Image courtesy of Adels Grove, Lawn Hill

Fly/Coach/Fly 8 days August 14 - 21, 2017 The diversity of this tour is certain to leave you with many happy memories. Be amazed at the varied landscapes during this week-long adventure into some of our country’s most beautiful and untouched wilderness. From Mount Isa travel through relentless landscapes to the palm filled lushness of Lawn Hill National Park and experience rugged escarpments, gorges and rocky outcrops of sheer sandstone walls up to 60 metres high. Visit Queensland’s last town, Camooweal, before crossing the border into the Northern Territory where we stay in Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. Learn about the Aboriginal culture, the contribution of drovers to the development of the nation’s cattle industry and how mining shaped the people and lives of those that reside in the heart of the Northern Territory.

FARE INCLUDES: Snr/Pen $3,696.00 per person Adult $3,727.00 per person Single Supplement available @ $540.00 extra DEPOSIT: $100 each payable within 14 days of booking. PROGRESS PAYMENT DUE: $500 each by June 5, 2017 FINAL BALANCE DUE: July 3, 2017, thank you.

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Motel Accommodation, en suite – twin share basis Taxi home pickup and return # Meals as shown Flights Traveller Refund Guarantee Entries & attractions Modern luxury tour coach with experienced Coach Captain Friendly, attentive Tour Hostess to accompany CCT travellers Single travellers wishing to twin share pay twin share price only as we will organise your accommodation with another traveller of the same gender

# This holiday offers a “door to door” service if you live in or join a tour in the greater Brisbane area, that is, anywhere from Bribie Island in the north, Ipswich & surrounds in the west to Jacobs Well in the south. Travellers living outside these areas are encouraged to contact us and ask about special arrangements to join our tours. For a complete list of what your Cross Country Tours holiday includes please refer to our current tour booklet. Luggage: Each passenger is entitled to bring a cabin-bag on board with a maximum weight of 5kg and one suitcase only, with a maximum weight of 20kg and total linear measurement (ie length + depth + width) not exceeding 150cm. Although CCT staff may handle your luggage, your suitcase and cabin bag should be of a size and weight you yourself can manage.

Cross Country Tours Pty. Ltd. 88 Hoskins St (PO BOX 357) Sandgate Q 4017 Ph. (07) 3869 7444 Fx. (07) 3869 7447 [email protected] www.crosscountrytours.com.au ABN 82 010 745 561

Please make sure you take a hat, good enclosed walking shoes and a water bottle. ITINERARY Meals as indicated B = Full Cooked Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner

Day 1 Mon Aug 14 LD A morning flight to Mount Isa will set the scene for your week long adventure into some of our country's most beautiful and untouched wilderness. Be greeted by your Coach Captain and Hostess in time for lunch before taking a guided town tour of Mount Isa, getting a local’s perspective of this famous mining town. This afternoon, visit the beautiful Lake Moondarra before settling into the Ibis Styles Verona, Mount Isa (Ph 07 4743 3024) for our overnight stay. After dinner (weather permitting), we will take in the view of Mount Isa by night from the lookout - a spectacular sight to see! Day 2 Tue Aug 15 BLD Today we’ll travel through sparse woodland and open savannah plains, with hardly a rise on the horizon, where the sun beats down relentlessly on the landscape. Lawn Hill National Park, in Queensland’s western Gulf Country, will come as a pleasant surprise with its rocky ramparts and lush palm filled landscape. Enjoy a picnic lunch along the way before arriving at Riversleigh/Miyumba, where we will meet our guide for a tour of the richest fossil mammal site in the world. Riversleigh’s D site is the only area open to the public and our informative guide will explain the history of the local area and how fossils have been formed over 25 million years. After a big day, settle into Adels Grove Gulf Savannah (Ph 07 4748 5502) for the next 2 nights.

