Gawler Ranges
(Gawler Ranges National Park)
Visit The Gawler Ranges for a Day from Port Lincoln
(Price: $250.00 per person, Tour lasts 12.5 hours, Price valid until 1/04/10)
Includes: Morning & afternoon teas, lunch and all entrance fees.
Eyre Peninsula is recognised as an area where the sea and Outback meet. You can now take the opportunity to visit an area many have heard of, but have not been able to visit, the remote wonder of the Gawler Ranges.
This tour departs from Port Lincoln at 7.30 am, with you being picked up from your accommodation.
Then travel via Central Eyre Peninsula to Wudinna and enter the Gawler Ranges National Park via Mount Sturt. (Fire Ban Days via Main Entrance).
Visit the Old Paney Homestead and Policeman's Point.
Travel the Mattera, LP & Conical Hill Tracks, visiting the Old Pondanna farm.
Visit the spectacular Yandinga Gorge and then on to the Organ Pipes, both of which have significant Rhyolite formations. In other locations these could also be called a Giants Causeway.
You will then return via Minnipa to Port Lincoln.
This is a long day and you will not be home until 8pm. We will cover over 600kms, however if you are short on time and want to see this area, here is an excellent opportunity to travel with experienced guides who can take you to some of the best, there is to see, in the Gawler Ranges.
An abundance of wildlife, with emus, kangaroo’s, both grey and red, euros (Wallaroo's) and perhaps even a yellow footed rock wallaby, high among the hills.
Other creatures to observe include the Pink Cockatoo (Major Mitchell) regularly seen feeding on the ground, or catch a glimpse as the numerous, Port Lincoln & Mulga Parrots fly from roost to roost among the mallee & black oak woodlands.
Follow the history of both the exploration of this area, and see in a day, what would have taken weeks to accomplish 150 years ago.
Learn about Eyre, Darke, Warburton & Hack as they explored this region. Follow the early pastoral enterprises and the tales of tragedy and disasters that were commonplace.
Today, with the creation of the Gawler Ranges National Park, there are many new things being learned about how fragile this harsh land really is.
Departs: 7.30 am. Pickup: from accommodation within Port Lincoln. Return: 8.00 pm Departs for 2 Persons
Tour departures will be subject to road conditions. (If it rains the tracks become impassable. This will also apply if there is a forecast for heavy rain in the area) The route could also be altered if there is a fire ban.
(As we could be collecting other customers it is advisable to be ready at least 15 minutes before the departure time)
