The Great Australian Loop

2019 Generous discounts apply for multiple sector bookings. Please contact us to discuss these options. If you book early– Airfares may be cheaper. Your discount on multiple sectors may pay for your airfares!

Sector 1: Dubbo ~ Alice Springs Including, Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Marla. Erldunda, Yulara, Uluru Sunset Tour, Aussie BBQ under the stars at Uluru, Kings Canyon and Alice Springs Sector 2: Alice Springs ~ Darwin Including, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine, Darwin Sector 3: Darwin ~ Broome Including, Darwin, Katherine, Lake Argyle, Kununurra, Argyle Diamond Mine, Halls Creek, Fitzroy Crossing, Fitzroy Crossing Bull Sale, Geikie Gorge, Broome. Sector 4: Broome ~ Perth Including, Port Headland, Tom Price, Karijini National Park, Karratha, Exmouth, Coral Bay, Carnarvon, Hamelin Pool, Denham, Monkey Mia, Kalbarri, Jungle Bird Park, Geraldton, Cervantes, Perth. Sector 5: Perth ~ Dubbo Including, Perth, Rottnest Island, Fremantle, Busselton, Pemberton, Valley of the Giants, Albany, Esperance, Norseman, Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Balladonia, Eucla, Nullarbor, Ceduna, Port Pirie, Mildura, Narrandera, Dubbo.

We look forward to welcoming you aboard this trip of a lifetime!

*Itinerary correct at time of printing. May be subject to change for any unforeseen circumstances.

Sector 1: Dubbo ~ Alice Springs

Sunday 28th July ~ Tuesday 6th August 2019

$4500 per person twin share $4990 single supplement Deposit: $200 per person required on booking Final Payment: Friday 28th June 2019

Day 1: Sunday 28 July 2019 D in 1947. This area includes the Nurrungar Test Area and Dubbo ~ Broken Hill is described by the RAAF as the largest land-based test An early start is a good start! We depart this morning as range in the western world. This complex is a major we head off on our adventure of Australia. Travelling Australian military and civil aerospace facility located along the Mitchell and Barrier Highways, we see the in South Australia. It is operated by the Royal Australian vast and diverse outback landscape. We travel Air Force (RAAF), a division of the Australian Defence through the iconic town of Cobar and its mining Force. The complex includes both the land area, and centre, then on through the MacCullochs Ranges, to the airspace that is restricted and controlled by the the one time large inland port on the Darling River, RAAF for safety and security reasons. The WRC is a Wilcannia, and then onto Broken Hill for our overnight highly specialised ADF test and evaluation capability accommodation. operated by the RAAF for the purpose of testing war material. Here you will have time to visit the museum Day 2: Monday 29 July 2019 BD and do a spot of shopping if you wish – get some Broken Hill ~ Port Augusta souvenirs for the grandkids! Next up, we move on to After breakfast, we take a brief drive around Broken Coober Pedy, South Australia's Opal Centre. Coober Hill, on our way to the South Australian Border. Pedy was originally known as the Stuart Range Opal Continuing on through the little villages of Cockburn, Field, named after John McDouall Stuart who, in 1858 Mingary, Olary, Manna Hill and through Yunta to was the first European explorer to visit the area. In 1920, Peterborough. Today's lunch stop is a little different, at a new name was needed so a post office could be a converted country cinema, which now houses a established, Stuart Range being unsuitable owing to small museum, filled with local historic treasures (lunch the similarity to Stewart Range in Western Australia. At own expense) before visiting the Steamtown Heritage a Progress Committee meeting, the opal miners chose Rail Centre. We continue on through Orroroo, which Coober Pedy, an Aboriginal term meaning 'white man has fantastic steel sculptures in the main street. We in a hole'. Tonight we venture underground for our head further west through Horrocks Pass and into Port accommodation. (Please let us know if you would Augusta at the top of Spencer Gulf where our prefer a room above ground at time of booking- rooms accommodation will be for the night. may be limited)

Day 4: Wednesday 31 July 2019 BD Coober Pedy ~ Erldunda We are Northern Territory bound today, but first we make a stop to the Catacomb Church in Coober Pedy. Originally built in 1977, this unique church is cut out of the sandstone in the shape of a cross, and is adorned in a simple and natural way, which is befitting to the outback opal fields. The Cross, lectern and communion table are all fashioned from local mulga wood and an old miner's winch. Leaving Coober Pedy, we pass through Cadney Homestead and Marla. Marla is where the Oodnadatta Track meets up with Day 3: Tuesday 30 July 2019 BD the Stuart Highway, and also has the famous Ghan Port Augusta ~ Coober Pedy Train pass through twice a week. Crossing over the After breakfast this morning, we head towards South Australian/Northern Territory border, we pass Australia's Heart, travelling north along the Stuart Kulgera Road House and onto Erldunda for our Highway, passing a number of dry salt lakes, some of overnight stop. which have been used to set land speed records, and on to the locality of Pimba, where we turn off to the old Woomera Rocket range. Now known as the Woomera Range Complex, this ground space is known as the Woomera Prohibited Area and measures 122,188 square km's, and was first declared a prohibited area is preserved in the vintage buildings and equipment at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve. We arrive late afternoon for some free time before dinner at tonight's accommodation.

