WHAT ARE TOURS?
Oxford Dictionary : Tour - a journey through a country, town or building etc visiting various places or things of interest
Tours for example would travel the Anne Beadell, Connie Sue or Gunbarrel Highways and include all of the sites and features along the route as well as the history of the area. Sensible preparation is required and basic facilities such as fuel, water, showers and food items will be available from the various Roadhouses several times during the tour. We normally average about 150kms per day, and a day-off from travelling is included.
One of Beadell Tours main aims is to make sure you return home after the trip knowing far more about the Australian western deserts than when you left. To do that we offer more points of interest and more historical information at a slower pace.
Tag-a-long vehicles & camper trailers are welcome to join our tours.
** Please note : we require order forms & deposits returned by the end of January **
** Please note -: Final itineraries are dependent on permit approvals **
OFF-ROAD TOUR - *** THIS TOUR IS CANCELLED ***
This is a shorter Tour designed for those with not as much time and covers some extraordinary changes in landscape within Yumbarra Conservation Park, Yellabinna & Nullarbor Regional Reserves and Nullarbor National Park. Sandhills, lakes, Mallees, claypans & sweeping Myall woodlands offer complex environments and beautiful scenery.
Our relaxed pace is a great opportunity to learn more about the plants, animals & early Explorers. Connie Beadell adds greatly to the experience detailing her father’s participation in the projects that helped shape the western deserts of Australia as we know them today. Mick goes into the details of various explorers, surveyors & others who both traversed and lived in the country we travel through. Names such as Maurice, Giles, Delisser, Tietkens, George, Bates, Eyre & Forrest will feature during the trip.
Some sites along the way in our trips we are not allowed to advertise, so give us a call to find out what else may be on the itinerary.
In brief the tour will follow the route below;
Googs Track, Lois Rocks, Mt Finke, Tarcoola, Ooldea, Lake Ifould, Disappointment Cave, Kunda Rockhole, Koonalda Cave, Rockholes & Blowholes, Old Eyre Highway.
OFF-ROAD TOUR
Beadell Tracks & Oil Roads is a large tour covering many different roads and types of desert country from the Myall covered vastness of the Nullarbor to the Ghost Gum studded red ranges of the east Pilbara. Four different deserts are visited, the Great Victoria, Gibson’s, Little Sandy and the Great Sandy Desert. Few places are left on Earth where such enormous areas are virtually untouched.
A slow and relaxed pace will give everyone a chance to experience the changing desert environment. Rockholes, plants, trees, birds and animals will bring the country to life and we have the time to see them. A day off from travelling will also be in the itinerary so you can kick back.
Connie relates the history of the famous road constructions from copies of Len Beadell’s diaries and family anecdotes from the 1950s, 60s & 70s. Mick goes into the details of various explorers & surveyors who traversed the country we travel through. Names such as Maurice, Giles, Wells, Hann, Forrest, Carnegie, Canning, Rudall & F.T. Gregory will feature during the trip.
Route will follow these roads;
Old Eyre Highway, Old Coach Road, Forrest, Connie Sue Highway, Parallel Road #2, Tjukayirla Roadhouse, David Carnegie Road, Gunbarrel Highway, Gary Highway, Windy Corner, Gary Junction, Kunawarritji & Well 33, Punmu Community, Rudall River National Park, Skull Springs Road.
OFF-ROAD TOUR
A shorter tour focusing on Len Beadell as well as explorers such as Giles, Gosse, Forrest and MacKay with stunning views of the Mann, Tomkinson, Rawlinson and Kintore Ranges. Most of this area is generally known as the Central Ranges.
Following the Gunbarrel Highway west from Victory Downs we visit Amata Community nestled in the Mann Ranges. West again on the Gunbarrel past Len Beadell plaques we come into the Tomkinson Ranges and the picturesque community of Kalka in the very north west of S.A. The exceptional Blackstone Art Centre is next, then further west to Warburton and then north on the Old Gunbarrel Highway until the Rawlinson Ranges loom in the distance. A visit to Giles Weather Station and surrounds are next on the agenda. It is here that modern science interacts with ancient Aboriginal culture.
Turning east we continue on Len Beadell’s roads to view the Schwerin Mural Crescent, Walter James Range and Bungabiddy Rockhole. Pushing north we travel Len’s “showpiece” the Sandy Blight Junction Road. Studded with Desert Oaks and red sandhills it is a beautiful drive. Reaching Sandy Blight Junction we swing east and enter Alice Springs through the western McDonnell Ranges.
In brief the tour will follow the route below;
Kulgera Roadhouse, Gunbarrel Highway, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands, Amata, Kalka, Blackstone, Warburton, Old Gunbarrel, Warakurna, Rawlinson Ranges, Sandy Blight Junction Road, Kintore, Papunya and Alice Springs.
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BEADELL TOURS
37 Montebello Drive
SALISBURY
South Australia, 5108
Phone : (08) 8250 2718
Mobile : 0408841447
Email : Beadell Tours
ABN : 40 947 959 130