Welcome to Australian 4WD & Advanced Driver Education and Outback Tours

Arguably our most popular expedition - this Tour takes us to Australia’s most famous off road destination, the ‘Tip’ of Australia, visiting wilderness areas where the terrain is challenging and our journey at times slow, as we trek north to Australia’s most famous off road destination. We cross the Daintree River, in to Cape Tribulation and on to Cooktown. Over the next eighteen days, we will visit the far northern areas of Kalpower, Cape Melville, Lakefield National Park and Chilli Beach. We will travel the Telegraph Line, journey on to Captain Billy Landing, once the port for Heathlands. Travelling onwards, visiting three spectacular crystal clear spring-fed waterfalls en route, we make our way to Punsand Bay, the most northern point of Australia. From here there is a opportunity to visit Thursday and Horn Islands. We return via past and present mining towns of Weipa and Maytown, exploring extensive rock art in its natural surroundings and travelling over cobblestone roads built by pioneers. Dates: 20 Jul - 10 Aug 2008 ~~ 14 Sept - 5 Oct 2008 19 Jul – 9 Aug 2009 ~~ 13 Sep – 4 Oct 2009

On this tour, we will take you through the ‘Centre of Australia’ as we trek north-west, discovering the town of Halls Creek, the oasis of the Kimberley region, situated on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert. Our journey continues through to the famous Bungle Bungles Range, with its amazing ‘bee-hive’-shaped sandstone domes marked with bands of black lichen. We travel to Fitzroy Crossing and then visiting Geikie Gorge to the north-east. From here we travel to Broome and the Dampier Peninsula; Cape Leveque and the Buccaneer Archipelago; onto the Gibb River Road, Tunnel Creek and the Napier Ranges; Windjana, Adcock, Bell Creek and Manning Gorges, Mitchell Falls and the Mitchell Plateau; Kalumburu, El Questro and Lake Argyle. We will experience the uniqueness of this region. The Kimberley landscape never to be forgotten. Our homeward journey compliments our time spent in the Kimberley Region and provides us with an excellent opportunity to see the wonderful landscapes of the Gulf Country, along the Savannah Way. We visit Cape Crawford which is situated at the intersection between the Carpentaria and Tablelands Highway and Normanton Established on the Norman River by William Landsborough. From here we travel onto one of the most notorious “watering holes” of Australia, made famous by Crocodile Dundee. It is at McKinlay where our journey ends. Dates: 15 June – 12 July 2008 ~~ 14 June – 11 July 2009

On this tour, we cross the entire Desert, travel through the Flinders Ranges and on the return journey drive a very different route. This provides the experience of crossing many hundreds of sand dunes, expansive saltpans and valleys. We visit the three corners, Poeppel, Cameron and Haddons. We will continue our travel via the French line taking in Lake Poeppel and onto Dalhousie Springs, a former staging post for the Afghan Camel drivers. We visit the Painted Desert via Oodnadatta. We will then venture across to Coober Pedy, William Creek (gateway to Lake Eyre), Roxbury Downs and onto Port Augusta. We will begin our return journey through the beautiful Flinders Ranges. So it’s north from here to Wilpena Pound and then onto Arkaroola, set high up in the Gammon Ranges, onto the Strzelecki Track. On our return we travel to the town of Innamincka, and visit the famous ‘Dig Tree’, site of the forward base of the Burke & Wills expedition. We will conclude our tour in South-Western Queensland near the town of Cunnamulla, via Cameron Corner where the borders of three States meet. 20 Aug – 7 Sept 2008 ~~ 16 Aug – 3 Sept 2009

Historical Outback Queensland ~ 2008 Special Disco

Historical Outback Queensland This is one of our most exciting tours visiting some of the most remote 4WD destinations and places steeped in history. Join us on this memorable trek exploring ‘outback towns & pubs’. We will be exploring some of the most remote and historical hotels that the Outback of Australia has to offer. Each Hotel has it's own story to tell – why not join us on this fully catered tour! 2008 Special Discount Offer 6 – 18 April 2008 ~~ 4 – 16 April 2009

This tour passes through the heart of the Western Australian Desert wilderness. It retraces much of the 1700klm of track surveyed back in 1906 and what was to become the worlds longest and loneliest cattle trail - so unforgiving and so harsh. On this tour we travel across the Simpson Desert to Uluru. Making our way to Wiluna, we travel the Gunbarrel Highway crossing the Gibson Desert. Our adventure will cover hundreds of kilometres, visiting the infamous watering points, and reaching Billiluna, Halls Creek and Wolfe Creek Crater. Our return journey will take us along the Tanami road into Alice Springs. We will return along the Plenty Highway via Boulia travelling to Winton, where this epic journey concludes.

This Tour is an ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’! Enriched with Australian Outback History, we follow the trails of our many explorers such as Burke and Wills, Harold Lasseter, Len Beadell, Alfred Canning, Ernest Giles, and John McDouall Stuart, to name just a few. Departing from St George, South-Western Queensland, our journey will take us through the rich gas fields of this region, the deserts of Central Australia, and the most westerly point of our continent. We will spending eight magical nights in the Desert, see Uluru at Sunset, and continue on to Giles Weather Station, a fully-operational Bureau of Meteorology observation station. We will travel the infamous Gunbarrel Highway, that stretches across two States and divides the Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts. We will drive the Canning Stock Route, visit Mt Gould lockup and the majestic Mt Augustus, then travel on to our ‘Oasis” in the sun, Carnarvon, and on to Steep Point, the most westerly point of Australia. Our return journey takes us through the Iron Ore heart of Australia, and again entering the Canning Stock Route before joining the Gary Junction Road. We will overnight in the magnificent West MacDonnell Ranges before heading to Alice Springs. We will return along the Plenty Highway via Boulia. This tour travels through some of this country’s harshest and most remote regions, but has a flexible itinerary allowing for rest days in between. Dates: 11 May – 9 June 2008~~10 May – 8 June 2009