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Kimberley Itinerary (Travelwise Can Organise Your Flight from Any State Kimberley Itinerary (Travelwise can organise your flight from any state to join this tour) Day 1 – Tuesday 13th July 07.00am – Depart Boomerang Beach 07.25am – Depart Golden Ponds 07.30am – Depart Forster Keys 07.40am – Depart Club Forster 07.50am – Depart Tuncurry Beach St Bus shelter 08.10am – Depart Tallwoods 08.35am – Depart Club Taree 08.55am – Depart Harrington Turn-off 09.25am – Arrive Port Doughnut (comfort stop) 09.40am – Depart Port Doughnut 12.10pm – Arrive Walcha (lunch at own leisure) 01.00pm – Depart Walcha 04.30pm – Arrive Burk & Wills Motor Inn, Moree NSW 06.30pm – Dinner Day 2 – Wednesday 14th July 07.00am – Breakfast 08.30am – Depart Moree 11.15am – Arrive Saint George QLD (lunch at own leisure) 12.10pm – Depart Saint George 05.45pm – Arrive Tambo Mill Motel, Tambo QLD Step back in time when you arrive in Tambo, enjoy the slower pace and all the history that the oldest town in Outback Queensland has to offer (including town chicken races). 07.00pm – Dinner (Carrangarra Hotel) Day 3 – Thursday 15th July 07.00am – Breakfast (Fanny Mae’s) 08.00pm – Depart Tambo 11.30pm – Arrive Qantas Founders Museum Longreach (tour & lunch provided) Qantas Founders Museum is an award winning, world-class museum and cultural display, eloquently telling the story of Qantas through interpretive displays, interactive exhibits, original and replica aircraft and an impressive collection of genuine artifacts. Our aircraft collection incorporates five of the world’s most significant aircraft – the Consolidated PBY Catalina Flying Boat, Douglas DC-3, Lockheed L1049 Super Constellation, Boeing 707-138 and the legendary Boeing 747- 238. In addition, we have full scale replicas of some of the most important aircraft in the early Qantas fleet – de Havilland DH-61 Giant Moth, de Havilland DH-50, and Avro 504K Dyak; Qantas’ first aircraft. 01.30pm – Depart Longreach 03.30pm – Arrive Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton Winton's Waltzing Matilda Centre tells the story of Waltzing Matilda, Winton, and the Outback region. An experience you will remember forever. From the ashes of the fire on 18th June 2015, the Waltzing Matilda Centre has been reborn. 05.00pm – Depart Waltzing Matilda Centre 05.15pm – Arrive Boulder Opal Motor Inn, Winton QLD Winton is the Dinosaur Capital of Australia, home of Waltzing Matilda and Queensland’s Boulder Opal; abundant in nature, culture and heritage. “Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong…” You’ll be forgiven for relentlessly whistling this famous tune while you’re in Winton, as it’s the very home of Banjo Patterson’s ‘Waltzing Matilda’. Reputedly inspired by an 1894 shearer’s suicide at the nearby Combo Waterhole and first performed in Winton’s North Gregory Hotel on 6th April 1895, you can learn all about Banjo and the adopted national anthem at the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton. Day 4 – Friday 16th July 07.00am – Breakfast 08.30am – Depart Winton 11.15am – Arrive Crocodile Dundee’s Walkabout Creek Hotel, McKinlay (lunch provided) McKinlay and the Walkabout Creek Hotel. If it sounds familiar, then it should. This quirky hotel was made famous in the blockbuster movie Crocodile Dundee. Inside the pub you'll find plenty of memorabilia from the days when Paul Hogan swaggered up to the bar as Mick Dundee. These days you are assured of a hearty pub meal and great outback hospitality, so it's definitely worth the trip. 12.15pm – Depart McKinlay 05.00pm – Arrive Roadhouse Camooweal QLD Driving from Mount Isa across the deserted lands of western Queensland we reach the tiny town of Camooweal to be greeted by a sign which proudly declares: 'Gateway to the Northern Territory' and adds 'Population 310'. The population has increased, at least by the signage, by 10 people in the last 30 years. It also happens to be the most westerly town in Queensland as the Northern Territory border is only 14 km to the west. (Camooweal, possibly one of the best ballads Slim Dusty ever recorded - it was written by "Mack" Cormack - Slim sang this in just about every concert he did) 07.00pm - Dinner Day 5 – Saturday 17th July 07.00am – Breakfast 08.00am – Depart Camooweal Crossing the NT boarder, we gain 30 minutes - put your clocks back 30 minutes 10.15am – Arrive Barkly Homestead, Outback Oasis Roadhouse (morning tea provided) Barkly Homestead is a remote roadhouse situated on the Barkly Highway, halfway between Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory and Camooweal in Queensland. It is the first and only stop for travellers crossing the border into the Territory. 10.45am – Depart Barkly Homestead 01.00pm – Arrive Threeways Roadhouse (lunch provided) Located at the junction of the Stuart and Barkly Highways, 25 kilometers north of Tennant Creek. This is a great place to take a break and unwind during a long journey, all while enjoying warm Northern Territory hospitality. A local point of interest is the Flynn Memorial. Reverend John Flynn pioneered the Royal Australian Flying Doctors Service. The memorial originally sat at the exact meeting spot of the Barkly and Stuart Highways, but the point has now been moved 250 metres south. The Three Ways Roadhouse offers restaurant meals, take away food and refreshments. 