On the prowl

Prowling the woodland for birds and young animals, the Goanna or Lace Monitor

On the Outer Barcoo

River Gums play home to abundant wildlife along the Barcoo River

Road trains on the move

Big mobs on big rigs are on the move to better pasture across the Channel Country

Clouds of promise

Looking to the heavens for a promise of rain only to see hope blowing away

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Australian Outback Tours and Outback Holidays

Immerse yourself in the spirit of adventure, Australian outback travel in comfort and style.

Choose one of our Australian outback tours, comfortable small group 4wd coach tours into such remote and legendary places as

the Corner Country,
along the mighty Darling River and Murray River, from source to sea,
through the Flinders Ranges to Lake Eyre and painted deserts to the Red Centre.

Enjoy a unique if not exclusive opportunity to connect with the very heart and spirit of the country, like few people ever will, 4wd coach tours off the beaten track.

The journeys are perfect for Over 50s adventures, individuals or private groups of family and friends, or special interest groups seeking comfortable access to life enriching experiences.

Your lasting impressions of an Australian outback holiday will be of

vast horizons and station properties, some larger than nations,
an abundance of wildlife and colour,
extraordinary stories of remote endeavour
the warm hospitality of “down to earth” inland people.

Collectively, the tours cover such legendary outpost towns as Innamincka and Birdsville, Bourke or Oodnadatta, and regions firmly etched in the nations folklore such as the Channel Country, Corner Country, Lake Eyre, the Simpson or Strzelecki Deserts.

Icon of Central Australia the Ormiston Gorge

Other back tracks will lead you along the once mighty Darling River which served to open up the outback or through the geological grandeur of the Flinders Ranges to Lake Eyre and beyond.

Discover rows of rich red desert sand ridges, the contorted ranges and monoliths of ancient Central Australia or a lunette of shifting sands in Mungo National Park revealing the cultural connection to an ancient people, dating back 60,000 years.

These Australian outback tours will overnight in both luxury accommodation and remote villages, literally doubling the towns population.

The typical outback pub standing alone in a gibber strewn landscape is a welcoming and fascinating retreat for lunch, revealing the fun and character of self reliant local people.

Browse through our Outback and Frontier Expedition options listed below and link to full tour details from there.

Discounts apply to all these tours for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings.

Discuss any finer details of these Outback experiences, personally with us now. We welcome your enquiry online or you can telephone us on +61 7 3254 1911 or email us at tours@natureboundaustralia.com

One of our guests was inspired to write

Together with a small group of close friends, my wife and I chose Nature-Bound Australia to take us on a comfortable adventure deep into the Australian heartland to the lonely site of one of our nation’s most significant and tragic exploration events, the death of Burke and Wills.
We did this because we believe that our wilderness areas are quite unique and the history of European exploration and settlement in this arid land clearly gave birth to the pioneering spirit that is now the fabric of life in Australia.
I reckon that contact with the wilderness meets an aspiration within each one of us to rediscover our own souls. The call of the outback adds the same splendid dimension to our lives as it did for the explorers, pioneers, settlers and travellers who preceded our journey. For as long as I live, I will be in awe of our great frontier lands.
The experience will bring vital stimulation to your physical and intellectual well being as you answer the call of the wild, while enjoying a level of travel comfort and personal attention from Nature-Bound which is extraordinary in itself.

Enjoy an outback holiday and connect with the spirit of Australia. Guests roam across the Mungo Lake Dunes

Currently we have scheduled four magnificent journeys into the outback and frontier lands, contemporary expeditions of a kind, each offering unique experiences and the likelihood you will want to return again to the heartland.

“expedition” – a contemporary journey of exploration, discovery and awareness in unknown territory

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Rugged Red Heart Tour

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$459
(All inclusive)
Per day / Per person
(based on 8 people)

Duration:	11 days
Departure Date:	05 July, 2010 19 July, 2010
Journey:	Alice Springs to Uluru, Uluru to Alice Springs

Are you seeking a comprehensive Central Australia holiday tour?

immersed in ancient contorted landscapes of the Red Centre,
unique desert and arid wildlife habitats,
vivid colour, vast space and clear star filled night skies,

then your 11 day Rugged Red Heart Tour offers this and much more.

Icons of the region, Ayers Rock (Uluru), The Olgas (Kata-Tjuta), Ormiston Gorge, Rainbow Valley, Kings Canyon (Watarrka), are just some of the features included in your tour program.

