Combine California's best beaches, the rugged beauty of the Oregon coast, add abundant exotic wildlife and some great rock digging: That's Australia's south coast! We'll hunt calcite, selenite, smoky quartz, spectacular fossils, and geodes while camping with kangaroos, koalas, and emus.
We pick you up in Melbourne and travel through the heart of Australia's gold rush country. Their rush was bigger than California's, and produced picturesque towns with beautiful architecture.
We'll explore the "bush", with its abundant wildlife, camp at private mining sites, and experience the real Australia. We'll swim, camp, and hike on pristine beaches while learning coastal geology. Dig, hammer, and collect your way across our favorite stretch of Australia!
- $1050 per person for 9 days, mostly camping. If you prefer comfort to camping, we can quote a price for accomodations ranging from 'onsite vans' (clean, small, individual trailers at RV parks which sleep 6) to plush B&B's.
Same trip plus opal digging at Andamooka available to adults only.
- $1500 per person for 11 days.
The fine print: Prices are in US dollars and do not include airfare. Email us for a sample itinerary. Trips are custom designed Current round trip airfare prices between Seattle and Australia start at $1200. Our Aussie photo album, specimen samples, and trip itinerary are avaiable for $10, refundable.
Trips are scheduled anytime we have a party of 3 to 5 who want to go. Best travel months are Feb. - April, and Oct - November.
