Sunset over the remote outpost of Innamincka
Discover the real Australia in the Corner Country
It was inevitable, guests on our recent Corner Country Outback Tour should reflect on the question, “What is the real Australia?” Is it the raw beauty and vastness of arid landscapes that are so psychologically enriching or the spirit of local people etching out a life in isolation with simple gratitude?
Enjoy this insight – our guest’s journey through the Strzelecki, Sturt’s Stony and Simpson Deserts.
The Sturt’s Stoney Desert of polished red gibber stones borders the red sand ridges of the Strzelecki Desert
It is here the expansive gibber plains and red sand ridges draw you in to the colour and form, a journey into the inner self.
To sit or roam awhile connecting with all your senses – the quiet, the gentle breeze, the clouds washing over far horizons, is inspirational.
The breakaway ranges and mesas of Sturt National Park are testimony to erosion and weathering forces over millions of years
Rugged “Jump Up” ranges and mesas 450 million years in the making are breaking away, forming stony plains with ephemeral drainage lines or creeks meandering across the awesome expanse, in places denuded and abandoned by historic pastoral enterprises, where 80,000 sheep once grazed.
River Red Gums shade the sites of Burke and Wills graves, eerie serenity following their tragic expedition conclusion
Serenity and river gums frame the burial sites of Burke and Wills who tragically pursued the challenge and desire to be the first to cross Australia south to north, then return, driven by the ambitious agendas of colonial Victoria and arrogance in the face of Indigenous advice.
Compelling viewing at dawn and dusk on the banks of Cooper Creek near the lonely outpost of Innamincka
The Corner Country unveils the daily splendour of glorious sunrises and sunsets in soothing hues, enabling you to enrich your soul for a golden hour or so.
A River Red Gum caught in the early light – sunrise over Cooper Creek
River Red Gums are the centre of all life from insects to reptiles and birds, and tour guests soaking up the environment
Along the legendary Cooper Creek flood plain, 250 year old Coolabahs, share the river bank with grand sentinels, the River Red Gums.
Every draining creek line, waterhole or billabong in the desert is cause for great excitement and the wildlife must feel the same
In this dry region of the driest habitable continent, water is the key to all life and dominates the mindset. The occasional water hole welcomes Wedge-tailed Eagles, colourful Finches and Galahs home, while prime beef stock relax, grazing the organic grasses.
Under the driest of continents flows an estimated 33,000 million olympic swimming pools of water on which outback life depends
Boiling water bursts direct from the Great Artesian Basin, 1280 metres below, flowing along surface channels to cooling ponds, town treatment and consumption.
Fate halted the flow of beer and patrons were confined to drinking Creme de Menthe, so the legend of the Green Lizard Bar was born
The tour is fully accommodated and catered but local wildlife is ever present in the historic and remote Birdsville Hotel where the celebrated “Green Lizard Bar” and legend embodies an irreverent sense of bush humour.
There is something about a glass of bubbles at the close of day in an iconic place and good life shared with newfound friends
The champagne flowed when tour guests scaled the Big Red sand ridge to celebrate the sunset, an eerie silence and the good life, exclusively away from invasive crowds.
Creative community efforts to welcome you to the self-reliant town of Tibooburra, NSW’s most remote and friendly destination
I’ve lost count of the beers but hopefully soon we’ll be on our way home
Only in the remote village of Tibooburra do faithful dogs wait patiently on the pub window sill, late at night, for their masters to drink their last drop. Here, it’s considered un-Australian to pass by the local pub, the social heart of town, without popping in.
Years of painstaking treatment, skill and patience, is revealing more evidence of the dinosaur era around Eulo and Eromanga
The megafauna era lives on in the village of Eulo and Eromanga Natural History Museum
Here too in tiny outposts and communities, passionate ladies work tirelessly for nature based causes. Like the delicate recovery and treatment of giant dinosaurs and megafauna dating back 90 million years, or in saving the impressionable Bilbies from extinction.
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We will return to the Corner Country Outback Tour again for more adventure and discoveries.
Brilliant small group journeys reaching into the heart of Australia, just like a private adventure with family or friends
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