Australia camping expeditions, adventure safaris for seniors

Impressions

2009 - 2010 EXPEDITIONS

JOURNEY TO THE "CORNER COUNTRY"

BIG RIVERS EXPEDITION (2010) AND

LAKE EYRE AND BEYOND EXPEDITION (2010)

"CORNER COUNTRY" EXPEDITION

Australia is internationally acclaimed for its remote frontier landscapes, home to epic stories of challenge and endeavour, success and disappointment which gave rise to the spirit and character of its outback people, where legendary feats of exploration, settlement, enterprise and adventure are played out even to this day. Join our frontier expeditions, soft adventures into the remote regions of Australia, typically suited to a wide range of special interest groups, Seniors or Over 50's, educational study groups, social travel clubs and individual adventurers.

Despite the challenges and rigors of the outback, there is a growing desire by people to explore the bush, to savour the colours, the feelings and moods of endless horizons and space, unbelievable sunsets leading to star filled skies by night, the inspirational meeting with an adventure traveller when least expected, the heritage of rural stations bigger than some nations and curious isolated pubs or villages that are literally as small and remote as that dot on the map.Then there are the "salt of the earth" characters who carve out a living in a remote existence with curious humour and abundant goodwill.

"Come savour the sense of infinity."

14 days / 13 nights

Departing from and concluding in Brisbane.

2009 March 25 to April 7

August 8 to 21

2010 March 19 to April 1

August 7 to 20

Inclusions:

4WD transport and naturalist guides,

best available remote accommodation ranging from quaint village pubs to outback station workers cottages and shearers quarters,

hearty country meals at regional cafes and pubs, homesteads and bush picnics,

all national park and essential entries

Tour highlights:

Legendary explorer pathways of Thomas Mitchell, Ludwig Leichhardt, Charles Sturt and Burke & Wills.
14 days of memorable contact with "salt of the earth" Australian bush characters in their remote outback settings.
Discover the epic challenges and accounts of European attempted settlement and taming of the landscape.
Quirky remote villages, ghost towns, and "local watering holes" - the bush pubs
The Tibooburra, Innamincka and Birdsville Pubs - etched in outback folklore.
Remote border crossings and Dingo barrier fences, the longest man made structure on earth.
Remote and colourful arid landscapes that inspired internationally acclaimed artists.
Indigenous trade routes of displaced desert tribes and clans.
Historic endeavours of Afghan Camaleers and their camel trains, of shearers and gold diggers chasing a living or fortune.
Ruins and remains of heritage pastoral outstations and woolsheds
Outback institutions born to overcome the tyranny of distance - School of the Air and Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Mesas, wetlands and sands of the Sturt National Park
The rolling, rippling red sand ridges of the Simpson and Strzelecki Deserts
Big Red, the highest red sand ridge in the heart of Australia.
A cattle duffers escape route - the Strzelecki Track
Day and overnight visitations to million acre properties, personally hosted by their owners - abundant bush hospitality in absolute isolation.
Historic holdings and shelters of cattle barons
Properties larger than some nations.
Iconic waterways and parched, flood prone channel country awaiting the next big wet.
The Dig Tree, memorial to Australia's most ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition
Vast inland space and expansive star filled, evening skies
An uncanny silence and calm
Warm days and cold nights - the desert temperature scale.
Habitats to unique inland wildlife, dominated by our largest raptor the Wedge-tailed Eagle and the Big Red Kangaroo
A spirit and folklore, an emotion, only realised by simply being there.

(Tours and arrangements subject to variation, in response to conditions and circumstances applying at the time - minimum of 8 maximum of 12 guests)

Expressions of interest for full tour details and price "email today" or click to "Price on Application"

BIG RIVERS EXPEDITION (New in 2009 - fully booked)

Expressions of interest now invited for 2010

10 Days Brisbane to Adelaide scheduled May 6 to 15.

Be early to secure your reservation - small group of 8 to 12 only, fully accommodated and inclusive.

Tracing the great inland waterways through the Murray-Darling Basin along with remote outback station stays and a memorable visit to Mungo National Park where the pre-history of mankind and evidence of Australia's oldest inhabitants was re-written by the shifting sands of time. A journey steeped in Aboriginal and river trade history now over-layed by controversial land management, environmental and water resource debate. An insight into incredible pastoral and river history, lonely towns, station properties and outposts. Waterways stretching 3,300 kms from source to sea, across Australia.

Email or phone today - go to "Contact" page or click here.

LAKE EYRE AND BEYOND EXPEDITION

(New in 2009 - fully booked)

Expressions of interest now invited for 2010.

16 incredible days Adelaide to Alice Springs scheduled May 19 to June 3.

Be early to secure your reservation - small group of 8 to 12 only, fully accommodated and inclusive.

One of those memorable journeys of a lifetime, taking in the picturesque Clare Valley vineyards, the Flinders Ranges and historic outposts like Marree at the foot of the Birdsville Track, William Creek, Oodnadatta and Coober Pedy the opal and underground lifestyle centre of Australia. We visit the iconic Lake Eyre from various sides and the air (optional), cross the painted desert, follow Aboriginal and explorer history along lines of mounded springs to the western extremities of the Simpson Desert, Dalhousie Springs, the ancient Finke River, the very centre point of Australia. Also included are the icons of Central Australia, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Curtain Springs/Mt Connor, Kings Canyon and the gaps and contorted features of the ancient West Macdonnell Ranges.

