TOUR INCLUDES flight to Sydney, all accommodation (with two 2 night stays), all luxury coach travel, all meals & all entries as per itinerary. SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $830 HIGHLIGHTS • Visit Bourke, Cunnamulla, Charleville and Barcaldine to Longreach • Explore the “Stockman’s Hall of Fame” • Relive Waltzing Matilda in Winton • Have a drink at Kynuna Blue Heeler Pub and Crocodile Dundee’s Walkabout Creek Hotel • Explore Mt Isa and the giant Xstrata mine • Experience remote Camooweal, Barkley and Tennant Creek • Wander through the Devil Marbles • Two nights in Alice Springs • Tour the Western McDonnells, Simpsons Gap, Standley Chasm • Explore Kings Canyon and Uluru (Ayers Rock) • Walk through Kata Tjuta’s Olga Gorge • Travel to the head of the Oodnadatta Track at Marla • Coober Pedy, town and mine tour • Experience the Woomera Space Park and Roxby Downs Township • Exclusive tour of BHP Olympic Dam Uranium Mine • Travel through Port Augusta to Clare for a special wine tasting • Depart Adelaide on your Qantas flight to Sydney

DAY 1 | Sat 27 Sept 08 | Nyngan . . . heading to the Outback! Our tour departs from Sydney and travels west over the Blue Mountains to Bathurst and the beautiful city of Orange. Then on to Dubbo and Nyngan for our overnight stay at the Nyngan Outback Motor Inn. (D)

DAY 2 | Sun 28 Sept 08 | Charleville . . . going back o’ Bourke! On to Nyngan for a morning tea break, before making our way to Bourke. After lunch in Bourke and time to explore the history and agricultural pursuits of this fascinating river town we settle back for our drive into Western Queensland. We reach the border and the townships of Enngonia and Barringun, then Cunnamulla and on to our stay at the Mulga Country Motor Inn at Charleville. (B,L,D)

DAY 3 | Mon 29 Sept 08 | Longreach . . . teddies, Qantas and history! We travel through Tambo (home of the famous Tambo Teddies), Blackall and Barcaldine, home of the “Tree of Knowledge” (where the Labor Party was formed). Then on to Ilfracombe and Longreach with time to explore the Stockman’s Hall of Fame or the new Qantas Outback Founders Museum. Our overnight stay is at the Albert Park Motor Inn. (B,L,D)

DAY 4 | Tues 30 Sept 08 | Mt Isa . . . into the big cattle country! We continue north into the tropics to Winton (real cattle country!). Winton is about dinosaurs, opals and Waltzing Matilda; we have time to explore all its facets including Arno’s Wall (an example of recycling gone mad!). Then on to Kynuna (The Blue Heeler Pub), MacKinley (Crocodile Dundee’s Walkabout Creek Hotel) before settling down for a drive through some unique country to Cloncurry. Then on to Mt Isa, passing the site of the Mary Kathleen uranium mine. Tonight we stay at the All Seasons Verona Hotel. (B,L,D)

DAY 5 | Wed 1 Oct 08 | Tennant Creek . . . the mighty Xstrata project! After breakfast, we explore Mt Isa and the mighty MIM-Xstrata project, and after some free time set off west. We pass through Camooweal and into the Northern Territory. On to Tennant Creek for our overnight stay at the Bluestone Motor Inn. (B,D)

DAY 6 | Thurs 2 Oct 08 | Alice Springs . . . a town like Alice! Leaving Tennant Creek, we continue down the Stuart Highway to the Devil’s Marbles for our early morning exploration of these mystical formations. They are reputedly the eggs of the Rainbow Serpent and the colours will amaze you. Then, on through Barrow Creek to Alice Springs. We do the tourist bit with a quick tour of the Alice after lunch and then settle into our accommodation at the Aurora Alice Springs Hotel on Todd Mall. (B,D)

DAY 7 | Fri 3 Oct 08 | Alice Springs . . . doing the tourist bit! We explore some of the many attractions of this great inland city. Visiting Connellan Airways, Namatjira’a grave and Twin Ghost Gums in the Western MacDonnell’s as well as Simpson’s Gap and Standley Chasm. The afternoon is free to shop and explore before we meet again for our special Aussie dinner at the Red Ochre Restaurant with its fabulous bush foods. (B,D)

DAY 8 | Sat 4 Oct 08 | Erldunda . . . exploring Kings Canyon! We depart early for our trip south along the Stuart Highway to Erldunda, Mt Ebeneeza Station en route to Kings Canyon. You’ll have a chance to “walk the rim” or stroll up the canyon before we travel on to Erldunda for our overnight stay at the Erldunda Desert Oaks Resort. (B,L,D)

DAY 9 | Sun 5 Oct 08 | Erldunda . . . spiritual Uluru & Kata Tjuta! We travel to Mt Connor and Uluru today. We make our way to Uluru (Ayers Rock) in time to climb or walk the base. The choice is yours. Yea! We came, we saw, we conquered!. During the afternoon we visit the Uluru-Tjuta Cultural Centre and the Yulara township lunch before we head off to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) for a canyon walk in the cool of the afternoon. Upon our return we watch the tourists at Sunset Strip, as the colour of the Rock change with the setting sun. Here you’ll be treated to our own Black Tie champagne service. We have dinner at the Outback Pioneer Hotel Aussie BBQ, before settling down for our late return to Erldunda Desert Oaks. (B,L,D)

DAY 10 | Mon 6 Oct 08 | Coober Pedy . . . the painted desert and opals! Off to Coober Pedy, through Kulgera and across the gibber plains to Marla (the start of the Oodnadatta Track) for lunch. There may be an opportunity to travel off the beaten track into the beautiful Breakaways, then across the 4720 km Dog Fence to Coober Pedy. At Coober Pedy we stay at The Opal Inn Motel and are taken on a fabulous town tour including visits to an underground church, home and opal mine, then a chance to watch an opal cutting demonstration, and, of course make any necessary purchases. (B,L,D)

DAY 11 | Tues 7 Oct 08 | Roxby Downs . . . Woomera and Rockets! Across the gibber plains to Glendambo and then on to Woomera. This community has everything except a growing population. You’ll be able to follow aspects of Australia’s involvement in the space race of the 1960’s and 70’s as you explore Space Park. Or perhaps a game of ten pin bowling in Australia’s most remote bowling alley; there is much to see and do. Then it’s off to Roxby Downs and our stay at the Roxby Downs Motor Inn where we “hit the pool” before dinner. (B,L,D)

DAY 12 | Wed 8 Oct 08 | Clare Valley . . gold, copper and uranium! This morning we depart on a special tour of the Olympic Dam mine where uranium, gold and copper are found together. This massive mine is the largest uranium producer in the world. Then, it’s on to Clare for a special wine tasting and our overnight stay at the Clare Motor Inn. (B,L,D)

DAY 13 | Thurs 9 Oct 08 | Sydney . . . homeward bound! This morning we travel through Adelaide for our Qantas flight from Adelaide to Sydney. (B,L)

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