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Day 1
Adelaide to Flinders Ranges
Depart Adelaide (light aircraft) early morning for your one hour flight
to Pt Augusta - met by guide.
Travel to Parachilna (population 7) and enjoy morning tea at the Prairie
Hotel renowned for its innovative accommodation and high quality indigenous
food. As you journey back through time at Brachina Gorge where millions
of years of history, geological sequences and the oldest fossils of animal
life on Earth are preserved, your geologist guide will explain the significance
of this area. Walk parts of the "Corridors Through Time" Geological Trail
where you discover the beginnings of life on Earth contained within the
rocks of the trail. This is the home of the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
which you may sight. A picnic lunch is provided at the Aroona Ruins.
For those travellers wanting less time exploring the geology of the
area and more time sightseeing, you can travel to Stokes Hill Lookout
for a scenic view of the Flinders Ranges and visit Bunyeroo Gorge. Alternately,
travel to Wilpena Pound for a short walk then take the Morolana Scenic
Drive route back to the Prairie Hotel. L
Day 2
Red Gorge, Leigh Creek, Beltana & Copley
Travel to Red Gorge, an Aboriginal engraving site, where you meet an
Aboriginal Adnyamathanha elder who shares his culture with you and hosts
your BBQ or picnic lunch. Travel back to Copley inspecting an ochre deposit
en route. Experience a quick tour of the small township of Leigh Creek
before heading south to an interesting fossil site. Afterwards you visit
the historic town of Beltana and the Aroona Dam where you may again sight
the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby. B/L
Day 3
Iga Warta & Arkaroola
Depart early to visit the small outstation Aboriginal community of Iga
Warta, home of the Native Orange, where the Coulthard's have established
a unique family enterprise to share their land and culture. Here you have
the opportunity with your Aboriginal hosts to horse ride, take a bush
tucker excursion, hunt for Kangaroo, hear Dreaming stories or participate
in a discussion on the social history of the region - the choice is yours!
There may be the opportunity to taste Kangaroo or a Quandong (wild peach)
pie during morning tea. Afterwards, visit the Mulkai painting site to
hear more stories followed by lunch at Iga Warta. After lunch travel via
Italowie Gap to Balcanoona National Park and then onto Arkaroola Resort
and Wildlife Sanctuary where you spend the night. The Sanctuary is a 610
square kilometre property of spectacular rugged mountains in South Australia's
remote 'Outback' offering a unique range of nature and science based tours
and activities. If weather/time permits you may like to participate in
an Astronomical Observatory Tour as the stars are at their best out here!
B/L
Day 4
Arkaroola & Surrounds
This morning take a Ridgetop Tour through some of Australia's most spectacular
country. Originally a mining exploration access track, this Ridgetop track
commands views rarely available to any but the lone prospector or field
geologist. In all directions extend spectacular views of towering Granite
Mountains, some clothed in spinifex, others bare in ragged red granite.
Hanging rocks, deep shaded chasms, and serrated peaks abound in all directions.
After lunch there is the opportunity to take a scenic flight over the
area, explore old mines, tracks and waterholes, photograph some interesting
formations including The Pinnacles, take a walk along Acacia Ridge or
just relax by the pool. B
Day 5
Sightseeing & Return Flight to Adelaide
Depart Arkaroola early and visit Barraranna Gorge, Stubb's Waterhole
and an ochre wall. This route can provide good opportunities
for wildlife viewing. You then visit the lesser known engraving
site of Manyi travelling via Mt McTaggart and Wortupa Well.
There is the opportunity to visit Grindell's Hut for a story
and view of the Gammon Ranges, home to deep gorges, rocky
plains, steep mountains and stony rivers. The environment
here is similar to the Flinders Ranges, but more isolated
and arid. Arrive in Pt. Augusta in time to meet your early
evening flight back to Adelaide. B/L
To enquire about this experience or have it included
in a tailor made itinerary - Just ask!
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