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Outback Backpacker 9 Day Tour

Outback Backpacker 9 Day Tour - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia

Travel to tour included Wildlife Viewing Guided Tour Outdoor Activities Swimming All meals during tour included Walking Outdoor Accomodation Campfire   Book Online

Tour Intensity 
Moderate Level Intensity Tour
Spend 9 great days exploring all that the Queensland outback has to offer. Experience the true bush with camp fires under the stars, see real working homesteads in action, tour around towns including Eulo, Yowah and Cunnamulla and learn about the history this rich area has to offer.



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In Australia
1300 473 946.

International
+617 4690 9914

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Starting Location
  • Cunnamulla, Queensland
The Outback Backpacker 9 Day Tour Costs

Prices Greyhound Australia

Bookings
  • Bookings need to be made 48 hours prior to departure.
Tour Price Includes
  • All meals
  • Camp site fees
  • All activities
  • Outback survival pack which includes everything you need to survive the outback adventure (Hat, fly veil, water bottle, sunscreen, insect repellant, travel diary, itinerary, post cards, pens, minties, name tag, sling bag and t-shirt)
Optional extras
  • Artesian mud bath ($60)
What to Bring
  • Hat and Sunglasses
  • Suitable clothing for the outback for the number of days travel (it can be dusty)
  • Personal toiletries
  • Enclosed shoes
  • Water bottle
  • Personal spending money
  • Camera & Film
Departure
  • Tour operates from Cunnamulla each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 
  • Travel from Brisbane or Toowoomba to Cunnamulla, Greyhound’s partner service operated by Coach Queensland travels to Cunnamulla daily arriving at 7.45pm (not included in tour price)
  • Tour provider’s contact details will be listed on your booking print out, please contact your tour provider 1-2 days before your tour to arrange pick up from the bus stop in Cunnamulla to begin the tour
Return
  • Tour returns to the Cunnamulla bus stop for you to continue your journey
Getting to Cunnamulla
  • Greyhound travels to Cunnamulla from many destinations in Australia. Click here to organise your travel.
 

Itinerary

DAY 1 Wed/Fri/Sun
  • Make your way to Cunnamulla by Greyhound coach
  • Transfer to your accommodation
  • Enjoy an evening meal and receive an updated itinerary
  • Camping accommodation under the stars in Cunnumulla

Meals included: Dinner

 Camping accommodation - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 2 Thur/Sat/Mon
  • Head to the little town of Eulo
  • Visit the Eulo General store to do some souvenir shopping
  • View the display of original aboriginal art by Geoffrey Manthey and local Peta Warner
  • Learn about date farming at Palm Grove and even taste some date wine
  • Artesian mud bath (optional) good for the skin
  • Experience Bills Eulo tour in a 1955 Holden
  • Camping accommodation under the starts at Eulo Queen Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 Bore - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 3 Fri/Sun/Tue
  • Depart Eulo for Yowah opal fields
  • Visit the Mud Springs
  • Explore an open cut opal mine, fossick for your own opal and have it cut right before your eyes
  • Guided tour of Yowah
  • Lovers leap, a fantastic spot for photos
  • Enjoy dinner with a game of barefoot bowls and a beer
  • Camping accommodation under the stars in Cunnamulla

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 River Tour - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 4 Sat/Mon/Wed
  • Wake to the singing of the native birds and a continental brekky
  • Kayak along the Warrego River with a mass of wildlife and birdlife
  • Free time in the afternoon
  • Sandboarding and sledding down natural dunes
  • At night enjoy the campfire, try the aboriginal art of playing the didgeridoo
  • Camping accommodation under the stars in Cunnamulla

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 Sandborarding - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 5 Sun/Tue/Thur
  • Rise early for Breakfast
  • Travel to Rocky Station
  • Stroll along the bank of the Warrego River for the Wallaby Walk, keep your eye out for the little creatures at the waters edge
  • Make your way across the 70 metre swinging footbridge
  • Enjoy a personal guided tour around the Charlotte Plains station
  • Relax beneath a fantastic outback sunset
  • Sit around the campfire and share stories and bush poetry with the station owners
  • Camping accommodation under the stars at Charlotte Plains

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 Shearing sheds - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 6 Mon/Wed/Fri
  • Guided tour of Charlotte Plains by the station owners including cemetery, shearing shed and the old Queenslander
  • Learn how to make Billy tea and damper
  • Camping accommodation under the stars at Charlotte Plains

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 Shearing sheds - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 7 Tue/Thur/Sat
  • Depart Charlotte Plains and travel back to Cunnamulla
  • Historical town tour
  • Find out who the last man to be hanged in Queensland was and why
  • Photographic tour by Stephanie Mills
  • Warrego River boat cruise
  • Sit back, relax and listen to the bush entertainment, even learn the ‘Cunnumulla Fella’ made famous by Slim Dusty
  • Camping accommodation under the stars in Cunnumulla

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 Outback artesian bore - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 8 Wed/Fri/Sun
  • Free time today in Cunnumulla, maybe do some shopping for souvenirs
  • Take a moonlight tour in the old cemetery
  • ‘Crawl’ your way around some of the local pubs before hitting the hay
  • Camping accommodation under the stars in Cunnumulla

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

 Cunnamulla - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
DAY 9 Thur/Sat/Mon
  • Rise early for Breakfast
  • Return to Cunnamulla where you will meet the coach to continue your travel

Meals included: Breakfast

 Outback - Travel Green with Greyhound Australia
To book call 1300 473 946 or click here.
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