eulo Queen’ and learn the story of matched with craft beer. the Eulo Artesian Mud Baths. Travel to Overnight Granite Belt Brewery Retreat, Thargomindah and discover its historic Stanthorpe electrical street lighting story. Overnight Oasis Motel or Explorer DAY 3: ROMA Caravan Park Cabins, Thargomindah This morning we set off for St George on the beautiful Balonne River in time DAY 7: TIBOOBURRA Medium level of for lunch at Queensland’s most western Travel southwest across the Dingo fitness required winery, Riversands Wines, before arriving Barrier Fence to the historic Noccundra late afternoon into Roma. Tonight we will Hotel and cross the border at Warri join an evening tour of the Big Rig. See the Gate into Outback New South Wales. Roma Saleyards entertaining sound and light show telling View the eastern sections of the Sturt the story of Australia’s boom and bust National Park then traverse gibber years of oil and gas exploration. plains and spectacular ‘jump up’ country Overnight Roma Explorers Inn, Roma to Tibooburra. The striking granite boulders around Tibooburra are said DAY 4: CHARLEVILLE to be remnants of a mass underground Visit the Roma Saleyards, the largest granite dome dating back around cattle selling facility in Australia, before 410 million years. Explore the National travelling to Bonus Downs Station Park Interpretive Centre and Court for a tour, homestead lunch and a House Museum. traditional billy tea. Arrive in Charleville Overnight Granites Motel, Tibooburra late afternoon with time to relax at our accommodation before enjoying the DAY 8: INNAMINCKA wonders of the magical outback night Travel through the Sturt National Park sky at the mesmerising Cosmos Centre to Cameron Corner where the boundary Twilight Telescope Observation Session. lines of the states of Queensland, South 2 nights Mulga Country Motor Inn, Australia and New South Wales meet. See Charleville the Strzelecki Desert, characterised by

17 extensive red dune fields and home to the outside of town we visit a Native Well, endangered Dusky Hopping Mouse. Pass once a valuable source of water for by large cattle stations and travel through Indigenous people. Stunning views are to the heart of the oil and gas fields to be had from Swanvale Lookout en route Innamincka on the banks of Cooper Creek. to Stonehenge. See the unusual Address 2 nights Innamincka Hotel, Innamincka Book at Stonehenge where visitors sign their town names in stone! We arrive in Longreach late afternoon. DAY 9: INNAMINCKA Learn the important role played by the 3 nights Albert Park Motor Inn, Longreach Australian Inland Mission in providing essential medical services to remote DAY 14: LONGREACH towns. Retrace the last days of Burke & Meet the Smith family at historic Rosebank Wills and hear about the town with two Station for great hospitality and a relaxed lives. Visit the historic Burke & Wills Dig homestead morning tea, then enjoy Tree and spot gliding pelicans as you some free time in downtown Longreach. cruise beneath gnarled river gums on the Explore the five themed galleries at the peaceful Cooper Creek. Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame then take your seat at the Outback Stockman’s DAY 10: BIRDSVILLE Dinner and Show, a tribute to the skills of Windorah Be prepared for breathtaking aerial views stockmen past and present. of sand dune, gibber plains, salt wetlands and fresh water lake systems on our scenic DAY 15: LONGREACH flight to Birdsville. From Innamincka in the Today we wander the interactive displays heart of the Strzelecki Desert, we will fly of the Qantas Founders Museum where over Cooper Creek, Coongie Lakes and we will discover the real Qantas story and Lake Eyre North to William Creek. After hear great human stories of our national lunch, we continue our flight over Goyder airline’s early years. Step inside the 747 Lagoon and Big Red, in the Simpson and 707 jets on a guided interpretive tour Desert, to Birdsville. Tonight have a yarn and enjoy an exclusive Qantas Founders with the locals and enjoy a dinner at the Museum lunch. Free time to relax before famous Birdsville Hotel. a late afternoon transfer to join the M.V. Explorer for the Drover’s Sunset Cruise 2 nights Birdsville Hotel, Birdsville along the Thomson River. Unwind with on- board nibbles and drinks, whilst watching DAY 11: BIRDSVILLE a magnificent outback sunset. Enjoy a two This morning we'll visit the Wirrari Centre course table-service dinner as we watch to view work by local Indigenous artists, the entertaining Smithy’s Outback Dinner before taking a stroll to the Birdsville and Show, live on the River Stage. Billabong where birdlife, fish and yabbies abound. Stand on the well known DAY 16: HOMEWARD BOUND Birdsville Racetrack, view the Birdsville Your Outback Queensland adventure Billabong, enjoy lunch at the Birdsville comes to an end after breakfast with a Bakery, and explore the Inland Hospital complimentary transfer to your homeward and Royal Hotel ruins, reminders of bound connections. The journey may Birdsville as a pre-federation metropolis. have ended, but the memories will last Tonight we’ll toast the glorious outback a lifetime. sunset atop Big Red, one of the stunning red dunes on the edge of the Simpson Desert National Park.

