Tour Dates: TBA
This tour is designed to take in the sights of South West Queensland and Eastern South Australia as we visit the Simpson Desert, Strzelecki Desert, Gammon and the Flinders Ranges as well as the Innamincka Reserve.
Starting at Birdsville, we travel to Big Red, Poeppels Corner, join up with the French Track and then traverse the many Sand Dunes to Purni Bore, before a much awaited swim in the Springs of Dalhousie.
Refreshed, we head down to Oodnadatta visiting many of the Old Ghan railways sights along the way and over to our next stop at Arckaringa in the Painted Desert.
Leaving the awesome colors of the desert, we continue into the Opal Mining area of Coober Pedy via the picturesque Breakaways and the historical Dog Fence.
After Coober Pedy we stop at the tiny town of William Creek which introduces the tour to the Lake Eyre region and the start of the “Kidman” story. Imagine the challenges our early settlers faced to get established in this region.
From William Creek we travel to Marree, Coward Springs and Parachilna before making our way down to the famous Wilpena Pound in the southern section of the Flinders Ranges.
Leaving the scenic Wilpena Pound, we start the next leg of the tour and visit the mining area of Blimman. While in these areas we will endeavor to do as many of the 4wd tracks as possible, seeing gorges, mines and picturesque creeks and rivers.
From Blimman our next stop over will be at Arkaroola to take in the breath-taking sites of the Northern Flinders Ranges.
On our last days we travel to Innamincka before making our way to St. George, where sadly our tour must end.
The Flinders Ranges & Simpson Desert Tour runs from April 20th to May 7th 2009.
Cost: $85 per Person per Day, Fully Catered (Children prices on request). Conditions do apply.
