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14 DAYS
CORNER COUNTRY EXPLORER
Innamincka Sandhills
Medium level of
fitness required
TOUR LONGREACH 3
HIGHLIGHTS Simpson
Mount Hope Station Tour Desert NP
& Camp Oven Dinner
Birdsville 1 Windorah
Roma Big Rig Visit
Roma Saleyards Tour
2 Roma
Charleville 1 1
Cosmos Centre Big Sky
Twilight Session
Meet the Bilby Experience 1
Innamincka
Innamincka 2 1 BRISBANE
Cunnamulla Fella Centre
Eulo Artesian Springs
Thargomindah
Cameron QUEENSLAND
Exclusive Thargomindah Corner NEW SOUTH WALES
Sunset Drinks & Dinner 1 Tibooburra
under the stars
Historic Noccundra Hotel
Cameron Corner &
Strzelecki Desert the story of the Eulo Artesian Mud Baths.
Day 1 | TUESDAY | BRISBANE
Cooper Creek Cruise Travel to Thargomindah to tour the historic
Arrive in Brisbane and check-in to your
Old Thargomindah Hospital, and discover
Burke & Wills Dig Tree accommodation early afternoon. At the
the town’s electrical street lighting story.
Birdsville Hotel and Welcome Dinner tonight, meet fellow
Enjoy exclusive sunset drinks at the historic
Big Red Sunset travellers. Hear all about the adventures
bore followed by a delicious hot pot and
Inland Hospital and Royal ahead with a comprehensive tour
damper dinner under the stars.
Hotel Ruins orientation by your Savannah Guides
Operator driver and host. Overnight Oasis Motel or Explorers
Birdsville Racetrack and Caravan Park Cabins, Thargomindah
Birdsville Billabong Overnight Royal on the Park, Brisbane
Betoota Ghost Town and
Deon’s Lookout Day 2 | WEDNESDAY | ROMA
We will travel north-west from Brisbane Day 5 | SATURDAY | TIBOOBURRA
Windorah Sandhills at Travel south-west across the Dingo Barrier
Sunset to the Garden City of Toowoomba for
a nostalgic morning tea at the Historic Fence to historic Noccundra Hotel. Cross
Stonehenge private the border at Warri Gate into outback New
property Tour & Pub Lunch
Railway Station. Continue along the
Adventure Way to Chinchilla, home of South Wales. View the eastern sections of
Australian Stockman’s Hall the Chinchilla Melon Festival and Miles, the Sturt National Park. Traverse gibber
of Fame Entry & Show plains and spectacular ‘jump up’ country to
a vibrant rural township. Arrive in Roma,
Qantas Founders Museum the heart of beef country and visit the Tibooburra. The striking granite boulders
& Airpark Tour Big Rig. Late afternoon, join a tour of around Tibooburra are said to be remnants
Drover’s Sunset Cruise Mount Hope, a working cattle station. of a mass underground granite dome
including Smithy’s Enjoy sunset nibbles and drinks followed dating back around 410 million years.
Outback Dinner & Show by a delicious two-course camp oven Explore the National Park Interpretive
dinner under the stars. Centre and Court House Museum.
Overnight Roma Explorers Inn, Roma Overnight Granites Motel, Tibooburra
Day 3 | THURSDAY | CHARLEVILLE Day 6 | SUNDAY | INNAMINCKA
Visit Roma Saleyards, the largest cattle Travel through Sturt National Park to
selling facility in Australia. On your Cameron Corner where the boundary
guided tour you’ll learn the day-to-day lines of the states of Queensland, South
processes of the saleyards and have the Australia and New South Wales meet.
opportunity to watch the cattle sales See the Strzelecki Desert, characterised
in action. Travel to Charleville for a tour by extensive red dune fields. Pass by
and lunch at the historic Corones Hotel. large cattle stations then travel through
This afternoon we meet the rare and the heart of the oil and gas fields to
endangered Bilby at the Bilby Experience. Innamincka, on the banks of Cooper Creek.
Learn more about this native marsupial Learn the important role played by the
and the long-running captive breeding Australian Inland Mission in providing
and conservation program. Discover the essential medical services to remote towns.
wonders of the magical outback night sky 2 nights Innamincka Hotel, Innamincka
at the mesmerising Cosmos Centre Big
Sky Twilight Session.
Overnight Mulga Country Motor Inn, Day 7 | MONDAY | INNAMINCKA
Charleville Retrace the last days of Burke & Wills
and hear about the town with two lives.
Day 4 | FRIDAY | THARGOMINDAH Visit the historic Burke & Wills Dig Tree
Follow the Warrego River to Cunnamulla, then take your seat aboard the eco-
and visit the Cunnamulla Fella Centre, home certified sunset cruise on the Cooper
to the art gallery and Artesian Time Tunnel. Creek. Take in the stunning birdlife and
Discover the quaint township of Eulo, hear spot the occasional inquisitive animal on
Channel Country Birdlife
tales of Isabel ‘The Eulo Queen’ and learn the banks.