01.45pm – Depart Threeways 06.00pm – Arrive Daly Waters Historic Pub, Daly Waters NT A true-blue outback pub - the Daly Waters Pub is a colourful pub, clad in corrugated iron, draped with bougainvilleas and crammed with decades of memorabilia. It began its current incarnation serving passengers arriving on the new Qantas airline in 1934 and was the first international runway and airport in Australia. As a popular watering hole along the track, the Daly Waters Pub holds a liquor licence that has been in continuous use since 1938. The pub is on the old droving track and was a watering hole for the drovers as well as travellers heading north and south. It was used as a staging post during the Second World War for the Australian and American Air force. There is a static historical display housed in the WWII hangar at the airport. 07.30pm – Dinner (Barra n Beef on the BBQ provided) Day 6 – Sunday 18th July 07.00am – Breakfast 09.00am – Depart Daly Waters 12.30pm – Arrive Katherine Gorge Nitnit Dreaming Cruise (lunch provided) A trip to the Northern Territory is not complete without visiting the spectacular “Nitmiluk Gorge”. Open all year round, it features some of the most stunning gorge scenery in the Northern Territory, with raging waterfalls, a myriad of wildlife and breathtaking views of the Jawoyn country. Nitmiluk Gorge winds along 12km of sheer rock extending more than 70m high. Consisting of 13 seperate gorges, Nitmiluk Gorge is a maze of waterways sculpted from the sandstone over countless millennia by the Katherine River. The essential cultural cruise, Nitnit Dreaming incorporates travel along two gorges, where you’ll discover the customs of the traditional landowners, the Jawoyn people. 04.00pm – Depart Nitnit Dreaming Cruise 05.00pm – Arrive Pine Tree Motel, Katherine NT The Northern territory’s third-largest town, Katherine is on the banks of the Katherine River, which flows from the nearby world-renowned Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk National Park). The Katherine region extends from the Gulf of Carpentaria near the Queensland border towards the Kimberley in the west. 07.00pm – Dinner Day 7 – Monday 19th July 07.00am – Breakfast 09.00am – Depart Katherine 11.15am – Arrive Victoria River Roadhouse (morning tea provided) The Victoria River Crossing is 194km west of Katherine. The Stunning escarpment country provides a perfect backdrop for fishing and boat cruises, with Red Valley Gorge providing a shady and scenic rest area. The Roadhouse is close to the crossing, with camping and accommodation available. You can even take a helicopter flight over this incredible landscape. Diverse and awe-inspiring landforms, history, heritage, abundant wildlife, climate and economic pursuits, the region challenges you to discover its unique attractions. 11.45pm – Depart Victoria River 12.45pm – Arrive Timber Creek Hotel (lunch provided) Timber Creek was named in 1855 when the explorer Augustus Gregory used timber from the banks of the creek to repair his expedition’s boat. The first inhabitants were the Nagaliwurra and Nangali Aboriginal people, decedents of whom still live in Timber Creek. Today, this small town has a range of accommodation, activities and other facilities for the traveller. Walk along the Heritage Trail to see wildlife, historic sites and pioneer graves. 01.45pm – Depart Timber Creek Crossing the WA boarder, we gain 90 minutes - put your clocks back 1 hour 30 minutes 02.45pm – Arrive Kelly’s Knob Lookout, Kununurra For sweeping views over Kununurra, the Ord River Irrigation Area and Mirima National Park, a trip to Kelly’s Knob is a must. Sunrise and sunset are the most spectacular times to visit the lookout. 03.30pm – Depart Kelly’s Knob 03.45pm – Arrive Kununurra Town Centre (free time) 04.45pm – Depart Kununurra Town Centre 05.00pm – Arrive Kimberley Grande Resort, Kununurra WA Kununurra is booming town on the eastern edge of the Kimberley. According to the Mirima Language Centre the name is based on the Miriwoong word "Goonoonoorrang", which simply means big water. The vast majority of the attractions here involve water, lots of water. And water means life, both an amazing flora and abundant wildlife. 06.30pm – Dinner Day 8 – Tuesday 20th July Option 06.00am - Spectacular sunrise Bungle Bungle Flight over the “lost world” of the unique and fascinating beehive-like striped rock dome formations starting with a pre-dawn breakfast. $405pp (needs to be pre-booked) 08.00am – Depart Kimberley Grande for Lake Argyle Lunch Cruise & Ord River Discoverer This cruise includes a stop on one of the many islands on Lake Argyle plus lunch and a swim in the pristine waters of Australia’s largest man-made, freshwater lake.
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