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$459
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| Duration: | 11 days |
| Departure Date: | 05 July, 2010
19 July, 2010 |
| Journey: | Alice Springs to Uluru, Uluru to Alice Springs |
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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
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$427
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| Duration: | 14 days |
| Departure Date: | 18 June 2010 |
| Journey: | Adelaide to Alice Springs |
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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
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$441
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| Duration: | 17 days |
| Departure Date: | 19 Jan, 2010
09 Feb, 2010
01 Dec, 2010 |
| Journey: | Launceston (round trip) |
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Treat yourself to a diverse range of premium nature-based experiences at:
- Cradle Mountain
- Freycinet Peninsula and Wineglass Bay
- Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers
- Bay of Fires, and
- fascinating Tasmanian Devil sanctuaries
Explore the very finest of UNESCO world heritage wilderness environments, during your 17 day Tasmanian Wilderness Tour - a 2.5 week holiday experience likely to top all others.
You will visit:
- remote alpine country
- pristine beaches and dramatic seascapes
- spending extended periods in the Cradle Mountain National Park, Freycinet National Park and the Tasman National Park
Here is the island state:
- steeped in unique settler history and a proud sense of community
- and scenery which continues to inspire the fine art of wilderness photography, like no other in Australia.
The tour is also available in 8 and 9 day sections as detailed.
Discounts apply to this tour, for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings.
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$439
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| Duration: | 15 days |
| Departure Date: | 19 April 2010
18 October 2010 |
| Journey: | Brisbane (round trip) |
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Your lasting take home impression will be of Australia's diverse scenic wonders and natural history - all in the one journey to Carnarvon, New England and Girraween National Parks.
The world heritage icons of the Barrier Reef, Lady Musgrave Island and Fraser Island complete an extraordinary mix of land and seascapes rarely achieved in the one Australian holiday.
Your 15 day Original Australia Tour promises a classic and comprehensive insight into a wide variety of Australian landforms and travel experiences:
- from Fraser Island 4wd Tours along tropical beaches, by towering cliffs of multi-coloured sands and giant forests
- to a one day sea journey to Lady Musgrave Island, snorkeling through the coral gardens and marine creatures of the Great Barrier Reef
- a window into the life and legends of the Australian outback
- towering gorges and canyons of the palm filled oasis of Carnarvon Gorge
- grand granite monoliths of Girraween National Park waiting to be explored
- world heritage Gondwana Rainforests of New England National Park, dating back 150 million years
- and an infusion of wonderful guided walking options separated by relaxed and informative travel days.
Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings
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$420
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| Duration: | 7 days |
| Departure Date: | 4 Oct, 2010
8 Nov, 2010
or by request |
| Journey: | Brisbane (round trip) |
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Your Australia world heritage tour visits the finest world heritage sites and ancient Australian rainforests of Gondwana times.
Find yourself immersed in the iconic landscapes of the New England, the grand monoliths of the Granite Belt and the scenic region of Natural Bridge.
If your available holiday time is limited and you wish to explore the evolution of Australia dating back 200 million years, this Australia world heritage tour, commencing in Brisbane, is an ideal short journey for you.
In a scenic 7 day tour, you'll visit
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Cool temperate and sub-tropical Australian rainforests of Gondwana times, ranging through to Snow Gum habitats
- The last retreat of primitive Antarctic Beech Trees up to 2000 yrs old
You will stand on the rim of ancient lava flows overlooking an untracked
wilderness stretching 75 kms from a high point on the Great Divide to
the Pacific Ocean
Listen to the captivating calls and mimicry of the Superb Lyrebirds
You will also travel through the Big River Country and Rainbow Country of the NSW North Coast to overnight in Byron Bay, Australia's most easterly landmark.
All in a tour, seasonally suitable all year.
Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings.
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$405
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| Duration: | 10 days |
| Departure Date: | 5 June 2010 |
| Journey: | Adelaide to Brisbane, Brisbane to Adelaide |
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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.
Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings
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$406
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| Duration: | 13 days |
| Departure Date: | 12 July, 2010 |
| Journey: | Longreach to Brisbane |
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Discover the vivid contrast between Outback Queensland, Carnarvon Gorge and Lady Musgrave Island in tours departing from Longreach and Winton in the legendary heartland.
Enjoy the added adventure of a small group day trip to the Great Barrier Reef and 4wd beach safari style Fraser Island tours.
Your Outback to Reef journey is full of unique experiences. Follow the Tropic of Capricorn from the outback to the Queensland Coral Coast, a leisure based journey concluding 13 days later in Brisbane.
- Embrace an ancient world of Dinosaurs
- The legends, the folklore and people of outback Queensland
- Choose from a few walking options in the towering gorges and iconic landscape of Carnarvon National Park.
Discover the startling contrast between:
- the vast open plains, sandstone highlands and bushman’s heritage of outback Queensland and
- the coral gardens, marine life, pristine lakes and giant forests of tropical islands with their abundant bird and wildlife.
Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings
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$441
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| Duration: | 13 days |
| Departure Date: | 03 Mar, 2010
30 Aug, 2010
17 Sep, 2010 |
| Journey: | Brisbane to Sydney, Sydney to Brisbane |
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"You don't have to travel far to experience some of the best scenery and natural habitats of Australia".
Conveniently accessed NSW east coast tours conducted between Sydney and Brisbane, these 13 day Great Divide Tours offer you:
- a complete contrast to the outback perception of Australia
- lush world heritage Gondwana rainforests in national parks dotted along the Great Dividing Range – Australia’s most “influential” land form.
- wonderful serene walks in the wild, including the Greater Blue Mountains
- blended insights into early history, the Hunter Valley and wealthy pastoral dynasties
- inspirational visits to dramatic escarpments and gorges, waterfalls and granite strewn landscapes of giant monoliths, balancing boulders and tors
- fascinating insights into the evolution of Australia
- plus the bonus of a day visit to the iconic world heritage Fraser Island.
Discounts apply to this tour for Early Bird, Small Group and Loyalty bookings
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$480
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| Duration: | 4 days or 5 days |
| Departure Date: | By arrangement |
| Journey: | Brisbane (round trip) |
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Enjoy short break luxury tours from Brisbane, to experience a different place and space, your genuine retreat style journey deep into the world heritage Border Ranges and Scenic Rim regions along the QLD / NSW border, overlooking Mount Warning.
In just a couple of hours drive from Brisbane, you will delight in
- the comfort and serenity of your bed and breakfast accommodation or wilderness lodge
- experience a complete change of focus
- blend healthy activity and culinary delights with some natural wilderness pampering, and
- replace the TV and mobile phone with moments of quiet reflection
Your rewards will be pristine environments and distractions that inspire beautiful thought and relaxation.
All the homely comforts, style and ethos of a Nature-Bound tour are retained as you immerse yourself in
- unique landscapes and world heritage wilderness environments
- adjusting to the colours, sounds and aromas of the Australian bush
- refresh in the clear mountain air 1000m above sea level
- revitalised by space, the mellowed shades of dawn and dusk
- the absence of urban urgency and rush.
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