TOUR OVERVIEW

This tour is the complete adventure through North and Eastern Australia. Travel from Darwin to Kakadu National Park through the open Savanna lands before relaxing in Cairns. See the Great Barrier Reef & Mission Beach. Sail a yacht in the Whitsundays and stay on a real working cattle ranch before our 4WD adventure on Moreton Island. Time to party in Byron Bay before getting back to Sydney fully relaxed.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Services of a professional tour leader.
• All transportation by private adventure vehicle
• 14 nights camping | 1 night bush camping | 6 nights budget lodging. (All camping equipment included except sleeping bag).
• Mataranka Hot Springs
• Bush Camp Experience
• Full day Cruise to Outer Barrier Reef (snorkelling included)
• Rainforest hiking
• Two nights at our Cattle Station including all meals, horse riding and motor bike riding
• Two day 4WD tour of Moreton Island includes sand boarding and transfers
• Byron Bay & lighthouse
• Sand and body boarding

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES (Paid Locally)

• Yellow Water Billabong Cruise AU$70
• Surfing Lessons AU$60
• Scuba Diving AU$70
• Whitewater Rafting AU$170
• Tandem Skydiving AU$300
• Sea Kayaking AU$125
• Mountain Biking AU$80
• Dunk Island Cruise AU$50
• Whitsunday Sailing AU$150
• Horse Riding AU$70
• Bungy Jump AU$125
• River Kayaking AU$85-100

FLEXIBLE ITINERARY

Note: The August, September & October 2008 departures will operate as per the old 2008 brochure itinerary. Please contact OzXposure for more information.

Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best night stops and highlights. However, as road conditions, weather, local restrictions and group input may vary, no two trips will ever be the same. With the help of your tour leader and fellow trekkers you may modify certain nightstops and highlights to give a truly unique experience!

• Days: 1-3 Darwin, Kakadu & Mataranka Hot Springs

We leave Darwin and Australia's Top End to explore the "World Heritage Listed" Kakadu National Park, one of Australia's most beautiful areas of wilderness. Come and explore Nourlangie Rock to see Aboriginal rock art thousands of years old before watching the sunset where the aborigines have lived for over 40,000 years or maybe take a criuse on the Yellow Water Billabong where you can spot the many crocodiles, birds, snakes, dingos and more that are abundant in Kakadu. Heading south we arrive at the tranquil Mataranka Hot Springs for a soak in the palm shaded thermal pools.
Accommodation: Camping included

• Days: 4-7 Cape Crawford, Cloncurry, Mt Surprise & Ellis Beach

The next few days will be a real outback adventure as we cross the remote landscapes of North Eastern Queensland. You'll get a real feel for the vastness and emptiness of much of Australia's interior. We set up bush camps along the way, pass through mining towns, stop at characteristic outback pubs for refreshments and at hot springs for a swim. We travel through some vastly changing landscape from river floodplains & termite mounds to sparsely vegetated hill country. Then meet Russell in Mount Surprise and interact in his unique reptile show.
Accommodation: Bush Camp & Camping included

• Days: 8-9 Cairns & Great Barrier Reef

Crossing the Atherton Table lands we'll head into Cairns where a full day on our multi-million dollar sailing boat awaits. We'll cruise to the Outer Barrier Reef where you can snorkel or dive some of the best sites and marvel at the vast array of marine life living in the most extensive reef system in the world. A day you will remember for the rest of your life.
Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Days: 10-11 Mission Beach

Mission Beach is our next destination. For those with a strong sense of adventure there is adrenaline pumping white water rafting on the Tully River or sea kayaking. Alternatively take the daily boat service out to Dunk Island and hike the rainforests looking for the elusive cassowary (similat to an emu) or even muster the courage to go tandem sky-diving.. For a more leisurely day simply lounge on Mission Beach and work on your suntan.
Accommodation: Camping included

• Days: 12-13 Airlie Beach

Our next stop is Airlie Beach, from where you can access the beautiful paradise that is the Whitsunday Islands and some of the most picturesque sailing in the world. The choice today is yours. Choose between a full day on a fast Maxi sailing yacht, take a cruise to a millionaire's resort, catch a launch to discover the underwater observatory, sky-dive, jet-ski or just lie by the pool! In the evening you can check out a live band & the local nightlife.
Accommodation: Camping included

• Days: 14-15 Cattle Station

Leaving the coast behind, we head for our real working cattle station for a taste of Australian country life. Try horseback riding, join a 4WD tour of the station or maybe even grab a farm motorbikes and help out with the day to day chores on this 2,600 acre property and enjoy some traditional Australian country hospitality.
Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Days: 16-18 Sunshine Coast, Wynnum & Moreton Island

Picking up our 4WD vehicle we take a barge out to Moreton Island, where the world's highest sand dunes await you. With miles of deserted white beaches and inland forests dotted with crystal clear lakes, this is the highlight of the trip for many. We'll hike some of the trails, visit the Tangalooma Wrecks and maybe view dolphins, fish or pods of whales in season. You can also explore the shipwrecks and swim in the Blue Lagoon - a naturally formed "perched lake." As good as Fraser Island without the crowds.
Accommodation:
Sunshine Coast & Wynnum: Camping included
Moreton Island: Budget lodging included

• Days: 19-20 Byron Bay

Back on the mainland we head South for a look at the Gold Coast. Take a surfing lesson at Byron Bay where you can view Australia's most easterly point and light-house. You might spot some dolphins playing in the surf or a whale if the season is right. Enjoy a band & a beer tonight in this alternative lifestyle town.
Accommodation:Camping included

• Days: 21-22 Coffs Harbour & Sydney

Our last night is spent at the picturesque coastal town of Coffs Harbour before arriving back into Sydney in the early evening on our last day.
Accommodation: Budget lodging included

Tour ends at approx 17:00 - 18:00 hrs in Sydney on day 22

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