Strzelecki Track Cooper Creek, Kinchega and Lake Mungo

An arid environment Natural History Tour

This is the fourth time I have offered this trip and every time, participants are thrilled by the variety of landscapes we visit as well as the combination of nature and history.  Your naturalist guide will lead you to discover the amazing plants, birds and animals of the arid zone on this really comprehensive Natural History Tour.

The Innamincka region is probably best known historically for the tragedy of the Burke and Wills expedition, however the Innamincka Regional Reserve is also one of the world's most unusual wetlands. Set in a desert region it relies on water from Northern Queensland to regularly replenish the maze of lakes and waterholes along Cooper Creek. To sum it up, "Cooper Creek is one of Australia's largest, most isolated and historic river systems - and it flows through a desert!"

Highlights from the 16 days include the Strzelecki Track, Innamincka, picturesque waterholes along Cooper Creek, the Burke and Wills Dig Tree, goldmining towns of Tibooburra and Milparinka as well as Broken Hill, Menindee Lakes and Mungo National Park. There are 7 nights camping, the other 8 nights are in accommodation.

This tour has a Natural History focus and includes a specialist naturalist guide. Along the way we will explore a number of different environments including big red sand dunes, dry creekbeds, gibber plains, freshwater lakes and waterholes. The area has a rich flora and careful observation should be rewarded with discoveries of wildflowers. As well as expecting to see a wide variety of arid-land birds, we will be hunting out sightings and signs of other wildlife and looking at how plants and animals interact and survive in this harsh environment.

In addition we will enjoy the overall scenic beauty, natural landforms, geology and there will be a strong focus on history of both the first aboriginal inhabitants as well as the early European explorers and settlers.

May 2011
16 Days ex. Adelaide   $POA

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