14 DAYS
CORNER COUNTRY EXPLORER
Cooper Creek
Day 8 | TUESDAY | BIRDSVILLE
Follow the Strzelecki Desert through flood
plains, sand dunes and gibber country. See
the historic woolshed on Cordillo Downs
Station; once one of the largest pastoral
properties in the country. Further north
we’ll pass the crumbling ruins of Cadelga
Outstation as we travel to Birdsville through
some of Australia’s richest cattle country.
Tonight have a yarn with the locals and enjoy
Birdsville Hotel a dinner at the famous Birdsville Hotel.
2 nights Birdsville Hotel, Birdsville
INCLUSIONS
Day 9 | WEDNESDAY | BIRDSVILLE
All en suite accommodation
This morning visit the Wirrarri Centre to
Travel by luxury 4WD coach Brisbane to Longreach view work by local Indigenous artists. Next
Touring with Savannah Guides Operator driver & host take a stroll to the Birdsville Billabong
All meals (13 buffet breakfasts; 12 lunches; 13 dinners) where birdlife, fish and yabbies abound.
All entries/activities as per itinerary Stand on the well known Birdsville
Longreach accommodation departure transfer to Longreach Airport Racetrack and explore the Inland Hospital
or Railway Station and Royal Hotel ruins; poignant reminders
of a pre-federation metropolis. Tonight
we’ll toast the glorious outback sunset
from Big Red, a 40 metre high sand dune
on the edge of the Simpson Desert.
Day 10 | THURSDAY | WINDORAH
Travel on to the ghost town of Betoota,
once a Cobb & Co changing station. Stand
atop Deon’s Lookout with its amazing
view of the Diamantina Shire. We arrive
in Windorah on the Cooper Creek where
the Thomson and Barcoo Rivers merge.
Explore Windorah in the heart of the
Channel Country with its majestic red sand
dune landscapes. Late afternoon, we’ll
drive out to Windorah’s red sandhills for a
spectacular sunset.
Overnight Cooper Cabins or Western Star
Hotel, Windorah
Tarpot’s Cottage, Windorah
The Dig Tree Cooper Creek Cruise
early years. Step inside the 747 and 707
Day 11 | FRIDAY | LONGREACH
Jets on an interpretive Airpark Tour. 2021 DEPARTURES
Follow the Cooper Creek floodplain to
Enjoy free time in downtown Longreach 20 Apr; 22 Jun; 27 Jul; 31 Aug
Jundah on the banks of the Thomson
River. At the picturesque Swanvale followed by lunch. Relax with some free
Lookout we’ll be joined by a local station time then join the Drover’s Sunset Cruise
owner for a personal tour of his property on the beautiful Thomson River. Unwind
followed by lunch at the Stonehenge with onboard nibbles whilst watching a 2022 ITINERARY
Hotel. See the unusual Address Book at magnificent outback sunset. Enjoy live Use the QR code below to view the up to
Stonehenge where visitors sign their town entertainment and a two-course camp date itinerary for 2022 or visit our website.
names in stone! We arrive in Longreach oven themed dinner under the stars at
late afternoon. Smithy’s Outback Dinner & Show.
3 nights Albert Park Motor Inn, Longreach
Day 13 | SUNDAY | LONGREACH
Day 12 | SATURDAY | LONGREACH Enjoy a relaxed morning with some free
Wander the interactive displays of the time at your accommodation. Explore the
Qantas Founders Museum to discover five themed galleries at the Australian
the real Qantas story. Hear the inspiring Stockman’s Hall of Fame. Then, take your
human stories of our national airline’s
seat at the Outback Stockman’s Show.
This exciting show of horsemanship 2022 DEPARTURES
showcases the traditional Australian 10, 24 May; 26 Jul; 16 Aug
Stockman skills that are still used today.
Day 14 | MONDAY
Your Outback Queensland adventure 2022 EARLY
comes to an end after breakfast with a EMU DEALS!
complimentary transfer to your homeward Book by 31 July 2021
bound connections. The journey may and travel at 2021 prices.
have ended, but the memories will last
Bilby Experience, Charleville
a lifetime.
2021 TOURS 2022 TOURS
CORNER COUNTRY EXPLORER
Twin Share Single Twin Share Single
14 Day Brisbane – Longreach $7249pp $ 8449pp $7449pp $ 8599pp
15 Day Brisbane – Brisbane* $7608*pp $ 8808*pp $7808*pp $ 8958*pp
one way overnight rail
*Price includes one way First Class overnight rail on the Spirit of the Outback based on Aust. Govt. Senior Card holder fares. Please ask for other fare types and flight packages.
Subject to availability.
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