The Legendary Longreach & Winton Tour Trip July 22-28, 2025 for 7 days

Here’s the best outcome I can get for this trip. It’s now open for more members to consider and join. This is a TPC approved event.

1. Trade Travel have reserved the original Aug 13-18 proposed dates. This tour will only become available to us if Trade Travel cancel it. I don’t think we should wait for that to happen, so I have asked for us to be on the previous tour. It starts on July 23rd. If we get to 20 people it will be exclusively ours. If not, it's likely there will be others on our bus that we get to know for the week!
2. The Outback Aussie Tours(OAT) land tour cost for 6 days is $3699 per person, twin share, or $4510 for a single. The deposit required on booking is 10% per person plus a further 25% per head 6 months out. The balance I guess, will have to be paid at 30-60 days out. Twin-share pairing arrangements are advised for single ladies.
   As a bonus, we get a Probus Member Discount of $200 per person! This will help pay for the extra night and breakfast at the Longreach Motor Inn on the 22nd. The final package cost will be advised once we have the numbers, including any singles. This extra night gives us a free day on the 23rd to explore Longreach on our own with only dinner as an organised event.
3. We will book our own flights via the Qantas web page. I am recommending that we all book the QF2546 Brisbane to Longreach flight on July 22. We do this whether it’s your second flight for the day, or after you’ve had some stopover time in Brisbane. We must also book the QF2547+QF545 on the 28th. The Red-e-deal type airfares with Qantas are around $900.00 return for the 4 flights currently. You will need to book these as soon as your tour booking is confirmed by OAT. On arrival in Longreach a company bus will meet us and take us to the motel.
4. Going home on July 28, we will arrive back in Sydney at 7:50pm. I will pre-arrange a coach service pick-up for us. Their deal for a 13-seater bus is 1 Suitcase + 1 Carry-on per person for $50 per head with 5 drop-offs around Thirroul. This will get us home at an earlier time than taking the train. Alternatively, an overnight stop in Brisbane may be an option for you, then you can book an easy daytime flight back to Sydney the next day.
5. I have attached the Itinerary below. All payments will go directly to OAT and Qantas except for the Zoom Coach Transfer which will be to me before we go.
6. If you want to join us on this trip please email me for a Booking Form: <[email protected]> Thank you,
   
   
   John Penhallow
   [email protected]
   0419230787