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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…
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.
Top five locations for a scenic flight in the Australian Outback
We’ve seen so much of Outback Australia, so here are our five top destinations to take a scenic flight over. How many have you checked off your list?
Fine Food Flights
Kirkhope Aviation in conjunction with the Restaurant & Caterers Association is delighted to be offering our first Fine Food Flight to King Island, featuring King Island Dairy and Wild Harvest Restaurant. This 2 day tour, designed for hospitality professionals, offers an insight into some of the best produce and cuisine on offer in Tasmania. Departing…
6 Things To Do When You Visit Birdsville, Queensland
Birdsville, Queensland, is a long way from anywwhere. Situated in the far south-western corner of the state on the border of the Simpson Desert, even Mt Isa is a 12 hour drive away, and Brisbane a whopping 25 hours on the road. Despite it’s remote location, it attracts tens of thousands of visitors annual. Here…
Accessible outback travel by air
Has Accessibility always been a problem when you think about travelling to the Australian Outback? Australia is a HUGE country. It can be difficult to get around, and it’s not the most accessible place. We’ve got more than 34,000km of coastline. To drive from one side to the other (Perth to Brisbane) takes more than 45…
Why the Piper Chieftain is our choice of aircraft for Outback Air Touring
Published: Often I’ve had questions from guests before a tour about the aircraft they’ll be spending time in while Outback Air Touring. They tend to fall into two categories, either they’re worried about travelling on an aircraft smaller than an airliner or they want to know a bit more about how comfortable the aircraft is…
BIG RED BASH 2016 BIRDSVILLE PACKAGE
Kirkhope Aviation 2016 Big Red Bash Music Festival Package Monday July 4th to Thursday July 7th 2016 includes Birdsville, Innamincka and cruise on Coopers Creek.
Get to Birdsville Big Red Bash
Flight Package available to the Big Bash Music Festival at Birdsville. Details of 4 day tour departing Melbourne on 4th July includes Innamincka boat cruise and lunch at Birdsville Pub.
Best Fishing on Flinders Island
Best Flinders Island adventure deep sea boat fishing and shore fishing locations. Fully organised boat and shore fishing tour endorsed by the Australian Fishing Network.
Unique Travel Gift Ideas
Unusual and unique gifts for men, women – and all the family. Here’s some fun gift ideas for every occasion, be it a Birthday, Christmas, Valentines or no reason at all! For a gift out of the ordinary, we have one day air tours starting from $390 pp: Brown Bros. Milawa Winery Epicurian Restaurant (includes…
Flights to Legendary Bathurst 1000
The legendary Bathurst 1000, is the high point of V8 Supercars events and sees thousands of race fans making their way to Bathurst. This year it will be held 9-12 October 2014. Each year we fly passengers to Bathurst. We have flights to Bathurst racing, available for Corporate or Private Charter – in groups or…