14 DAYS CORNER COUNTRY EXPLORER

Innamincka Sandhills

Medium level of fitness required CAIRNS

TOUR LONGREACH 3 HIGHLIGHTS Simpson „ Mount Hope Station Tour Desert NP & Camp Oven Dinner Birsville 1 Winorah „ Roma Big Rig Visit 2 Roa „ Roma Saleyards Tour Charleville 1 „ Cosmos Centre Big Sky 1 Twilight Session Meet the Bilby Experience 1 „ InnaincaInnainca 2 „ Fella Centre 1 Thargoinah „ Eulo Artesian Springs Cameron Corner „ Exclusive Sunset Drinks & Dinner 1 Tiboobrra under the stars „ Historic Hotel „ Cameron Corner & Strzelecki Desert the story of the Eulo Artesian Mud Baths. Day 1 | TUESDAY | BRISBANE Travel to Thargomindah to tour the historic „ Cooper Creek Cruise Arrive in Brisbane and check-in to your Old Thargomindah Hospital, and discover „ Burke & Wills Dig Tree accommodation early afternoon. At the the town’s electrical street lighting story. Welcome Dinner tonight, meet fellow „ Hotel and Enjoy exclusive sunset drinks at the historic travellers. Hear all about the adventures Big Red Sunset bore followed by a delicious hot pot and ahead with a comprehensive tour „ Inland Hospital and Royal damper dinner under the stars. Hotel Ruins orientation by your Savannah Guides Operator driver and host. Overnight Oasis Motel or Explorers „ Birdsville Racetrack and Caravan Park Cabins, Thargomindah Birdsville Billabong Overnight Royal on the Park, Brisbane

„ Betoota Ghost Town and Deon’s Lookout Day 2 | WEDNESDAY | ROMA We will travel north-west from Brisbane Day 5 | SATURDAY | TIBOOBURRA „ Sandhills at Travel south-west across the Dingo Barrier Sunset to the Garden City of Toowoomba for a nostalgic morning tea at the Historic Fence to historic . Cross „ Stonehenge private Railway Station. Continue along the the border at Warri Gate into outback New property Tour & Pub Lunch Adventure Way to Chinchilla, home of South Wales. View the eastern sections of „ Australian Stockman’s Hall the Chinchilla Melon Festival and Miles, the Sturt National Park. Traverse gibber of Fame Entry & Show a vibrant rural township. Arrive in Roma, plains and spectacular ‘jump up’ country to „ Qantas Founders Museum the heart of beef country and visit the Tibooburra. The striking granite boulders & Airpark Tour Big Rig. Late afternoon, join a tour of around Tibooburra are said to be remnants „ Drover’s Sunset Cruise Mount Hope, a working cattle station. of a mass underground granite dome including Smithy’s Enjoy sunset nibbles and drinks followed dating back around 410 million years. Outback Dinner & Show by a delicious two-course camp oven Explore the National Park Interpretive dinner under the stars. Centre and Court House Museum. Overnight Roma Explorers Inn, Roma Overnight Granites Motel, Tibooburra

Day 3 | THURSDAY | CHARLEVILLE Day 6 | SUNDAY | INNAMINCKA Visit Roma Saleyards, the largest cattle Travel through Sturt National Park to selling facility in Australia. On your Cameron Corner where the boundary guided tour you’ll learn the day-to-day lines of the states of Queensland, South processes of the saleyards and have the Australia and New South Wales meet. opportunity to watch the cattle sales See the Strzelecki Desert, characterised in action. Travel to Charleville for a tour by extensive red dune fields. Pass by and lunch at the historic Corones Hotel. large cattle stations then travel through This afternoon we meet the rare and the heart of the oil and gas fields to endangered Bilby at the Bilby Experience. Innamincka, on the banks of Cooper Creek. Learn more about this native marsupial Learn the important role played by the and the long-running captive breeding Australian Inland Mission in providing and conservation program. Discover the essential medical services to remote towns. wonders of the magical outback night sky 2 nights Innamincka Hotel, Innamincka at the mesmerising Cosmos Centre Big Sky Twilight Session. Overnight Mulga Country Motor Inn, Day 7 | MONDAY | INNAMINCKA Charleville Retrace the last days of Burke & Wills and hear about the town with two lives. Day 4 | FRIDAY | THARGOMINDAH Visit the historic Burke & Wills Dig Tree Follow the Warrego River to Cunnamulla, then take your seat aboard the eco- and visit the Cunnamulla Fella Centre, home certified sunset cruise on the Cooper to the art gallery and Artesian Time Tunnel. Creek. Take in the stunning birdlife and Discover the quaint township of Eulo, hear spot the occasional inquisitive animal on Channel Country Birdlife tales of Isabel ‘The Eulo Queen’ and learn the banks. 14 DAYS CORNER COUNTRY EXPLORER

