State: Victoria
Operator: KIRKHOPE AVIATION
Minimum Price: AUD $ 0

When time is limited, travel on a charter air tour to remote outback places of Australia. All tours depart from Melbourne. Small group tours ensure personal service. If you have your own group of friends, structure the holiday to your own individual interests or time frame. Travel South & Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania ,New South Wales and of course to Pungalina Station.

Day One: Melbourne - Mungo - Andamooka Depart Melbourne 7am. in a comfortable twin-engine aircraft for a 1.5 hr flight to Mungo National Park. At Mungo , drive out to see the unusual "moon scape" of Lake Mungo . Then return to the lodge for an early lunch. At 1pm fly to Broken Hill to refuel. Then fly over The Eldee Man ( a 2 km face drawn into the landscape) and over the Flinders Ranges and Lake Torrens to Andamooka arriving about 3.30pm. A unique opal-mining town with a fascinating history and a character all of its own. Be met by Margot Duke and/or Peter Taubers and discover a wealth of warmth and colour amongst the locals. Tour around this rough and ready and rather rugged town with Margot or Peter. See opals cut and go down Albert's personal underground mine. Dinner and accommodation is at Dukes Guest house ACCOM: DUKES GUEST HOUSE. http://www.andamookaopal.com.au/ Day Two: Andamooka -Muloorina - Melbourne After breakfast, continue seeing around Andamooka, then tour the historic miners cottages with Inga Duke, a wonderful German-born local, and learn something about the uniqueness of the people who live in these places. At about 11am fly 30 minutes to Muloorina Station on the edge of Lake Eyre. Be met by the owners , Malcolm and Colleen and have a brief tour of this fascinating outback station before lunch. Depending on the temperature, maybe even a swim in the nearby creek or thermal bore. At 2pm depart for Melbourne via the southern Flinders Ranges (Wilpena Pound) and landing at Mildura for fuel. Then a 1.5 hour flight to Melbourne gets us home around 7pm.

Notes:

Special Departure Dates: On clients request
Trip Duration: 2 days
Departs from: Melbourne
Tour Ends: Melbourne
Departure Time: 7.00 a.m
Return Time: 7.00 p.m
All Prices: On clients application