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ABN 55 793 549 610 Swagman Tours Level 1, 182 Latrobe Tce (PO Box 7473) Geelong West VIC 3218 P: 1800 808 491 W: www.swagmantours.com.au E: [email protected] 2018 FARMING TOUR & AUSTRALIAN DESTINATIONS Aug 17 Dear Passengers, We hope everyone is having a very successful 2017, it’s hard to believe the year is over halfway gone already! We have been busy finalising our program for next year and have some great tours on offer for 2018. The decision has been made to reduce the duration of our farming tours - we are finding from passenger feedback the length of the tours is quite tiring for most and along with this we will cost the trips on lower passenger numbers with the aim of sending more departures away. The destinations we have scheduled for farming tours in 2018 are Northern USA & Canada including the Calgary Stampede, India, China including a Yangtze River cruise, New Zealand and the spectacular Top End & Kimberley region. We are pleased to promote some great Australian itineraries for 2018 – in particular a diverse 4WD touring program where both seats in Swagman vehicles are available along with a Tag Along option for those who prefer to drive their own 4WD. After the popularity of this year’s Canning Stock Route & Gunbarrel Highway tour we will be scheduling this once again, along with a Great Victoria Desert tour – Beadell’s Tracks – along the Anne Beadell & Connie Sue Highways, the Nullabor Plain & Googs Track. Also on the agenda is the Simpson Desert crossing. Our Australian accommodated tours will include the iconic Kimberley, but with a changed itinerary to incorporate Mitchell Falls & Plateau and Bell Gorge for a more authentic Kimberley experience. We are happy to introduce our first ever Cape York accommodated tour - join us in Cairns on this wonderful journey to the tip! Also on the agenda is a Footsteps of Burke & Wills tour from Melbourne to Cairns, a new Gulf Savannah itinerary from Cairns to Darwin staying at the breathtaking Lorella Springs Wilderness Park and a West Coast Wildflowers from Broome to Perth. For those of you who have been on Australian tours be it farming or sightseeing, we are very pleased to announce Paul Pincini and his wife Lizzie will be on board once again in 2018 and they have recently purchased an off road vehicle which will be used for the Aussie program which has a maximum of 17 seats, so small group departures are guaranteed! This allows a more enjoyable experience touring “off the beaten track”. If you would like any further information or an itinerary for any of these trips we have on offer please phone our toll free number 1800 808 491 or email [email protected] Here’s wishing you all a safe and happy remainder of the year and we look forward to taking you away in 2018. CHINA AGRICULTURAL TOUR: 18 Days Dep 04 Jun $7,995pp China is such a land of extraordinary diversity & culture. With over 1 billion people to feed the scale of production & manufacturing is epic. Farm & technical visits: Tour highlights: Crop, sheep & cattle farms Great Wall of China Modern ag machinery factory Tiananmen Square Cashmere processing factory Terracotta Warriors & Horses Shanxi Kingbull Livestock Co Renowned Dazhao Temple Mountain livestock farms 3 night Yangtze River cruise Large milk processing company Shanghai Old Town & gardens NORTHERN USA & CANADA including Calgary Stampede This trip is truly once in a lifetime… encompassing factory/technical visits and large scale farming operations with the highlight visiting the “Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth” the spectacular Calgary Stampede - including reserved seating at the famous Chuckwagon Races and Rodeo. View the breathtaking scenery of the Canadian Rockies and Lake Louise as you travel the most scenic highway in the world – the Icefield Parkway and enjoy a unique gondola ride & snow coach ride 19 Days Dep 03 Jul Price $14,365 Farm & technical visits: Tour highlights: The Boeing Aircraft Factory The Calgary Stampede Potato farm & feedlot operation Banff NP & Lake Louise High tech dairy Canadian Rockies scenery Large scale grain farm, Innisfail Yellowstone & Grand Tetons Traditional Hutterite Colony Pikes Market in Seattle “Ag In Motion” Ag Trade Show British Columbia sights Case IH Flexi-Coil, Canada Butchard Gardens, BC OPTIONAL POST TOUR OPTION AVAILABLE – join a 7 night breathtaking Alaskan Inside Passage Cruise from Vancouver, enquire for details. INDIA AGRICULTURAL TOUR Travel to the spice capital to experience amazing sights and smells! Boasting a wealth of history, culture, scenery and wildlife this destination will impress. In addition to local farm, factory and interesting Research Institution visits you will also see the sights - the most famous being the Taj Mahal at sunset. Also visit Rajasthan’s first tiger reserve for a game drive through Ranthambore National Park. 17 Days Dep 22 July Farm & technical visits: Tour highlights: Indian Ag Research Institute Old & New Delhi sightseeing State of the art dairy facility UNESCO Khajuraho Temples Rice processing plant Classical dance show Livestock auction Medieval city of Orcha Dairy Research Institute The Taj Mahal at sunset A vegetable and seed farm Tigers at Ranthambore NP Progressive family owned veg farm Jaipur sightseeing $6,895 per person NEW ZEALAND; North & South Islands Exploring New Zealand is a pure delight especially when it includes a highlight Milford Sound day cruise. New Zealand’s fertile soil has created a healthy farming community that incorporates wool, sheep, cattle & wine production. Local farm hosts provide a true sense of hospitality on this tour through both the North & South Islands to experience some of New Zealand’s finest scenery. 