DAY 12: WINDORAH Travel on to the ghost town of Betoota, Bonus Downs Station once a Cobb and Co Station and then to Deon's Lookout, with its amazing views of the Diamantina Shire. We arrive in Windorah on the Cooper Creek where the Thomson and Barcoo Rivers merge. Located in the heart of the Channel Country with its majestic red sand dune landscapes, we take a late afternoon drive out to Windorah’s red sand hills for a spectacular sunset. Overnight Cooper Cabins or Western Star Hotel Motel, Windorah

DAY 13: LONGREACH We follow the Cooper Creek floodplain via Welford National Park to Jundah on the banks of the Thomson River. Just

18 Birdsville Hotel

Cooper Creek cruise

INCLUSIONS TOUR HIGHLIGHTS All motel en suite accommodation Stanthorpe Food & Wine Experiences Travel by luxury 4WD coach Brisbane to Innamincka and Roma Big Rig Night Show Birdsville to Longreach Bonus Downs Station Tour & Homestead Lunch Scenic Flight Innamincka to Cosmos Centre Night Telescope Birdsville via William Creek** Observation Sessions Savannah Guides Master Operator Meet the Bilby Experience driver & host Cunnamulla Fella Centre All meals (15 buffet breakfasts; Historic Noccundra Hotel 14 lunches; 15 dinners) Cameron Corner & All entries/activities as Strzelecki Desert per itinerary Cooper Creek River Cruise Longreach accommodation Scenic Flight Innamincka to departure transfer to Birdsville via William Creek EARLY EMU SAVER ALERT Longreach Railway Station or Burke & Wills Dig Tree Save $600 pp Longreach Airport Birdsville Hotel and Big Valid May & Sep Red Sunset departures Inland Hospital and Royal Hotel Ruins Birdsville Racetrack and Birdsville Billabong **Note: a seat in coach option is offered for guests not wanting to Betoota Ghost Town and take the scenic flight transfer – Deon's Lookout please enquire ASK ABOUT Welford National Park ( PER PERSON ) FLIGHT PRICES PACKAGES Australian Stockman’s Hall of Twin Share Single Fame & Outback Stockman’s Dinner & Show 16 Day Brisbane – Longreach $8999 $10189 Qantas Founders Museum and Jets Tour 17 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ $ Drover’s Sunset Cruise including (with one way overnight rail) 9358 10548 Smithy’s Outback Dinner and Show

*Price includes one way First Class overnight rail Longreach to Brisbane on the Spirit of the Outback based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types. 19 17-19 DAYS Gulf SavannahJOURNEY OF THE

Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) Gorge The Gulflander

20 T I T

Undara Lava Tubes

S I 1 2018 DEPARTURE DATES 3 EX LONGREACH (WED) 2 11 April, 02 May, 06 June, 20 June, S 3 11 July, 08 August, 29 August, 2 G G 26 September, 10 October R 2 1 I QUEENSLAND JOURNEY OF THE GULF SAVANNAH LONGRE 2 NORTHERN TERRITORY

the endangered Julia Creek Dunnart, DAY 1: LONGREACH an extremely shy nocturnal hunter. In Welcome to Longreach! On arrival, Cloncurry,RISNE we will visit John Flynn Place transfer to your accommodation for the where we will hear the great Australian next two nights. At the Welcome Dinner story of how John Flynn pioneered tonight, meet fellow travellers and hear the Royal Flying Doctor Service, one of all about the adventures aheadNEW with SOUTH a WALES the largest and most comprehensive comprehensive tour orientation by our aeromedical organisations in the world. Savannah Guides Master Operator driver and host. 2 nights RedEarth Hotel, Mount Isa 2 nights Longreach Motor Inn, Longreach DAY 5: MOUNT ISA In Mount Isa, affectionately known DAY 2: LONGREACH as the ‘Oasis of the Outback’, we visit Visit the world-class Qantas Founders SDNE Museum, eloquently telling the story Outback at Isa for a fascinating insight of the founding of Qantas through into the town’s early days. Step back interpretive displays, interactive exhibits, some 30 million years at the Riversleigh original and replica aircraft, and an Fossil Centre, with its captivating impressive collection of genuine artefacts. interpretations into early mammal mega Meet the Smith family at historic Rosebank fauna development. Tour the perfectly Station for great hospitality and a relaxed preserved Underground Hospital, built homestead morning tea. Discover the following the bombing of Darwin in inspiring stories of our pioneering heroes WWII, and visit the interesting Beth at the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame Anderson Museum. as you wander the five themed galleries. Late afternoon, unwind on the Drover’s DAY 6-7: ADELS GROVE Sunset Cruise with tasty on-board nibbles A real visual treat awaits us at platters, before taking your seat at Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park, Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show. Relax one of Queensland’s most scenic national Medium level of fitness required under the stars and savour a mouth- parks with its spectacular gorges and watering two-course camp oven themed sandstone ranges. View this remarkable dinner, as you watch the talented musical gorge system on the ‘Cruise Lawn Hughie the Muttaburrasaurus performers on the River Stage. Hill Gorge’ sightseeing tour. Walk and cruise amongst the towering red pillars DAY 3: RICHMOND steeped in the Aboriginal legend of We follow the Matilda Way to Winton ‘Boodjamulla’. Delight in the picturesque in time for morning tea at the newly views overlooking Indarri Falls and the reopened Waltzing Matilda Centre, Gorge System, or take a refreshing swim then head north-east to Hughenden. in nature’s incredible Tufa rock spa bath. Meet Hughie the life-size replica of Tonight we celebrate sunset at Harry’s a Muttaburrasaurus at the Flinders Lookout with nibbles. Discovery Centre then follow the 2 nights Adels Grove Overlander’s Way to Richmond. Overnight Ammonite Inn, Richmond DAY 8-10: KARUMBA Board our scenic flight for dramatic views DAY 4: MOUNT ISA over Lawn Hill Station, the Gorge and the This morning we visit Australia’s premier meandering channels that merge with marine fossil museum, Kronosaurus the incredible Gulf of Carpentaria. Make Korner, for an unforgettable prehistoric a stop on remote Sweers Island with its adventure. Leaving the marine creatures, miles of golden beaches, mangroves we travel on to Julia Creek, home to and rocky cliffs then reboard our flight

21 to Karumba. Spend a relaxing two days DAY 14-15: MOUNT SURPRISE where the ‘Outback meets the sea’ with

