all inclusive pp / twin share
Single Supplement AUD$832
Special Discounts apply to this tour
Early Bird Price reverts to the Regular Price 6 months prior to this specific tour departure date
Immerse yourself in explorer, Afghan Cameleer and pioneer history in this personally enlightening Corner Country, Australia outback tour.
Visit the Sturt National Park, legendary Cooper Creek and Channel Country, Burke and Wills Dig Tree, the remote outposts of Birdsville and Innamincka, the Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Simpson Desert and “Big Red”. Experience a “land of infinity” where the three States, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia are all "just around the corner". An immersive tour in which to discover the real Australia.
Maximum 7 guests
Satisfy your frontier curiosity without forgoing your creature comforts. Cherish the natural wonders only the Corner Country with its intriguing wild rivers and unique deserts can present. To discover the Corner is to discover the authentic Australian outback.
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From our Guests:
"We thank you for an experience that far exceeded our expectations, which were already high anyway as a result of our many communications over the past couple of years.
Your meticulous planning and the seamless operation of the finest details of every day's activities were truly remarkable.
That, combined with your encyclopaedic knowledge of the geography, geology, botany, fauna, history, people and more, of the vast region encompassed by your Corner Country tour provided an experience the like of which we've not previously encountered in our 30 years of travelling.
Your attentive interactions with each guest individually throughout the tour to ensure we had a worthwhile journey was much appreciated.
Hopefully circumstances will conspire to enable us to join you both again for another tour at some future time."
Graham and Pat
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Picture yourself, standing alone on a million acre property, gazing at the vast horizon and curvature of the earth. A chance in a lifetime to immerse yourself in the Corner Country, a genuine Australian outback experience.
Your tour commences with comfortable highway travel, due west toward the outback, through Queensland’s fertile Western Downs where landscapes and service towns are rich in productivity. We’ll recall many explorers, settler and natural history events.
Quality country motel with ensuite rooms
Travelling further into the outback you’ll start to sense the feeling of remoteness which governs people’s lives and connects them with country and small communities.
Comfortable country motel with ensuite rooms
Continental Breakfast to room
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea, Lunch
Evening dinner at motel restaurant
Driving: 485kms in 4 relaxed stages throughout the day
Walking: Roaming at travel breaks and features. 2 kms evening stroll along the Bulloo River Trail
Vast horizons, far reaching outback roads and pastoral legends await you as we head for the isolated outpost of Noccundra, then south to cross the border into New South Wales and the most remote town of Tibooburra.
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable country motel with ensuite rooms - 3 nights
Meals
Travel
An informative and emotional day visiting the 1844 expedition trials of Charles Sturt, the amazing circumstances he faced at Depot Glen on Preservation Creek. Later, we enter the Sturt National Park to witness the impacts of pastoral activity on an arid landscape over 100 years
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable country motel with ensuite rooms
Meals
Travel
A relaxed early morning walk in Dead Horse Gully for some birding or mindfulness; a visit to the National Park Display Centre and Old Courthouse Museum will precede a loop drive through back roads of the Sturt National Park and a return for sunset celebrations
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable country motel with ensuite rooms
Meals
Cooked breakfast at roadhouse restaurant
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea, Lunch
Dinner at country hotel restaurant
Travel
Driving: 150 kms enjoyed in 3 relaxed stages throughout the day
Walking: Roaming at travel breaks, features and serendipity moments
Today we start early with a toasted treat for a novel desert breakfast. We take a sandy back road through red dune country to the official Cameron Corner. After lunch we cross 100 or more sand ridges and travel the Strzelecki Desert tracks to the outpost of Innamincka.
Features
Accommodation
A quality isolated hotel / motel with ensuite rooms - for 3 nights
Meals
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea,
Counter lunch at isolated outpost address
Dinner at country hotel restaurant
Travel
Driving: 447kms in 4 relaxed stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at travel breaks, features and serendipity moments
The Burke and Wills Expedition story is firmly etched in Australia’s history so today we visit the key sites and story telling which will bring realism to the 1861 events that took place along the reaches of the serene wilderness of Cooper Creek.
