Lake Eyre – William Creek Pub – Painted Hills

“FLY TO LAKE EYRE” on our one day excursion

Based at Hawker ‘The Hub Of The Flinders Ranges’.

See Wilpena Pound and The Flinders Ranges, Leigh Creek open-cut coal mine, LAKE EYRE NORTH, historic William Creek Pub, PAINTED HILLS, Roxby Downs and Lake Torrens, longest salt lake in Australia.

Meet in Hawker township, at our office on the corner of Wilpena and Elder Terraces, at around 9am before driving out to the airport (5km north east). Upon departure, climb out over the timeless landscape of one of the worlds oldest mountain ranges, The Flinders Ranges, to see spectacular Wilpena Pound, and then follow The Heysen Range north for a special view of the Leigh Creek open-cut coal mine and then on to the historic township of Marree at junction of The Birdsville and The Oodnadatta Tracks.

Track north then over Muloorina Station and The Dingo Fence before entering Lake Eyre North at Madigan’s Gulf at the southern half of the main lake itself.

On this initial phase of the flight our pilots are instructed to non-typically remain at a higher altitude (cloud permitting) to get a full appreciation of the geography and remoteness of this vast and unique landscape.

At around the middle of the main lake, take up a westerly heading and descend to take a closer look at the islands and shoreline as we cross out of the western shoreline toward the historic William Creek Pub on Anna Creek Station, largest operating cattle leasehold in the world ! Lunch stop at the Pub. The burgers here are legendary!

After lunch, track south into the Woomera region to see the spectacular PAINTED HILLS, by any account a vision splendid of this timeless land.

Our homeward track takes us over Roxby Downs (BHP’s Olympic Dam project-site of the largest Uranium deposit in the world and shortly to be the biggest hole in the world. See it before and after!). After that cross diagonally over Lake Torrens ( at 214 k’s long, Australia’s longest salt lake!) and descending into Hawker for a planned arrival time of 4pm.

Charter Flights Daily.

Prices are determined by plane load, so if you combine with other passengers the price will reduce accordingly.

$1200 per person (minimum 2 people)

$900 per person (3 people)

$740 per person (4 or 5 people)

Hawker is about a 4 hour drive north of Adelaide and an easy one hour north of Port Augusta. Why not consider rounding your trip off to South Australia with a visit to the wine regions of the Clare and Barossa valleys?

All flights depart Hawker Airstrip – Call 7 days for details (08) 8648 4444

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