Hey mates
New photos are online, we try to show you the feeling about the outback and its nature. Have a look at our photos on facebook and you will see, how exciting it is.....!
Photos about the outback and its nature
Sep 20, 2010
Sep 19, 2010
The countdown is running
The festival offers a lot of activites and you will see that it is unlike the festivals in the major cities. It is one of a kind! You will get to know a very different culture and lifestyle. The people who live here are very friendly and make you be a part of their community.
The festival will offer you great program! Including an open air country music concert for free, a bush iron man competition, a bush cunning and survival skills competition and a lot of other things. So come and see for yourself!
The Professional Bull Riders will be the highlight on this festival for sure! There will be a competition and the winner will get prize of $8000!
Out the Back Australia offers a 6 Day Get Down and Dusty Tour including the Cunnamulla Fella Festival. It combines the highlights of the scenery and nature in and around Cunnamulla with a guarantee of fun at the festival. Don't miss it and be part of it!
• Festival activities including Bull ride, live music & bush tough man contest
• Farm Stay
• Working Sheep and cattle property
• Natural Artesian Spa
• Sunset boat cruise on the Warrego
• Campfire dinner under the stars
• World’s only Date Winery
• Opal fossicking
• View Aboriginal artworks and galleries
• Meet the locals
• Bare foot bowls
• Bird and wildlife
• Aussie “pub crawl”
for more details visit our webside:
http://www.outthebackaustralia.com.au/ToursPackages/AccommodatedTours/6DayGetDownandDusty.aspx
Sep 15, 2010
Sunset River Cruise
Sunset River Cruise on the Warrego River
Peieta took us and two other guys (Jeff and Nate) to a lovely house out of town close to the river. Leesa, who was our captain, was already waiting for us. The sunset river cruise started at 4.30pm. We discovered the great Warrego River in a small motorboat.
Leesa passed on drinks to everyone, she probably tried to get us a little tipsy. I guess it worked.
The weather was absolutely amazing and so we had the chance to take a lot of fantastic photographs. The colourful sky was very impressive.
The huge variety of birds and wildlife made the biggest impression on us. Leesa was the perfect guide for this tour. She is very passionate about the River and its wildlife. She told us lots of stories about the birds, trees and the river itself. In the summertime you should have a closer look to the banks, because you don´t want to miss out on the kangaroos lying in the shadow underneath the trees. It was a great trip and we are definitely looking forward to our next outback adventure!
After the cruise and lots of drinks we were starving. But thanks to Peieta dinner was already served. It was delicious as usual. As you can imagine we slept like babies after a long day.
Peieta took us and two other guys (Jeff and Nate) to a lovely house out of town close to the river. Leesa, who was our captain, was already waiting for us. The sunset river cruise started at 4.30pm. We discovered the great Warrego River in a small motorboat.
Leesa passed on drinks to everyone, she probably tried to get us a little tipsy. I guess it worked.
The huge variety of birds and wildlife made the biggest impression on us. Leesa was the perfect guide for this tour. She is very passionate about the River and its wildlife. She told us lots of stories about the birds, trees and the river itself. In the summertime you should have a closer look to the banks, because you don´t want to miss out on the kangaroos lying in the shadow underneath the trees. It was a great trip and we are definitely looking forward to our next outback adventure!
After the cruise and lots of drinks we were starving. But thanks to Peieta dinner was already served. It was delicious as usual. As you can imagine we slept like babies after a long day.
Sep 12, 2010
The new german interns
Hey Mates
We, Niklas and Nilo, are the new german interns from Out the back Australia tours. We are replacing Linda and Kathrin and we will try our best to fill in the gap they left.
We are the new staff members of Out the back Australia Tours, which is a tour operator offering tours to experience rural Australia. Nilo will stay in Cunnamulla for 6 months and Niklas for 4 months.
Our first impression about Cunnamulla and the Outback is very positiv, the people who live here are very friendly. The nature and the scenery of the Outback is incredible and gives you only a hint of how big this country is.
One adventure I already experienced with Linda. We visited Charlotte Plains, it´s a farm appr. 90 km away from Cunnamulla. The farm owners, Robyn and Reid Russel are very nice and generous people and made us feel like home.On the first day, Reid showed us the artesian bore.
