EXPERIENCE THE GREAT OUTDOORS WITHOUT ROUGHING IT
Issue 4 : September 2007
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The cooler months of winter have seen us doing what we do best and that’s sharing our knowledge of the Australian Outback with our travelling companions. An ambitious program was established to trial full on camping trips, allowing us to take advantage of some isolated and very beautiful locations. Although successful, we have made a decision to revert back to fully accommodated outback travel, mainly because of the quality of accommodation that now exists in some key locations. This will allow us more time to pamper our guests instead of carrying out mundane and time consuming jobs that go with camping. Our most exciting news is that our brand new website is now up
and running. Information regarding individual experiences is now
a lot easier to find, and the break up of our core businesses is
more identifiable. We look forward to being a part of your next Outback Experience. |
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We trialled a new time slot for our Corner Country Experience and have now locked it into March/April of each year. The result was great weather conditions, with hardly a cloud sighted. The stable weather with little wind meant we could give some boomerang throwing lessons, as well as the usual boules over lunch. The interaction we have with the owners of the sheep and cattle stations we stay at are a big hoot with everyone and are a highlight of this outback experience. Still our favourite trip!! |
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Corner Country Experience
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The high priest in charge of weather must have known that this was our maiden camping voyage because the gauntlet was definitely thrown down! With all roads in the Strzelecki Desert region closed due to rain, we were lucky not to be detained (local knowledge helps!!). Our intrepid guests weathered the experience magnificently, and in return were treated to some unexpected accommodation enhancements. Cocktails on the edge of the Simpson Desert with the sun setting to the west was one of the many highlights of this unique experience. |
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Outback Art Experience |
By arrangement including some Saturdays |
22 March-5 April 2008
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26 April-9 May 2008
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Our Christmas parties for groups of up to 15 are on again this year. Following a couple of very successful events last year, we aren’t changing a thing!. Transport, food, wine and music all catered for, all you have to do is sit back and be naughty! With our conference work in Byron getting busy only the early birds will get the Christmas worm! Click here for more information |
No camping. Stay in remote pubs, a desert cattle station, shearers quarters on a working sheep station, visit towns such as Tibooburra (gold fields), White Cliffs (underground motel) and 3 nights in Broken Hill (Flying Doctor, Pro Hart Galleries, Living Desert, underground mine and much more!) |
No camping. Ever yearned to live your passion without the interruption
of having to deal with the small things in life? Live for a week
each on two remote sheep stations, recording the landscape and life
as you see it in the medium of your choice: pencil sketch, charcoal,
digital or film image, watercolour. This is your chance to be at
one with yourself and the unique outback landscape. More about our
Artist in Residence for ’08 next issue. |
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Flinders Ranges & Starlight Tour |
Great Outback Rumble (tag-a-long) 4wd adventure |
26 May – 8 June 2008
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12– 26 June 2008 |
23-25 July 2008
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Ballina/Brisbane to Adelaide via Birdsville and Oodnadatta Tracks No camping. Experience a region straddled by four deserts yet is
known for its prolific birdlife! Study the endangered Bilby at close
quarters and climb a shimmering red sand hill to witness the constant
battle between wind and vegetation. Soak in an artesian spa, visit
desert river systems and experience a frontier opal town. |
Adelaide to Brisbane/Ballina via the Flinders Ranges and Cooper Creek No camping. Experience one of the oldest landscapes on earth, an area of breath taking beauty, rich history and Aboriginal Dreamtime Legend. In sheer contrast, the vastness of the Strzelecki Desert and Cooper Creek country will play host as you feel the solitude experienced by some of our greatest explorers. Travel on a steam train, stay on a desert cattle station and feel the history and hardship at the Dig Tree. |
Bring your own four wheel drive and camping equipment, and experience the outback in its rawest form – camping under the stars!! See, touch and feel the icons of the outback including Corner Country, the Strzelecki and Sturt’s Stony Desert, Cooper Creek, Australia’s largest woolshed, Birdsville and the Track, visit desert river systems, the Flinders Ranges and conclude in the outback capital of Broken Hill. |
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