GREAT SOUTHERN OUTBACK WILDERNESS OVERNIGHT TOUR

We require a minimum of 4 visitors for this 4WDV tour and only 1 x 4 WDV is used for this tour because of overnight accommodation restrictions in Ongerup

THEME: View the incredible work completed by private land owners to re-establish the ecology of degraded farming country and return it like it was before the pre-colonisation period. Connect with a local farming community with an overnight stay and experience unique displays of local art and culture. 

• We start our adventure at Albany Visitors Centre with an 8.30am pick up. A quick stop to view the Aboriginal fish traps at Oyster Harbour. The Aboriginal Menang peoples of the Noongar nation trapped different fish species as a major food source.  We resume our journey stopping at Wellstead to visit the Museum and enjoy morning tea
• Travelling along the Boxwood Hill-Ongerup Road we stop to view ‘Gondwana Link’ properties that are important for reintroducing flora and fauna into degraded farmland that was not productive. Guests will experience local Aboriginal Noongar culture in a ‘meeting’ place
• We travel on to Ongerup, for an overnight stay and enjoy dinner at the friendly local Hotel 
• The following day we visit the Ongerup Museum and Wildflower Centre for a morning cuppa and visit a local farming property. We will settle in for lunch at the Yongergnow Malleefowl Centre in Ongerup. The sanctuary is part of the National Malleefowl Recovery Program to protect Malleefowl and their habitat. This country is known for the massive deforestation or clearing of vast ecologically rich and diverse Mallee scrub
• We continue onto the picturesque Stirling Ranges and home to over 100,000 species of colourful wildflowers and spectacular bush walks. We enjoy the panoramic views of the surrounding plains and see if we can spot black cockatoos, birds of prey, purple-crowned lorikeets, scrub wrens and other birds in their natural habitat.
• On our journey home we stop for afternoon tea and taste the intense varietal fruit flavours of the mineral-rich wines of a local Porongurup Range wine producer

Note: Bring packed lunch for 1st day