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Guided Walking and Sightseeing

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AN AUSTRALIAN SAFARI - AUSTRALIA 2009

The sands of Fraser Island, a private beach on the Great Barrier Reef, the remote gorges of the Great Dividing Range and the outback itself; a range of spectacular landscapes filled with the unique animal, bird and plant life which makes a visit to this beautifully rugged continent so special. 

2009 Dates:  Apr 19 - 15 nights     Oct 18 - 15 nights 

2009 Prices:      3499.00 GBP    (High Season)  See brochure for all prices.                      Prices are per person for 15 nights based on double occupancy without airfare.                 Single rooms not offered.  

Guided Walks: The average length of a day's walking will be about 5-6 miles with a range from 2 to 12 miles.  Ascents are easy, the greatest being 1,200 ft on Day 5 with many walks on the flat.

Hotels:  We stay in comfortable motor inns, luxury safari style tent/cabins at Carnavon Gorge and park lodges. All accommodations are en-suite. Included: 15 nights accommodation in  twin-bedded en-suite rooms. All meals from lunch on day two to lunch on day of  departure.  Services of a local tour conductor and walking guide.  Walks, sightseeing, entrance fees and travel by air-conditioned tour coach.
Itinerary:
 
Day 1: Brisbane – 1 night
Meet in the sub-tropical city with its relaxed riverside lifestyle.

Days 2 - 3: Noosa – 2 nights
Travel north to Noosa for walks in the Glass House Mountains. We also take a full day 4WD beach safari on the world's largest sand bar, Fraser island, a World Heritage Site with its multi-coloured sands and unusual land formations.

Days 4 - 5:  2 nights
Travel up to the beautiful Queensland coast to the spot where Captain Cook first set foot on Queensland soil, and stay at Agnes Water (2 nights) our base to explore the Great Barrier Reef.  We travel by catamaran to the secluded paradise bay of Lady Musgrave Island, where we can snorkel and go out in glass bottom boats to see an amazing array of tropical fish as well as turtles, rays and maybe dolphins and walk on white coral sand.

Days 6 - 8: Carnarvon Gorge National Park – 3 nights
We journey into the outback, past plains with kangaroos and emus, to the Carnarvon Gorge National Park (3 nights), its towering sandstone walls bursting with geological history and extensive ancient Aboriginal rock art.  We'll  explore the main gorge and canyons, with their "living fossils" chattering parrots and haunting side gorges with evocative names like "Hellhole Gorge", Cathedral Cave" and "Moss Gardens".

Day 9: St George – 1 night
Journey through the pioneering country of the outback to St. George (1 night).

Days 10 - 12: Girraween – 3 nights
Continue to the Girraween National Park where we will be greeted by mobs of kangaroos and wallabies in their natural environment. We spend two days enjoying another of inland Australia's ancient landscapes, with walks on steep-sided, heath-laden granite hills and large angular tors. We climb to the summit of Bald Rock, the largest granite monolith in the Southern Hemisphere which towers above the surrounding bushland.

Day 13: Armidale – 2 nights
We head for historic Armidale, taking time to visit Tenterfield, birthplace of the nation and Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.

Day 14: Wollomombi Falls
We walk to Wollomombi Falls, and enter the wilderness expanse of World Heritage listed New England National Park, featuring every habitat from sub-tropical rain forest to high country snow gums.

Day 15: Byron Bay – 1 night
Head to Australia's most easterly point at Byron Bay where we take a sunset walk along one of its celebrated beaches and dine on the waterfront.

Day 16: To Brisbane
Return to Brisbane via the renowned Gold Coast.
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