News and Events
Our connections on the ground
In our forty plus years of flying to Australia’s most extraordinary places, we’ve befriended a wonderful assortment of hoteliers, restauranteurs, tour guides and other local characters in communities across the nation. We’d like to introduce you to just a handful of the people who make our tours so special for guests. From a town of…
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Water Level: Current Status
Water levels in Kati Thanda / Lake Eyre have decreased in the last month but theres a brilliant white cover to be seen over the exposed dry areas of the lake. There’s still a chance of more rain…
Four reasons to do a tour of the outback by air
By Nick Stobie – Touring Pilot Outback Australia really does have so much to offer. We’re the largest island country in the world, and although you can travel all over Australia by car, more than a decade of flying to the most remote parts of the country has taught me that the best way to see the outback is…
Seeing Cape York on an Air Tour
By Nick Stobie – Touring Pilot Cape York Safari has been one of my favourite trips for the past couple of years. I’ve been lucky enough to lead seven trips up the Cape over the past three years, and it’s one of those parts of the country that I love going back to again and again. Among…
Is Lake Eyre going to flood?!
By Nick Stobie – Touring Pilot About a dozen or so times a year, Jarrod or David in the tours office come to me with questions about Lake Eyre. More often than not, a guest is interested in booking one of our trips to visit Lake Eyre, but they want to know if the lake…
Floodwaters in Lake Eyre Basin – February 2024
Summer often sees heavy rainfall in northern Australia as tropical weather systems and cyclones dump sometimes metres of rain at a time on communities. When those weather systems make their way inland, some of that water ends up in the Lake Eyre basin, which extends from Lake Eyre itself right up into south-western Queensland. In…
The Joy of Air Touring
If you’ve wondered what air touring is, who is going or where you can go, this is for you. We dive into some of our favourite things about Air Touring and what makes Australian Air Safaris so special.
Kirkhope Aviation’s air touring division expands nationally, becomes Australian Air Safaris
Kirkhope Aviation, which has been operating small group air tours by private aircraft throughout Australia for 49 years, is expanding and rebranding. From today, the air touring division of the company will be known as Australian Air Safaris.
Birdsville Races Charter Flights
Birdsville Races 2018 Flights. Return flights from Moorabbin Airport (Melbourne) Twin engine, air conditioned luxury aircraft, take 15kg baggage for camping equipment…