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LONGREACH TOURING

Starlight’s Cruise Experience, Queensland

Cobb & Co Stagecoach Experience, Queensland Nogo Station Experience, Queensland Starlights Spectacular, Queensland
UNLEASH LONGREACH 6 DAYS
$ * ^
Day 1: Longreach Spectacular Sound and Light Picture Show – a Kinnon- From 1968 per person twin share
Arrive in Longreach and transfer to your commissioned production bringing the legendary,
accommodation. If you have time, take a wander infamous cattle duffer, Harry Redford, to life. 6 DAYS | LONGREACH TO LONGREACH
through the town and make sure to look out for the Day 4: Longreach (BLD)
special Outback Pioneers VIP gift in your room. Stay After enjoying a breakfast basket, the coach will pick OPERATOR: Outback Pioneers
the next four nights in Longreach. you up in front of The Welcome Home. It’s an early start TRAVEL TYPE: Independent
Day 2: Longreach (BD) for a full-day Winton Discovery Day Tour. Visit the DEPARTS: Wednesdays (8 Apr – 21 Oct 20)
Today embark on the Nogo Station Experience. This award-winning Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum
historic station was once part of Bowen Downs and is including the exciting new Dinosaur Canyon and the HIGHLIGHTS
now the home of Abigail (née Kinnon) and her family. Collection Room.
First stop is the station’s historic shearing shed, where Later, visit the Winton Opal Gems before enjoying • Experience outback life at Nogo Station
one of the Kinnon family will inspire with merino wool lunch and a rendition of Waltzing Matilda at the historic • Sunset cruise on the Thomson River
stories from the past. North Gregory Hotel. After, explore the landmark • Enjoy a guided Jets Tour at the Qantas Founders
Next, you’ll board an open-top, double-decker bus to Waltzing Matilda Centre before heading back to Museum
start your Station Safari. Venture out across the sunlit Longreach. At 6pm, wander over to the Happy • Ride on the Cobb and Co Stagecoach
plains to spot a range of feral and native animals and see Valley Chinese Restaurant for a traditional outback • Visit Winton including the Dinosaur Canyon and
the stockyard ruins of the infamous cattle duffer, Captain Chinese banquet. Waltzing Matilda Museum
Starlight. Look around Captain Starlight’s bush camp and Day 5: Longreach (B)
enjoy a rustic billy-can smoko under the gum trees. After your breakfast basket, be transferred to the INCLUDES
After Nogo, you’ll arrive at the Qantas Founders Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame to explore the five • 5 nights accommodation at The Staging Post
Museum. Take your time to enjoy the museum as well galleries of the museum marvelling at the achievements accommodation or Longreach Motel
as a guided tour of the 747 and 707 planes. You will of the early settlers. • Meals as specified
be transferred back to your accommodation at 4pm to The Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, officially • Tours as per itinerary
refresh before dinner. Tonight, at 6pm, enjoy a Stonegrill opened in 1988, has seen over one million visitors and • Admission to attractions as per itinerary
Dining Experience at The Welcome Home. remains one of the most popular attractions in Outback • Experienced guide • Air-conditioned vehicle
Day 3: Longreach (BLD) Queensland. It tells the story of the pioneering men and • Return transfers from Longreach Airport or
Start your outback adventure by stepping into the women who shaped the state, as well as stories of the railway station
shoes of early pioneers. Your Cobb & Co Stagecoach first inhabitants, some 40,000 years prior. After, head to
Experience includes the stagecoach ride on the old the Qantas Founders Museum for a guided tour. At 3pm ^Price valid 8 Apr – 21 Oct 20.
Longreach to Windorah mail route, home-baked scones the coach will take you back to your accommodation to
and tea in The Welcome Home Café and Tearoom, a relax for the evening.
classic Australian movie and the Harry Redford Old Time Day 6: Longreach (B) Winton
Tent Show, enjoyed with a Billy Can Lunch. Today the tour ends and you’ll be taken to the railway 5
This afternoon, there is time to browse the main street of station or to the airport for your departure. Longreach Rockhampton
Longreach before your 4.30pm transfer to the Thomson
River for the Starlight’s Cruise Experience. (B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner)
Board the historic paddlewheeler for a sunset cruise.
Later, enjoy a hearty stockman’s dinner around
the campfire with bush poetry, then the Starlight’s
START/FINISH Brisbane

* Prices are a guide only, subject to change and availability and are in New Zealand Dollars. From prices for accommodation are per room per night for 2 people, unless otherwise specified and based on the lowest room category for
travel in low season. Prices for tours and transfers are per person, unless otherwise specified. For full terms and conditions including pricing and conditions, refer to the Booking Conditions at the back of this brochure. 93