all inclusive pp / twin share
Single Supplement AUD$613.00.
Special Discounts apply to this tour.
Early Bird price reverts to the Regular Price 6 months prior to each tour departure date.
Immerse yourself in Indigenous occupation and culture, inland exploration, once bustling river ports, world heritage parks and pastoral station life.
Travel the back roads through 170 years of settlement. Discover the real Australia beyond the “Back of Bourke”, the woolsheds and homesteads of historic pastoral stations and dynasties. Be better informed of the present day Murray-Darling environmental issues in an era of climate change.
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Picture yourself, strolling alone on the grand banks of the Darling River, with majestic River Red Gums and prolific birdlife enriching your experience.
Departing from Brisbane, we identify the brooks and river tributaries of the greater Darling River Basin, the environmental dependence of communities and nature on the sacred resource of water
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable but modest country motel ensuite rooms
Meals
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea and lunch
Motel restaurant dinner
Travel
Driving: 542 kms in 4 relaxed stages over the full day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops
A day of awareness and reality as we pass through Kamilaroi lands and outback towns at the face of Aboriginal cultural issues and needs. Time to reflect on the skills applied to fishing 40,000 years ago and family “virtues we may profitably imitate”
Features
Accommodation
Heritage style en-suite rooms at country motel - 2 nights
Meals
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea and Lunch
Local hotel restaurant dinner
Travel
Driving: 423 kms in 4 relaxed stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops
Poet Henry Lawson could not cope with the land to which he had been despatched and the town hasn’t forgiven him since, but acclaimed eye specialist Fred Hollows requested he be rested there in the “closest place to a real Australia”
Features
Accommodation
Heritage style en-suite rooms at country motel
Meals
Local hotel or cafe breakfast
Packed tailgate lunch by locals
Local hotel restaurant dinner
Travel
Driving: 150 kms of random local travel throughout the day
Walking: Roaming at feature stops plus 2 kms return on flat track to view rock art gallery
Where pubs were built for river traffic and paddle steamers ruled the waterway, the Louth “Shindy’s Inn” has survived. Nearby, sheep stations wrapped in history are now “harvesting” wild goats and sophisticated travellers
Features
Accommodation
Quality en-suite rooms at country town motel
Meals
Local hotel or cafe breakfast
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea
Country hotel counter lunch
Dinner at motel restaurant
Travel
Driving: 228 kms in 3 relaxed stages on back roads throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops
The insensitive government treatment of people with cultural and language differences is obvious but the old port town of Wilcannia still shines with its grand sandstone buildings and the call of the Darling continues
Features
Accommodation
Comfortable but modest ensuite rooms at country motel
Meals
Motel restaurant breakfast
Tailgate M/Tea, A/Tea
Tailgate packed picnic lunch by locals
Travel
Driving: 472 kms outback travel in 4 stages on both highway and bush roads Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops plus 3 kms return walk on flat trail to view rock art gallery
Become infected by the magnificence of outback endeavour so connected to nature, the challenges of isolation and seasons. The energy and spirit of very special country people keen to share their life and love of the land with you, despite the everyday challenges. Arrive as a stranger and leave as a friend.
Features
Accommodation
Ensuite rooms at historic pastoral station homestead
Meals
Continental room service breakfast
Tailgate M/Tea
Homestead lunch on arrival
Homestead dinner or BBQ
Travel
Driving: 43 kms nominal local access bush tracks
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops and 2.3 kms / 1.5 to 2 hr short walk in Kinchega National Park
Journey into the homeland of Aboriginal people who have lived here for millennia, a place of ancient culture and archaeological treasures. Where trackways of human footprints 20,000 yrs old have been found and climate change (not a new phenomenon) has shaped the land since the last ice age.
Features
Accommodation
Quality ensuite cabins at luxury outback lodge
Meals
Homestead breakfast
Village cafe M/Tea
Restaurant lunch at outback lodge on arrival
Tailgate A/Tea
Dinner at lodge restaurant
Travel
Driving: 231 kms in 3 stages on back roads to Mungo National Park
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops and short guided walks (flat) at Mungo National Park
Edging away from the dry outback and bound for the irrigated food bowl of Australia, time to study the unique Mallee trees and sandy country with the mighty Murray River looming near, searching for its confluence with the Darling.
Features
Accommodation
Ensuite rooms at regional motel
Meals
Lodge restaurant breakfast
Tailgate M/Tea
Cafe lunch and A/Tea
Town restaurant dinner
Travel
Driving: 175 kms in 3 stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops
When two great rivers meet the “personality” of one inevitably dominates. The Darling now serves the Murray and irrigation has brought enterprise and prosperity to some, while others jump aboard the houseboat or paddle boat experience.
Features
Accommodation
Ensuite rooms at town motel
Meals
Continental breakfast to room
Tailgate or cafe M/Tea
Restaurant or winery garden lunch
Cafe A/Tea
Motel restaurant dinner
Travel
Driving: 344 kms in 3 relaxed sealed road stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops
Today you complete your “source to sea” journey recalling the brooks visited on day one, the solitude and tranquility of the Darling River bank your heart now “owns” and one last experience, the excitement of an exhilarating power boat ride on the southern sea.
Features
Accommodation
Tour completed - ensuite motel rooms at tour base available - tour guest’s option and cost
Meals
Motel restaurant breakfast
Random M/Tea and seaside cafe lunch
Tour concluded - Tour base motel has a restaurant for dinner if desired - tour guest’s option and cost
Travel
Driving: 224 kms in 2 stages throughout the day
Walking: Relaxed roaming at feature stops (plus boat trip)
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