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4 Day Ultimate Queensland Experience ON A PRIVATE PLANE

Join a 4-day Ultimate Queensland Experience in 2021 and visit the best that Queensland has to offer, all by private plane! Departing from the Gold Coast, fly west over 2,000km into the Outback dropping into Charleville, and Longreach. Enjoy a sundowner atop Big Red before a traditional Aussie pub meal at the iconic Birdsville Hotel. Overfly the , Kalamurina Wildlife Sanctuary, Lake Eyre and Big Red. Explore the Qantas Founders Museum Airpark, stroll through the iconic Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, watch the sunset from the majestic Thomson River and enjoy the Qantas Founders Museum light show. Your rustic accommodation includes the Birdsville Hotel and Saltbush Retreat, Longreach. Finally, swap your boots for reef shoes and discover the Southern Great Barrier Reef at beautiful Lady Elliot Island.

INCLUSIONS: ONLY ONE • Scenic flights on a private aircraft from the Gold Coast DEPARTURE! • Accommodation at Birdsville Hotel and Saltbush Retreat DON’T MISS • Breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks during tour OUT! • All tours & transfers

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“This was the complete Outback Queensland experience, all wrapped up with incredibly scenic flights – breathtaking!” - Julie Marshall, Joint Managing Director, Travel Masters & The Travel Studio 2021 Departure Date: DAY 1: CHARLEVILLE, BIRDSVILLE & BIG RED 11 June Check-in to the Gold Coast hangar at 6:15am, departure sees the sun rising to the east. From here you’ll fly west over stunning farmlands, rivers and channel country for Charleville. This central Queensland town is home to the Royal Flying Doctor Service base and museum, you’ll have a chance to visit it after landing at around 10:00am. After refueling, your tour will continue into the Outback, crossing over the famous and its remarkable channel country arriving at the historic town of Birdsville, where lunch will be waiting at the iconic Hotel. Regrouping at 4:30pm, climb into an air-conditioned vehicle and head west into the to enjoy drinks on Big Red, the first major dune as you enter the desert. After sunset, return to the Birdsville Hotel for dinner and drinks at their heritage listed front bar.

DAY 2: OVERFLY LAKE EYRE & LONGREACH

Enjoy breakfast at the Birdsville Hotel, before departing for your spectacular scenic flight over Lake Eyre. Tracking south along the Diamantina River into the you’ll fly along the Warburton River over Kalamurina Wildlife Sanctuary and the Tirari Desert. Climbing high you’ll catch your first glimpse at the expansive size of Lake Eyre. Taking in the sheer size, your aircraft will then descend for a low-level flight along the Warburton River mouth before flying back towards Birdsville. Take in the views of the Simpson Desert before overflying the Kallakoopah, Eyre Creek and Big Red before returning to Birdsville for lunch. You will depart Birdsville for Longreach after lunch. Fly north following the Diamantina and Thomson Rivers before arriving at Longreach. Spend the afternoon soaking in the terrace baths at Saltbush Retreat before regrouping at 4:30pm for the Starlight Cruise Experience on the Thomson River. There are endless photo opportunities and insightful commentary before you head ashore for a traditional stockman’s campfire dinner.

DAY 3: LONGREACH

After an in-room continental breakfast, your morning begins with a transfer to the Qantas Founders Museum. Here you will learn the story of Australia’s national airline. Join a private guided tour of the airpark, home to a Boeing 707, Boeing 747, Super Constellation and DC-3 followed by an early lunch at the museum. After lunch head over to the Stockman’s Hall of Fame for a leisurely stroll through the museum taking in the pioneering history of Australia before walking back to Saltbush Retreat for afternoon nibbles and drinks. In the evening, watch in awe as the Luminescent Longreach show comes to life. A 20-minute spectacular nighttime light and sound experience at the Qantas Founders Museum designed to delight and entertain. At 7:30pm you’ll be transferred to the Bird Cage for dinner before heading back to the Saltbush retreat where you’ll spend the night.

DAY 4: LADY ELLIOT ISLAND

After an in-room continental breakfast, you’ll depart Longreach and fly east over the Central Highlands and Coalfields. Looking down at rich farming lands contrasted against open cut coal mines towards Gladstone for a quick fuel stop. Your journey continues south for a spectacular scenic flight over the amazing Southern Great Barrier Reef taking in the spectacular Heron Island and Lady Musgrave Island. Swap your boots for reef shoes as you land on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, arriving at Lady Elliot Island around midday. Enjoy lunch with Lagoon views at the Beachfront Dining Room before getting ready to join an afternoon private glass bottom boat/guided snorkelling tour where you may snorkel with turtles, reef sharks and over 1,200 different species of fish. Spend the afternoon exploring the Islands surrounds or take a reef walk at low tide (tide dependent) before departing at 4:00pm. The trip home concludes with a beautiful scenic flight over Fraser Island, the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Island. Watch as the high-rise lights illuminate the sky over Brisbane City and the Gold Coast before your tour concludes in the early evening.

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