The Artesian bore is a place over the artesian basin, which is one of the largest underground water reservoirs on the earth. The water consists of different layers: bearing water, porous sandstones and impervious siltstones and mudstones. In general underground water is quite hot, only some rare bores are filled with cold water. The water was very hot but relaxing at the same time! It is kind of like a huge natural hot tub.
Back at the farm a delicious dinner was waiting for us.
The second and last day in Charlotte Pla
ins Linda had planned a special trip just for me. We went crazy on a Quad Tour through the Outback and got all dusty and dirty. For me it was the best part of the whole trip.
It was a great experience to learn how to drive a Quad Bike and feel the spirits of the Outback.
We are the new staff members of Out the back Australia Tours, which is a tour operator offering tours to experience rural Australia. Nilo will stay in Cunnamulla for 6 months and Niklas for 4 months.
One adventure I already experienced with Linda. We visited Charlotte Plains, it´s a farm appr. 90 km away from Cunnamulla. The farm owners, Robyn and Reid Russel are very nice and generous people and made us feel like home.On the first day, Reid showed us the artesian bore.
The Artesian bore is a place over the artesian basin, which is one of the largest underground water reservoirs on the earth. The water consists of different layers: bearing water, porous sandstones and impervious siltstones and mudstones. In general underground water is quite hot, only some rare bores are filled with cold water. The water was very hot but relaxing at the same time! It is kind of like a huge natural hot tub.
Back at the farm a delicious dinner was waiting for us.
The second and last day in Charlotte Pla
ins Linda had planned a special trip just for me. We went crazy on a Quad Tour through the Outback and got all dusty and dirty. For me it was the best part of the whole trip.
It was a great experience to learn how to drive a Quad Bike and feel the spirits of the Outback.
Sep 8, 2010
3 new shops
3 new shops are opening in CunnamullaA lot of people were visit the shoppingstreet from Cunnamulla on this Sunday. Reason was the opening from three new stores in the city. Therfore Linda an I (the new german) got up early in the morning, at ten o´clock! On Sunday..... :) very hard.
Arrived in the shoppingstreet, I was eating my first australian sausage, it tasted ok, but I think I will miss the german special sausages!
Now to the stores, the new stores include a hairdressstore, which help the denizen and particular the girls of Cunnamulla, because it is the only hairdressstore in this city.
Furthermore there is a store with traditional products from Australia. I hope to learn how to play didgeridoo, if not.... I must buy me a cowboy-hat :).Finally a new store for ladies fashion with beautiful clothes is opening.
The offer in Cunnamulla will get larger in the future.
That is a great oppotunity for everybody to visit this incredible city and have their very own adventure.
So come and visit Cunnamulla!
Sep 2, 2010
Sunday trip to Glencoe
We started our Sunday morning with a delicious breakfast at the gallery, cooked by Peieta. Everyone was smiling an giggling as soon as they saw each other, but I really have no idea why O: - )
So our group started the trip to Glencoe Station in good mood and curious about how a real sheep station and real outback sheep shearer work.
The farm owners Helen and Huge Miller welcomed us hearty (have you noticed that I write something like that everytime we going to someones place out here?) and after the first informative talks we made our way into the shearing sheds. There were about 6 shearers and at least 12 shed hands who do an amazing job!
Huge was passionate in telling everything that he knows about wool, sheep and the work which comes with. To admit, it was very impressive how he evaluate the strength of the wool and its quality. That attests a lot of experience and knowledge!
All what you see in this shed is about hard hands-on work and highest sciences. The sheep have to get shorn by hand and the wool gets classed by hand.
After the wool is sorted, it get pressed and they put a print with the quality and the stations name on it. You have to send probations into a classing office, to get a certificate how good your wool is.
It was very interesting to follow Huge’s and Helen’s explanations. You simply can’t imagine that something like this is what people live from. For a European it’s hard to understand that this is real. It’s more like a little extract of an old movie. But it is quite honestly fascinating.
Afterwards we enjoyed the fresh air and had billy tea and damper with the station owners. Really yummy and old-fashioned. Sid tried his best to copy the way Helen poured the tea in the cups, but to be honest - it didn’t work, although it doesn’t look that bad when a man takes over some ‘housework’ ;).