Day 9: Monday 5 August 2019 BD Alice Springs This morning we visit a few of the local attractions Alice Springs has to offer. First up we head to the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve, which marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs. Established in 1871 to relay messages between Darwin and Adelaide and also linking with an underwater cable network to London. Consequently Day 5: Thursday 1 August 2019 BD Erldunda ~ Yulara creating the first real communication between Today we join the Lasseter Highway travelling through Australia and England. Next we are off to the Royal Mt Ebenezer and Curtin Springs. Keep a look out for Mt Flying Doctor Service Tourist Facility. In the early 1970's, Conner, or as the locals sometimes call it 'Fool-uru' as the tourist facility was built and opened in order to tell tourists often mistake it for Uluru. Mt Conner stands 300 the history of John Flynn, the RFDS and the experience meters high, and is a distinctive flat-topped sandstone of the early outback pioneers to visitors. This structure capped sand and rock mountain. This horseshoe- was located behind the original communications and shaped inselberg is one of the most distinctive formations in the region. We arrive in Yulara for an residential building. The vision for the original Tourist early lunch. This afternoon, why not take the Facility was to raise awareness and education of the opportunity to enjoy an optional (own expense) scenic public regarding the services of the RFDS and to raise flight over Uluru, where you can get a sense of its much needed funds to maintain the important aero- enormity and see the fissures and crevices worn into its medical service in the remote regions of outback ancient surface. An incredible sight to see from any Australia. This afternoon, we visit the Alice Springs angle, but Uluru from the air is unforgettable. Desert Park. As distinctive as the Australian desert itself,

Day 6: Friday 2 August 2019 BD this truly unique experience will captivate, educate Yulara and astonish you by the life and beauty you discover This morning is an extra early morning for us. Get ready while here. Opened in 1997, the park covers 1,300 to tick some major things off the bucket list. Begin the hectares of land, with a core area of 54 hectares. The day by sitting back while we travel to Uluru-Kata Tjuta park presents and interprets the Australian desert National Park. You will then be amazed when we environment and its inhabitants while contributing to reach Talingguru Nyakunytjaku- which is the Uluru sunrise viewing area. The platform offers an incredible the conservation of Australia's desert flora and fauna. view through the dunes and stunning desert This afternoon you also have a few optional extras landscape, watch as the first rays of the sun set the (own expense) you might like to partake in, including Red Centre alight. We then head to Walpa Gorge, a the Road Transport Hall of Fame and – for the lush haven for plants and animals. We are led on a adventurous few - a wonderful opportunity to go on a walk through the gorge hearing lots of stories of local Camel Ride. Tonight, dinner will be served at our flora and fauna, and the geology of this amazing accommodation. formation. This afternoon, we join a tour around the base of Uluru visiting sacred sites. We enjoy the stunning sunset at Uluru before joining the Aussie BBQ under the stars for dinner.

Day 7: Saturday 3 August 2019 BD Yulara ~ Kings Canyon Departing Yulara, we head back through Curtin Springs, and on into Kings Canyon, the walls of which are over 100 metres high, with Kings Creek at the bottom. The canyon abounds with waterholes and casts a sheltering shadow over dense palm forests and native animals from the harsh desert surround lending to an interesting array of flora and fauna. Tonight our accommodation is at Kings Canyon.

Day 8: Sunday 4 August 2019 BD Kings Canyon ~ Alice Springs After breakfast this morning we head to Alice Springs, which sits halfway between Darwin and Adelaide, both 1,500km away. It's a popular gateway for exploring the Red Centre. Its 1872 origin as part of the Overland Telegraph Line, linking Darwin and Adelaide Sector 2: Alice Springs ~ Darwin Days in Green are the days of this particular sector. Tuesday 6th ~ Sunday 11th August 2019

$2500 per person twin share $2990 single supplement Deposit: $200 per person deposit required on booking Final Payment: Friday 5th July 2019

Day 10/1: Tuesday 6 August 2019 BD the cultural significance of the first 2 gorges to the Alice Springs -Free Day traditional landowners - the Jawoyn people. Enjoy a Today is yours to do as you please. You may wish to journey of discovery through the magnificent Nitmiluk head along on a Palm Valley Day tour (own expense). George. After some time in Katherine for lunch (own This can be organised for you. We hope you enjoy the day and we will see you tonight for dinner at our expense) we start our journey towards Darwin. Pausing accommodation. along the way at the Adelaide River War Cemetery. During the Second World War, Adelaide River was the Day 11/2: Wednesday 7 August 2019 BD headquarters of a large base. The war cemetery was Alice Springs ~ Tennant Creek created specifically for the burial of serviceman who This morning we say goodbye to Alice Springs and died in this part of Australia. After the war, the Army travel North towards Tennant Creek, passing through Ti Graves Services moved other graves into the site from Tree and Barrow Creek. Once we arrive in Tennant Creek, we visit the Battery Hill Mining Centre where you isolated sites, temporary military burial grounds and can wander around and learn about the history and various civil cemeteries in the area. Adelaide River War information of the mine. The Battery Hill Mining Centre Cemetery now contains 435 Commonwealth burials of overlooks the town and the surrounding countryside, the Second World War. Within the Cemetery you will and is the site of the historic No. 3 Government Gold find the Northern Territory Memorial, which Stamp Battery, where it all started with the 1930's commemorates members of the Australian Army, the outback gold rush. Tonight, our accommodation is in Royal Australian Air Force, the Australian Merchant Tennant Creek, where our dinner will be also. Navy and the Services Reconnaissance Department Day 12/3: Thursday 8 August 2019 BD who lost their lives in the operations in the Timor and Tennant Creek ~ Katherine Northern Australian regions and in waters adjacent to Departing Tennant Creek this morning, we continue Australia north of Latitude 20 degrees south, and who along the Stuart Highway. Passing through Daly Waters, have no known grave. We arrive into Darwin late we stop at the Daly Waters pub for a bite to eat. The afternoon, before some time to freshen up for dinner at pub was built in 1930, and has witnessed so much, including murders, shoot outs, cattle stampeding our accommodation. through town and the odd drunken brawl. Station owners of the time threatened to burn the place down Day 14/5: Saturday 10 August 2019 BD or buy it and bulldoze it to stop the local ringers from Darwin riding into town, hence the old bath tub and rail to This morning we orientate ourselves with Darwin on a hitch your horse onto. After lunch, we continue on to town tour, you will have the afternoon free to do as Mataranka, and the Mataranka Homestead. you please, maybe to revisit some sites you saw on our Mataranka is known as the 'Capital of the Never tour, or places you have always wanted to go. Tonight Never'. This area was home to Aeneas and Jeannie dinner is at our accommodation. Gunn. Jeannie wrote the famous book about Elsey Stations titled 'We of the Never Never' which is now Day 15/6: Sunday 11 August 2019 BD part of Australia's folklore, (Fun Fact, Phil Langley's Darwin uncle was the manager of Elsey station at one time.) A Today is a full on city sights tour with commentary, visit to the station cemetery and the homestead visiting the best that Darwin has to offer. There is replica helps capture the sense of isolation and nothing better than local knowledge! hardship confronting these early settlers. It is claimed that once you visit Mataranka you'll Never Never leave. (But don’t worry, we won’t leave you behind!) After our time here, we continue on to Katherine, and to our accommodation for the evening.

