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After Arrival into Broken Hill via
the Indian Pacific Train all
attempts will be made to get you
into your accommodation early,
otherwise touring will begin at 9:00
am after tea and coffee is provided
at the Broken Hill Legion Club. It's
off to the Royal Flying Doctor
Service and the Photographic
Recollections Exhibit this morning
with lunch at MacGregor's Café at
the Line of Lode Miners Memorial.
After lunch we enjoy some time at
the Thankakali Aboriginal Art
Centre, if time permits we may visit
another gallery of local interest.
Dinner at JJ's Restaurant in the
Legion Club.
From Broken Hill we make our way
across a vast open landscape to
arrive at the awe inspiring Flinders
Ranges. Comprehensive touring
throughout the Central Flinders
Ranges will bring this region alive
with its vivid colours that have
lured so many artists in past years,
and with many more to follow in
their footsteps.
With our 4WD vehicles we are able to
get into the areas that most coach
companies can not go and explore the
gorges and ranges to the fullest. A
scenic flight is included over
Wilpena Pound. This experience is
not worth missing. Along with
meeting outback sheep station owners
and visits to places like the
Prairie Hotel in remote Parachilna,
you'll also get to see Blinman the
highest township in the Flinders
Ranges.
Day 1:
Leave
Spencer Street Station by V/Line
train at 9:35am and arrive in
Bendigo 11:40am. Change service to
the V/Line coach, leaving at
12:05pm, arriving in Mildura 6:00pm.
(Make your way to your accommodation
which will be pre-booked.)
Day 2:
At
8.30am you will be collected at the
reception of your accommodation for
a drive to Broken Hill where you
will be transferred to your
accommodation, before lunch at the
Legion Club. The afternoon is free
to relax and a nice dinner is
included at the friendly Legion
Club.
Day 3:
This morning it’s off to the Royal
Flying Doctor Service and the
Photographic Recollections Exhibit
this morning with lunch at
MacGregor’s Café at the Line of Lode
Miners Memorial. After lunch we
enjoy some time at the Thankakali
Aboriginal Art Centre, if time
permits we may visit another gallery
of local interest. Dinner at JJ's
Restaurant in the Legion Club.
Day 4:
Today
we head off to the Flinders Ranges
via The Barrier Highway to Yunta.
Making our way through vast open
salt bush plains we arrive at
Erudina Station for lunch. Erudina
is a working Outback Sheep and
Cattle Station and you’ll get the
chance to meet the owners during
lunch. It is a short run after lunch
to the Wilpena Pound Resort through
Martins Well Station. On arrival at
Wilpena there will be time in the
afternoon to relax at the resort or
to take a walk and explore “The
Pound” before dinner.
Day 5:
A
full day of Flinders Ranges scenery
awaits us. First we make our way to
Blinman via the Casneaux Tree and
Stokes Hill Lookout, then morning
tea at the Great Walls of China.
Blinman is the highest township in
the Flinders and here we have time
to stretch the legs and have a look
around the old Blinman Copper Mine
ruins and a general look around the
town. We then drive down through
Glass Gorge for lunch at the famous
Prairie Hotel at the “Old Ghan
Township” of Parachilna. After lunch
we head to Brachina Gorge and then
the
Bunyeroo Valley, these are some of
the most spectacular landscapes the
Flinders Ranges have to offer.
Returning to Wilpena Pound once
again.
Day 6:
This amazing landscape will be
revealed from the air today when we
take a scenic joy flight over
“Wilpena Pound”. There is time
before lunch to take a walk around
the Old Wilpena Homestead and
Woolshed Area and the Information
Centre before a BBQ lunch at the
resort. After lunch we head through
the Moralana Scenic Drive and make
our way to Hawker. We overnight here
at the Outback Motel. Dinner will be
served by the friendly staff in the
dining room of the Outback Motel.
Day 7:
Returning to Broken Hill we again
head out into isolated sheep grazing
areas reaching the remote East
Whydown Station for lunch, enjoying
a look around the woolshed. After
lunch here we make our way through
the Barrier Ranges and on into
Broken Hill. On arrival in Broken
Hill you will be transferred to your
accommodation. Dinner is at JJ's
Restaurant at the Legion Club.
Day 8:
A
full day today, exploring Broken
Hill, the “Silver City”. Starting
with a visit to the School of the
Air followed by a city sights tour
and then on to Whites Mining and
Mineral Art Museum before lunch. In
the afternoon we go to the Pro Hart
gallery and the International
Sculpture Symposium. Dinner
included.
Day 9:
Today
you have time to relax until 2:30pm
when it will be time to say goodbye,
as you will be transferred to
Mildura. Lunch, dinner and overnight
are of course included.
Day 10:
Make
your way to the V/Line terminal and
board the V/Line Coach at 9am. After
a short stop in Bendigo change
service at 3:40pm to arrive back in
Melbourne by train at 5:30pm.
*6 and 9 day options also available.
Contact us for details.
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