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Trip Style:Short Break Adventures (what does this mean?)

Price: Prices from CAD$2060 Twin and CAD$2220 Single Prices from USD$2060 Twin and USD$2220 Single

  $250 deposit required, remaining balance collected 60 days prior to departure.

Duration:8 days

Highlights:Experience jackaroo life at a sheep station, Take a ghoulish tour of an outback graveyard, Kayak down the Warrego River, Soak in an ancient artesian spa, Fossick for opals at Yowah, Peer through a telescope at southern stars, Meet local larrikins on a pub crawl
 

Trip Code:PAG

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Explore outback frontier towns and working stations on this jam-packed jaunt through the outback. Rich with history and buzzing with legends and larrakins, this slice of Australia is in a world of its own. Get your hands dirty shearing sheep, throw a fishing line into the Warrego River or kick back under a shady coolabah tree and enjoy the tranquillity of the outback. Soak in an artesian spa and get a telescopic tour of the outback sky's constellations. From bush bashing on a sheep station to a pub crawl with the locals - this tour's more Aussie than a redback on a dunny seat.

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Duration 8 days
 

Tour Code PAG
 

Physical Rating You are required to carry your pack on and off trains and buses, up hotel steps, etc. Your itinerary may include easy paced walks or bike rides, but these are on mainly flat ground.
 

Culture Shock Rating Expect to rough it every now and again, whether it's very simple group-share accommodation at a homestay, a packed public bus where you are forced to stand, the odd cold shower or an encounter with a squat toilet.
 

Meals Included 5 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 5 Dinners
 

Accommodation Motel (2 nts), bush cabins (2 nts), shearers quarters (shared facilities 1 nt), overnight train (2 nts)
 

Transportation Overnight train, coach, minibus, walking
 

Trip Style Short Break Adventures
 

Group Size Minimum 1 passenger
 

Departure Departure is guaranteed
 

Budget Allow AUD $100 for meals not included.
 

Validity 01/01/2009 to 31/12/2009
 

Departs Selected Thu from Mar to Oct
 

Important Notes This tour will be joining a group for days 2 to 7 in the Cunnamulla area. Please note group size may be up to 16.

Tour finishes on arrival at Brisbane station on Day 8



Special departures. The following departures include visits to the following local festivals and events:

13 - 20 Nov 2008 & 12 - 19 Nov 2009 Cunnamulla Fella Festival. Featuring a country music festival and bush rodeo.



9 - 16 April 2009 Noorama Bush Picnic Horseracing Carnival



7 - 14 May 2009 "Music In The Mulga" Country Music Festival



 

Day 1 BrisbaneEnjoy an icy-cold beer by the Brisbane River and perhaps wander through the arts precinct on its south bank. Board the train at dusk, bound for the outback.
 

Days 2-3 CunnamullaTravel through open, sheep-speckled plains to Cunnamulla, a riverside pioneering town. Make like a Queenslander with a game of barefoot lawn bowls, beer and a barbecue. When night falls, get spooked with a tour of the town graveyard. Explore the calm Warrego River's waters in a kayak, have a crack at some fishing or simply listen to the chorus of birds while lazing on the riverbanks. Feast on Aussie tucker by the campfire and look to the skies with a telescopic tour of the outback's heavenly bodies.
 

Days 4-5 Charlotte PlainsNavigate a swing bridge at Rocky Station. Slip into an artesian spa for a relaxing soak. Have a go at making a traditional bush bread (damper) and billy tea. Check out the 27000 hectare Charlotte Plains station on a tour with the 3rd generation graziers Reid and Robyn.
 

Day 6 EuloAfter brunch in the bush, visit Lover's Leap. Fossick for an opal at Yowah, then get the loot cut to perfection. Peruse some local outback art, visit a date farm and indulge in some date wine and a mud bath, then share a beer and a yarn with the locals at the pub. Make sure to get the story on Isabel, the Eulo Queen.
 

Days 7-8 Cunnamulla/BrisbaneAfter getting the John Dory (story) about the Cunnamulla airport, bid farewell to new friends and board the train back to Brisbane.
 

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