2015 Discovery Tours National Parks

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KINCHEGA NATIONAL PARK Note: Participating vehicles need to have 2015 GUIDED TOURS a high clearance. WILDERQUEST: TRACK DETECTIVE Discovery tours are run by National Parks Join the quest with a Ranger to look for PAROO-DARLING TAG ALONG TO and Wildlife Service (NPWS) during the clues to discover who lives in Kinchega WILGA WOOLSHED Easter/autumn, winter and spring school National Park. Look for animal tracks and In your own vehicle tag along with the holidays in Far West make some of your own. Find out how to Ranger to the Wilga precinct on the Region. read what they are telling us about what . Wilga was a pastoral lease the animal is doing and how it moves. dating back to the mid 1800’s. The tour The Discovery Walks, Talks and Tours includes a stopover at the Coach & Tour dates: program offers fantastic insights into the Horses campground on the Darling River unexpected delights of your national September: Tuesday 22nd; Tuesday 29th and information shared history of Darling parks. River, the flora and fauna of the Darling Tour time: 2pm – 4pm EST. Developed for all ages and led by flood Plains and entry to the Wilga specialist Discovery and Aboriginal Meeting place: Kinchega Woolshed car Woolshed precinct. Discovery Rangers, these fun and park, Woolshed Drive This tour has been introduced by the fascinating activities will introduce you to Cost Rangers on a trial basis. Your feedback is the wealth of natural, cultural and historic Children $10.00 each appreciated. heritage, highlight the Aboriginal, pastoral Accompanying adults are Free. and natural heritage of the region. These Tour dates: activities provide a valuable insight for Bookings: Not required September: Wednesday 23rd; Wednesday you to enjoy a national park experience. Contact: office. 30th T: 08 8080 3200 School groups and interested parties can Tour time: 10am EST depart Warrawong. request tours out of season by Activity grading: Easy arrangement with the relevant NPWS Duration: 3.5 hours and is approx. What to bring: Please bring a hat, office. 130km round trip. sunscreen and sturdy shoes and wear The information is provided as clothes that you won’t mind getting dirty Meeting place: Warrawong on the suggestions and/or requirements, but not Darling (caravan & camping complex), PAROO-DARLING NATIONAL PARK limited to. All tours and times are subject 3km out of Wilcannia (towards Cobar) just to change without notice. PEERY LAKE TAG-ALONG TOUR off the Barrier Highway. Join a Discovery Ranger in a vehicle Please contact the relevant park for Cost: convoy through Paroo-Darling National updated information or view the website. Adult $10 Park to the spectacular Peery Lake, near Child (5-16yrs) $5 Entrance fees to parks, where applicable, are the township of White Cliffs. When full, Concession $5 in addition to Discovery tour costs. Peery Lake is home to an abundance of Family $25 (2A/2C) http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do birds. When dry, the lakebed exposes a Bookings: Essential Great Artesian Basin fed Mound Spring http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/outback-nsw Complex. Take a stroll around part of the Contact: Paroo Darling National Park lakes’ edge and learn about the natural Visitor Centre, White Cliffs. T: 08 8083 environment and the cultural history of the 7900 Park. The lake is dry and/or close too, in Activity grading: Easy. 2015. What to bring: Please bring a hat, Publication date: 03.09.2015 Tour dates: sunscreen and sturdy shoes. Please BYO Details believed to be correct at time of print. Schedules of nd tour dates/times should be confirmed with the relevant NPWS September: Tuesday 22 ; Thursday all provisions including food, water and office. 24th; Tuesday 29th ensure you fuel-up prior to departure. Note: This is a 130+km round trip from October: Thursday 1st Wilcannia utilising the Darling River Drive Tour time: 9.00am to 12.30pm EST from the Barrier Hwy towards Tilpa on the Meeting place: Paroo-Darling Visitor eastern side of the Darling. Once the tag- Centre (PDNP VC), White Cliffs. along departs the Barrier Highway the road is dirt. Outback roads are Cost susceptible to flooding and rains, which

Adult $10 may have cause for the cancellation of the Child (5-16yrs) $5 tour. Concession $5 Family $25 (2A/2C) Bookings: Essential. Bookings: Not required BOURKE AREA Contact: PDNP VC T: 08 8083 7900 INFORMATION SESSION WITH DISCOVERY TRAILER AT THE Activity grading: Easy BOURKE WHARF What to bring: Please bring a hat, Come along and learn about National sunscreen and sturdy shoes Parks and the wildlife in the Bourke area 2 and have questions answered! Rangers Mulgowan Yappa Art Site in Gundabooka Contact: Ranger Shayne. M: 0448 201 will be at the Bourke Wharf for an National Park is 80 kilometres from 507 educational, informative and interactive Bourke. Activity Grading: Medium talk. Tour dates: What to bring: Fold up chair. UHF is Tour dates: September: Saturday 26th useful. Wear sturdy shoes. Please, no October: Saturday 3rd sandals. BYO food, water everything Tour time: 8am EST. required for a full day. Fuel up prior to Tour Time: Rangers will be at the Wharf Duration: 4 hours meeting at the Back O’Bourke Exhibition between 9am to 12pm EST. Centre. Meeting Place: NPWS Bourke Office, 51 Meeting place: Bourke Wharf, Bourke Oxley Street, Bourke. This is a tag along Note: 4WD only. Cost: Free to the art site which is 80km from Bourke. Bookings: Not required Cost: Refer to a separate Discovery flier for Adult $10 Contact: Bourke Office T: 02 6830 0200 Mungo National Park Aboriginal Discovery Child $5 (5-16yrs) tours or visit Concession $5. Activity Grading: Easy http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing Family $25 (2A/2C). s-to-do/Guided-tours FLOODPLAIN TAG ALONG TOUR Bookings: Essential by 2pm the day Join up with a Culgoa ranger for an prior. informative tour of the Culgoa Floodplain. Contact: Bourke Office T: 02 6830 0200 A tour of the former pastoral properties, the river and a drive through the diverse Activity Grading: Easy vegetation communities will enhance your What to bring: Wear sturdy shoes. BYO experience of the Bourke area. supply of food and water for a half day Tour dates: outing and fuel up prior to meeting at the Bourke Area office for the tag along. September: Saturday 19th

