DARK Tag-A-Long Tours - QLD 4WD Outback Specialists

DARK's 4WD tours are created to cater to your comfort zone, from easy day trips to extremely rough overnight adventures.
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TOURS

We're locals, we can show you all the special and hidden places of interest that only residents know about. Choose from a variety of sites, adventures and activities to suit your fitness and interests. Don't be shy, just ask. We're here to please.

TOUR choices:

RIDE WITH US Tours

Enjoy the comfort of our new Toyota Wagon and hear the stories and yarns as we explore hard to find country tracks and sites.

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TAG-A-LONG Tours

Travel in your own vehicle while we guide you to the little known and elusive special areas of the Irvinebank Outback.

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History
This district is steeped in history. Explore sites from the early mining era. Have a look at old head frames, battery sites, mines ranging from the days of pick, shovel and hand steel to modern localities that used modern machinery.

Nature
You can visit canyons, gorges, and escarpments; waterfalls in the wet season; and waterholes teeming with birdlife. Over 100 types of birds have been identified in the local area. Swim in beautiful crocodile-free billabongs. Catch some red claw crayfish for dinner, or have a go at tin panning.


	Diane Debondi & Rodney Perkes Ph (07) 40964156 Fax (07) 40964067 Email 4 Jessie Street Irvinebank QLD 4887 Australia

Botany
Two species of flora are unique to the region: the purple flowering wattle (Acacia purpureapetala) and Grevillea glossedenia, an orange flowering shrub. We can guide you to these plants at Jumna Creek, some 6 km from town.

4WD coaching

4WD Skills
Like some help to practice your 4WD skills? Just ask.

Accommodation

- Go bush with DARK and sleep under the stars. Overnighters allow you to explore more of the country.

- Stay in Irvinebank. The Irvinebank Tavern offers comfortable cabins or travelers may camp for free at Bill Newburn Park.

RIDE WITH US prices

1 person	2 persons	3 persons	4 persons
$200./each/per day	$150./each/per day	$130./each/per day	$100./each/per day
Three back seats are available if the wagon is full.

TAG-A-LONG prices

1 vehicle	2 vehicles	3 to 5 vehicles	6 or more vehicles
$200./vehicle per 1 day	$150./vehicle per 1 day	$130./vehicle per 1 day	Ask us about our group and club discount.
additional days - $150. per day	additional days - $100. per vehicle per day	additional days - $100. per vehicle per day	Ask us about our group and club discount.

WHAT TO BRING

To stay comfortable, bring a hat, walking shoes, water and tucker. We'll boil the billy for morning / afternoon tea. Don't forget your camera for those great shots!

BOOKINGS

Contact us today - DARK Tag-A-Long Tours, Email Ph (07) 40964156, Fax (07) 40964067. Let's talk about your custom tour, as relaxing or adventurous as you wish.

HISTORY

A brief history of the birth of a legend.

A party of prospectors led by Jimmy Gibbs discovered a promising looking deposit of tin in some wild mountainous country twenty seven km west of the infant settlement of Herberton.

John Moffat's arrival back in Herberton from England in 1883 was around the time the news of the find had reached Herberton, so he traveled over the Great Dividing Range to inspect Gibb's find.

So impressed was he by what he saw, that he bought out Gibbs and his mates for £6,000 and moved his home from Herberton to Gibb's Camp, as the junction of MacDonald's and Gibbs Creek was called at the time. This name was not at all suitable for what Moffat hoped would be a booming town so he altered the name to Irvinebank to remind himself of his boyhood home on the banks of the Irvine River in Newmilns, Scotland.

Great Southern Mine, first mine in Irvinebank

This lucky find marked the beginning of one of the most colourful chapters in Queensland's history, and set in motion a chain of event that was to see the transformation of a very important part of Queensland from a wilderness to a very important producer of minerals, agricultural products and timber through the vision and enterprise of one man - John Moffat.

old Irvinebank

Moffat presided over a vast empire of mineral wealth spanning the peninsula and the country at one time controlling over 25% of Australia's base metal exports. His enterprises forged the road and rail links of increasing exploration into the wilderness of unexplored Far North Queensland.

Today the town survives despite the efforts of time, weather and Governments. This unique haven in the western foothills is steeped in history and beauty.