4WD Tour from Broken Hill via Tibooburra, Milparinka, Cameron Corner, Moomba, Innamincka & Burke & Wills Dig Tree
Explore in the footsteps of Burke & Wills (visit the Dig Tree) this remote and fascinating area around the junction of the NSW, QLD & SA borders. Travel through giant sheep & cattle stations from 100 years ago, witness the Moomba oil fields & mighty Cooper Creek at Innamincka. Stand at the famous Cameron Corner,and stay overnight at the “corner store”.
PELICANS COOPER CREEK INNAMINCKA - Corner Country Tour
Discover ancient Aboriginal rock art sites and hear the tales of the great Cattle drives as we travel the Strzelecki Track – pioneered by Captain Starlight as he stole 1000 cattle from Queensland QLD in 1870. Later, Sidney Kidman & Co and many others made their fortunes on the track pioneered by Starlight. March 12-15, 2012 – Ask about other dates
Join small private groups for 4WD Wilderness Tours & walks on the Wild Side
See the best of Tasmanian wilderness including Freycinet National Park, Wineglass Bay, Huon Valley, Tarkine Forests (overnight & wild walk), Styx River & Valley walk, Cradle Mountain (walk), Port Arthur, Hobart, Macquarie Harbour, Gordon, Franklin & King Rivers, West Coast Wilderness Railway, Burnie, Stanley & “The Nut”
February 26 – March 4 & March 18-25, 2012 – from Launceston (or Sydney or Melbourne options)
* New 8 Day Tasmanian Wilderness Tour
* Lake Eyre
* Outback Australia Tours & Flights News * KARIONG / GOSFORD “EGYPTIAN” ROCK ART – See Feb 18 IMPORTANT MEETING & DETAILS
* January & February onwards – Flights over flooding Menindee Lakes, Darling River & Lake Eyre - Ask for details
* LAKE EYRE TOURS & FLIGHTS – the region looks like flooding again with 19 year old rainfall records broken in the Cooper Creek catchment. This water will take a few months to reach Lake Eyre, but local rains will keep the Cooper Creek wetlands lush. http://www.spiritsafaris.com/lake_eyre_tours_flights.htm
* March 5-10 or 11– DARLING RIVER, MACQUARIE MARSHES, BOURKE & BROKEN HILL – (then optional Womadelaide Festival in Adelaide) – Explore these Outback NSW Rivers and Wetland highlights. Now teaming with life after rejuvenating floods. Includes 2 nights at the Willie Retreat to explore Macquarie Marshes NP, “Back O’ Bourke”, Gundabooka National Park, and 2 magical nights as we travel the banks of Australia’s longest, the Darling River, before Kinchega National Park and Menindee Lakes and 1 or 2 nights in Broken Hill. Return by train or plane, or optionally continue with us to Adelaide for optional Womadelaide Festival Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne. – BOOKING FAST – MENINDEE LAKES ARE BOOMING ! http://spiritsafaris.com/DarlingRiverMacquarieMarshesBourkeBrokenHilltours.htm
* April 6-9 – Easter – WILPENA POUND & LAKE EYRE TOURS & FLIGHTS from Adelaide to Adelaide – 4 days/3 nights tour – includes lake shore visit and walk by 4WD, wetlands birds area, see the Old Ghan Railway, Tom Kruse “Outback Mailman” from “Back of Beyond” mail truck & history, Oodnadatta Track, Birdsville Track, Marree, Leigh Creek, Copley, Lake Eyre National Park, Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound, Wilpena Pound flight and optional walk. Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne http://www.spiritsafaris.com/lake_eyre_tours_flights.htm
“Within this region there is evidence through Aboriginal engravings, formations and paintings of boats meant to navigate open seas, astronomical constructions, an array of ancient Egyptian symbols and a multitude of artstyles and techniques. So numerous and out-of-region are the styles found we have previously referred to this region being the Stone-age equivalent of Alexandria. Such is the quantity, quality and diversity of extremelyimportant sacred sites, there is no other option but to protect and treasure the sites and surrounding land. The entire area, in particular the Kariong / Bambara region, is of international significance. More importantly, what is engraved into rock platforms, constructed and painted in cave-walls goes a long way towards justifying the belief held by Aboriginal Elders and custodians of lore, that they are not related to ancient Africans and always came from Australia, that they were the first intercontinental mariners, the first Homo sapiens and that “all other peoples of the world come from us.” This is not a new interpretation of history but the most ancient and factual account that has ever existed. Find out some of the reasons why this land is so special and so important in fleshing out a much bigger picture of the history of not only Australia but the world.” Steven Strong
* $500 per person Savings for Earlybird tour bookers ends January 15 – this Sunday !