Day 13/4: Friday 9 August 2019 BD Katherine ~ Darwin After breakfast this morning, we will embark on a Nit Nit dreaming cruise. Whilst on the cruise, you will discover Sector 3: Darwin ~ Broome Days in Pink are the days of this particular sector. Monday 12th ~ Tuesday 27th August 2019

$7800 per person twin share $9800 single supplement Deposit: $200 per person required on booking Final Payment: Wednesday 10th July 2019

Day 16/1: Monday 12 August 2019 BD continue along to the Adelaide River War Cemetery. Darwin Free Day (Read about this on Day 13.) Dinner tonight is at our Today after breakfast is a day at your leisure. If you are accommodation. departing the tour here and returning home, we do Day 19/4: Thursday 15 August 2019 BD hope you have enjoyed your tour. If you are joining us Katherine on the next leg of our tour, or are just joining us now, This morning we enjoy some local touring of Katherine, welcome! We look forward to spending the next little which is the fourth largest settlement in the Northern while with you. (Optional Extra– Kakadu Day tour) Territory and is known as the place where "The outback meets the tropics". Beginning as an outpost established Day 17/2: Tuesday 13 August 2019 BD with the Australian Overland Telegraph Line on the Darwin North-South transport route between Darwin and This morning after breakfast, for those of you who have Adelaide, Katherine has grown with the development just joined us, we will take you on a Darwin city sights of transport and local industries including mining- tour. Of course, those who have already been on this particularly gold mining; a strategic military function are more than welcome to join in again. This afternoon with RAAF Base Tindal; and also as a tourism gateway is yours free to do as you please. We will see you to the attractions of nearby Nitmiluk National Park. We tonight for dinner at our accommodation. visit the Katherine Museum, situated in the historical building that was the passenger terminal and radio Day 18/3: Wednesday 14 August 2019 BD building for the Katherine Aerodrome and was used for Darwin ~ Katherine 30 years until the Aerodrome officially closed. This After enjoying breakfast this morning we say goodbye evening you are in for a treat as you enjoy the Nabilil to Darwin and head to Litchfield National Park, which is dreaming Sunset Dinner Cruise. Sit back and relax as a must see when you're in the Top End. It's home to the tranquil surroundings transport you into a spiritual several stunning waterfalls that cascade into crystal world of the Jawoyn culture and history. Discover the clear pools, iconic magnetic termite mounds and stories and ways of the Jawoyn people against the clusters of weathered sandstone pillars at the Lost City. magnificent backdrop of the Nitmiluk Gorge, changing Shelter from the sun in the shady monsoon forest in the colour with the setting sun. Tour includes a three course ancient gorges created over thousands of years ago. It candle light dinner, featuring fresh, local Australian is a haven for hundreds of native bird species and the produce cooked on board. plateau supports a rich range of woodland flora. We Day 20/5: Friday 16 August 2019 BD Homestead, which was originally built in 1895 by the Katherine ~ Lake Argyle Durack family on Argyle Downs Station which is now This morning we depart Katherine and make our mostly submerged by the lake. The famous pioneering journey to Lake Argyle along the Victoria Highway. We Durack family home became known far and wide as stop along the way for some lunch before crossing one of the social gathering places of the East over the border into Western Australia. Western Kimberley. Constructed of handcrafted limestone Australia has the greatest area of all the Australian blocks with crushed termites mounds used as mortar, it States and Territories covering 2,529,875km with a was a magnificent building for its time. During the early border length of 1862km and a coastline length of 1970's a decision was made to remove the homestead 20,871km. Western Australia borders with the Northern before Lake Argyle began to fill, in order to preserve Territory and South Australia to the east, and accounts this magnificent building for all time. The homestead for 33% of the continent. WA is approximately ten times was dismantled stone by stone with every stone coded the size of New Zealand. We arrive into Lake Argyle this in such a way as to be able to be rebuilt with every afternoon for our overnight stay. Lake Argyle is WA’s stone back in its original position. largest and Australia's second largest freshwater man- Enjoy some lunch (own expense) before this afternoon made reservoir by volume, this reservoir is part of the joining Triple J Tours for Australia's longest daily river Ord River Irrigation Scheme. cruise. Relax aboard this shaded and comfortable vessel as it takes you on an extraordinary journey - a scenic 55km cruise back to Kununurra from the Ord Top Dam. View the spectacular scenery, wildlife, flora and fauna found along the way and maybe even spot a crocodile! Enjoy afternoon tea at a riverside camp before taking in a colourful East Kimberley sunset before the coach meets you in Kununurra, and transports you to your accommodation for the next 3 nights. Day 23/8: Monday 19 August 2019 BD Kununurra This morning we board our coach and have an informative tour around the Ord River Scheme. With one of the fastest flowing rivers in Australia during the Day 21/6: Saturday 17 August 2019 BD wet season and the rich fertile soils, the East Kimberley Lake Argyle boasted all the dynamics for a successful irrigation This morning is at your leisure. Take the morning a bit scheme. The fertile plains of the lower reaches of the slower if you wish and enjoy a sleep in, or a wander Ord River have long lured pastoralists and farmers to near the Lake, or why not take in your last opportunity the East Kimberley. Despite the extremely heavy rainfall to spend some time in the tranquil Infinity Pool. This in the 'wet', the 'dry' season reduced the Ord from a afternoon you are in for a treat before dinner, as we depart on a Sunset cruise of Lake Argyle. Experiencing fast flowing river to a series of waterholes. Without the true diversity of the ever-changing landscape of harnessing the waters, there was no chance the area Australia's largest body of fresh water. This tour - with full could sustain the cherished dream of an agricultural commentary - will give you the most wonderful industry. The only way to transform the semi-desert overview of the vastness of this lake, including the cattle country to a luscious, year round agricultural largest of more than 70 islands on the Lake, Hagan area would be to develop a dam on the Ord River. This Island which is over 7kms long and is easily recognised would capture much of the 2500 gigalitres of water by the landmark Mount Misery which towers over the now submerged site of the Original Argyle Downs that flowed into the ocean each day during the wet Homestead after which Lake Argyle is named. season storms (enough water to supply Perth for 10 Heading west into the sunset, this ancient land will years!) In 1959 a grant from the Commonwealth mesmerize you. Enjoy a refreshing swim with cheese, Government was finally approved, enabling the crackers, wine, beer and more, before we return to our Western Australian Government to start work of the accommodation for dinner. massive Ord Irrigation Scheme. Once the finishing

