Posts Tagged ‘challenging’


Trekking the Great Australian Bight

July 22nd, 2009 by Lunch
One of the great things we used to do as kids was to do some exploring around the farm, the scrub & sand dunes & rock pools along the coastline. Somethings don’t change & even as big kids a few of us found ourselves exploring some of the coastline & clifftops along part of the  Great Australian Bight.

This really is sensational. There is over 2000km of coastline on Eyre Peninsula, featuring rugged & spectacular towering limestone cliffs as well as beautiful sweeping surf beaches, sand dunes, sheltered coves, rare osperey nests & our treks will show you all of this plus some!

For those of you who like the outdoors & a bit of fitness with some fresh sea air blowing into your face, this is right up your alley!

We provide  2lt camel packs with your food requirements for the day & away we go starting on our coastal farm & making our way along the waters edge & then gradually climbing up onto the cliff tops where hardly anyone has ventured before.

Views are obviously incredible as is the wildlife, but for me, seeing & hearing the surf crash in from the Southern Ocean onto the cliff faces makes you want to sit & watch for hours.

Depending on your fitness levels, the trek takes about 6 hours to do, so we can do this as just a day trip or an another option as an extra activity on one of our Goin Off Safaris packages. We try to avoid November- March as it can get very hot, but spring time is ideal. We can also extend this day trip into a longer format with 2-4 day trks available & for those really keen & inspired we are planning kayaking, trekking & riding a larger section of the coastline. Should be great fun, a great challenge, so contact us about that as well!

Very well done to the members of the Leonello family who took up the challenge & came with us for the first time late last year & hardly raised a sweat!