Its true, You’ll Never Never know if you Never Never go. – see All Tours
* At last the 2012 tour brochure is loaded with latest dates & new tours.
* TASSY TOUR detail now on the web – and intersting Tassy Tiger sighting story
* The ILLAWARRA FOLK FESTIVAL of world music is on this weekend - FREE tent & bed on our site for 1st bookers – call me on 0417244600
* New Rock Art initiative – Protect Australia’s Spirit backed by Jack Thompson – See our Rock Art Tours to Burrup (Dampier), Kimberley, Kariong, West Head, Ewangina, Victoria & Keep River sites + more
* More Corner Country, Tibooburra, Lake Mungo Tours to come to see the flooding Cooper & Darling Rivers – see CC below
If you’re in to it, we’d love you to Like us on Facebook – see the link at page base.
Latest Tours Summary – includes acommodated or camping or a combination of options are available on most tours, which include -
* January onwards – Flights overMenindee Lakes, Darling River & Lake Eyre - sk for details
* March 5-10 or 11– DARLING RIVER, MACQUARIE MARSHES, BOURKE & BROKEN HILL – (then optional Womadelaide Festival in Adelaide) – Explore these Outback NSW Rivers and Wetland highlights. Now teaming with life after rejuvenating floods. Includes 2 nights at the Willie Retreat to explore Macquarie Marshes NP, “Back O’ Bourke”, Gundabooka National Park, and 2 magical nights as we travel the banks of Australia’s longest, the Darling River, before Kinchega National Park and Menindee Lakes and 1 or 2 nights in Broken Hill. Return by train or plane, or optionally continue with us to Adelaide for optional Womadelaide Festival Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne. - BOOKING FAST – MENINDEE LAKES ARE BOOMING ! http://spiritsafaris.com/DarlingRiverMacquarieMarshesBourkeBrokenHilltours.htm
* April 6-9 – Easter – WILPENA POUND & LAKE EYRE TOURS & FLIGHTS from Adelaide to Adelaide – 4 days/3 nights tour – includes lake shore visit and walk by 4WD, wetlands birds area, see the Old Ghan Railway, Tom Kruse “Outback Mailman” from “Back of Beyond” mail truck & history, Oodnadatta Track, Birdsville Track, Marree, Leigh Creek, Copley, Lake Eyre National Park, Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound, Wilpena Pound flight and optional walk. Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne http://www.spiritsafaris.com/lake_eyre_tours_flights.htm
* April 26-May 3 – CORNER COUNTRY, MOOMBA, ARKAROOLA, INNAMINCKA, BIRDSVILLE TRACK & LAKE EYRE – From Broken Hill or Adelaide to Birdsville, Cooper Creek, Lake Eyre via Coongie Lake wetlands & Sturt National Parks, Outback NSW towns Tibooburra, Moomba, Innamincka, Birdsville, Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Lake Eyre (flight included), Flinders Ranges to Broken Hill. Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne. Ask for details or see link http://spiritsafaris.com/CornerCountryBirdsvilleTrackLakeEyretours.htm
* HEARTLANDS JOURNEYS – ALICE SPRINGS TO AYERS ROCK / ULURU TOUR via MacDonnell Ranges & Mereenie Loop Track with Palm Valley, Kings Canyon, Gosse Bluff – 5 or 8 days http://www.spiritsafaris.com/uluru_macdonnell_ranges_mereenie_loop_tours5.htm * CAIRNS TO / FROM DARWIN VIA LOST CITY & SAVANNAH WAY July 29-August 5, 2012 – Reverse – August 12-19 – Tours includes Katherine Gorge, Mataranka Hot Springs and “We of the Never Never” homestead Daly Waters, Cape Crawford, Lost City, Borroloola, Riversleigh Dinosaur Fossil Fields, Lawn Hill National Park, Adel’s Grove, Bourke & Wills Roadhouse, Normanton, Cobbold Gorge, Undara Lava Tubes. http://www.spiritsafaris.com/savannah_way_lost_city_cairns_darwin_tour.htm * CAPE YORK 4WD EXPLORER TOUR with Thursday Island & cruise, Weipa, Daintree Cooktown, Lakefield National park, Daintree Rainforest, Quinkan Rock Art from Cairns Tour http://www.spiritsafaris.com/Cape-York-Thursday-Island-Daintree-Rock-Art-Cairns-Tour.htm