All of us had a lot of fun, especially Kai as he found a friend for a lifetime: another black sheep! Have a look at the picture and you’ll see why.
We even had the chance to sit on a motorbike with a dog in front and in the back. They are trained to jump on the bike and stay there while riding! Cool!
Of course we took some “I am sitting on a bike with two dogs at a sheep station in the outback” pictures.
Kai was also allowed to have a little drive with the quad – of course with a dog on the back!
We learned a lot and got an insight of real station work. Unfortunately we had to leave Glencoe Station to pack up our stuff and get prepared for the coming painful goodbye.
The first tears nearly dropped as we had to leave our new four-legged, tail wagging friends from Glencoe station..
Our ways split up at the Cunnamulla Airport, where the Skytrans flight service took our group except Leesa and Kathrin to Brisbane.
Thanks all of you again for these great three days!
Thanks for coming to Cunnamulla, spending time with us and being like you were!
I think I speak for everybody by saying special thanks to everybody who was involved and made the time as it was:
Wonderful!
So our group started the trip to Glencoe Station in good mood and curious about how a real sheep station and real outback sheep shearer work.
The farm owners Helen and Huge Miller welcomed us hearty (have you noticed that I write something like that everytime we going to someones place out here?) and after the first informative talks we made our way into the shearing sheds. There were about 6 shearers and at least 12 shed hands who do an amazing job!
Huge was passionate in telling everything that he knows about wool, sheep and the work which comes with. To admit, it was very impressive how he evaluate the strength of the wool and its quality. That attests a lot of experience and knowledge!
All what you see in this shed is about hard hands-on work and highest sciences. The sheep have to get shorn by hand and the wool gets classed by hand.
After the wool is sorted, it get pressed and they put a print with the quality and the stations name on it. You have to send probations into a classing office, to get a certificate how good your wool is.
It was very interesting to follow Huge’s and Helen’s explanations. You simply can’t imagine that something like this is what people live from. For a European it’s hard to understand that this is real. It’s more like a little extract of an old movie. But it is quite honestly fascinating.
Afterwards we enjoyed the fresh air and had billy tea and damper with the station owners. Really yummy and old-fashioned. Sid tried his best to copy the way Helen poured the tea in the cups, but to be honest - it didn’t work, although it doesn’t look that bad when a man takes over some ‘housework’ ;).
All of us had a lot of fun, especially Kai as he found a friend for a lifetime: another black sheep! Have a look at the picture and you’ll see why.
We even had the chance to sit on a motorbike with a dog in front and in the back. They are trained to jump on the bike and stay there while riding! Cool!
Of course we took some “I am sitting on a bike with two dogs at a sheep station in the outback” pictures.
Kai was also allowed to have a little drive with the quad – of course with a dog on the back!
We learned a lot and got an insight of real station work. Unfortunately we had to leave Glencoe Station to pack up our stuff and get prepared for the coming painful goodbye.
The first tears nearly dropped as we had to leave our new four-legged, tail wagging friends from Glencoe station..
Our ways split up at the Cunnamulla Airport, where the Skytrans flight service took our group except Leesa and Kathrin to Brisbane.
Thanks all of you again for these great three days!
Thanks for coming to Cunnamulla, spending time with us and being like you were!
I think I speak for everybody by saying special thanks to everybody who was involved and made the time as it was:
Wonderful!
Dirty and wet...!
Because our reps came in eager to experience an artesian mud bath. The same one, Linda and I had a short while ago (look here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=218888&id=223043289611&ref=mf).
All of them were a little excited, probably ‘cause they didn’t know what they had to expect. But after Ian (farm owner) explained how it has to go and set up the tubs, they were simply happy and curious.
They got served a plate of snacks, like dry dates, fresh dates, crackers, biscuits, cheese and olives. And of course they had at least one glass of wine. Each wine had an individual taste which added to the enjoyment.
Adam, Kai and Peter shared a “tub room” everyone in his own tub. Sid had his tub for his own in the bathroom and Clare and Alyssa enjoyed their bath in a stretched double tub.
