| Date: |
28th
August 2010 |
| Duration: |
10
Day Camping & Tag Along Tour
Perth - Perth |
| Highlights: |
Mt
Magnet, Marymia Station, Carnarvon Range Conservation Park,
Blue Hills Station, southern end of the Canning Stock Route,
Wiluna, Sandstone, Paynes Find and New Norcia. |
| Price: |
AUD$3,385.00
in Leaders Vehicle
AUD$2,125 Tag Along (inc. GST) |
This remote area expedition and
tag along into the south-western portion of the little Sandy Desert
offers participants an opportunity to experience a vast variety
of arid zone plants, birds, Aboriginal art and outback scenery.
Join us as we head north through Mt Magnet and Marymia station to
the remote Carnarvon Range Conservation Park...
The Carnarvon Range Conservation
Park covers 390,000ha and is situated in the southwest section of
the Little Sandy Desert between the Great Northern Highway in the
west, the Canning Stock Route in the east, Mt Essendon (the highest
point) in the North and Mt Methwin in the south.
The Park offers visitors a remarkable
range of spectacular geology. Cross-bedded red sandstone takes the
form of low undulating hills, occasional steep cliffs and gullies
with semi permanent pools. Plains and sand ridges are found at the
base of the hills.
There are over 400 vascular plants
that have been identified in the Park. The vegetation is mainly
tall open-shrub land (acacia, grevillea and hakea), low woodland
of mulga and gidgee. The dunes have a low open woodland of sand
dune bloodwood and acacia.
Eighty plus species of birds have
been sighted in the area. Past sightings include a wide range of
hawks, honey eaters, pardalote, and night birds.
There is also a strong Aboriginal
history in the area and we will spend time looking at some of the
area's art sites.
Leaving the Park for our homeward
journey we will travel through the Blue Hills Station to the southern
end of the Canning Stock Route then onto Wiluna, Sandstone, Paynes
Find and New Norcia.
| Day 1 |
Perth - Mt Magnet |
LD |
|
| Day 2 |
Mt Magnet - Sth Gascoyne
River |
BLD |
| Day 3 |
Gascoyne River -
Marymia Station - Virgin Springs |
BLD |
| Day 4 |
Virgin Springs Area |
BLD |
| Day 5 |
Virgin Springs Area
- Serpents Glen |
BLD |
| Day 6 |
Serpents Glen |
BLD |
| Day 7 |
Serpents Glen - Blue
Hills Station - Blue Hills Breakaways |
BLD |
| Day 8 |
Blue Hills Breakaways
Camp site - CSR Well 5 - Wiluna |
BLD |
| Day 9 |
Wiluna - Sandstone
- Paynes Find |
BL |
| Day 10 |
Paynes Find - Perth |
BL |
NB: The above itinerary may be varied according to
conditions and advice.
Meals included as per above itinerary.
Contact
us for the full Carnarvon Range Expedition & Tag Along trip
dossier!
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