Day 22/7: Sunday 18 August 2019 BD touches were completed, the Ord River Project was Lake Argyle ~ Kununurra officially opened by Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies in This morning we visit the magnificent Durack July 1963. Day 24/9: Tuesday 20 August 2019 BD Kununurra This morning after breakfast we will head off to the Five Rivers Lookout. Situated on the top of the Bastion Range and Wyndham, you can see where five mighty Kimberley rivers meet and flow into the ocean. Enjoy spectacular views of the Ord, Forest, King, Durack and Pentecost Rivers where they combine and enter the Cambridge Gulf, surrounding mangrove swamps and mudflats. Returning to our accommodation this evening we enjoy dinner together.

Day 25/10: Wednesday 21 August 2019 BD Kununurra ~ Halls Creek This morning after breakfast, you have the opportunity to take to the skies! (Included) Hop on board a flight from Kununurra, over the Bungle Bungles and then to and make our way to Derby. Derby is located on the the Argyle Diamond Mine. Those who don't wish to fly, tidal mud flats on the edge of King Sound and has the that is no problem at all, as the coach will depart highest tidal range of any port in Australia. The town Kununurra and will drive to the Diamond Mine, before had its origins in the pastoral and mining industries and meeting back up with the flight passengers and developed as a Port to service the pastoral properties embarking on a tour of the Argyle Diamond Mine. The along the Fitzroy River after the exploration of the area mine is owned by Rio Tinto and has been operating in 1879, by Alexander Forrest. Pearl luggers collecting in since 1983. Since then, the mine has produced more the Buccaneer Archipelago also used the Port after it than 800 million carats of rough diamonds, and is one was established in 1883. The town then boasted a of the world's largest supplier of diamonds and the police detachment and Government residence and world's largest supplier of natural coloured diamonds. by 1884 a hotel, jetty and tramway were being After our tour, we then continue on to Hall's Creek. constructed - all firsts for the Kimberley. In 1886 the gold Halls Creek was the site of Western Australia's first gold rush at Hall's Creek led to a boom in development. discovery in 1885, for a brief period it became Derby is also the main base for the Royal Flying Doctor prospecting grounds to more than 15,000 people from service in the Kimberley, and was established here in all over the world. By 1954, old Halls Creek was all but 1955. Leaving Derby, on our way to Broome, we stop abandoned as people moved to the new town site, shortly and visit the Boab Prison Tree. Reputed to have and now stands in ruins. Today you can see the been used in the 1890's as a holding cell for prisoners foundations of the old mine shaft, sections of the old being walked into Derby for sentencing. The tree is post office and the cemetery, where many Kimberley believed to be around 1,500 years old and has a girth pioneers were buried. Our accommodation is in Halls of 14.7 metres. We continue along National Highway 1 Creek tonight. towards Broome arriving late afternoon. Dinner tonight will be at your accommodation. Day 26/11: Thursday 22 August 2019 BD Halls Creek ~ Fitzroy Crossing Day 29/14: Sunday 25 August 2019 BD This morning we depart Halls Creek and travel to Fitzroy Broome Crossing, with some local touring along the way. Dinner This morning we begin with a city sights tour! You will tonight is at our accommodation. visit all the iconic spots that Broome has to offer, including the historic pearling industry, stock loading Day 27/12: Friday 23 August 2019 BD facilities and many other local attractions. Fitzroy Crossing Sale Today we spend the day at the Fitzroy Crossing Bull Day 30/15: Monday 26 August 2019 BD Sale. The first sale was held in 2006 and was organised Broome ~ Free day to celebrate the Pastoral and Grazing Association of Today is at your leisure, as you are free to do as you Western Australia's 100th year. The Queenslander please. Why not take a half day flight tour, a boat tour, Cattle Breed Society has carried on with the annual a fishing tour and maybe even end the day with a sale and helped grow the number of bulls sold from sunset camel ride along Cable Beach. There is so much 130 head in its first year, to preparing an estimated 260 to see and do! head for auction in 2017. Keep an eye out, as you We will see you at dinner tonight. never know who you may see.... This afternoon we enjoy a cruise on Geikie Gorge. Geikie Gorge is Day 31/16: Tuesday 27 August 2019 BD situated at the junction of the Oscar and Geikie Broome~ Free day Ranges. The Fitzroy River has carved a 30 metre deep Enjoy your free day again today, and do the extras gorge into the remains of an ancient limestone barrier that you may have missed out on yesterday, like the reef. When the Fitzroy is in full flood during the wet season it covers the whole national park. Those floods Horizontal Water Falls, or enjoy a flight over the rise over 16 metre up the gorge walls and the Buccaneer Archipelago. Langley's will provide tourist continuous rise and fall of the water has left the bottom and tour brochures for all the things you are able to do. of the walls bleached white. Or, take a moment to unwind! The choice is yours.

