Legendary Longreach and Winton

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Legendary Longreach and Winton

Adventure and Outdoors Tours
Cruises, Sailing and Water Tours
Cultural and Theme Tours
Nature and wildlife
Sightseeing Tours
Part of: Desert Sky Tours
2 min guests
4 max guests

Highlights

  • Travel the Strzelecki Track to Innamincka, uncovering the rich history of the Burke and Wills Expedition.
  • Cruise the Thomson River at sunset, enjoying stunning views and the serene atmosphere of the outback.
  • Explore Lark Quarry Conservation Park, witnessing remarkable dinosaur footprints that tell ancient stories.
  • Visit Blackall to see Australia's last steam-powered wool washing plant, a unique glimpse into our agricultural heritage.

Travel The Strzelecki Track to Innamincka and a day to visiting sites significant to the Burke and Wills Expedition. Next day to Windorah – and the Thomson and Barcoo which form the Cooper Creek.

Heading north, we visit Lark Quarry Conservation Park and Winton, birthplace of “Waltzing Matilda”.

Continue to Longreach, The Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre and Qantas Founders Outback Museum. Sunset dinner cruise on the Thomson River.

Visit Barcaldine, Tree of Knowledge, before heading to Blackall where we find the only fully intact steam-powered wool washing plant left in Australia.

At Cunnumulla we meet the Adventure Way Eulo,then Hungerford via the Currawinya National Park.

Crossing the New South Wales Border and Dingo Fence, we are on the Dowling Track – passing through Yantabulla and Ford’s Bridge, then North Bourke.

A day in Bourke to discover the Exhibition Centre, a drive to Mount Oxley and a cruise on the Darling River aboard the replica paddle steamer the Jandra.

“The Darling River ” takes us through Louth and Tilpa to Wilcannia and the highway to Broken Hill.

We head south of Broken Hill through the Stations of Harriedale, Loch Lilly and Quandong to Burra and Adelaide.

Itinerary highlights

Innamincka
Windorah
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Stampede
Winton
Stockman's Hall Of Fame
Qantas Founders Museum
Sunset Cruise on Thomson River
Tree of Knowledge Barcaldine
Charleville
Cunnumulla
Currawinya National Park
Hungerford
The DarlingTrack
Jandra Paddle Steamer
Mt Oxley
Louth
Tilpa
Wilcannia
Broken Hill
Loch Lilly Station
Quandong Station
Burra

Tour details

  • Adventure and Outdoors Tours
  • Cruises, Sailing and Water Tours
  • Cultural and Theme Tours
  • Nature and wildlife
  • Sightseeing Tours
  • Extended
  • Land – Motorised
  • Land – Self Propelled
  • Water – Motorised
  • Chauffeured Tour
  • Private Tour
  • Small Group Tour
  • Basic
  • Single
    Available from 24 June 2026

Features

Service facilities

  • Carpark
  • Non Smoking

Sevice Activity

  • Birdwatching
  • Four Wheel Driving
  • Scenic Drives
  • Walks
Accessibility

This business does not currently offer accessible facilities.

Operation information

Desert Sky Tours

Desert Sky Tours offers fully escorted tours of the Flinders Ranges and Outback Australian iconic destinations.

Desert Sky Tours operates extended tours with hotel/motel accommodation to Birdsville, Longreach, Innamincka, Flinders Ranges, Gawler Ranges, William Creek, Coober Pedy, Kangaroo Island, Yorke Peninsula, Back O’ Bourke, Wilson’s Promontory, Great Ocean Road and Mungo National Park travelling in a Toyota Land cruiser 200 Series four-wheel drive vehicle.

Tours depart from and return to Adelaide, and prices include accommodation, touring and all meals.

Activities

  • Birdwatching
  • Four Wheel Driving
  • Walks

Tags

  • Aboriginal Culture
  • Beaches & Surf
  • Food & Wine
  • History & Heritage
  • Nature & Wildlife

Accreditations

  • Quality Tourism Accreditation
  • Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC

Memberships

  • Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
  • Tourism Industry Council of SA

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