Your Itinerary 2020 2020

Desert Sky Tours Proudly Presents Central & The Gawler Ranges

Evocative Ranges, Flora & Fauna

5 days - $2050 per person

Includes Accommodation and all Meals

Departure Date Friday 23rd October 2020 General Information Your Itinerary 2020 Desert Sky Tours -

TRAVEL ROUTINE Central Eyre Peninsula

The distance travelled in any day will depend on the general road conditions and & sightseeing opportunities along the way. After morning departure at 7.30am, we take a break at around 10.30am and stop for lunch between 12.00-1.00pm, and an afternoon break approximately 3.00pm. Gawler Ranges Other stops are taken for photos, exploring and recreation.

MEDICAL Day 1 We carry a comprehensive First Aid kit, and have an accredited Senior First Aid You are welcomed aboard your unique, purpose built and air-conditioned bus for staff member on hand on all tours. departure from Adelaide at 7.30 am. Due to the nature of outback travel, and the vast distances involved, anyone with We travel via the northern town of Pt Wakefield, to the city of Pt Augusta, where health problems, should give proper consideration to undertaking this trip, we meet the to Iron Knob. and seek their doctor’s advice if necessary. An unsealed road passes the Station properties of Corunna, Siam, Mt Miccollo and Nonning, on our way to Mt Ive, - in the heart of the Gawler Ranges. WHAT YOUR FARE INCLUDES Overnight: Mt Ive Station - The Gawler Ranges Tourist Centre - All meals from start to finish and hotel accommodation (twin share) plus meals where indicated. (Alcoholic drinks are not included). Day 2 - Tour costs do not include additional accommodation, meals and incidental expenses After breakfast, we take a day trip which includes Peters Pillars (a outcrop), resulting from flooding, natural delays, unavailable connections or other Lake Gairdner, Kath’s Castle, The Embankment, Pondana Ruins, and Hiltaba. unforeseen circumstances. Travel Insurance is recommended for these instances. We appreciate the beauty of the Gawler Ranges, before returning to Mt Ive.

TOUR VEHICLES Overnight: Mt Ive Station - The Gawler Ranges Tourist Centre Travel is in a Toyota Landcruiser 4WD vehicle For your safety we carry an HF Radio with Royal Flying Doctor frequencies, and a satellite telephone. Day 3 Leaving Mt Ive Station, we head south, passing Mt Nott and Spring Hill before WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING arriving at Paney Station. ( a recently declared National Park). Heading towards Comfortable casual clothes, for warm to hot days, and cool to cold nights, stout the Eyre Highway, our route takes us to Pildappa Rock, Tcharkuldu Hill and comfortable shoes, and hat. (Most people bring more clothes than they ever use, so consider Minnipa. carefully, and keep your baggage to a minimum), It is a short drive along the highway to Wudinna, where we take time to explore a camera, with plenty of film and a torch. Turtle Rock, Polda Rock and Mt Wudinna. Overnight: Minnipa—Minnipa Motel

Day 4 We continue along the Eyre Highway through Kyancutta, Kimba, & Iron Knob to Whyalla and Pt Augusta. We continue through Horrocks Pass to Wilmington and Melrose in the Southern . Overnight: Pastoral Motel Pt Augusta DESERT SKY TOURS Day 5 ‘UNRIVALLED EXCELLENCE” We travel through Horrocks Pass to Wilmington and Melrose in the Southern Telephone 08-83561874 Flinders Ranges, then home to Adelaide through Ororroo, Burra and the Gilbert Valley. Mobile 0419-502-332 Email– [email protected]

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