Day 3 Wed Aug 16 BLD This morning we’ll travel aboard Adels Grove’s state of the art solar electric powered pontoon boat on the Cruise Lawn Hill Gorge sightseeing tour. This hour long guided tour cruises the tranquil Lawn Hill Creek winding its way through the breathtaking Lawn Hill Gorge, Boodjamulla National Park. Experience some of the most breathtaking scenery in the park; see ancient sandstone and limestone that has been gradually stripped away over millions of years leaving behind rugged escarpment, gorges and rocky outcrops with sheer sandstone walls up to 60 metres high that drop into palm-filled creeks and permanent waterholes. There’ll be time to relax with a picnic lunch, enjoy a walk or even hire a canoe (own expense). There are several walks that are graded from easy to moderate for those who would like to see more of the park. Day 4 Thu Aug 17 BLD Our journey today will take us to the last Queensland town before the Queensland/Northern Territory border. Travel along the Gregory Downs Camooweal Road before joining the Barkly Highway, arriving in Camooweal. Once the centre for enormous cattle drives, we’ll visit the Camooweal Drovers Camp and Visitors Centre where the droving era of Australia is being preserved for future generations. Enjoy a guided tour where you will learn of the contribution of drovers to the development of the nation’s cattle industry. Stay overnight at the Post Office Hotel, Camooweal (Ph 07 4748 2124) or Camooweal Roadhouse (Ph 07 4748 2155).

Day 5 Fri Aug 18 BLD Today is a travelling day which offers the chance to sit back, relax and enjoy the countryside. Travel through this remote area, crossing the border into the Northern Territory and traversing the Barkly Tableland where spinifex tufts dot enormous cattle runs. Pass Avon Downs Cattle Station before stopping for lunch at Barkly Homestead. This afternoon, continue on to The Three Ways, a roadhouse located at the junction of the Barkly and Stuart Highways, before arriving into Tennant Creek where we will stay 2 nights at the Bluestone Motor Inn (Ph 08 8962 2617).

Day 6 Sat Aug 19 BLD Today we’ll visit Kelly’s Ranch for something totally unique. Owner Jerry Kelly, an Indigenous Australian, takes pride in providing his visitors with an experience and understanding of his traditional culture, a stockman’s life and life in the bush. Enjoy a billy tea and damper morning tea, see the sights of Tennant Creek and stop for a picnic lunch in an oasis. Visit the Nyinkka Nyunyu Centre, and learn about the traditional owners of the area surrounding Tennant Creek, where the Warumungu people and their culture is very much alive and well. Their stories are showcased in this unique art and cultural centre which offers visitors an opportunity to learn about aboriginal life, history and the land in the Tennant Creek region. Visit Battery Hill early evening, for an underground mine tour where you will see the working machinery in action in a modern gold mining tunnel with special lighting to highlight the gold extraction. A barbeque dinner will follow before returning to your motel.

Day 7 Sun Aug 20 BLD Depart Tennant Creek and travel south, stopping at the eerie and majestic Aboriginal Dreaming site of Karlu Karlu which white Australia christened the Devils Marbles. The fascinating geological marvel can be explored through a short self-guided walking trail with informative signage, viewing the red rocks that range in size from 50cm to 6 metres wide, balancing precariously on top of one another. Continue on to Barrow Creek, which was the chosen site for an Overland Telegraph Morse Repeater Station, linking Australia to Europe and providing essential communication services. Enjoy lunch at the Barrow Creek Hotel which still has the original old bar, underground cellar and tin ceilings from the old pub, built in 1926. This afternoon travel via the tiny town of Ti-Tree before arriving into Alice Springs, which lies in the physical and spiritual heart of Australia’s Red Centre. It is surrounded on all sides by the jagged MacDonnell Ranges and straddles the usually dry Todd River. Stay overnight at the Aurora Alice Springs (Ph 08 8950 6666).

Day 8 Mon Aug 21 BL Following breakfast this morning, enjoy some of the sights of Alice Springs before transferring to the airport for your flight back to Brisbane. Upon arrival, our Cross Country Tours staff will have your transfers arranged. Thank you for travelling with us on this tour to Lawn Hill National Park; we hope you have enjoyed discovering the varied landscapes that this amazing slice of Australia has to offer.

To make the most of your travelling dollar and to maximize your experiences, why not combine two or more tours. Combining consecutive tour sectors in this way gives you greater flexibility. This tour can be combined with the following consecutive tour: Explore Australia’s Red Centre 7 days Fly / Coach / Fly August 24 – 30, 2017

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