Travel West Outback Tours

Discover Outback Queensland and Outback South Australia
Join an Outback tour with Debbie and Graham Reid

You are eager to see the real Australian Outback, but don't want to go on your own?
Travel West Outback Tours can solve your problem.

Debbie and Graham Reid operate excellent tours with a personal touch to the most stunning places in Outback Queensland and Outback South Australia.

Deb and Graham conduct all tours themselves. They are licensed tour operators with a long experience in the tourism and transport industry. All tours with Travel West are non-smoking tours. That's a novelty around Australia, perhaps in the whole world.

Apart from the South Australian Flinders Ranges Tour which begins in Adelaide, all Travel West Outback Tours start in Charleville, Queensland. Worried about that? Deb and Graham give you tips how to get there.
The dates of the tours are designed around the itinerary of the Westlander Train from Brisbane. Other options to get to Charleville is by plane with Qantaslink, Greyhound Bus, or self-drive. Free car/caravan parking can be provided while you are on tour.

Travel West tours operate in small groups of less than 20 people. The Simpson Desert Tours take only 2 passengers. Most tours have a duration of 6 to 10 days, with some 2 night stays included. This is a very relaxing way to travel, you don't get pushed through the Australian Outback.

Let me introduce you to the unique Travel West Outback Tours. Click on a link below to jump to a tour of your interest. On the bottom of this page you'll find a form to contact Deb and Graham for detailed informations, tour dates and booking.

1-day Flight to Lake Eyre from Brisbane - The next flight is scheduled for Sat 1 May 2010.

Birdsville Races 2010 in Style - 1 day flight from Brisbane

Tour 1 "Birdsville - Innamincka - Corner Country Tour"

Tour 2 "Birdsville - Simpson Desert - Haddon & Poeppel Corner - 4WD tour"

Tour 3 "Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound and Barossa Valley"

Tour 4 "Bourke - Lightning Ridge - St. George"

Tour 5 "Check Out Charleville"

NEW Tour 6 "Ayers Rock - Simpson Desert Adventure"

Graham and Debbie's favourite time of the day

One Day Lake Eyre Tour

Travel West Outback Tours offer now a one day flight tour to Lake Eyre. You don't want to miss the rare sight of water in Australia's largest salt lake, do you? The Lake Eyre Flight only operates if there is water flowing into the lake.
Contact Debbie and Graham, leave your details, and they will tell you when the next Lake Eyre flight is due.

Depart early morning from Brisbane for this amazing flight to Lake Eyre. Graham Reid joins you in Charleville. Listen to his comprehensive commentaries, learn about and see the river systems of the Lake Eyre Basin. You'll fly over Goyder Lagune south of Birdsville, see the Simpson Desert and the vast Lake Eyre.

Update: The next flight is scheduled for Saturday 1 May 2010. Contact Debbie & Graham at Travel West Outback Tours to book your flight.

One Day Birdsville Races 2010 Tour

The Birdsville Races are an unique event in the Australian Outback. Here's your chance to visit the races in a truly luxurious style.

Saturday 4 September 2010 - Start early in Brisbane for a day full of excitmement. Enjoy refreshments and beautiful views while you fly to Birdsville.
Take a photo and have a drink at the famous Birdsville Hotel while you stop in town before your private transfer to the race track. Watch the races from the Corporate Marquee with lunch, nibbles, wine & beer included.

Contact Debbie & Graham at Travel West Outback Tours to book your flight.

Tour 1 Birdsville - Innamincka - Corner Country Tour

The 10-days tour takes you to vast gibber plains and red sand dune country. Explore a few of my favourite Outback towns along the way.

Tour highlights include:

Scenic Flight over Charleville
Opal Altar in Quilpie, the home of boulder opal
Windorah and Cooper Creek, this is the channel country.
Birdsville and the famous Birdsville Hotel, meet the locals in this isolated Outback town.
Follow the steps of the explorers Bourke & Wills in Innamincka. You will hear everything about their ill-fated tour.
Enjoy the birdlife at Cooper Creek.
Cameron Corner, the Junction of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
Explore Tibooburra and Milparinga, see the famous Dingo Fence.
Thargomindah, Eulo and Cunnamulla are unique little towns on your way back to Charleville.

For some background reading see the relevant pages in my Outback Guide: Windorah, Birdsville and Thargomindah.

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Tour 2 Birdsville - Simpson Desert - Haddon & Poeppel Corner - 4WD tour

This 4-days tour is an introduction to real adventurous four-wheel-drive country. The tour starts in Charleville, and ends in Birdsville after you got a taste of the famous Simpson Desert.

