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ANDAMOOKA DUKES BOTTLE HOUSE MOTEL & ANDAMOOKA OPAL SHOWROOM
We are pleased to be able to offer the following package to all visitors
travelling our state.
Dukes Tour Package
Andamooka Opal Experience
 Andamooka
is a comfortable 6-hour drive from Adelaide and getting you right into
the outback in your first day of travel if you choose. Interesting spots
along the way include Wadlata and the Arid lands gardens in Port Augusta,
the Heritage and Rocket Centre in Woomera and the ‘New’ mining
town of Roxby Downs.
Arrive in Andamooka in time to take in the amazing sight of this higgledy-piggledy
frontier town, which still displays the original pioneer miners shacks
and dugouts. Some wonderful examples of ‘making do’ as they
had to in the early years.
Book into your comfortable room at Dukes Bottlehouse Motel and then do
the ‘two pub crawl’ to check out your dinner options. Eat at
the famous Tuckerbox Restaurant or take in the ambiance of the Opal Hotel.
Have a chat with the opal miners at the end of a hard days’ yakka
and see if they have been lucky!!
 Have
a leisurely breakfast at Dukes’ then do a Tagalong tour with Peter,
our own in-house miner, to a working opal mine. All that is to be known
of the quest for finding that big opal parcel will be revealed, and you
can try your luck at finding your own ‘king stone’. Come back
into town, have a bite to eat, and then take a humorous and informative
local town tour of our historic dugouts and an underground mine. If opting
for a 2nd nights stay take a drive and visit the longest salt lake in
the southern hemisphere, Lake Torrens. (Four Wheel Drive vehicles recommended)
Don’t forget to spend some time exploring Andamooka, visiting the
showrooms (all have something different to offer) and do your own historic
walk.
Join us on the patio for a drink or two before checking out the Other
place for an evening meal. (Or feel free to use the barbeque plate in
our Sunken Garden).
This package can be done in one day, but depending on your time of arrival
and how rushed you want to be we would recommend a minimum of two days
with option of a third night to visit the Olympic Dam Copper Mine and
Roxby Down Township. This offers a unique contrast of an Old mining Town
and a New Mining town. Tours of the Olympic Dam Complex are available
at on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays only and go from 9 to 10.30am.
Cost is a gold coin donation for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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The Andamooka Opal Experience package includes: |
- Accommodation in our ensuite, air-conditioned rooms.
- Full Cooked Breakfast (on the patio Weather Permitting).
- Tagalong Opal mine tour with a visit to the Famous Bills Pub.
- Historic Cottage Tour.
- Andamooka Mud Map and information on surrounding areas.
- Free use of barbecue facilities.
Package Price: One Night
- $90 per person twin share.
- $35 Single supplement.
Each extra night inc. Breakfast:
- $65 per person twin share.
- $30 Single Supplement.
Optional Touring:
- WMC Olympic Dam Site Tours.
- Lake Torrens & Surrounds.
- Twilight visit to the Arid Recovery Reserve (Roxby) to see the
Bilbies, which have been re introduced to the outback by way of
WMC wildlife restoration initiatives.
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Dukes Air Packages
Andamooka, being a comfortable 4 - 6 hour flight from Victoria makes
a perfect place to stay on your first or last night of an outback adventure.
For all inclusive Australian Air Tours including Andamooka, visit Kirkhope
Aviation
The gibber plain airstrip is about 3 kms N-NW of the township and the
main strip is 1000 mtrs long and runs roughly east west with the prevailing
winds.
There is an all weather strip at Roxby
Downs , which is some 30 kms west and aviation fuel is also available
there. Owners must be notified if you are planning to land or refuel there.
Coming in you fly over the amazing lunar like landscape of the opal fields
and the longest salt lake in the southern hemisphere, Lake Torrens. Peter
or Margot will collect you from the airstrip and take you back into town
to book into the comfortable motel rooms.
Depending on the time of arrival and the amount of time available to
you the following activities are suggested:
- Take
a guided tour of the Historic Miners Dugouts and see how they toughed
it out in the early years of mining.
- Take a drive to White Dam Opal Fields where most of the mines are
dug by bulldozers and visit the famous Bills Pub, where Bill (now deceased)
raised over $250,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
- Take a drive to the edge of the great salt lake, Lake Torrens and
view a 360o horizon and maybe see some wildlife on the way.
- Take a wander up to the Andamooka Boot Hill and see some amazing things
there. Have a bit of a noodle (fossick) in the old mining dumps on the
way.
- Check out the Opal Showrooms and see if you can find the most beautiful
stone in town. All have something special to offer.
- Do a two pub crawl and have a chat with the local miners before enjoying
a miners size meal at either establishment.
Our package for a one night stay would be:
- Airport transfer to and from Motel via the Scenic Route.
- Fully Cooked Breakfast.
- Historic Cottage Tour.
- White Dam Working mine and Bills Pub Trek.
Cost per person on a twin share basis would be: $105.00
Single Supplement: +$30.00
An optional extra, time permitting, would be the Lake Torrens Tour which
would be an extra $20 per person (Minimum 4 People)
 Another
option, on departure perhaps, would be the Roxby Downs Mine Tour which
only operates on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9am to 10.30. An
early departure to refuel at Roxby could incorporate a pick up by the
Roxby Tour Bus from the Airport. Early notification would be required
but the cost of the tour is a gold coin Donation for the RFDS at this
stage. Transfers by road would be approximately $95 per Vehicle (4 pax)
For further information please contact us:
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