LEDKNAPPER NATURE RESERVE Tour time: 8am EST. SPINIFEX TAG ALONG TOUR Duration: 9 hours and is approx. 600km Join a Discovery Ranger and Traditional round trip. owner to learn about archaeology, landforms, indigenous culture, pastoralist Meeting Place: Bourke Area Office, 51-53 history, and park and water management. Oxley Street, Bourke. Travel to Culgoa The tour will provide an insight into from Bourke for a day trip. traditional culture, stories and the significance of what Ledknapper Nature Cost Adult $10 Reserve and ‘Country’ means to the Child $5 (5-16yrs) Murrawarri people. If you wish to gain an Concession $5. insight into the Reserve, its history,

Family $25 (2A/2C). function and future, this tour is for you. The Tag-Along tour visits areas of th Bookings: Essential by 2pm Friday 25 Ledknapper Nature Reserve that are September. normally restricted to the public. Contact: Bourke Office Ledknapper is in the Bourke area. T: 02 6830 0200 Tour dates: Activity Grading: Medium th September: Saturday 19 What to bring: Wear sturdy shoes. No Tour time: 9am EST. sandals. Fuel up and BYO food, water and everything required for a full day. Duration: 7.5 hours and approx. 300km round trip. Note: 4WD only. Meeting place: Back O’Bourke Exhibition Centre. MULGOWAN ‘YAPA’ ART SITE WALK Enjoy a guided walk to the Mulgowan Cost Aboriginal Rock Art Site through cypress Adult $10 pine, rocky gorges and sandy creek beds Child $5 (5-16yrs) in Gundabooka National Park. Visitors Concession $5. Family $25 (2A/2C). gain an insight into the cultural importance and meaning behind the Aboriginal rock Bookings: Essential by 2pm Friday 18th art and also learn about the local September environment, plants and animals of the area and park management. The 3

TIME ZONES http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/safet Images: Please ensure that you meet at the y/outback-safety Paroo-Darling National Park, wildflowers. designated location at the Time Zone for CONTACTS OEH Photographer: J Spencer. that area. Example: Bourke is on Eastern NPWS offices are open Monday to Friday, Standard Time (EST). Broken Hill is on Mungo National Park, tour. Photographer: 8.30am to 4.30pm and are located at the Central Standard Time (CST). B Hlavica. following cities and townships in western FURTHER INFORMATION NSW. Paroo-Darling National Park, scar tree. Many NSW Parks are remote and rugged OEH Photographer: P Seager. Broken Hill (West Darling) Office: places, weather can change quickly and Kinchega, Mutawintji (NP & HS), Sturt. conditions in the bush or on the water may , Old Homestead Billabong Walk. OEH Photographer: D be unpredictable. Lakes & Rivers are 183 Argent Street, Broken Hill. NSW. Haskard. susceptible to drier times and images may 2880. T: 08 8080 3200. not reflect current situation. Gundabooka NP Art site Walk. OEH E: [email protected] Cancellations: It is our aim to conduct all Photographer: D Finnegan. Bourke Area Office: activities as scheduled. However, if an Paroo-Darling NP Wilga Woolshed. OEH Gundabooka, Culgoa, Toorale National activity is cancelled due to inclement Photographer: G Telfer. weather, extreme temperatures, road Parks and Ledknapper Nature Reserve. closures or insufficient numbers, refunds 51-53 Oxley Street, Bourke, NSW, 2840. will be given at the discretion of the T: 02 6830 0200. relevant National Park. E: [email protected] Rangers/guides may be required to attend fires, and other urgent circumstances, Buronga Area Office: which may result in little or no notice of Mungo National Park, Kemendok, Euston cancelled tours. We will endeavour to Park and Reserve. advise in advance as best we can. Your Cnr Sturt Highway & Melaleuca Street, understanding is appreciated. Buronga. NSW 2739. T: 03 5021 8900 http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/alert E: [email protected] s/Alerts-list Tibooburra NPWS Office: Tours listed: Please view the website . and/or contact the relevant office for changed circumstances. 51 Briscoe Street, Tibooburra. NSW 2880. T: 08 8091 3308. http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing s-to-do Paroo-Darling National Park Visitor Centre & Office: Graded Activities: Refer to the website. Paroo Darling National Park. What to bring: BYO provision for tours, Keraro Road, White Cliffs. NSW 2879. T: including the half-day and full-day tours. 08 8083 7900. This includes plenty of water and food and ample fuel. Fuel up prior to tour schedule time. Park User Fees: Tours do not include day use/vehicle entrances fees or camping fees. Honesty boxes are located at or near entrance points.

Annual Park Passes: Some national parks have a vehicle/coach entry fee. These funds go directly to supporting conservation programs, building and maintaining facilities. Save on motor vehicle entry fees by buying an annual pass. For detailed information and to apply visit http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/pass es-and-fees Safety : We want you and your companions to stay safe. http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/safet y and also provides information on Fire safety ; No smoking in parks ; Outback and road closures and much more.

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