Birdsville & Big Red Experience
Flying over outback Queensland in the spring, our Birdsville & Big Red Experience touches down at the regional airports of Toowoomba, Charleville, Quilpie, Windora and Birdsville.
Birdsville is our outback home for the night, with sunset drinks on Big Red – one of the largest sand dunes in Australia – and staying overnight at the iconic Birdsville Hotel and it is so spectacular … we do it all again the next day!
This Birdsville & Big Red Experience Tour is designed for you to see our amazing Queensland from above. The Channel Country will be picture-perfect, with an awe-inspiring artists’ palate of colours and formations. We just love taking you to places you may not experience on your own, and in the friendly company of others. Thank you for sharing this amazing journey with us.
Sunday 3 to Tuesday 5 March
3 Days / 2 Nights
Cost $1960 Double / $2180 Single
Availability: Yes
Birdsville & Big Red Tour Includes
Pickup & return at your home
All airport transfers
Return flights to Birdsville
Scenic flights between outback destinations
Accommodation & breakfast at the Ibis Airport Hotel
Accommodation, dinner & breakfast at the Birdsville Hotel
Big Red Sand Dune 4WD
Birdsville & Big Red Experience Tour Itinerary
Day 1
Departing the Sunshine Coast mid-morning there is time out at the DFO for some lunch & shopping before booking in at the Ibis Brisbane Airport. After a relaxing dinner we head to our rooms with a view for a restful night to be ready for an early morning breakfast.
Day 2
7.00am – the bus departs to the airport to check-in for our breathtaking flight over outback Queensland. Stopping at five regional airports, we watch the changing landscape from a birds-eye view. At 14,000ft you can really see the vast expanses and changing landscapes.
The Channel Country is an artist’s palette of colour and formations … you will see the channels, lakes and rivers that make up this unique country.
Arriving in Birdsville mid-afternoon, we head for the Pub to find our room before departing on a four-wheel drive bus adventure out to the famous Big Red… the largest sand dune in the Simpson Dessert.
Here you will experience the grandeur & colours of Big Red, while enjoying spectacular sunset drinks! The night sky will be something to behold when we travel back to the Pub for dinner.
Day 3
There is time to look around the town after breakfast before we fly out of Birdsville. Autumn in the dessert is one of the best times to visit, this is a special opportunity to see the wide open spaces of the Australian outback and we are lucky enough to see it all a second time as we return home.
About Birdsville
At the end of the Birdsville Track is the frontier town of Birdsville, one of Outback Australia’s most recognised towns.
Deep in the heart of a wild and isolated country, Birdsville is located between the eastern edge of the Simpson Desert, the vast gibber plains of Sturt’s Stony Desert to the south and rich Channel Country to the north.
Once a notorious place through which cattle drovers moved their stock, Birdsville is a thriving community where you can enjoy a cold drink at the iconic Birdsville Hotel, try your taste buds on a curried camel pie, back a winner at the world-renowned Birdsville Races or dance the day away at the Birdsville Big Red bash.
Watch the sunset over Big Red, the tallest dune in the Simpson Desert or spend an unforgettable day with family and friends at the Birdsville Billabong, where birdlife, fish, yabbies and marsupials abound.
If you’ve wanted to visit this iconic destination, now is the time to tick Birdsville off your bucket list with the Mystic Mountain Team.
Fun Facts
Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. It is situated 10 kilometres north of the border of South Australia and Queensland. In the 2021 census, the locality of Birdsville enjoyed a population of just 110 people.
Area: 32,956 km²
Elevation: 46 m
Temperature: Birdsville experiences a varied range of temperatures throughout the year. January is typically the hottest month, with an average temperature of 32°C, while July is the coldest at 14.5°C. December has the most daily sunshine hours, with up to 12 hours of sunshine per day. The wettest month is February, with an average of 30mm rainfall.
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