Aurora Getaways 2025 - Flipbook - Page 14
Longreach
& Winton
6 days
- $4,490 per person twin share
$650 single supplement
Sunday, 8th – Friday, 13th June 2025
Includes flights to and from Longreach,
Home pick up (within pick up zone), accommodation,
all breakfasts & dinners, all entries as per itinerary
PO Box 259 Ourimbah NSW 2258
Day 1
Ph: 4382 2039
Scott and the airport shuttle will transfer you to
Sydney Airport for your flight to Longreach Airport where
our coach will be waiting to take you to the Longreach
Motor Inn for a 5 night stay.
Day 2 We start the day with a gallop along an outback
track in a fully-laden Cobb & Co Stage Coach travelling
on the original mail route between Longreach and
Windorah.
Relax on an evening sunset cruise on the Thomson River,
followed by a campfire meal with outback entertainment.
Day 3
A visit to the Australian Stockman’s Hall of
Fame & Outback Heritage Centre including the Outback
Stockman’s Show. Across the road to the Qantas
Founders Museum and a Secrets of The 747 Tour. This
afternoon we’ll reconnect with the romance of rail by riding
in a heritage Rail Motor watching the sun set over the
mighty Thompson River floodplains for our Silver-Tails
Outback Rail Adventure.
Day 4 We spend the morning at the Australian Age of
Dinosaurs in Winton. The museum is home to the
world’s biggest collection of Australia’s largest dinosaurs as
well as life-sized bronze dinosaurs at Dinosaur Canyon. A
visit to the North Gregory Hotel where in 1895 the first
public recital of “Waltzing Matilda” was given.
Day 5 It’s back to school this morning in the world’s
largest classroom with a tour of The Longreach School of
Distance Education. We head to historic Barcaldine which
became famous as the centre of the shearers’ strike in 1891. It
is home to the Australian Workers Heritage Centre which
showcases the experiences of workers and the difficult
conditions in which they often laboured in days gone by.
Day 6
Some free time in town this morning before we fly
from Longreach back to Sydney where the airport shuttle will
be waiting to take you home.
