Mt Augustus, Wooleen Station, Dirk Hartog Island 7 Day Tour
MT AUGUSTUS | WOOLEEN STATION | DIRK HARTOG ISLAND
Two night stay at Mt. Augustus the worlds largest inselberg, overnight stay on Dirk Hartog Island, and overnight stay at Wooleen Station
Tour Highlights
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- An Awe-inspiring Outback Adventure
- Sunset Tour at Wooleen Station with drinks and nibbles
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Sunset and sunrise on Mt Augustus
- Ancient Natural Adventure
- Sunset Picnic Fish and Chips dinner with drinks
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Carnarvon where the Outback meets the Ocean
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Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum
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Scenic Flight return from Denham to Dirk Hartog Island
- Overnight stay at Dirk Hartog Island Homestead
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DHI Tour to Inscription Point
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Ocean Park Aquarium
- Visit Geraldton
Tour Price & Inclusions
Tour Price:
$8662.00 Per Person Double / Twin Share
$9494.00 Single
Accommodation:
Wooleen Station, Mt Augustus 2 Nights, Carnarvon, Dirk Hartog Island, Denham
All meals
Breakfast Cooked and Continental
Lunches will vary from cafés, picnics and roadhouses.
Dinners, BBQ dinners with salad at Mt Augustus, Dinner at Wooleen Station, Dinner at Dirk Hartog Island Homestead, Sunset Picnic Fish and Chips at Carnarvon, regional hotel at Denham,
Entry Fees:
Sunset Tour at Wooleen Station, Mt Augustus National Park, Dirk Hartog Island Scenic Flights transfers, Carnarvon Tracking Station and the OTC Satellite Earth Station, Dirk Hartog Island Day Tour, Ocean Park Aquarium
Tour Departures 13 June 2021
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Day 1 – Perth, Wooleen Station.
Perth, Bindoon, Three Springs, Mullewa and Wooleen Station
Pickup 6 am
After morning tea at Bindoon Bakehaus, we continue to drive the Midlands road to Three Springs, Mullewa and Wooleen Station.
Wooleen Station a remarkable station that has experienced different stewardships and philosophies of grazing sheep and cattle.
The link below is a wonderful familiarisation of Wooleen Station.
Australian Story Wooleen Station
Enjoy a Sunset Tour and hear how the Pollock family are now working towards making Wooleen an ecologically sustainable enterprise and slowly reintroducing a small number of cattle. This is an extraordinary story.
The tour finishes with sunset drinks and nibbles on a large granite outcrop.
Enjoy Dinner with our hosts David and Frances their team and other homestead guests.
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Accommodation: Wooleen Station
Day 2 – Wooleen Station, Mt Augustus
Murchison Settlement, Mt Augustus
Up early and before a delicious country style cooked breakfast take a look around the outbuildings nearby the homestead to explore the old tools and memorabilia in the museum sheds.
This morning we will be touring through isolated station properties or pastoral leases heading north to Mt Augustus
Visit Emu Hill to view the spectacular sunset colours on Mt Augustus rock.
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Accommodation: Mt Augustus
Day 3 – Mt Augustus
Mt. Augustus is the worlds largest inselberg, the inland mountain which rises 715 m out the surrounding alluvial plain.
Mount Augustus is known as Burringurrah to the local Wajarri Aboriginal people.
The Mount Augustus Sandstone, at about 1.6 billion years old, and is about three times older than the sandstone of Uluru estimated to be around 600 million years.
Importantly, this is different from the age of the actual landform – the island mountain (inselberg) called Mount Augustus.
Today we visit sights along the perimeter of Mt Augustus visiting
Flintstone Rock is a large slab of rock which bridges the rocky gully. Under this rock, you can observe Aboriginal engravings.
At Cattle Pool reveals tranquil scenes River Gums and waterbirds from the south bank of the Lyons River.
Gum Grove leads walkers through a shady grove of gnarly white-barked river red gums.
Mundee and Edney’s lead you to Wajarri (local aboriginal) engravings (petroglyphs).
Visit a nearby lookout for a sunset over the plains of the Mt Augustus National Park.
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Accommodation: Mt Augustus
Day 4 – Mt Augustus, Gascoyne Junction, Carnarvon
Our trip across to Carnarvon on the coast tours through spectacular changing scenery distant hills and ranges, soil types and see nearby homesteads of stations.