Day 28/13: Saturday 24 August 2019 BD Fitzroy Crossing ~ Broome This morning after breakfast we depart Fitzroy Crossing, Sector 4: Broome ~ Perth Days in Light Blue are the days of this particular sector. Wednesday 28th August ~ Tuesday 10th September 2019

$6130 per person twin share $7445 single supplement Deposit: $200 per person required on booking Final Payment: Monday 29th July 2019

Day 32/1: Wednesday 28 August 2019 D spectacular views from Oxers Lookout, walk through Weano Gorge and Handrail Pool. Continue on to Joffre Broome ~ Port Hedland Falls and Knox Lookouts before enjoying lunch in a Departing Broome this morning, travel to the Roebuck picturesque park setting. Return to Tom Price for some Roadhouse to join the Great Northern Highway. Turning free time to explore this iconic mining town before south, enter the Pilbara that contains some of the settling into your accommodation for some well world's oldest surface rocks, including the ancient earned rest before dinner. fossilised remains known as stromatolites and rocks such as granites that are more than three billion years old. In 2007, some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth was found in 3.4 billion-year-old sandstones at Strelley Pool. Continue south through “bilybara” meaning 'dry' in the Nyamal and Banyjima languages. Pause at the Sandfire and Pardoo Roadhouses before travelling to our overnight accommodation in Port Hedland.

Day 35/4: Saturday 31 August 2019 BLD Tom Price ~ Karratha Travelling west today, we head to Karratha and the Western Australian coastline. Passing through the Millstream – Chichester National Park which is the heartland of the Yindjibarndi people and holds great significance as the home of the mythological serpent, Day 33/2: Thursday 29 August 2019 BLD the ‘Warlu’. Continue to the industrial port of Dampier that derives its name from its location on Dampier Port Headland ~ Tom Price Island 3 km off the Pilbara Coast and part of the Turning east this morning, travel to Tom Price that is located at the edge of the Hamersley Range and is Dampier Archipelago, both named after the English the highest town above sea level (747 metres) in navigator William Dampier. In 1963 the island became Western Australia and is consequently dubbed "Top an artificial peninsula when it was connected to the Town in WA". This afternoon be amazed by the mainland by a causeway for a road and railway. enormity of Rio Tinto’s open cut iron ore mine, one of the world’s largest. View the Haul Truck workshop area, visit the main pit area, see the working trucks, shovels and drills, the crushing and screening plants and the train load out area all with a local guide providing detailed commentary. Continue to your accommodation for the next two nights for a chance to freshen up before dinner at your motel.

Day 34/3: Friday 30 August 2019 BLD Tom Price ~ Karijini National Park ~ Tom Price After an early breakfast this morning, tour the world famous gorge wilderness of Karijini National Park. With your comfortable walking footwear on, take in the Day 36/5: Sunday 1 September 2019 BD Karratha ~ Exmouth After breakfast, continue south to the small resort town of Exmouth on Western Australia’s North West Cape and the gateway to nearby Ningaloo Marine Park with its coral reefs, colourful fish and migratory whale sharks. The location where Exmouth now resides was first used as a military base in World War II. After the retreat from Java in March 1942, Allied naval forces had need of a forward base for replenishing submarines, then the sole form of offensive warfare against the Japanese. Both Day 38/7: Tuesday 3 September 2019 BD Darwin, Northern Territory, and Broome, Western Carnarvon ~ Hamelin Pool ~ Denham ~ Monkey Mia Australia, were too exposed to air attack, so a 500-ton After an early breakfast, travel to Hamelin Pool that unmotorized lighter was placed as a refuelling barge boasts the most diverse and abundant examples of near the mouth of Exmouth Gulf, where the Allies were living marine stromatolites, or ‘living fossils’, in the world, already maintaining a seaplane tender. Code-named monuments to life on Earth over 3500 million years ago. Potshot, the spartan base was also developed as an Check into your accommodation for the night in advanced base and rest camp for submariners using Denham. the tender USS Pelias. An airfield (now RAAF

