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Go Camping Fishing and 4WD Adventures : Go Camping Fishing and 4WD Adventures 106
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Reconnect - with your Family, Nature and our Great Land... Take Time - explore Ancient Landscapes, Fossils and the World’s Longest Geocache Trail Immerse yourself - in Unique Events, Awesome Festivals and Famous 4WD Tracks Food, Fuel and Camp Stops within 260km apart WANT TO DO THE DRIVE OF YOUR LIFE ? The Outback Way – Australia’s Longest Shortcut Winton QLD to Laverton WA, 2800km (1700km dirt) BUY the HEMA Guide Book & Atlas, Download the APP and set off on your own adventure! www.outbackway.org.au Visit The Great Beyond Explorers Hall of Fame; home to the local Visitor Centre, Horizons Café, and a distinctive souvenir and gift shop. Learn about the town's rich history and culture through interactive displays that are sure to surprise! Explore Laverton's attractions including seasonal wildflowers, old mining works, the Outback Gallery, and original Police Station and eerie Gaol, or hit the road on a 4WD adventure with access to the Outback Way. P: 08 9031 1361 / E: greatbeyond@laverton.wa.gov.au OPEN: Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm; Sat-Sun & Public Holidays 9am-1pm FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LAVERTON AND ITS UNIQUE ATTRACTIONS,VISIT laverton.wa.gov.au YOURADVENTURETHROUGHLAVERTONSTARTSHERE! Springs enjoy Indigenous cultural tours and food, explore the natural rock and water formations, and get up close and personal to furry and scaly animals at the Alice Springs Desert Park and at the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, including a new fossil cave display. There’s the Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame celebrating the role of women in Australia’s development, transportation enthusiasts will love the National Road Transport Hall of Fame, or call into the Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Centre and Café. Head to Anzac Hill for a spectacular view of Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges, wander Todd Mall, browse the Indigenous artwork, and stroll along the Charles or Todd rivers (both are unlikely to have water!). With so much to do and see in Alice Springs you might consider staying a few days before continuing on the Outback Way. Do plan to stay a night at Gemtree, north east of Alice Springs and the last township before hitting the dirt on the Plenty Highway as you journey east. Here you will find the Alcoota Dig Site, where you can unearth ancient bones of Australia’s prehistoric creatures – both dinosaur and megafauna fossils have been found here. You need to purchase tickets at Gemtree and camping is available at the dig site. Gemtree to Boulia, QLD Distance: 686 kilometres The Plenty Highway has long been considered an unrelenting route. Corrugations and fine red bull-dust make up this section of road and can take a toll on your 4WD. So make sure it’s in tip- top shape, know how to carry out basic repairs and carry a couple of spare tyres. Along the journey eastwards spy access roads for pastoral stations, see Harts Range come out of nowhere, enjoy the various roadside stops, interpretive panels and finding more ‘treasure’ or caches if you are doing the geocaching hunt, pop in for a chat at Jervois Station, and sit back and enjoy the landscape and isolation along the way. As you cross the border you will start to travel through channel country and onto the remote western Queensland town of Boulia. Look out for the waddi trees (Acacia peuce). They are only found in three Australian locations, one being Boulia. The waddi tree is a very rare wood and is known for its extreme hardness and density making it very difficult to burn. Boulia is also home to one of Australia’s best-preserved skeletons of a Plesiosaur, an ocean dweller from the Cretaceous period. You will find plenty of other fossils from 100 million years ago to when the area was part of the inland Eromanga Sea at the Marine Reptile Fossil Display. Prehistoric monsters of the deep roamed at will like Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs, several of which have been excavated from the Boulia region and reconstructed on site. GO CAMPING, FISHING & 4WD ADVENTURES | 25 GO CAMPING, FISHING & 4WD ADVENTURES | 25 22-27 - Outback Way.indd 25 2/12/16 3:53 pm
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