* ECLIPSE 2012 TOURS – Witness the awesome SOLAR ECLIPSE under the shadow of the sun November 14 from Cairns or tour from Darwin, Alice Springs via Mt Isa to Cairns, then Cairns Eclipse events http://spiritsafaris.com/Eclipse2012AustralianTours.htm
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‘A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest…a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.’ – Albert Einstein
MERRY CHRISTMAS, a Cool Yule and a VERY big THANK YOU to our customers booking with us this year.
May this special time be releasing, relaxing and revitalizing for you – as you reap the rewards of the summer season, and we move into the exciting year of 2102.
Photos I took from this years tours are posted at Flickr – This is so you can easily share with friends from the website – at www.flickr.com/photos/spirit-safaris/
If you don’t see yours let me know as I think a few may not have made it yet.
We’ve got a great year ahead in 2012 with NEW TOURS destinations and formats. Accommodated or camping or a combination of options are available on most tours, which include -
* LAKE EYRE TOURS & FLIGHTS – the region looks like flooding again with 19 year old rainfall records broken in the Cooper Creek catchment. This water will take a few months to reach Lake Eyre, but local rains will keep the Cooper Creek wetlands lush. http://www.spiritsafaris.com/lake_eyre_tours_flights.htm
* March 5-10 or 11– DARLING RIVER, MACQUARIE MARSHES, BOURKE & BROKEN HILL – (then optional Womadelaide Festival in Adelaide) – Explore these Outback NSW Rivers and Wetland highlights. Now teaming with life after rejuvenating floods. Includes 2 nights at the Willie Retreat to explore Macquarie Marshes NP, “Back O’ Bourke”, Gundabooka National Park, and 2 magical nights as we travel the banks of Australia’s longest, the Darling River, before Kinchega National Park and Menindee Lakes and 1 or 2 nights in Broken Hill. Return by train or plane, or optionally continue with us to Adelaide for optional Womadelaide Festival Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne. http://spiritsafaris.com/DarlingRiverMacquarieMarshesBourkeBrokenHilltours.htm
* April 6-9 – Easter – WILPENA POUND & LAKE EYRE TOURS & FLIGHTS from Adelaide to Adelaide – 4 days/3 nights tour – includes lake shore visit and walk by 4WD, wetlands birds area, see the Old Ghan Railway, Tom Kruse “Outback Mailman” from “Back of Beyond” mail truck & history, Oodnadatta Track, Birdsville Track, Marree, Leigh Creek, Copley, Lake Eyre National Park, Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound, Wilpena Pound flight and optional walk. Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne http://www.spiritsafaris.com/lake_eyre_tours_flights.htm
* April 26-May 3 – CORNER COUNTRY, MOOMBA, ARKAROOLA, INNAMINCKA, BIRDSVILLE TRACK & LAKE EYRE – From Broken Hill or Adelaide to Birdsville, Cooper Creek, Lake Eyre via Coongie Lake wetlands & Sturt National Parks, Outback NSW towns Tibooburra, Moomba, Innamincka, Birdsville, Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Lake Eyre (flight included), Flinders Ranges to Broken Hill. Connection options to Sydney, Broken Hill or Melbourne. Ask for details or see link http://spiritsafaris.com/CornerCountryBirdsvilleTrackLakeEyretours.htm