Learmonth) was constructed to provide fighter Day 39/8: Wednesday 4 September 2019 defence for the base. Z Special Unit used Potshot as a BD Monkey staging base for Operation Jaywick in September 1943. Mia ~ Denham ~ Kalbarri Travel to the Vlaming Head Lighthouse to take in the This morning, surrounded by rusty red sand dunes, spectacular coastal views before returning to Exmouth white sandy beaches and water teeming with wildlife, to check into your accommodation for the night. experience dolphins, dugongs, sharks, rays, turtles and

a variety of fish in the water. Beside the water you are likely to meet pelicans and emus. Leaving Monkey Mia, continue to Kalbarri and your accommodation for the next two nights

Day 37/6: Monday 2 September 2019 BD Exmouth ~ Coral Bay ~ Carnarvon Day 40/9: Thursday 5 September 2019 BD Today, travel to Coral Bay and Australia's only fringing reef where in contrast to other locations, the coral Kalbarri ~ Jungle Bird Park ~ Kalbarri National Park starts right at the water's edge. Board a glass bottom Today, experience a guided tour of the spectacular boat that will take you over the beautiful coral Kalbarri National Park. Peer through Natures Window formations found in the lagoon gardens of the inner and stand above the Z Bend Gorge as it plunges 100m reef. View the fish and coral formations accompanied to the river below. The view is amazing, rugged red by knowledgeable crew who provide an informative rock collides with the tranquil water below and talk about the many things you’re seeing under the glass. Re-board your coach and continue south to graceful Red River Gums provide a lush contrast to the Carnarvon to check into your accommodation for the harsh terrain. Visit West Loop Lookout where the night. vastness of the National Park is spread out before you in a spectacular scene. Become enthralled by the panoramic view of the Murchison River that forms the 8km Loop section of the gorge. Discover the ancient tracks left by the extinct giant scorpion Eurypterid. All lookouts provide a great opportunity to indulge in some amateur photography, and with such magnificent scenery the results are sure to be fantastic. This afternoon visit the Rainbow Jungle Bird Park to enjoy a walk on the wild side, where you will find the largest parrot free flight aviary in the country, with the largest flock of Purple Crowned Lorikeets in the world and many other magnificently coloured Australian parrots. Return to your accommodation for a chance to freshen up before dinner at your motel. Day 41/10: Friday 6 September 2019 BD Kalbarri ~ Geraldton After breakfast, travel south through Port of Gregory and Northampton before arriving in Geraldton. Visit the Museum of Geraldton overlooking the Indian Ocean, celebrates the rich heritage of the land, sea and people of the Mid West region. Discover ancient landforms, Yamaji history and culture, and the region’s unique natural landscapes and marine environment. The archaeological riches from four Dutch shipwrecks - Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Zuytdorp, and Zeewijk, are revealed in the Shipwrecks Gallery. This afternoon explore Geraldton with a local guide on a city sights quokka population. Explore the beauty and tranquillity tour before checking into your accommodation for the of Rottnest from the comfort and relaxation of an air- night. conditioned coach taking you to some of Rottnest’s

most spectacular locations. Experience the island's Day 42/11: Saturday 7 September 2019 BD diverse flora, fauna, history and culture with insightful Geraldton ~ Cervantes commentary from the coach crew. The remainder of Today follow the Indian Ocean Drive south to the day is yours to explore and experience the beauty Cervantes and the Nambung National Park home of of this iconic island. Return to Perth for a chance to the Pinnacles desert that covers an area of freshen up before dinner at your motel approximately 190 hectares and contains thousands of limestone Pinnacles, some up to 5 meters high. The variation in colours (due mainly to the variation in soil types), and the stark relief of the Pinnacles against a backdrop of constantly shifting sand dunes creates an eerie landscape of ever changing moods. Return to Cervantes for a rest at your motel before dinner.