a mix of organised tours and leisure time. Travel to Forsayth and Einasleigh with time Join a tour of the Barramundi Discovery to explore the beautiful Copperfield Gorge, Centre to learn about the live breeding shaped by the Copperfield River as it sliced program. Take a day trip to Normanton for through rock formed from a prehistoric a nostalgic ride on the famous Gulflander lava flow. Tuck into a country lunch at the rail journey. See the Big Croc, Purple Pub Einasleigh Hotel and travel via interesting and learn Normanton's story. Cruise the backtracks to Mount Surprise. Explore the Port of Karumba estuary and enjoy a Undara Lava Tubes, part of the world’s special dining highlight - the ‘Sand Island, longest lava flows from a single volcanic Seafood at Sunset Experience.’ Feast on crater. See the beautifully restored and fresh seafood as the sun sets over the Gulf turn of the century railway carriages at the of Carpentaria. Undara Resort. Enjoy the relaxing dining 3 nights End of the Road Motel, Karumba atmosphere of Bedrock Village’s outdoor dining area and the campfire camaraderie of your fellow travellers. DAY 11-13: COBBOLD GORGE 2 nights Bedrock Village, Mount Surprise Scenic Flight, aerial views over the Gulf rivers Visit the historic gold mining townships of Croydon and Georgetown. Arrive at the DAY 16: CAIRNS Join the iconic Savannahlander at hidden outback oasis, Cobbold Gorge, our Fossilbrook Creek for a one-hour scenic home for the next three nights. Enjoy a rail journey. Enjoy a picnic lunch en route three-hour tour of this natural wonder on to Atherton Tablelands and cruise Lake private land, featuring an optional guided Barrine, an enchanting natural lake hidden bushwalk to the top of the escarpment. in World Heritage Rainforest. Gain a Glide on custom-made, electric powered close-up view of one of the most amazing boats in almost spiritual silence through rainforest eco-systems in the world. the dramatic sandstone walled gorge. Arrive in Cairns late afternoon. Join a morning tea and station tour Overnight Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns briefing followed by a coach tour of the expansive Robin Hood Station. Make time DAY 17: HOMEWARD BOUND to enjoy the resort atmosphere or join an Our tour concludes after breakfast optional helicopter flight. today with a transfer to your homeward 3 nights Cobbold Gorge Resort bound connections.

Lake Barrine

Cobbold Gorge

22 Scenic Flight, aerial views over the Gulf rivers

Karumba

Savannahlander

INCLUSIONS TOUR HIGHLIGHTS All motel en suite accommodation Qantas Founders Museum Travel by luxury 4WD coach from Australian Stockman’s Longreach to Lawn Hill Gorge and Hall of Fame Karumba to Cairns Rosebank Station Morning Tea Scenic flight Lawn Hill Gorge to Drover’s Sunset Cruise including Karumba (via Sweers Island)** Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show Savannah Guides Master Operator Winton & Waltzing driver & host Matilda Centre All meals (16 buffet breakfasts; 15 Flinders Discovery Centre lunches; 16 dinners) Kronosaurus Korner All entries/activities as John Flynn Place – Royal Flying per itinerary Doctor Service EARLY EMU Arrival transfer from Longreach Outback at Isa Gallery and SAVER ALERT Airport or Railway Station. Riversleigh Fossil Centre Save $600 pp Departure transfer to Cairns Valid Apr & Oct Airport or Railway Station Lawn Hill Gorge Cruise departures (cab voucher) Scenic Flight Lawn Hill Gorge to Karumba (via Sweers Island) **Note: a seat in coach option is offered for guests not wanting to take the Sweers Island scenic flight transfer – please enquire ( PER PERSON ) ASK ABOUT Barramundi Discovery Centre PRICES FLIGHT Croc and Crab Sunset Dinner PACKAGES Twin Share Single Cruise Gulflander and Savannahlander 17 Day Longreach – Cairns $9499 $10889 Scenic Rail Tours Cobbold Gorge Tour and Cruise 19 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ $ Undara Lava Tubes (with return overnight rail) 10195 11585 Lake Barrine Cruise

*Price includes First Class overnight rail Brisbane to Longreach on the Spirit of the Outback and overnight Rail Bed Cairns to Brisbane based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types. 23 a personal nature. Changes to rail/flight schedules may 1. TOUR PARTICIPATION / require additional overnight accommodation at either 10. BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE EXCLUSION / RELEASE commencement or completion of the tour, which is at One small to medium sized suitcase per person (approx. Outback Aussie Tours may, if in the opinion of any passenger’s own expense. Additional Optional Activities height 60cm - width 40cm - depth 30cm) maximum weight representative of Outback Aussie Tours or carrier, either are not included in the tour cost and incur additional 20kg. One piece of hand luggage/day pack may be carried refuse to allow persons on the tour or expel persons from charges. Tours are subject to availability, operational on board the coach. 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