The Outback Track to The Alice From Ayers Rock Resort

LUXURY SMALL GROUP 4WD TOURING THE OUTBACK & BEYOND - A LEARNING ADVENTURE 3 DAY/2 NIGHT PRIVATE CHARTER Premium & Safari Services Tour code: G4 11 17 Highlights include: Guided visit to Putji – Mount Woodroffe – Pukatja (Ernabella) – APY Lands – Rainbow Valley. This experience provides a unique opportunity to be immersed in Aboriginal culture, meet Aboriginal families and learn about the legends, mythology and history both pre and post European settlement. This experience is subject to permit approval to enter Aboriginal Homelands and can be flexible and adaptable therefore providing many meaningful, life changing experiences.

• This tour is a luxury small group adventure. • Travel is in a top of the range 4WD vehicle. • Minimum 4/ maximum 4 clients • A very experienced driver guide • A fully inclusive charter with a range of services • The choice of Premium & Safari Services

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BORN IN THE OUTBACK PAGE 27 3 DAY/2 NIGHT THE OUTBACK & BEYOND - A LEARNING ADVENTURE Luxury Small Group 4WD Private Tour Charter Tour code: G4 11 17 Day 1 Ayers Rock to Kings Canyon via Cattle Stations, Salt Lakes & Desert Oak Forest Your adventure begins by leaving Uluru and travelling east on the Old Ayers Rock Road and then south to Putji, an area 80 kilometres from Uluru. The Aboriginal people in the 1930s and 40s were moved to another location because of European visitation to the then Ayers Rock area and issues of Aboriginal children being taken away from families. Schools are now camping out with Aborigines as Aboriginal cultural learning experiences. Continue south towards Mount Woodroffe (Ngaruijaranya), South ’s highest mountain. You are now in APY Lands ( Yankunytjatjara). Your next stop will be Pukatja, once called Ernabella, a Presbyterian Mission. The Ernabella Mission was established by the Presbyterian Church in the of north-west in 1937. A school operated at the Mission. In 1970 the State Government took administrative control of the Mission and in 1972 this transferred to the Commonwealth Government. In 1974 the administration of Ernabella Mission passed to the Pitjantjatjara Council. It was later renamed Pukatja. An indigenous guide will be joining you this day to enhance your learning experience. Your overnight accommodation is at Umuwa South Australia’s most northern town, an administrative centre for the nearby communities.

Meals: Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea and Dinner Accommodation: Umuwa - Premium = 2 star available only or Safari = twin share tent Day 2 APY Lands, Community Visits, Ernabella Art Gallery, Church & Schools This morning visit an interesting project by the Federal and State Governments - The Trade Training Centre for Secondary School Students in Umuwa. This centre addresses the Indigenous low accredited skill base and will therefore increase opportunity for pathways into employment on the APY Lands. Also visit Pukatja to learn about Ernabella Art, Ernabella Choir and life today in a larger community. After lunch visit Kenmore Park, an extremely well resourced primary school, where you could meet the school principal and an APY Land’s Elder. The majority of students at Kenmore Park are Anangu and their first language is Pitjantjatjara or Yankunytjatjara as this is usually the language spoken at home. The students are only introduced to English when they start school. A significant factor for Anangu Communities and Schools is the transient nature of the population - the school can have students who attend for periods of days or weeks and then return to their home communities. Return to Umuwa for tonight’s accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast, Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea and Dinner Accommodation: Umuwa - Premium = 2 star available only or Safari = twin share tent Day 3 Homelands, Outback Cattle Stations & The Stuart Highway The local guide may show you some additional sacred sites before you say farewell then travel across Victory Downs Cattle Station. Join the Stuart Highway at Kulgera, a small settlement with a town population of approximately 20. On your return journey to Alice detour into Rainbow Valley and into Simpson Desert Country as you follow The Ghan Railway track north to rejoin the Stuart Highway. The main features of the Rainbow Valley area are the scenic sandstone bluffs and cliffs. These free standing cliffs form part of the James Range, and are particularly attractive in the early morning and late afternoon when the rainbow-like rock bands are highlighted. The coloured rock bands in the sandstone cliffs were caused by water. In earlier wetter times, the red iron of the sandstone layers was dissolved and drawn to the surface during the Dry Season. On arrival at Alice Springs you will be taken to your overnight accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast, Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea Accommodation: Nil Small Group Touring Private Charter Prices: Refer www.austour.com.au/G4 and pages 3 and 4 of the Austour Catalogue.

Austour Small Group Luxury 4WD Touring is also available from: Darwin, Alice Springs, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Fraser Island, Cairns, Port Douglas, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Hobart, Launceston, Perth & Broome. Check our website for more information www.austour.com.au

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