We didn’t have had a bath on our own, so we spent our time with being jealous and having a beer at the pub in the Eulo Queen. After around one hour we came back to see our tour group out of recognition: Adam, who was 52 before ;) , was 28 again suddenly and Alyssa youthfully 20!! Clare turned 30 again and even Peter looked more like 32 than however his real age is.
(All given information aren’t linked to actual facts and free chosen by the author).
All joking apart - they looked absolutely relaxed, refreshed and happy.
And that was exactly what they should have been!
Everyone told us how great it was and after I saw the pictures from their cameras, it seemed to be a lot of fun, too!
Alyssa and even Adam – so it’s not only a girl thing! – were interested in the lotion they put on their skin last. You remember? This one, that makes your skin soft and smooth – however the three guys put it on their backs.. Anyway.
After we got some take aways from the Eulo Queen for our bus trip back to Cunnamulla, we had a funny entertaining drive and good chats.
The best thing was, that after we got changed and sorted again, a yummy Camp Fire dinner was waiting for us!
Some locals came around to have dinner with us. The temperature was enjoyably fresh; nearly windless and the few stars which were brave enough to not hide beneath the clouds decorated the dark blue sky.
The scenery was lovely. People in every age were hanging around with each other, chatting, eating and drinking. A little highlight were the marshmallows, which not only fancied the younger once in our group, did they Alyssa?
Pears, veges in white sauce, potatoes, chicken, lamb, soup and gravy were well done cooked by Peieta and Natalie.
We enjoyed the familiar atmosphere and it’s a good feeling to even be happy and in good mood about little things (like marshmallows). Linda and I took the part of “local entertainment” and tried us in couple dances. We even got a compliment!
Later on our ways lead us into a pub in town, where a few tequila fancier find to each other. So it was a pretty good night by playing pool, talking and having fun together.
Best preconditions to start into the Sunday!
All of them were a little excited, probably ‘cause they didn’t know what they had to expect. But after Ian (farm owner) explained how it has to go and set up the tubs, they were simply happy and curious.
They got served a plate of snacks, like dry dates, fresh dates, crackers, biscuits, cheese and olives. And of course they had at least one glass of wine. Each wine had an individual taste which added to the enjoyment.
Adam, Kai and Peter shared a “tub room” everyone in his own tub. Sid had his tub for his own in the bathroom and Clare and Alyssa enjoyed their bath in a stretched double tub.
We didn’t have had a bath on our own, so we spent our time with being jealous and having a beer at the pub in the Eulo Queen. After around one hour we came back to see our tour group out of recognition: Adam, who was 52 before ;) , was 28 again suddenly and Alyssa youthfully 20!! Clare turned 30 again and even Peter looked more like 32 than however his real age is.
(All given information aren’t linked to actual facts and free chosen by the author).
All joking apart - they looked absolutely relaxed, refreshed and happy.
And that was exactly what they should have been!
Everyone told us how great it was and after I saw the pictures from their cameras, it seemed to be a lot of fun, too!
Alyssa and even Adam – so it’s not only a girl thing! – were interested in the lotion they put on their skin last. You remember? This one, that makes your skin soft and smooth – however the three guys put it on their backs.. Anyway.
After we got some take aways from the Eulo Queen for our bus trip back to Cunnamulla, we had a funny entertaining drive and good chats.
The best thing was, that after we got changed and sorted again, a yummy Camp Fire dinner was waiting for us!
Some locals came around to have dinner with us. The temperature was enjoyably fresh; nearly windless and the few stars which were brave enough to not hide beneath the clouds decorated the dark blue sky.
The scenery was lovely. People in every age were hanging around with each other, chatting, eating and drinking. A little highlight were the marshmallows, which not only fancied the younger once in our group, did they Alyssa?
Pears, veges in white sauce, potatoes, chicken, lamb, soup and gravy were well done cooked by Peieta and Natalie.
We enjoyed the familiar atmosphere and it’s a good feeling to even be happy and in good mood about little things (like marshmallows). Linda and I took the part of “local entertainment” and tried us in couple dances. We even got a compliment!
Later on our ways lead us into a pub in town, where a few tequila fancier find to each other. So it was a pretty good night by playing pool, talking and having fun together.
Best preconditions to start into the Sunday!
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