Day 43/12: Sunday 8 September 2019 BD Cervantes ~ Perth Our destination today is Western Australia’s capital city, Perth. Travel to the Western Australian Mint to learn all about gold and the Australian gold rush during a one- hour tour of the Perth Mint. One of Western Australia’s oldest heritage sites, the Perth Mint features multimedia Day 45/14: Tuesday 10 September 2019 B presentations, historic images and artefacts, and a Perth ~ Fremantle dazzling array of pure gold that includes natural gold After breakfast this morning, explore Perth on a city nuggets and a solid gold bar. This afternoon visit Perth’s sights tour with a local guide before travelling to Kings Park and Botanical Garden which is one of the Western Australia’s largest commercial port of world’s largest and most beautiful inner-city parks. It is Fremantle. Experience a guided tour of the Fremantle rich in Aboriginal and European history and Prison which is the largest and most intact convict built prison in Australia and is Western Australia’s only World contemporary culture. Kings Park is home to the Heritage Listed Building. It was continuously used as a spectacular Western Australian Botanic Garden, which place of incarceration for almost 140 years. The prison displays over 3,000 species of the State’s unique flora. was decommissioned as a maximum-security gaol in Two thirds of the 400-hectare park is protected as 1991. Take a tour of the Round House and imagine the bushland and provides a haven for native biological hardships faced by convicts, prisoners and gaolers diversity. Check into your accommodation for the next alike. The twelve-sided building was purpose-built as a two nights for a well-earned rest. gaol in 1831, 18 months after settlement of Fremantle and was used until 1886 to house locals who broke the law. The tunnel below the Round House was built by Day 44/13: Monday 9 September 2019 BLD the Fremantle Whaling Company in 1837 to allow the Perth ~ Rottnest Island ~ Perth company easy access between Fremantle town and This morning board the daily ferry service and travel to Bathers Beach. A dropping time ball and sound signal Rottnest Island which is an A-class reserve, the highest were erected at the Round House in 1900 and was level of protection afforded to public land and got its used each day at 1 pm to signal the correct time to current name when Willem de Vlamingh in 1696, called navigators on ships entering Fremantle Harbour. Return it 't Eylandt 't Rottenest ("Rats' Nest Island") after the to Perth to settle into your accommodation for some well earned rest before dinner. Sector 5: Perth ~ Dubbo Days in Yellow are the days of this particular sector. Sunday 8th ~ Monday 23rd September 2019

$5950 per person twin share $7200 single supplement Deposit: $200 per person required on booking Final Payment: Thursday 8th August 2019

Day 45/1: Tuesday 10 September 2019 BD Continue to Pemberton and your accommodation for Perth ~ Fremantle the night. After breakfast this morning, explore Perth on a city sights tour with a local guide before travelling to Day 47/3: Thursday 12 September 2019 BD Western Australia’s largest commercial port of Pemberton ~ Valley of the Giants ~ Albany Fremantle. Experience a guided tour of the Fremantle After breakfast, board your luxury Langley’s coach and Prison which is the largest and most intact convict built travel to the Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk located prison in Australia and is Western Australia’s only World in the heart of the Valley of the Giants. Experience the Heritage Listed Building. It was continuously used as a excitement of walking 40 metres high through the place of incarceration for almost 140 years. The prison canopy of the tingle forest and enjoy the majestic was decommissioned as a maximum-security gaol in views to surrounding core wilderness areas. Based on 1991. Take a tour of the Round House and imagine the the theme of the lost era of Gondwana, walk through hardships faced by convicts, prisoners and gaolers a grove of more than 400-year-old giants known as the alike. The twelve-sided building was purpose-built as a Ancient Empire. The path leads visitors to one of the gaol in 1831, 18 months after settlement of Fremantle most popular of the gnarled veterans, known as and was used until 1886 to house locals who broke the Grandma Tingle, or the Gatekeeper. Continue to law. The tunnel below the Round House was built by Albany to check into your accommodation for the the Fremantle Whaling Company in 1837 to allow the next two nights. company easy access between Fremantle town and Bathers Beach. A dropping time ball and sound signal were erected at the Round House in 1900 and was used each day at 1 pm to signal the correct time to navigators on ships entering Fremantle Harbour. Return to Perth to settle into your accommodation for some well earned rest before dinner.

Day 46/2: Wednesday 11 September 2019 BD Perth ~ Busselton ~ Pemberton Leaving Perth, travel to the coastal town of Busselton to view the longest wooden jetty in the world, stretching almost 2 km out to sea. Sit back and relax Day 48/4: Friday 13 September 2019 BD while the Jetty Train takes you on a 1.7-kilometre Albany journey across the calm, clear waters of Geographe Today, a local guide will board the Langley’s coach to Bay to visit the Underwater Observatory at the end of take you on an exploration of this beautiful city before the Jetty. Experienced guides lead you through the travelling to the Historic Whaling Station to explore an natural wonders that lie beneath the Jetty where its intact whale processing factory and whale chasing piles create Australia’s greatest artificial reef, host to an ship. The Cheynes Beach Whaling Company was the last whaling company to cease operations in Australia, awe inspiring “forest” of vividly-coloured tropical and closing in 1978. Opening in 1980 (known then as Whale sub-tropical corals, sponges, fish and invertebrates. World), it is now home to an interactive museum on whales and whaling. Continue to the award winning National Anzac Centre which is one of Australia’s most important cultural pilgrimages. Located within Albany’s heritage listed Princess Royal Fortress, the centre overlooks the actual harbour from which over 41,000 men and woman departed Australia for the Great War. Immerse yourself in the Anzac Legend and follow personal stories through state of the art technology, multimedia and historic artefacts. Return to your accommodation for a chance to freshen up before dinner at your motel. Day 49/5: Saturday 14 September 2019 BD mining families during the early 1900s. Visit Hannans Albany ~ Esperance North Tourist Mine to experience a vibrant mix of gold Continue east today on the National Highway 1 rush history and modern-day mining. You can climb passing through and nearby the many towns in the onto a giant 793C haul truck, stand in the shovel of a region that end in ‘up’. The use of ‘up’ stems from the 994F loader, listen to Paddy Hannan tell his tale of local Aboriginals language where Up means the discovery, pan for gold and try your hand at the ‘place of’. Ongerup is place of the “Yonger” which is legendary game of “Two-Up”. Return to your the Aboriginal word for the male kangaroo, so accommodation for a chance to freshen up before Ongerup is place of the male Kangaroo. Pass through Jerramungup (place of upstanding yate trees) and dinner at your motel. pause at Ravensthorpe to view their silo art before continuing to your accommodation for the night at Day 52/8: Tuesday 17 September 2019 BD Esperance. Kalgoorlie ~ Boulder ~ Balladonia After breakfast, travel back to Norseman before turning east towards the Nullarbor Plain. Travel past Fraser Range and on to your overnight accommodation in Balladonia that takes its name from the Balladonia Station and the homestead which was built in the area after the first settlers arrived in 1879.

