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Getabout Training Services started out life as Getabout 4WD Adventures and the founders John & Julie have travelled Australia extensively with their three Children. 30 years of experience to some of the most spectacular regions this country has to offer. As Getabout Training Services we cut back on our tours to concentrate on providing training to travellers to better prepare them for outback travel.

Over the past 18 months, we have been inundated with requests from new and existing customers to resurrect at least some of our tours because they either had a lot of fun on tour with us, or heard about how much fun we had and how safe we were to travel with.

So, who are we to argue, we have decided to do is to offer a few of our favourites. These are the tours that we have a lot of fun doing, because we know the areas really well and can give you the experience you deserve. Plus a few of our staff are qualified tour guides and they are also keen to get the tours happening again.

There are quite a few tours that we will be doing, but there will also be a lot that we won't be doing ourselves. In these instances we will be handing you over to one of our trusted associate companies. These folks also specialise in conducting tours, and we would not recommend them if we didn't know how they operate and trust them to give you the same or better experience that we would.

So check out these tours, we know there will be something in there that you like, come and join us for a fun, relaxed and educational tour.

DAY TRIPS:

Golden Cliffs
This is an excellent trip, one the whole family will enjoy. We take you back into history as we explore fascinating Shale Oil ruins. We climb high onto the escarpment to take in the views of the Magnificent Capertee Valley. We will visit the Grotto where you can walk through a fantastic gorge only a few metres wide. This is a very special trip with spectacular scenery and challenging driving

Tour Dates:1st Sept; 18^th Nov
Cost: $165 per vehicle

Stockton Beach
Climb the highest sand dunes on the East Coast. Visit Tin City and the Sygna shipwreck. Fantastic fun and exciting day out.

Tour Dates:6^th May; 22^nd July; 23^rd Sept; 11^th Nov
Cost: $165 per vehicle

Watagans:
This Tour offers a great mix of scenery and challenging 4wding. You will experience the delights of warm temperate rainforest and witness the views overlooking the Central Coast and up towards Newcastle. Witness the beauty that this area has to offer and appreciate the history of the logging industry of days gone by.

Tour Dates: 3 June; 1 July, 23 Sept, 21 Oct 2012
Cost: $165 per vehicle

Glow-Worm Tunnel/ Lost City 4WD / All Wheel Drive - 1 Day
Commencing at the Zig Zag Railway, we travel through National Park and State Forest to the abandoned tunnel used by the Railway to transport shale for oil mining and to take a short stroll to see the glow worms. We then visit the ruins of what looks like a lost city from the ancient eroded rock formations.

Tour Dates: 8 July, 26 August, 30 September 2012
Cost: $165 per vehicle

SHORT ESCAPES:

Caves to Caves– Blue Mts
Travel along the edge of an ancient seabed as you tour from Jenolan Caves through to Wombeyan Caves. On this tour we visit Kanangra Walls and walk into the valley to experience an overhang that was once used as a local dance hall. Travel through World Heritage listed wilderness and enjoy the serenity. Visit the historic silver mining town of Yerranderie.

Tour Dates: 6-7 Oct 2012
Cost: $300 per vehicle

Gloucester and Barrington Tops 4WD/Campertrailer Friendly - 2 days
This Tour meanders through National Park, State Forest and Private Property. We travel through Bush Ranger country amongst Snow Gums with spectacular views and scenic 4WDing.

Tour Dates;15-16 September; 24-25 November 2012
Cost:: $300 per vehicle

Sofala and Hill End - 4WD/Tent camping only - 3 days; 4WD – Accommodated – 2 days
This Trip has some great 4WDing through an area with fantastic views and photo opportunities. We stop by the old Goldmining town of Sofala for lunch; after this we visit the historic town of Hill End before camping on the Turon River. We find ourselves heading towards Bathurst with options of following the old Bridle Track or travelling via the historic town of Ophir, the first town to find payable gold in Australia and sparking Australia’s first Goldrush, before heading home.

Dates: 3 day camping- 28 September - 1 October 2012
         2 day Accommodated- 4-5 Aug; 15-16 Dec 2012
Cost:  Camping: $450 per vehicle;
         Accommodated (Including Breakfast & Dinner, Museum): $550 – 2 people

LONGER ADVENTURES:

Buckland Valley- 4WD/Base Camp/Campertrailer Friendly – 5 days
This tranquil picturesque valley, once known in the early 1800’s as “Death Valley” after 1000 people died from Typhoid and became known as the “Valley of Riots” in the goldrush of the late 1800’s. This valley with the Buckland River meandering thru it has some great 4wd tracks that lead to some spectacular views and some interesting river crossings. This Base camp experience will allow you to fully enjoy the day trips out in different directions without the stress of packing up and unpacking, allowing enough time back in camp for happy hour and a relaxing swim.

Tour Dates: 17-21 November 2012
Cost: $700 per vehicle

High Country Hi-lights 4WD/Tent Camping only - 7 days
Starting in Jindabyne, through Kosciuszko National Park, cross the mighty Murray River and trek into the Alpine National Park, Omeo, Mt Hotham, Dargo, Talbotville, Crooked river, transverse the Alpine National Park, Mansfield, visit Craig’s Hut on Mt Sterling, Pineapple Flat, climb “The Staircase”, Lake Cobbler and finishing at Myrtleford. We ascend and descend mountain tops with plenty of river crossings and bush camp beside flowing mountain streams. We pass through amazing forests dominated by Snow Gums and Mountain Ash as we go from camp to camp. We visit historic sites where many a generation has become legend, and which makes the Alpine National Park the best 4WD region in Australia.

Tour Dates: 4-10 November; 29 Dec 2012- 4 Jan 2013
Cost: $900 per vehicle

Flinders/ Simpson & Corner Country 15 day tour ex Broken Hill
Magnificent tour with all the highlights. Flinders Rangers, Willow Springs, Skytrek Tour, Pugilist lookout, Druid Range, Sacred Canyon, Bunyeroo Valley, Brachina gorge, Blinman & China walls. Glass gorge, Gammon ranges, Leigh Creek, Lyndhurst, and Farina Ruins. Mound Springs, Old Ghan Railway sidings, Lake Eyre South, William Creek Pub, Algebuckina railway bridge. Oodnadatta Pink Roadhouse, Gibber desert plains, Dalhousie Springs, Purnie Bore. Simpson Desert with it’s 1101 sand dunes. Poeppels Corner, Eyre Creek & Big Red. Dinner at the Birdsville pub. Birdsville Track, Walkers crossing / Cordillo downs, Cooper Creek, Innaminka, Merty Merty sand dunes, Strezlecki Track, Camerons Corner, Orientos gas fields, Tibooburra. White Cliffs with it’s Opals, mines, Underground motel, Last night dinner and breakfast included.