Email or phone today - go to "Contact" page or click here.

OUR EXPEDITIONS ARE ALSO IDEAL FOR SMALL GROUPS OF FRIENDS AND EXTENDED MATURE AGE FAMILIES SEEKING TO EXPERIENCE THE VERY ESSENCE AND SPIRIT OF INLAND AUSTRALIA.

OTHER PROPOSED EXPEDITIONS - departures to be announced.

2010 - 2012

There are three other core Nature Bound Australia, Frontier Expeditions of 14 and 15 days duration, available only to groups of people specifically seeking to explore the off the beaten tracks and outback features between Brisbane and Alice Springs, the desert and Kimberley tracks from Alice Springs to Broome and the Savannah lands across the Gulf of Carpentaria from Darwin to Cairns.

These are mixed camping and accommodated expeditions, with quality home-style camp cooking,

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

Special interest groups and individuals numbering a minimum of 12 per tour

EXPEDITION SELECTION - One journey to operate / per year

May departure each year with overflow bookings to a July departure

BRISBANE TO ALICE SPRINGS VIA

*Outback Queensland * The great Channel Country *Birdsville * "Big Red" - highest sand ridge in the Simpson Desert * Birdsville Track * The Diamantina * Coolabah creeks * "Dead Man's Sandhill" * Sturt Stony Desert * Great Artesian bores * The Cooper * Cannuwaukaninna Bore and wetlands * The 5400km Dog Fence; world's longest man made barrier * Maree, the Ghan town * Oodnadatta Track * Mulka Gibber Plain * The old Ghan rail route * Lake Eyre; 9700 sqkms * Curdimurka siding; site of the great outback ball, under the stars * Lake Cadibarrawirracanna; Australia's longest place name * Kidman's Anna Creek Cattle Station 30,000 sq kms; worlds largest pastoral lease * Underground world of Coober Pedy * "White fellows hole in the ground" * Commonwealth Hill; worlds largest sheep station 10,567sq kms * The Castle (Mesa) Mad Max III and Priscilla movies * Lambert's geographic centre of Australia * Uluru - Kata Tjuita (Ayres Rock; The Olgas) * Watarrka NP; Kings Canyon * Hermannsburg Mission * Albert Namatjira Country.

14 DAYS; 13 nights
DEPARTS - Brisbane - scheduling by arrangement.
CONCLUDES - Alice Springs
PRICE - to be advised
To register your tentative interest, email today.

ALICE SPRINGS TO BROOME VIA

* The Kimberley * Central Desert - Tanami Track * Yuendumu community * Rabbit Flat * 240,000 water birds of Lake Gregory (seasonal) * Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater * Kidman's Station * Purnululu NP - Bungle Bungle Ranges * Emma Gorge * El Questro Station * Pentecost and Durack Rivers * Gibb River * Heart of the Kimberley gorges and remote frontier stations * Bradshaw and Wandjina rock art * Cockburn, King Leopold and Napier Ranges * Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek * Ancient fossilised Reefs * Derby on King Sound * Optional extra - Buccaneer Archipelago from the air - Talbot Bay and Horizontal Waterfall * The wonders of Broome.

15 DAYS; 14 nights
DEPARTS; Alice Springs - scheduling by arrangement
CONCLUDES - Broome (possible reverse journey Broome to Alice Springs to follow)
PRICE - to be advised
To register your tentative interest, email today.

DARWIN TO CAIRNS VIA THE GULF AND SAVANNAH LANDS

* Litchfield NP * Nitmiluk NP; Katherine Gorge * Mataranka; Elsey NP * Warloch Ponds; "We of the Never Never" * Roper River and highway * Limmen NP * Borroloola; McArthur River * Bing Bong; Gulf of Carpentaria * Hell's Gate * Nicholson River * Kingfisher Camp * Lawn Hill NP and gorge * Gregory Downs * Burketown * Leichhardt Falls * Normanton; Karumba * Gulflander to Croydon * Georgetown * Undara Volcanic NP; Lava Tubes * National Parks of Atherton Tablelands * Hypipamee NP Crater * Hasties Swamp

14 DAYS; 13 nights
DEPARTS; Darwin - scheduling by arrangement.
CONCLUDES; Cairns
PRICE - to be advised
To register your tentative interest, email today.

GETTING THERE

Regular daily domestic flights service Brisbane, Alice Springs and Darwin to commence your journey.

INCLUSIONS

To be advised with price in due course and specific to individual expeditions.

EXCLUSIONS

Free time and personal costs. Optional activities elected by participants and not part of our guided journey. Personal travel insurances. Pre and post travel arrangements. Australian departure taxes. Food and beverages additional to those provided.

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT HIRE

Camping gear available for hire for the tour duration. Details to be advised in dur course, specific to each tour.
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MAKing A RESERVATION

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