17 Days Dep 10 Aug Farm & technical visits: Tour highlights: Large scale sheep & beef farm Auckland sightseeing Rural supplies store Rotorua & traditional Hangi Dairy farm & factory See the renowned Kiwi bird Angus stud farm Whale watching cruise Fielding Saleyards tour TSS Earnslaw cruise & dinner Deer farm & arable property Boat cruise on Milford Sound High country sheep station Mt Cook scenery $8,795 per person KIMBERLEY & TOP END FARM TOUR; Darwin to Broome Described as “one of the world’s last true wilderness areas” the exquisite Kimberley scenery is sure to inspire. This tour will guide you through stunning gorges with the opportunity to see local wildlife, large scale farming properties/enterprises and the mighty Ord River irrigation scheme as you journey from Darwin to Broome through some of Australia’s most beautiful countryside. 17 Days Dep 29 June Farm & technical visits: Tour highlights: Commercial mango farm Territory Wildlife Park, Darwin Katherine Agricultural College Katherine Gorge cruise Katherine Research Station Ord River Cruise, Kununurra Sandalwood plantation, Katherine Bungle Bungles fly/drive tour Jubilee Downs Station 3 nights El Questro & Home Valley Stn Melon & vegetable properties Windjana Gorge & Tunnel Ck Large scale cattle property Broome – 3 nights $9,645 per person * AUSTRALIAN 4WD & TAG ALONG OPTIONS * CANNING STOCKROUTE & GUNBARREL HIGHWAY 20 Days 01 Jun Seat in vehicle $8475pp Tag Along $4225pp See the outback tracks made by Len Beadell and in particular spend time on the Gunbarrel Highway – a feat of one man’s endurance to build a track across the interior of our great land. The second part of the trip is the journey along the Canning with 50 wells built by Alfred Canning to drove cattle from the Kimberley to the goldminers in and around Kalgoorlie. Tour Highlights; Travel along the Stock Route See Ayers Rock & walk into Olga Gorge Two nights at beautiful Durba Springs Travel the Gunbarrel Hwy, visit Lasseter’s Cave See aptly named Lake Disappointment Visit the Giles Meteorological Station Aboriginal waterhole of Bungabinni Visit the Aboriginal community of Warburton Breaden Hills & the Tanami Track 2 nights relaxing at Carnegie Station End the tour in Alice Springs GREAT VICTORIA DESERT - BEADELL’S TRACKS 15 Days 30 Aug Seat in vehicle $5950pp Tag Along $2995pp Len Beadell is the last of our explorers into the interior of Australia and built over 6000km of outback tracks over a period of time including the infamous Gunbarrel Highway. On this journey travel along a couple of lesser known of his tracks in the far north of South Australia, follow the Transcontinental rail line and through the Great Victoria Desert to see the array of wildlife and flora ending on Googs Track near Ceduna on the Great Australian Bight. Tour Highlights; Rail fettlers settlements of Deakin, Hughes & Cook Coober Pedy including opal cutting demonstration Trans Australian Rail Track Aircraft landing fields of Dingo & Emu Claypans The Nullabor Plain Anne Beadell & Connie Sue Highways Googs Track & scenic Googs Lake Neale Junction – see the Len Beadell marker Ceduna & The Great Australian Bight Great Victoria Desert The Gawler Ranges & Mt Ives Station SIMPSON DESERT ADVENTURE 12 Days 17 Sep Seat in vehicle $4275pp Tag Along $2440pp Enjoy the isolation of the Simpson Desert with its rolling parallel red sand dunes and vast empty space. Stop off at the outback oasis of Dalhousie Springs, visit a historic cattle station homestead and follow the tracks of the camel explorer, Cecil Madigan, crossing of the Simpson. Climb the highest sand dune at 90 metres approaching Birdsville. Later on visit the Burke & Wills Dig Tree site on Cooper Creek near Innamincka on your route home. Tour Highlights; Visit Andado & Annandale Stations Foothills of the scenic Flinders Ranges Birdsville sights inc Big Red & the Pub Junction of the Birdsville & Oodnadatta Tracks Cordillo Downs Station Visit Oodnadatta on the original Ghan rail line Burke & Wills Dig Tree on Cooper Creek Peake & Dalhousie Station ruins The Strezlecki Track & Innamincka Swim at the thermal oasis of Dalhousie Springs Cameron’s Corner & murals at Tibooburra * AUSTRALIAN ACCOMMODATED TOURS * KIMBERLEY DISCOVERY 15 Days 29 Jul & 15 Aug $8,475pp Experience the true wonder of the diverse Kimberley landscape on this 15 day tour from Kununurra to Broome or * NEW ITINERARY * vice versa.