Kangaroo Bus Lines. Outback Explorer - Camping Safari. Day 1 Brisbane to Mitchell

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1 Kanga Bus Lines Outback Exple - Camping Safai 7 Days / 6 Nights ex Bisbane fm $965* pe student Austalia s cluful heitage cmes t life as yu tavel int the heat f Outback Queensland t Lngeach. Hee the pineeing spiit is etld thugh the Austalian Stckman s Hall f Fame, and the Qantas Fundes Museum. Imagine the dust-cveed faces f ld dves as yu stae int the cackling flames f a camp fie n the banks f the Thmsn ive. Tace the ftsteps f the infamus Captain Stalight. And step back in time as yu bad a Cbb & C. cach f the ide f a lifetime. Day 1 Bisbane t Mitchell We begin the day with an ealy depatue fm Bisbane en ute t Twmba. Fllwing a pleasant 1h 50 min dive, we will enjy mning tea at Picnic Pint, lcated n the edge f the Geat Dividing ange in Twmba. Next we will tavel t Miles, whee lunch will be pvided in a lcal pak. Miles was iginally named Dgwd Cssing and was established n a tack blazed by the exple Ludwig Leichhadt in Afte lunch we cntinue u juney t u venight stp at Mitchell, knwn as the Gateway t Queensland s Outback. The twn, n the banks f the Maana ive, was named in hnu f Si Thmas Mitchell whse explatin f suth-west Queensland led t the establishment f seveal twns in the egin. Just ut f Mitchell we aive at Bnus Dwns Famstay and eceive a wam welcme fm the statin hsts. Afte setting up camp in the sheaes quates, we sit dwn t a well deseved dinne fllwed by a campfie and sta gazing. Ou campsite: Bnus Dwns Famstay, via Mitchell. Ph: (07) (Included Meals: Mning Tea; Lunch; Dinne) Qantas Fundes Museum, Lngeach Outback Queensland Educatin Handbk Outback Educatin Pducts and Tavel Itineaies 07

2 Day 2 Mitchell t Lngeach Juney: Mitchell t Augathella...appx 182km / 2 hs, 10 mins Augathella t Blackall....appx 219km / 2 hs, 35 mins Blackall t Lngeach...appx 214km / 2 hs, 30 mins We ae up ealy this mning f a heaty campsite beakfast. Eveybdy chips in t help pack up the campsite and we cntinue u juney twads u next venight stp at Lngeach. We will aive in Augathella f a efeshing mning tea. Augathella, with its fascinating histy f bushanges, bullckies and bullck teams, has sme memable Outback expeiences. Ealy Evening: Ou lunch beak is scheduled in Blackall. Famus f many easns, blade sheae Jack Hwe put Blackall n the map in 1892 when he set a wld ecd by sheaing 321 sheep in seven hus and 40 minutes. It tk 58 yeas f anyne t match this feat. It s als the hme f the Black Stump which maks the iginal Ast Statin established in Anything west f this pint is said t be beynd the black stump. We will aive in the legenday twn f Lngeach late aftenn and set up camp. Campsite dinne tnight, fllwed by shwes and bed. Ou campsite: Lngeach Tuist Pak, 12 Thush ad, Lngeach. (Included Meals: Beakfast; Mning Tea; Lunch; Dinne) Day 3 Sightseeing in and aund Lngeach Lngeach Schl f Distance Educatin Austalian Stckman s Hall f Fame Outback Aussie Tus Dve s Sunset Cuise We ae up ealy this mning f a heaty campsite beakfast. Tday we get the chance t exple Lngeach, its pineeing histy and its unique Queensland s Outback attactins. Expeience: Lngeach Schl f Distance Educatin, Si James Walke Dive, Lngeach. At the Lngeach Schl f Distance Educatin yu will lean hw students wh live in Queensland s mst emte egins g t schl. Fllw the fascinating histy f Distance Educatin fm the way it used t be t what it has becme tday. A mning tea stp is scheduled afte u visit. Expeience: Austalian Stckman s Hall f Fame, Landsbugh Highway, Lngeach. The Austalian Stckman s Hall f Fame is the best place in the cunty t lean abut the natin s pineeing histy and the geat cntibutins f Austalian stckmen and wmen. See the M Williams Outback Shw featuing usty Fame, a tue Queensland s Outback chaacte and legend. Aftenn/Evening: We etun t u campsite f lunch. Expeience: Outback Aussie Tus Dve s Sunset Cuise, Lngeach. View the glius westen landscape upn the deck f the MV Lngeach Exple. Keep watch f abundant wildlife n the uppe deck while velking the timeless watehle. Be mesmeised by the afteglw, clus and incedible eflectins f the clabahs as the light fades int the stay Outback sky. Savu the flavus f the Outback camp ven cuisine at the Dve s Dinne Camp befe sitting back and enjying bush pety unde the stas. (Maximum capacity 48 passenges) Ou campsite: Lngeach Tuist Pak, 12 Thush ad, Lngeach. (Included Meals: Beakfast; Mning Tea; Lunch; Dinne) 08 Outback Queensland Educatin Handbk Outback Educatin Pducts and Tavel Itineaies

