Day One: Melbourne - White Cliffs - Avington Station
Departing Melbourne at 8.00am, the flight is 3 hours with arrival at White Cliffs around 11.00am. This is an interesting Opal mining town. A brief tour of the town and then to "Jock's Place" and enjoy his excentric underground charm. Then at 12.00pm we have a light lunch at PJ's Underground Motel before departing at 1.00pm to fly 2½ hours to Avington station arriving around at 4.00pm. A tour on the Barcoo river for sunset drinks or a drive around the property in your own 4 wheel buggy to view all the different vegetation and wildlife are two of the options before a great meal with outback station hospitality. Accommodation: Avington Station Homestead.

Day Two: Avington Station - Chillagoe - Jowalbinna
After a great breakfast in the homestead kitchen we depart at 9.00am for a 2½ hr flight to Chillagoe. This town is famous for it's limestone caves and so we venture down the Donna Cave for a fascinating 1 hour tour. Lunch is then served at the local motel and then we depart at 3.00pm for Jowalbinna with arrival time approximately 3.30pm. The drive from the airstrip is about 30 minutes to the actual camp site. Accommodation is twin share tents and an outback bush shelter kitchen/dining room. Showers and toilets are typical bush facilities. Accommodation: Jowalbinna Bush Camp.

Day Three: Jowalbinna - Horn Island
This is Steve Tresizes’ bush camp and there are many great aboriginal rock art sites to view. In the morning we drive out to the Giant Wallaroo and a number of other rock art sites. This requires about 2 hrs of walking. After lunch we depart for a 2 hour flight to Horn Island with arrival approximately 4.30pm. We transfer to our motel and relax for the evening. Accommodation: Gateway Torres Strait Resort/Motel.

Day Four: Horn Island - Coconut Island
In the morning we are taken on a fascinating tour of Horn Island. There is much to see and of particular interest are all the war relics around this island. Your guide is very knowledgeable and will answer questions on the history of the area and at the end of the tour we have time back at the motel to peruse the museum before we depart for Poruma Resort on Coconut Island. This is a 30 minute flight and plan to land at midday and then transfer to our cabins in time for lunch at 12.30pm. Coconut Island is only the length of the airstrip. he only tourists on the island are the people staying at the resort (maximum of about 8) so you are made to feel very special by the local Torres Strait community.

After lunch a relaxing afternoon and depending on the tide, a swim may be possible right in front of the cabins or for the keen maybe a fishing expedition in the small boats off the beach. Drinks that evening are in front of the cabins for a magnificent sunset and another great seafood meal. Accommodation: Poruma Resort Cabins.

Day Five - Six: Coconut Island
Two days are spent at the Island resort. One full day will be a boat trip on the Northern Blue - 40 foot vessel. The destination depends on the weather and could include Bird Island or Roberts Island (2 of about 8 in the area). We do some deep sea fishing and trolling on the way, with snokelling and swimming on the island beaches a must. Lunch will be provided on the boat during the day and we return, with our catch, at about 5pm in time for another swim and then sunset drinks on our verandahs before another seafood extravaganza.

The second day is negotiable depending on preferences. It may be another full boating day or just a half day or may be more relaxing just around the locality of Coconut Island itself. Accommodation: Poruma Resort Cabins.

Day Seven: Coconut Island - Horn Island - Inkerman Station
Departing after breakfast at 10.00am we return to Horn Island for fuel and then fly down the western coastline of the Cape York Peninsula to Weipa and on to Inkerman Station. Arriving in time for lunch at 1pm at the homestead on this huge working cattle station, we then take a 4 wheel tour of the property, ending up at the coast yet again for another magnificent sunset. Dinner this night is in the homestead. Accommodation: Inkerman Station Homestead.