Tour highlights include:

Nature drive along Cooper Creek near Windorah
Hadden Corner, the north-east point of South Australia. You cross a couple of sand dunes before you get there.
Birdsville - enjoy a glass of sparkling wine on the verandah of its famous hotel.
Breakfast on the Big Red - the tallest sand dune in the Simpson Desert.
Poeppel Corner, where Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory meet.
Warburton Track and the Birdsville Inside Track

If you don't fall in love with the Australian Outback during this tour, you never will. :)

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Tour 3 Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound and Barossa Valley

10 days and 11 nights you'll never forget. This tour takes you along South Australia, from Adelaide on the ocean to the rugged mountains of the Flinders Ranges and Arkaroola in the Gammon Ranges. You'll be surprised by the variety and beauty of the South Australian landscapes.
The tour begins and ends in Adelaide's seaside suburb Glenelg.

Tour highlights include:

Sandy beaches at Glenelg, enjoy the sunset over the gulf.
Clare Valley and a visit to Sevenhill Cellars winery.
Scenic flight over Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges.
The copper town Blinman is South Australia's highest populated town.
The Ridge Top Tour while you stay at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
Explore picturesque towns: Hawker, Peterborough, Burra.
Barossa Valley, South Australia's most famous wine region. You'll explore wineries, historic townships and as another highlight, ypu'll do a helicopter flight over Rowland Flat.
Hahndorf, founded by German immigrants is a famous tourist spot.

This wonderful tour ends in Glenelg where you spend your last night with your hosts Debbie and Graham with a farewell dinner.

I have visited most of these destinations a couple of time, however haven't managed to include all information about them on the Outback Guide yet.
Here is what you already can explore in depth: Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges.

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Tour 4 Bourke - Lightning Ridge - St. George

8-days out in the bush to explore more diverse scenery. From ancient Aboriginal culture to a modern days cotton station, you'll get an idea of what the Australian Outback is all about.

Tour highlights include:

Cunnamulla on the Matilda Highway
Visit the largest cotton station in the southern hemisphere.
Back'o Bourke - explore the town that was once the largest inland river port.
River cruise on the Darling River in Bourke.
Lightning Ridge - home of the famous black opal. Visit an undergound opal mine, see how a rough piece of opal is turned into a jewel.
Scenic flight over St. George

Even if it is not mentioned on each tour itinerary, Australian wildlife is always included. Your local tour operators know where to go to show you unique Australian animals.

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Tour 5 Check Out Charleville

During this 3-days tour Debbie and Graham show you around their backyard.

Tour highlights include:

Charleville town tour and a visit to the Cosmos Centre Observatory.
Scenic flight over Charleville.
Visit Maryvale property
See the Royal Flying Doctors Centre, an Bilby presentation, and so much more.

This tour is a chance to get to know Charleville and surroundings from the view of the locals. What more can you get?

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Tour 6 Ayers Rock - Simpson Desert Adventure

Want to travel through the real desert in luxury and style? Avoid the crowds at Ayers Rock / Uluru?
Travel West Outback Tours has the right tour for you. Travel 8 nights / 9 days through Australia's most beautiful desert country. This unique tour is like you are taken by a chauffeur to the desert. Yes, it is only two persons and your hosts Graham and Debbie Reid.

Tour highlights include:

Opal town Quilpie, Cooper Creek and Windorah.
Hadden Corner, where South Australia and Queensland meet.
Birdsville and the famous "Big Red" dune. Actually, you don't stop there, you are going to cross the Simpson Desert.
See Dalhousie Springs and Mt. Dare
Explore Ayers Rock, stay 2 nights in the Sails in the Desert Hotel, enjoy the "Sounds of Silence"
15 minutes helicopter flight at Ayers Rock

All meals, bottled water, wine with dinner and ensuited accommodation are included. You'll spend two nights camping in the Simpson Desert, all camping equipment will be provided. Explore the desert in style and safety with your experienced hosts. Contact Graham and Debbie for tour dates 8April to September only).

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More details, and how to contact Travel West Outback Tours

Motel-style accommodation, all meals, scenic flights, and entry fees are included in the tour price. You only pay for your drinks and souvenirs. In my opinion, this is quite reasonable. You know what you get, and your budget doesn't explode while you're on tour. And Deb and Graham always include a little extra surprise not listed in the itinerary.

Did the above tour descriptions grab you? Are you keen to join a Travel West Outback Tour?
I know you will have a wonderful time, and see the most stunning places of the Australian Outback.
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	Lake Eyre Day Trip from Brisbane
	Birdsville Races from Brisbane
	Tour 1: Birdsville, Innamincka & Corner Country - 10 Days / 9 Nights
	Tour 2: 4WD Tours - 2 Guests Birdsville, Simpson Desert, Haddon & Poeppel Corners - 4 Days / 4 Nights
	Tour 3: Arkaroola, Wilpena Pound & Barossa Valley - 10 Days / 11 Nights
	Tour 4: Bourke, Lightning Ridge & St. George - 8 Days / 7 Nights
	Tour 5: Check out Charleville - 3 Days / 2 Nights
	New Tour 6: Ayers Rock & Simpson Desert Adventure - 9 Days / 8 Nights