3 Day 4 Sightseeing in and aund Wintn Juney: Evening: Lngeach t Wintn...appx 180km / 2 h, 10 mins Waltzing Matilda Cente and Austalian Age f Dinsaus Afte beakfast, we beak camp and make u way t Wintn. The twn is best knwn as the place that AB (Banj) Patesn wte Waltzing Matilda in 1895, whilst staying utside Wintn. The fist pefmance f the ballad was epted t be at Wintn s Nth Gegy Htel n 6 Apil f the same yea. Wintn is ecgnised as the hme f Austalian bush pety, hsting the annual Bnze Swagman Awad, ne f the cunty s mst pestigius liteay awads. Expeience: The Waltzing Matilda Cente, Eldeslie Steet, Wintn. The Cente is dedicated t the natin s favuite unfficial anthem Waltzing Matilda. The sng, penned by Banj Patesn, embaces Austalian cultue and the Cente uses technlgy and inteactive displays t intepet the sng. Enjy a picnic lunch in Wintn fllwed by fee time t exple the Opal Walk, Wintn s Musical Fence and An s Wall. Expeience: Austalian Age f Dinsaus, Landsbugh Highway, Wintn. Step back in time abut 100 millin yeas, as we tavel t the Austalian Age f Dinsaus hme t the wld s lagest cllectin f Austalian dinsau fssils and the site f the biggest fssil pepaatin labaty in the Suthen Hemisphee! The wld class facility is lcated n tp f a huge mesa plateau called The Jump-Up with huge cky utcps, cliffs, canyns and spectacula distance views. We will enjy tus f the dinsau cllectin and fssil pepaatin labaty. Back t the campsite f dinne and bed. Ou campsite: Lngeach Tuist Pak, 12 Thush ad, Lngeach. Ph: (07) (Included Meals: Beakfast; Mning Tea; Lunch; Dinne) Outback Queensland Educatin Handbk Outback Educatin Pducts and Tavel Itineaies 09

4 Day 5 Lngeach t Bacaldine Juney: Lngeach t Bacaldine...appx 107km / 1 h, 15 mins Qantas Fundes Museum Kinnn and C. yal Mail Gallp Austalian Wkes Heitage Cente Tee f Knwledge Memial Afte u campsite beakfast, we have the pptunity t expeience sme f Queensland s Outback adventue activities. Expeience: Qantas Fundes Museum, Lngeach Aipt, Si Hudsn Fysh Dive, Ph: (07) They say Lngeach is whee Austalia leaned t fly. Nw find ut hw at the Qantas Fundes Museum. Visit the iginal 1922 Qantas hanga and exple a ange f the iginal Qantas aicaft, including a decmmissined 7 and 707. Optin: Add Wing Walk expeience. Evening: Expeience: Kinnn and C. yal Mail Gallp, 126 Eagle Steet, Lngeach. Expeience a ide n a Cbb & C. Cach, which wee the lifeline f Queensland s Outback f cmmunicatin and tanspt until mt vehicles aived in Visit the Statin Ste, which was an iginal Cbb & C. stp, whee yu will see a vide f the Histy f the Cbb & C. as well as get a chance t step n bad a hse dawn caiage. Expeience: Tee f Knwledge Memial and Austalian Wkes Heitage Cente, 94 Ash Steet, Bacaldine. Visiting the Tee f Knwledge Memial and the Austalian Wkes Heitage Cente, we pay tibute t u ealy histy. Bacaldine is hme t the infamus Sheaes Stike f The lcatin f the Tee f Knwledge Memial is knwn as the place whee the Lab Paty was fmed. Enjy lunch back at camp befe packing up and tavelling thugh t Bacaldine. Ou campsite: Wanpa-da Matilda Outback Educatin Cente, Ash Steet, Bacaldine. (Included Meals: Beakfast; Mning Tea; Lunch; Dinne) Day 6 Bacaldine t Mitchell Juney: Ealy Evening: Bacaldine t Blackall...appx 107km / 1 h, 15 mins Blackall t Mitchell....appx 399km / 4 hs, 40 mins Up ealy this mning f u campsite beakfast. Tday we say gdbye t Bacaldine and begin u juney hme. Stpping f mning tea in Blackall. We cntinue u juney t Mitchell with a picnic lunch en-ute. Expeience: The Geat Atesian Spa, 2 Cambidge Steet, Mitchell. The Geat Atesian Spa pmises a unique Outback expeience. Thee ae tw lage pls f themal minealised atesian wates t enjy. One spa has natually heated wates fm the Geat Atesian Basin. The the ne is designed f thse that pefe a cle expeience. We aive at Mitchell f u campsite dinne. Ou campsite: Maj Mitchell Caavan Pak, Waeg Highway, Mitchell. (Included Meals: Beakfast; Mning Tea; Lunch; Dinne) Day 7 Mitchell t Bisbane Juney: Late Mitchell t Miles...appx 228km / 2 hs, 50 mins Miles t Twmba... appx 210km / 2 hs, 40 mins Twmba t Bisbane...appx 126km / 1 h, 50 mins We enjy u last campsite beakfast then cntinue u juney hme t Bisbane. We will stp f mning tea en-ute t Miles. We aive in Miles f a picnic lunch then make u way twads Twmba f u aftenn cmft stp. We leave Twmba and make u way back t Bisbane aiving ealy evening. 10 Outback Queensland Educatin Handbk Outback Educatin Pducts and Tavel Itineaies