Day Eight: Inkerman - Sweers Island
After breakfast we depart at 10.00am for Sweers Island via Karumba for fuel. This takes about 1 hour and on arrival at Sweers it is a short 5 minute drive to the resort. Sweers Island, is in the Gulf of Carpentaria, approximately 23 miles off the coast. There are miles of golden beaches, blue waters, a wealth of history, a huge variety of birdlife, and as well as being a fisherman's paradise it has enjoyment for everyone. The nearest neighbours are the local aboriginal people, very friendly and helpful people who often take visitors on their turtle or dugong hunts. Here we are accommodated in share cabins/cottages. Once settled we meet at the open air bar/dining room for lunch and decide the afternoon's activities.

Options include boat fishing (what Sweers Island is famous for) or maybe a drive around the island, walks and swimming on some on the local safe beaches. Ray will no doubt dish up a fabulous seafood meal that evening in the open air eating area overlooking the setting sun on the ocean. Accommodation: Sweers Island Resort.

Day Nine: Sweers Island - Pungalina
In the morning a 1 hour flight gets us to Pungalina Station. Pungalina is a 500,000 acre property which is set up for small group tours in safari style camp. The tents are twin share and there is a flushing toilet, two showers and a great spring fed stream for swimming (although very shallow). We spend today and the next three days enjoying the variety of activities on the property - fishing for Barramundi, touring limestone caves, canoeing, bird watching, bush walking or just relaxing. At sunset we drive out to Calvert Gorge for drinks before dinner back at the camp. Accommodation: Pungalina Safari Camp

Day Ten ,Eleven, and Twelve : Pungalina Safari Camp
Pungalina is 40 kilometres south of the coast and just west of the Northern Territory/Queensland border. At this wilderness location there are many things to do and so we tailor the activities to the groups preference and capabilities. Of particular note is the limestone caves. They are millions of years old and really fascinating to enter. They are hot but well worth visiting to see the stalactites and stalagmites. A refreshing swim after this activity at the Bubbling Sands in Karns Creek is normally necessary.

For the keen fisherman, the Calvert river offers amongst other types- Barramundi and Sooti Grunters There are a number of fishing locations and a pleasant afternoon could also be spent boating and trolling the Calvert River. This is normally an important activity as a meal cooked underground and in paper bark by Owen back at the camp is compulsory.

There are many walks particularly for the keen bird watcher and often a swim is possible. It is not uncommon to see Brolgas and Jabiru as well as many smaller birds. To date some 150 birds have been sighted.

Canoeing the Calvert River, the Crocodile Hole and or the lagoon are three more alternatives. The first is a 3 hour trip down shallow areas of the Calvert and over areas of simple rapids and is a very pleasant trip. The second is more leisurely where small freshwater crocodiles can be seen. The third is a large permanent lagoon with many birds including sea eagles.

A must to do is to drive out to the Calvert Gorge one late afternoon for sunset drinks. This is a spectacular location with towering cliffs some 200 metres high. Once again the drive over the rugged country is fascinating in itself due to the varied vegetation. Another evening would be pre dinner drinks out at the local billabong watching the birdlife gather.

Pungalina borders Robinson River, which is a local Aboriginal community. It may be possible to arrange a visit of the Aborigines to show the use of bush tucker and any artefacts they may have to sell. Accommodation: Pungalina Safari Camp.

Day Thirteen: Pungalina Station - Lawn Hill Gorge - Birdsville
An early morning departure to have as much time as possible in the Lawn Hill National park, home of Lawn Hill Gorge, truly one of the most spectacular gorges in the Gulf Country, with luxurious tropical rainforest-like vegetation, sheer red cliffs and unusual green water. Access to the gorge system is by delightful walking tracks, and exploring the middle and upper gorge system is by canoes. It is fantastic for swimming especially around the naturally bubbling spas, or just out in the centre of the gorge looking up at the sheer cliffs and tropical vegetation. Enjoy a delicious lunch back at Adels Grove Camp, and a great swim, before flying onto Birdsville. Accommodation: Birdsville Hotel - approximate flight time 3 hours

Day Fourteen: Birdsville - Innamincka - Moorabbin
In the morning, spend time at the Birdsville Working Museum then fly on to Innamincka where we have lunch and a boat crise on the famous Coopers Creek. The final leg home via Broken Hill is about 4 hours flying time arriving back at Moorabbin in the early evening. Accommodation: Melbourne