Kookaburra Tours and Charters Pty Ltd
Kookaburra Tours is a locally owned and operated tour business based in Townsville, Tropical North Queensland. Your guide, Tony O’Connor has lived and worked in the region all of his life and provides expert commentary on topics including local history, flora and fauna, Indigenous culture and life in the tropics. Areas covered range from World Heritage listed wet tropics rainforests to Charters Towers and the Outback.
Tours are suited to all ages and are conducted in a new 24 seat air-conditioned deluxe coach. So join Ironbark Tours for a journey of discovery to experience life in the tropics and to meet many of the wonderful characters that call North Queensland home.
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An Aboriginal Cultural Experience - Nywaigi People and Mungalla StationThe Nywaigi people are the Traditional owners of woodland and rainforest country around the Ingham district. As owners of Mungalla Cattle Station they maintain strong connections to their land. Listen to Dream Time Stories and learn about bush medicine, bush tucker and the making of Aboriginal stone tools. This is an amazing story of an ancient culture that dates back thousands of years. Tour the Mungalla property - the first cattle station in the Herbert River district settled by James Cassidy in 1882. The homestead houses the exhibition Captive Lives: Looking for Tambo and his Companions (at one stage a travelling exhibition around Australia).This is a fascinating exhibit of the story of Aboriginal people from Mungalla and surrounding areas being exploited in 19th century sideshows. The day also includes a visit to Tyto Wetlands Interpretive Centre, a part of Australia's largest urban wetlands rehabilitation project. Ghosts of Gold in the OutbackCharters Towers is renowned for its heritage and gold mining history, at the height if the 1880s it was the second largest city in Queensland and was referred to as “The World”. The city is a living museum that preserves an amazing story 137 years old. Some of the attractions include: The Stock Exchange Arcade built in 1888, Ay Ot Lookout House built in the 1890s, Venus Battery – Australia's largest surviving battery relic, constructed in 1872 and Towers Hill Lookout. Townsville Highlands Tunnel TourThe entrance point to Townsville's Highlands is a comfortable 40 minutes drive west of the city climbing to 400 metres above sea level onto the western ranges. Townsville Highlands Tunnel Tour is a unique Eco Experience, one that offers a diverse range of attractions including Aboriginal culture, pioneering history and the construction of the Greenvale Rail Corridor with tunnels cut through solid granite (two of which are over 400 metres in length). Spectacular vistas across to Cleveland Bay combined with the surrounding flora achieve an invigorating environment, here you see the views and smell the trees. The tour also includes a cuppa at “Kookaburra Bush Café” in the Australian Bush. Townsville's Heritage and Highlights City Sights TourWhether you are just there for a quick visit or you would like to plan out your stay there with them in Townsville, this is made for you. It is an entertaining and informative tour that will introduce you to their Life in the Tropics. You will visit: The Strand, Riverway, Castle Hill Lookouts, Kissing Point and Jezzine Barracks, Historic Buildings and Local attractions. Townsville's Hidden Ancient RainforestStep off the bus into a different world – an ancient rainforest, with crystal clear mountain streams and cascading waterfalls. This is a day tour through to the rainforest village of Paluma, within the Mount Spec National Park. Your day takes in an amazing diversity of environments from the Dry Open Savannah country around Townsville through a part of the oldest continual surviving rainforest in the world to the rugged terrain of the western side of the Paluma Range. They will visit Hidden Valley Cabins - Australia's first carbon neutral accommodation and tour company, taking in a tour through their solar plant that generates all of the resort's electricity. The day is rich with scenery, experiences and great local characters! Wallaman Falls – Australia's Tallest WaterfallWow! Mind-blowing! Awesome! These are just a few words expressed by visitors on first seeing Wallaman Falls – the highest sheer drop waterfall in the southern hemisphere (over 300 metres in height). Their first stop will be at the multi award winning historic Noorla Heritage Resort within the quaint sugar town of Ingham. Then, enter a Time Capsule of Evolution to view the falls – the World Heritage Listed Wet Tropics Rainforest of North Queensland is the oldest continual surviving rainforest on earth. The day also includes a visit to Tyto Wetlands Interpretive Centre a part of Australia's largest urban wetlands rehabilitation project. Wallaman Falls - one of Australia's best-kept secrets! | |
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