Lunch at Gascoyne Junction on the junction of the Gascoyne River and Lyons River. Gascoyne Junction is a small community and a centre for mining, pastoral and desert merino fine wool industries and serves as a gateway to nearby attractions such as Mount Augustus National Park and Kennedy Ranges.
After lunch on to Carnarvon where the outback meets the coast is a regional hub that provides essential services to the surrounding areas. The township lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River and supports horticultural and fishing industries.
We visit the Carnarvon One Mile Jetty Heritage Precinct. The One Mile Jetty was built in 1897 and was the first port in Australia to transport commercial livestock by sea on a regular basis. State ships stopped in Carnarvon on average twice a week until they ceased operations in 1966.
This evening be tempted by a picnic dinner of local fresh Fish and Chips watching the late sunset.
Accommodation: Quality Inn Carnarvon
Day 5 – Carnarvon, Denham, Dirk Hartog Island
OTC Centre, Hamelin Pool Stromatolites, Shell Beach, Eagle Bluff
Carnarvon is a diverse and laid back town where the outback meets the coast. It is recognised as a food bowl region, well known for its bananas, mangoes, and luscious seafood and taste sensation not to be missed are Chocolate Bananas. There is a rich indigenous culture, as well as stations producing wool and cattle.
This morning we visit the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum, Carnarvon Tracking Station and the OTC Satellite Earth Station. The station was built to support NASA’s Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programs, before making our way down the coast to Shark Bay Denham.
From here we will journey to the Shark Bay World Heritage Area and marvel at the astonishing world-class natural attractions in the region. Shark Bay is well known for its white beaches, turquoise waters and rust-red sand dunes. It is primarily renowned for both its terrestrial and marine life. It is nature at its most pure.
Next stop is Hamelin Pool to view Stromatolites, which are one of the earliest forms of life to evolve on our planet. Living fossils, part of the earth’s evolutionary history.
Further up the peninsular, we will visit Shell Beach which is home to billions of tiny Cardiid Cockle; the 60 km stretch of beach is covered to a depth of some seven to ten metres.
A stop at Eagle Bluff will give you a scenic view over the coast; you might be lucky enough to spot Lemon Sharks, Stingrays, Turtles or Dugongs.
Today, we take a scenic flight across Shark Bay’s beautiful turquoise waters to Dirk Hartog Island, with a diverse and fascinating history… Our overnight stay.
Accommodation: Dirk Hartog Island
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Day 6 – Dirk Hartog Island Denham
Whilst on this fascinating Island, enjoy a full day’s 4WD tour to historic Cape Inscription, famous Dampier Landing, and Turtle Bay.
Discover the amazing story and history of Dirk Hartog Island. The visit of Dirk Hartog 25th October 1616, Captain William de Vlamingh 1697 and Captain William Dampier 1699 all before Captain Cook discovered New Zealand and New South Wales at Botany Bay on the east coast of Australia 1770
Von Bibra applied for a pastoral lease on the island to farm sheep 1867. and Sir Thomas Wardle decided to purchase the island’s pastoral lease for himself.
Early 1990’s – The price of wool declined dramatically and in 1993 Dirk Hartog Island took its first steps into tourism under the leadership of Kieran and Tori Wardle. An inspirational story!
From a station raising sheep for wool and today transforming into a National Park reintroducing rare and endangered fauna.
Accommodation: Denham Heritage Hotel
Day 7 – Denham to Perth
Denham, Ocean Park Aquarium, Geraldton, Perth
Before leaving the region visit Ocean Park Aquarium. Watch the raw ferocity of sharks feeding; see endangered sea turtles, highly venomous sea snakes, discover the secret lives of clownfish (Nemo), stingrays, visit the rescued sea turtles, excruciating stonefish with our amusing tour guide. Highly entertaining.
We visit HMAS Sydney Memorial; the beautifully designed memorial features a silver dome of 645 seagulls to represent the loss of HMAS Sydney sailors.
Visit Yamiji Art Gallery Yamaji Art is a 100% Aboriginal owned & operated art centre in Mid West, Western Australia
Yamaji Art provides professional services to support and develop Aboriginal artists living in the Lower Murchison region of Yamaji Country with a focus on sustaining cultural maintenance and arts practice while creating economic benefit.
After lunch we continue on to Perth.
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ACCOMMODATION
- Wooleen Station with shared facilities,
- Mt Augustus Fully Self-contained unit consists of a bedroom, kitchen & bathroom. 2 nights.