We also dedicate time to visit features of both the East and West Macdonnell Ranges, Palm Valley, Desert Park and the Larapinta Trail

Gain a finer appreciation of the First Australians and an insight into the challenges and survival of an indigenous culture spanning across 2000 unbroken generations.

You will enjoy the simple pleasures of peace and silence, some great guided walks,
unique wildlife
and an abundance of photographic opportunities at every turn.

Take a day trip deep into the lands and lives of the Aboriginal desert people to complete your understanding of a remarkable culture, their songlines and rock art.

Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings

Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre and Red Centre Expedition

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$427
(All inclusive)
Per day / Per person
(based on 8 people)

Duration:	14 days
Departure Date:	18 June 2010
Journey:	Adelaide to Alice Springs

Your Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre, Red Centre outback tour is arguably one of the great Australian adventure journeys - the ultimate for 4WD enthusiasts drawn to the beauty and senses of isolation.

Nurture your spirit of adventure and discover such legendary “unreachable” destinations as Oodnadatta, Coober Pedy, the painted desert, Lake Eyre and William Creek.

A leisure journey taking you from Adelaide to Alice Springs via

the extraordinary beauty and geological showpiece of the Flinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound
you'll trace Aboriginal and Explorer pathways through Central Australia,
vist the curious mounded springs of the Great Artesian Basin,
follow desert tracks across cattle stations larger than nations
to complete your journey with the iconic Uluru, Kings Canyon and ancient contorted West Macdonnell Ranges.

Here is your chance of a lifetime to set foot on the lowest point in Australia, a truly surreal experience on the salt encrusted Lake Eyre, provider of extraordinary events in Australia's natural history .

Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings

Corner Country Expedition

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$400
(All inclusive)
Per day / Per person
(based on 8 people)

Duration:	14 days
Departure Date:	19 March 2010 7 August 2010
Journey:	Brisbane (round trip)

Corner Country tours offer the ultimate emotional experience synonymous with the vast and beautiful outback where the corners of three states, Queensland, NSW and South Australia meet.

Awaiting you are:

the legendary exploration sites of the Burke and Wills expedition, the Dig Tree and Cooper Creek
the remote outposts of Innamincka and Birdsville, etched in Australian history and folklore
a whole new world of landforms, abundant wildlife and incredibly friendly, hospitable people
Imagine million acre properties, larger than some nations, stretching beyond the horizons,
colourful deserts and glimmering gibber stones stretching across the Corner Country
endless red sand ridges sculptured by the prevailing wind,
tiny pubs and villages, home to just a handful of people
a tapestry of outback character at every turn

You will learn of incredible desert enterprise and endeavour which gave rise to the character of Australia and its people:

ghost towns and broken ruins,
pioneering legends unbelievably true,
billion dollar contemporary exploration for new energy sources
an enduring legacy of ill fated journeys by our first inland explorers seeking fame and ultimately their survival.

Here the landscapes will lead you to expansive thoughts, an emotional and reflective twist to your Australian holiday.

Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings

Big Rivers Expedition

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$405
(All inclusive)
Per day / Per person
(based on 8 people)

Duration:	10 days
Departure Date:	5 June 2010
Journey:	Adelaide to Brisbane, Brisbane to Adelaide

Darling River and Outback NSW tours offer a revealing insight into the discovery and settlement of inland Australia

enjoy a leisure journey through Outback NSW focusing back in time to Australia's great river legends
the world heritage archaeological sites of Mungo National Park
the mighty Darling River (once mooted as Australia’s Mississippi) was the life line to vast inland exploration,
to wool empires and courageous early settlement, way out the "Back of Bourke"

You'll trace sections of mighty inland waterways and tributaries, from source to sea, as they meander 3000 kms through the heart of Outback NSW - a 10 day Big Rivers Expedition from Brisbane to Adelaide.

Here is your opportunity to:

visit historic pastoral stations,
meet new age farmers practicing their revolutionary holistic lifestyle,
to be informed of the contemporary environmental issues of land and water management in one of the driest continents on earth.
to reflect on 200 paddle steamers which once traded up the rivers, inland ports and communities
to learn more of the unfortunate displacement of our First Australians.
and to partake in one of the great 4WD road journeys through Outback NSW, the Darling River Run

You’ll also visit the world heritage Mungo National Park where evidence of ancient peoples dating back 60,000 years has now been revealed by shifting sands across a spectacular lunette landscape. Here the Mungo Man and Mungo Woman were discovered.