Itinerary Details

Mount Augustus, Exmouth & Coral Coast Coach Tour

Day 1

(MD, Basic Motel) North out of Perth to New Norcia for a morning tea break. On via Dalwallinu and Wubin along the Great Northern Highway to Paynes Find where we have a break, then move onto the Gold Mining Towns of Mt Magnet and Cue, The Queen of The Murchison.

Day 2

(CB, PL, CAD, Cabin) Cue is a well restored historic Murchison town. On to Meekatharra. We leave the bitumen travelling to Mount Gould Police Station, built in the late 1800’s to police Aboriginals who were killing settlers’ stock. Picnic lunch, then Landor Station, famous for its October bush race meeting. On to Mount Augustus Station.

Day 3

(CAB, PL, CAD, Cabin) At Mount Augustus we enjoy a tour including Edney Spring and Flintstone Rock. Later a visit to Cattle Pool on the nearby Lyons River for a walk under the river gums while looking back on the sheer northern face of the majestic mount. After lunch it is an opportunity to rest and relax in this outback oasis.

Day 4

(CAB, PL, MD, Motel) Heading north west from Mount Augustus we travel past Cobra Station and out to the North West Coastal Highway to Cape Range National Park and the spectacular scenery of Charles Knife Road, where oil was first found in Western Australia in the 1950’s.

Day 5

(FB, MD, Motel) Exmouth is growing rapidly with its lovely year round weather and great recreation activities. It is the centre for the Navy North West Cape Base. We travel to the head of the Gulf, enjoy a glass bottom boat cruise to view the beautiful coral of Ningaloo Reef. Time in the hamlet of Coral Bay in the afternoon before our accommodation at Carnarvon. Note: Boat Cruise included.

Day 6

(FB, PD, Motel) We visit the Babbage Island Jetty and the Fishing Harbour, then up to the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum to learn about the role of this dish in the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. Travel through the old North West sheep station country, where so many over the last 140 years have battled drought and great floods. Further south we stop at Overlander Roadhouse then to Kalbarri for two nights. Note: Space Museum included.

Day 7

(FB, PD, Motel) To Kalbarri National Park and the new Skywalk, perched right on the clifftop, two 100-metre-high lookouts projecting 25 and 17 metres beyond the rim of the Murchison Gorge. Also visit the stunning gorges of Z Bend & Natures Window. Lunch in Kalbarri at the mouth of the Murchison River. In the afternoon we explore the coastal gorges and bluffs. Note: National Park entry included.

Day 8

(FB) To Geraldton, via the coastal road past Hutt Lagoon on to the former convict station of Lynton, then to Northampton for morning tea and Geraldton for lunch. We visit the breathtaking HMAS Sydney Memorial. Afternoon return to Perth along the Indian Ocean Drive.

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