- Quality Inn Carnarvon
- Dirk Hartog Island Eco Lodge
- Denham Heritage Resort
MEALS
- Continental breakfast,
- Other accommodation cooked breakfasts or continental,
- Lunches will vary from cafés, picnics and roadhouses.
- Picnic lunches and
- BBQ dinners with salad at Mt Augustus
- Dinners, as described for Mt Augustus. Dinner at Wooleen Station, Dinner at Dirk Hartog Island, Picnic Fish and Chips, Restaurants, regional hotels,
ENTRY FEES
Wooleen Station Sunset, Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum, Scenic Flight return from Denham to Dirk Hartog Island, DHI Tour to Inscription Point, Ocean Park Aquarium
VEHICLE
Current Model Luxury 4WD Land Rover Discovery
Seven Seater with a maximum of 4 passengers for wildflower tours
Timing
RETURN 5:00PM
Mt Augustus Dirk Hartog Island 7 Day Tour
Testimonials
Private, very personal touring in style!
Sylvia was the perfect tour leader, guide, driver, historian, wildflower expert etc all rolled into one. By the end of our 12 days together Sylvia also was our friend. She was passionate and knowledgeable, had a great sense of humour and we felt we had much in common.
Great private tours
Sylvia, the owner of Luxury Outback Tours, is passionate about her business and loves showing off the beauties of Western Australia. We took 2 tours with LOT; one to Wave Rock and one to the Pinnacles. Both were well-orchestrated.
A Week of Wows!
Hi Sylvia, Kay and I would like to thankyou so much for our recent wildflower trip with you for 6 days. We saw everything and more. A very special time for us all. Everything from itinerary and accommodation was wonderful. Recommend to all we meet. Safe travels!
Terrific visit to the Pinnacles Desert
If you’re looking to take a day to visit some of WA outside of Perth, you can’t go wrong with Sylvia and Luxury Outback Tours’ trip to the unearthly Pinnacles. Our trip was a treat from start to finish, not least because Sylvia herself is outgoing, cheerful, and filled with knowledge about the region’s history, flora, and fauna. On the journeys she knew where to alert us to look for emus and pointed out many of the region’s most beautiful and bizarre plants and trees. We highly recommend Sylvia and her company for this trip and any other she might offer.
Fantastic Five Day Tour
Hi Sylvia, I must apologise for my long silence. I would like to write and say how much we enjoyed our time away with you last year. Your passion and knowledge of all the places that we went made the trip really special. I have particularly fond memories of all the flowers that we spotted – I knew that the WA flowers had a great reputation but I was unprepared for the colour and variety of them, and it was so exciting to see so many of them. You have an amazing skill in finding them. I would thoroughly recommend your tours to anyone. Your good humour, excellent preparation and knowledge, and experience meant that Peter and I had a fabulous holiday, enjoying all the places and sights that you had organised. You made everything so easy! … All the people that we met on your tour were so passionately engaged in what they were doing ,and in encouraging us to understand their passions, that all the places that we went are still vivid in my thoughts…. Again I would like to say how very special your tour was, and how very much we enjoyed all the things that we did.
Best wishes,
Judy (and Peter!) Buckley
12 Day Wildflower Tour
Sylvia organized a wildflower tour for 22 horticulturists from the West Coast of the United States three weeks ago. We couldn’t have been happier. All the details, including transportation, food and accommodation were taken care of and all we had to think of were the glories of the wildflowers as we wandered from Perth to Moora to Bremmer Bay to Busselton and back to Perth. It was so comfortable and carefree that we wish we could come back next year and do the whole trip over again. Sylvia is highly experienced and so responsive that anyone joining her tours would feel confident of having the best time.
Way To Go!
From the time we met the competent assured and friendly Sylvia we knew this would be a great trip – a real adventure from Perth to Broome for six friends from the East. Stops for Adventure and meals were well considered by our knowledgeable guide and sufficiently frequent to keep us all happy. The WA coast is of course a splendid adventure and when we dipped inland to savour the red rock chasms and spinifex of the Pilbara and Karijini we were impressed! Highlights of the journey were thoughtfully organised – Wooleen Station – Kalbarri – Monkey Mia – Ningaloo and WhaleSharks and spectacular chasms and rock pools. Sylvia knowledgeably directed our attention to items she had found were of interest to us such as birds and plants and our lists grew longer. Thanks Sylvia for a brilliant experience. Visited June 2015