Angorichina Station - homestead Angorichina Station - sunset over Flinders Ranges Australian Coastal Safaris - interacting with sea lions Australian Coastal Safaris - swimming with sea lions Australian Luxury Escapes - cruising the Sydney Harbour Ayers Rock by helicopter - Discovery Eco Tours Bay of Fires - light house Bullo River Station - horse riding Bullo River Station - river system Bullo River Station - water buffalo Burrawang West Station - Homestead exterior Cape Lodge - night time Capella Lodge - Lord Howe Island Capella Lodge - rainbow Enterprise Charters - exterior Exceptional Kangaroo Island - koala Exceptional Kangaroo Island - seals Faraway Bay - cliffs at sunset Faraway Bay - King George Falls Great Barrier Reef - aerial view Haggerstone Island - arriving at the jetty Haggerstone Island - mangrove Kimberley Coastal Camp - arriving by helicopter Longitude 131 - tent interior Lords Kakadu Arnhemland - Aboriginal guide & friend Lords Kakadu Arnhemland - Aboriginal guide interpretation Lords Kakadu Arnhemland - Magpie Geese Margaret River Discovery Company Meringa Springs - kangaroo spotting Outback sign Pepper Bush Adventures - exploring by 4wd Pepper Bush Adventures - rainforest qualia - dinning with a view Southern Ocean Lodge - sunset view True North - cruising at sunset True North - cruising past water falls Watsons Mountain Country Trail Rides - horse riding Western Australia - Kimberley boab trees Wrotham Park Lodge - lodge at sunset Wrotham Park Lodge - outside lounge
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As our name implies, Outback Encounter is dedicated to 'off the beaten track' travel, but with a distinctly luxurious edge. We act as your private travel concierge to arrange anything from dinner ...
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2010-08-17
Be one of the first to experience Saffire Freycinet, Australia's new luxury coastal sanctuary on Tasmania's east coast. Only Outback Encounter guests are offered free dinner per suite per night plus free upgrade. This is a limited offer. Be quick
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2010-08-16
Southern Ocean Lodge is offering all Outback Encounter client's an exclusive offer of 3 nights for the price of 2 plus a $50 Spa Treatment Voucher. Strictly for a limited time.
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2010-06-29
Be spontaneous and gather your closest friends and family for a luxury experience like no other at Maitraya Luxury Private Retreat. Outback Encounter is excited to be able to offer you 4 nights for the price of 3 including a bottle of local wine on your arrival.
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2010-06-29
HURRY: Set departures for Outback Encounter's 2 day 1 night luxury flying adventure are selling fast. Limited seats available.
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Flora

Australia is made up of many distinctive forms of plant including over 500 species of eucalyptus and 600 species of acacia which Australian’s call wattle. Other exceptional trees are the baobab, blackwood, red cedar, coachwood, jarrah, Queensland maple, silky oak, and walnut.

Numerous types of wild flowers grow in the bush country, including desert pea, Geraldton wax plant, kangaroo paw and waratah, which can turn the arid landscape in to a carpet of colour after it rains.

Acacia (Wattle) 
There are roughly 1300 species of Acacia worldwide, about 960 of them native to Australia [View]





Eucalyptus gum trees 
Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees and a few shrubs, the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia [View]





Treefern 
Tree ferns are found growing in tropical and subtropical areas, including cool to temperate rainforests in Australia, , New Zealand, Malaysia, Lord Howe Island. Like all ferns, tree ferns reproduce by means of spores developed in sporangia on the undersides of the fronds. [View]