Posts Tagged "outback"

LAURIE NOWELL goes Outback for a safari holiday

LAURIE NOWELL goes Outback for a safari holiday

LAURIE NOWELL goes Outback for a safari holiday that blends Kakadu with the Kimberley Escape, Sunday Herald Sun, June 24, 2007 PUNGALINA Station must be one of Australia’s best-kept secrets. In the Northern Territory’s famous Gulf country, it is a natural paradise unspoilt by humans. A former cattle station that failed because its terrain was too rugged to allow the productive mustering of cattle, Pungalina has been reborn as a wilderness destination. The ruggedness and remoteness that contributed to its failure as a cattle operation are Pungalina’s key assets as a place to escape...

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Escape Hooked on Adventure

Escape Hooked on Adventure

An outback adventure on land and water thrills inspire Ric Acott. (Sunday Sun Herald 3rd February 2008) “It has been 43 years since a drive from Adelaide to Darwin put me in awe of the vastness, harshness and raw beauty of the Outback – and made me an admirer of the resilient characters who inhabit it. Those feelings flood back as I gaze at the sparsely occupied, sunburnt terrain from the light aircraft taking four of us from Darwin to Borrolooa and the start of an adventure the likes of which don’t come around very often.”  Read the full...

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