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable hotel / motel with ensuite rooms
Meals
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea,
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at remote hotel restaurant
Travel
Driving: Nominal local access throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at travel breaks and features
Not always possible given seasonal circumstances, but this day is dedicated to visiting Coongie Lakes, an internationally acclaimed Ramsar Wetlands Site.
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable hotel / motel with ensuite rooms
Meals
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea, Lunch
Breakfast, dinner at remote hotel restaurant
Travel
Driving: 212kms in two stages throughout the day on a track varying in conditions
Walking: Relaxed roaming at travel breaks and features plus birding along the edge of the lakes and wetlands
Prepare for a memorable but longer 7 to 8 hr drive through the Sturt Stony desert from Innamincka to Birdsville, a truly outback experience where the rare passing of another car becomes a significant event
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable remote hotel / motel with ensuite rooms - 2 nights
Meals
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea, Lunch
Breakfast, dinner at remote hotel restaurant
Travel
Driving: 418 kms at relaxed pace in 4 stages throughout the day
Walking: Roaming at travel breaks, features and serendipity moments
Today you’ll enjoy many of the features that have made Birdsville a desirable outback destination in Queensland.
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable remote hotel / motel with ensuite rooms
Meals
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea
Remote hotel restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Travel
Driving: Nominal local access throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at features plus a short 20min climb up the Big Red desert sand ridge/dune
Today we travel across the unique Channel Country to the town of Windorah where the Thomson and outer Barcoo rivers flood into Cooper Creek and you immerse yourself in some Australian folklore oddities along the way.
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable country motel/hotel with ensuite rooms and cabins
Meals
Hotel restaurant breakfast,
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea, Lunch
Informal community BBQ dinner at remote hotel
Travel
Driving: 386 kms in 4 stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at travel breaks, features and serendipity moments
This morning you’ll travel way back in time to the dinosaur era on the edge of a struggling town, before heading to the "boulder opal capital" town of Quilpie.
Features
Accommodation
Country motel with ensuite facilities
Meals
Continental breakfast to room
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea
Counter lunch at remote heritage hotel
Motel BBQ or Buffet style meal
Travel
Driving: 313 kms in 2 stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at travel breaks and features
Today we start returning from the outback with insights into tiny villages and larger service centres, then a tour celebration night in Roma
Features
Accommodation
Quality regional motel with ensuite rooms
Meals
Motel buffet breakfast
Tail gate M/Tea, A/Tea
Country cafe alfresco lunch
Quality motel restaurant dinner
Travel
Driving: 540 kms in 3 relaxed stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at travel breaks, features and serendipity moments
Today we return along the Warrego Highway retracing our path to Brisbane with comfort stops along the way.
Features
Time to reflect on a fascinating journey into an area of Australia most city folk have never heard of and sadly will never experience. A journey good for the soul, of vastness, isolation, to witness bird and wildlife in natural habitats, the fateful endeavours of explorers, outback characters and “salt of the earth” people.
We will keep moving along as the day unfolds in the hope of getting all guests to their departure point at a reasonable hour, early evening.
Accommodation
End of tour accommodation pre-arranged with tour guests - not included in tour
Meals
Quality motel restaurant breakfast
Tailgate or cafe M/Tea, A/Tea
Quality alfresco cottage lunch
Travel
Driving: 477 kms in 4 stages to complete the tour
Walking: Relaxed roaming at travel breaks and features
Departs | Concludes | Early Bird Offer | Regular Price | |
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24 Jul 2024 | 06 Aug 2024 | $9100 pp / twin share | $9400 pp / twin share | Book Now |
14 Aug 2024 | 27 Aug 2024 | $9100 pp / twin share | $9400 pp / twin share | Book Now |
Departs | 24 Jul 2024 |
Concludes | 06 Aug 2024 |
Early Bird Offer | $9100 pp / twin share |
Regular Price | $9400 pp / twin share |
Book Now |
Departs | 14 Aug 2024 |
Concludes | 27 Aug 2024 |
Early Bird Offer | $9100 pp / twin share |
Regular Price | $9400 pp / twin share |
Book Now |
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