* CAIRNS TO / FROM DARWIN VIA LOST CITY & SAVANNAH WAY July 29-August 5, 2012 – Reverse – August 12-19 – Tours includes Katherine Gorge, Mataranka Hot Springs and “We of the Never Never” homestead Daly Waters, Cape Crawford, Lost City, Borroloola, Riversleigh Dinosaur Fossil Fields, Lawn Hill National Park, Adel’s Grove, Bourke & Wills Roadhouse, Normanton, Cobbold Gorge, Undara Lava Tubes. http://www.spiritsafaris.com/savannah_way_lost_city_cairns_darwin_tour.htm
* ECLIPSE 2012 TOURS – Witness the awesome SOLAR ECLIPSE under the shadow of the sun November 14 from Cairns or tour from Darwin, Alice Springs via Mt Isa to Cairns, then Cairns Eclipse events http://spiritsafaris.com/Eclipse2012AustralianTours.htm
SAVE up to $600 per person
BIG SAVINGS on 2012 Tours are available to you as a past traveller, and EARLYBIRD ie
You get $500 off per person for bookings made for 2012 before January 15 (extended from December 31) . These discounts apply to tours over 8 days, excluding Corner Country.
To make it easy, All Tours are listed and linked from http://www.spiritsafaris.com/tours.htm
Note Brochures may not show correct details yet – a few more days needed
We have GIFT VOUCHERS available too for the festive season
Hoping to see you soon on or off tour,
Many thanks, have fun and All the Best for 2012 from
Richard and Lynne, Adrian, Jim and the Team
Spirit Safaris
PS – Your feedback on any aspect of your travels is appreciated, and hopefully you can join us on a future journey.
Its not even the wet season yet but recent heavy rains in South Western Queensland have exceeded 19 year records – and more rains keep coming !!
It will take about 3-4 months for these refreshing new rainwaters to flood down the Cooper Creek through the best wetland conditions for decades to Lake Eyre.
Lake Eyre Tours & Flights in 2012
Join the Lake Eyre specialists, Spirit Safaris on a breathtaking wilderness adventure, combining a spectacular scenic one and a half or two hour flight over the amazing wilderness area of Lake Eyre and the prolific wetlands. Our tours include a 4WD journey to the Lake Eyre shore and a walk amongst the incredble variety of wetland birdlife.
including Charles Darwin Walk in the Blue Mountains from Sydney Australia
Imagine … a day of Fun, Adventure and Learning…experiencing the natural wonders and wildlife of the Australian bush, at high energy sacred sites. Discover the Mountain Magic with spectacular Wollomi and Blue Mountains Australia World Heritage National Parks, canyon walks, Three Sisters, Echo Point. Optional to ride Scenic Railway. Learn of the Wollomi Pine (The Dinosaur Tree), Bushfires, Aboriginal culture and much more.
Connect with the wonder of 35,000 birds breeding in these revitalized Macquarie Marshes. Tour from Sydney (or reverse from Broken Hill or Adelaide), via Macquarie Marshes NP, Back O’ Bourke, Gundabooka National Park, and the banks of Australia’s longest, the Darling River, plus Kinchega National Park and Menindee Lakes. Sydney to Broken Hill. Return by train or plane, or continue to Adelaide for Lake Eyre.
Two tours only -
March 5-11 From Sydney to Broken Hill or Adelaide -
Lake Eyre Tours & Flights – With the hotter & dryer summer months approaching, the best time to experience a tour or flight and see Lake Eyre with a walk in the wetlands and shore is now. The season is ending soon and will close in a month or two, depending on weather conditions. Best book that once in lifetime experience now.