5 Tu Inclusins: BOOKINGS AND ENQUIIES All cach tavel in an ai-cnditined luxuy tu cach with seatbelts Kanga Bus Lines 2 Mtway Dive Bupengay QLD 4505 Phne: 1300 BUS KBL ( ) inf@kangabuslines.cm.au Cach featues: TV, DVD, adi, P.A. and CD playe Tent accmmdatin thughut Full cateing kitchen and catees f all meals as specified Entance fees t all attactins and expeiences as specified Tems and Cnditins: Tu pices ae estimates and ae based n a minimum gup f 25 students with 2 teaches tavelling fee f chage. Whee the gup size is less than 25 students, the tu pice will incease. Pices ae available n applicatin. Items nt included: Sleeping bag and pillw Items f a pesnal natue Pesnal tavel insuance Tu Schl f Distance Educatin, Lngeach Qantas Fundes Museum, Lngeach Austalian Stckman s Hall f Fame, Lngeach Sunset ive Cuise, Lngeach Tee f Knwledge Memial, Bacaldine Austalian Wkes Heitage Cente, Bacaldine Waltzing Matilda Cente Kinnn & C. yal Mail Gallp, Lngeach Lngeach Austalian Age f Dinsaus Geat Atesian Spa Bath elevant Factsheets: 1-4, 7-8, 12, 14-15, 17, 19, 21 WINTON B el yand DEN MUTTABUA Y TION OPALTON LAKE DUNN BLADENSBUG AAMAC CLEMONT ive 54 ice 114 iv LONGEACH ACH 87 LOCHEN Th ms n NA YAAKA YAA c a 94 i ve B k Wad WELFOD e e Bu ll E N S L A N D 69 QUILPIE CHALEVILLE CHEEPIE 37 EOMANGA COOLADDI i ve 87 MOVENN 444 CHILDES EIDSWOLD INJUNE GYMPIE AMBY 65 OMA KINGAOY MILES DALBY 129 SUAT 84 THAGOMINDAH YOWAH 131 LAKE BINDEGOLLY 180 CUNNAMULLA 13 EULO 68 OAKEY PITTSWOTH MOONIE 25 BOLLON 177 e NAMBOU CHINCHILLA MAYBOOUGH GAYNDAH MUNDUBBEA MITCHELL 22 TEGOLE TEG EGOLE OLEE ALLALA 45 MUNGALLALA ONAL MUNGA WYANDA TOOMPINE BISBANE GIN GIN TAOOM 40 Chaleville BUNDABEG MONTO THEODOE ckhamptn Lngeach BANANA 36 Wi ls n MIIAM VALE BILOELA UNDA Twnsville Mt Isa OLLESTON SALVATO OSA KA KA MUNDI CANAVON GOGE MT MOFFATT 192 AUGATHELLA AUG AUGATH THELLA LLA ADAVALE 158 C 5 GLADSTONE JUNDAH LAKE MAABOON OCKHAMPTON EMEALD BLACKWATE SPINGSUE WINDOAH GE STONEHENGE CAPELLA UBYVALE SAPPHIE 113 ST GEOGE 88 NINDIGULLY MILMEAN 97 WAWICK TWEED HEADS Outback Queensland Educatin Handbk Outback Educatin Pducts and Tavel Itineaies 11