Cooper Creek

Day 8 | TUESDAY | BIRDSVILLE Follow the Strzelecki Desert through flood plains, sand dunes and gibber country. See the historic woolshed on Cordillo Downs Station; once one of the largest pastoral properties in the country. Further north we’ll pass the crumbling ruins of Cadelga Outstation as we travel to Birdsville through some of Australia’s richest cattle country. Tonight have a yarn with the locals and enjoy Birdsville Hotel a dinner at the famous Birdsville Hotel. 2 nights Birdsville Hotel, Birdsville

INCLUSIONS Day 9 | WEDNESDAY | BIRDSVILLE „ All en suite accommodation This morning visit the Wirrarri Centre to „ Travel by luxury 4WD coach Brisbane to Longreach view work by local Indigenous artists. Next „ Touring with Savannah Guides Operator driver & host take a stroll to the Birdsville Billabong „ All meals (13 buffet breakfasts; 12 lunches; 13 dinners) where birdlife, fish and yabbies abound. „ All entries/activities as per itinerary Stand on the well known Birdsville „ Longreach accommodation departure transfer to Longreach Airport Racetrack and explore the Inland Hospital or Railway Station and Royal Hotel ruins; poignant reminders of a pre-federation metropolis. Tonight we’ll toast the glorious outback sunset from Big Red, a 40 metre high sand dune on the edge of the Simpson Desert.

Day 10 | THURSDAY | WINDORAH Travel on to the ghost town of Betoota, once a Cobb & Co changing station. Stand atop Deon’s Lookout with its amazing view of the Diamantina Shire. We arrive in Windorah on the Cooper Creek where the Thomson and Barcoo Rivers merge. Explore Windorah in the heart of the Channel Country with its majestic red sand dune landscapes. Late afternoon, we’ll drive out to Windorah’s red sandhills for a spectacular sunset. Overnight Cooper Cabins or Western Star Hotel, Windorah Tarpot’s Cottage, Windorah

The Dig Tree Cooper Creek Cruise

early years. Step inside the 747 and 707 Day 11 | FRIDAY | LONGREACH Jets on an interpretive Airpark Tour. 2021 DEPARTURES Follow the Cooper Creek floodplain to 20 Apr; 22 Jun; 27 Jul; 31 Aug Jundah on the banks of the Thomson Enjoy free time in downtown Longreach River. At the picturesque Swanvale followed by lunch. Relax with some free Lookout we’ll be joined by a local station time then join the Drover’s Sunset Cruise owner for a personal tour of his property on the beautiful Thomson River. Unwind followed by lunch at the Stonehenge with onboard nibbles whilst watching a 2022 ITINERARY Hotel. See the unusual Address Book at magnificent outback sunset. Enjoy live Use the QR code below to view the up to Stonehenge where visitors sign their town entertainment and a two-course camp date itinerary for 2022 or visit our website. names in stone! We arrive in Longreach oven themed dinner under the stars at late afternoon. Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show. 3 nights Albert Park Motor Inn, Longreach

Day 13 | SUNDAY | LONGREACH Day 12 | SATURDAY | LONGREACH Enjoy a relaxed morning with some free Wander the interactive displays of the time at your accommodation. Explore the Qantas Founders Museum to discover five themed galleries at the Australian the real Qantas story. Hear the inspiring Stockman’s Hall of Fame. Then, take your human stories of our national airline’s seat at the Outback Stockman’s Show. This exciting show of horsemanship 2022 DEPARTURES showcases the traditional Australian 10, 24 May; 26 Jul; 16 Aug Stockman skills that are still used today.

Day 14 | MONDAY Your Outback Queensland adventure 2022 EAR LY comes to an end after breakfast with a EMU DEALS! complimentary transfer to your homeward Book by 31 July 2021 bound connections. The journey may and travel at 2021 prices. have ended, but the memories will last Bilby Experience, Charleville a lifetime.

2021 TOURS 2022 TOURS CORNER COUNTRY EXPLORER Twin Share Single Twin Share Single 14 Day Brisbane – Longreach $7249pp $8449pp $7449pp $8599pp 15 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $ * $ * $ * $ * one way overnight rail 7608 pp 8808 pp 7808 pp 8958 pp

*Price includes one way First Class overnight rail on the Spirit of the Outback based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types and flight packages. Subject to availability.