South Australia and The Southern Outback,
South Australia's outback covers 80% of the state yet is home to just 1% of its population. This is a land of extreme contrasts from arid cattle grazing country, to the seasonal wetlands of the Coongie Lakes and the environmentally diverse Kangaroo Island.
Buffeted by the waves of the Southern Ocean, Kangaroo Island boasts some of Australia's most spectacular coastline and a wildlife population protected from the predations of introduced species. A mix of small townships, rural land and wilderness, Australia’s third largest island offers some of the best wildlife viewing in the country.
The Flinders Ranges offers some of the most accesible and spectacular outback scenery in Australia with a long Aboriginal history and ancient fossil sites. Staying on an outback sheep station is the perfect way to experience this area. On the grasslands of the Gawler Ranges you can witness one of Australia's greatest wildlife spectacles: great mobs of kangaroos and emus dot the grasslands and spring time brings a profusion of wild flowers to the region.
The Eyre Peninsula, ringed by the Southern Ocean, boasts 2,000 kms of wild and unpopulated coastline and wildlife as unique and varied as the landscape. Pods of dolphins, sometimes over a hundred strong, are visible from the cliff tops while the shallows of Baird Bay provide a remarkable wildlife experience where guests have the chance to join wild sealions and dolphins in the water.
The capital of the region, Adelaide, is superbly set beside the River Torrens & close by are the wine regions of the Barossa and Clare Valleys.