Day 50/6: Sunday 15 September 2019 BD Esperance ~ Norseman ~ Kalgoorlie This morning explore Esperance with a local guide before travelling north through Norseman and finally to Western Australia’s goldfields capital of Kalgoorlie to check into your accommodation for the next two nights.

Day 53/9: Wednesday 18 September 2019 BD Balladonia ~ Eucla Continuing east this morning, cross the ’90 mile straight’ pausing at Cocklebiddy before descending onto the Roe Plain at Madura. Travellers of this section of the Eyre Highway are asked to keep an eye out for oncoming aircraft as the section of the road is utilised by the Royal Flying Doctor Service as a runway. Travel towards the South Australian border to Eucla, your accommodation for the night.

Day 54/10: Thursday 19 September 2019 BD Eucla ~ Ceduna Passing into South Australia this morning, take in the coastal views at Bunda Cliffs before travelling to the Day 51/7: Monday 16 September 2019 BD ‘Head of the Bight’ where Southern Right Whales take Kalgoorlie ~ Boulder up 'residence' for an entire 5-month period between Today, experience a guided tour of Kalgoorlie June and October and generally remain within a 15km including a view from the top of the ‘super pit’ which is long section of coast. Continue along the Eyre one of the most spectacular vistas in Australia. Over Highway through Penong and onto your 3.5 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide, the pit is accommodation for the night at Ceduna. currently around 400 metres deep, and it will continue to expand if mining remains economically viable. Visit the Museum of the Goldfields which highlights the rich history of the Eastern Goldfields and the city’s mining heritage. Explore the largest display of the State’s collection of gold bars and nuggets, step back in time to see how prospectors searched for this precious metal and learn about the life and hardships faced by Day 55/11: Friday 20 September 2019 BLD where the ancient territories of the Wiradjuri and the Narri Narri people intersect. The Hay plain is rich and Ceduna ~ Port Pirie consequently the town of Hay thrives on the An earlier start this morning as you travel across the surrounding rural industry: some of the best merino northern section of the Eyre Peninsula, pausing at Iron sheep country in Australia; feed crops, market gardens, Knob for lunch. Continue onto the tip of Spencer Gulf grains, legumes and cattle. Continue east on the Sturt at Port Augusta before travelling on past Port Germein Highway on to your destination for the day at and finally to your accommodation for the night at Narrandera. Dinner tonight is at your motel. Port Pirie.

Day 58/14: Monday 23 September 2019 B Day 56/12: Saturday 21 September 2019 BD Narrandera ~ Dubbo ~ Home Port Pirie ~ Mildura Today is the end of this journey across almost all the This morning travel the Goyder Highway passing southern continent we call home. After travelling west through the townships of Crystal Brook, Spalding, Burra and Morgan. Pause at Renmark before heading east to east for over 4,600 kilometres you will have memories on the Sturt Highway to your destination for the day on that will stay with you for a lifetime. The vastness of the the banks of the Murray River at Mildura. Nullarbor and Hay Plains, the many small country towns and their people and of course the friendship that Day 57/13: Sunday 22 September 2019 BD comes with any Langley’s Coaches tour. Pass through Mildura ~ Narrandera West Wyalong, Forbes and Parkes before arriving back Today cross the Hay Plain that is an ancient lake bed, in Dubbo. scored by the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers and is

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We strongly recommend you to take out travel Only one medium suitcase 65cm (26 inch) long insurance to protect your tour fare. Cancellation x 45cm (18 inch) wide x 25cm (10 inch) deep Travelling Alone fees will be charged if you have to cancel your and 15 kgs (33 lbs) in weight per person with a Where a single passenger is willing to share booking with us. The following fees below will small bag to take on the coach. Luggage limit accommodation with a fellow single passenger apply, in addition to any monies already paid on for some tours is available on request, phone the company will endeavor to find another of the your behalf to our suppliers. Langley's. same gender, however if no suitable companion EXCESS LUGGAGE CANNOT BE CARRIED can be arranged, single supplement must be Domestic Tours Our coaches are fitted with overhead racks for paid. The Company otherwise accepts no 60 days and over $100 administration fee your personal effects. Clothing should be responsibility of the rooming partner and it is a 44 to 31 days 15% of total fare casual, with lighter clothing necessary for the condition of travel that the single passengers 30 to 15 days 25% of total fare tropics and warmer clothes for the southern willing to share accommodation, accept the 14 to 7 days no refund areas, especially for some nights. Bring rooming partners allocated by the Company. If If a tour has commenced, no refund of fare or swimmers, towel, hat, sunglasses, insect a passenger at any time during the tour unused portion of the tour will be refunded repellent, sensible walking shoes, warm jacket considers the rooming partner to be unsuitable Special Cancellation Fees* and an extra supply of all camera needs. the Company will, subject to availability and at additional cost to the passenger, arrange single International Tours Motels accommodation. Your comfort is important so we select the best European River Cruises. 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