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<TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><A NAME="abouttop"></A><FONT SIZE=+1><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"><FONT COLOR="#800080">RED
CENTRE ADVENTURES</FONT></FONT></I></B> </FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1>P.O.Box 355, Geelong North, Vic. Australia,
Phone +61 (0) 352 770 870, Mobile 0418 991 085</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1>ACN 072 859 646, E-mail red@redcentre.com.au</FONT> </B>
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<BR>We are a small family operation, fully licensed and a member of <B>VTOA.</B>
<BR>The owner, your driver and guide MIKE, was born in Germany and has
been
<BR>living in Australia for over 35 years.
<BR>Our aim is to make your Australian Adventure Your Holiday of a Lifetime.
<P><B><I><FONT SIZE=+1><FONT COLOR="#990000">Hi, my name is Mike (Michael)
Hofmann.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF8000"> </FONT></FONT></I></B><FONT COLOR="#000000">I
was born in Germany </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">and ever</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">since arriving
in Australia in</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">1960 have been travelling
the Outback at every </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">opportunity, often on my</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">own
and to very remote regions and in the early</FONT> days mostly
<BR>in conventional 2 wd vehicles. I learned to live and survive in the
bush the hard way
<BR>and tried may hand at all kind of activities. Wood chopping, prospecting
and
<BR>gold mining are just a few of them.
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">I love this great country.</FONT>
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<CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=+1>MY COUNTRY</FONT></B></CENTER>
<CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>By Dorothea MacKellar</FONT></CENTER>
<CENTER> "I love a sunburnt country,</CENTER>
<CENTER> A land of sweeping planes, </CENTER>
<CENTER>Of rugged mountain ranges,</CENTER>
<CENTER>Of droughts and flooding rains.</CENTER>
<CENTER>I love her far horizons,</CENTER>
<CENTER>I love her jewel seas,</CENTER>
<CENTER>Her beauty and her terror - The wide brown land for me!"</CENTER>
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On my travels, particularly during the past ten years or so I have met
an increasing
<BR>number of overseas tourists. Sitting around a camp fire at night they
told of their
<BR>experiences, listened to my travel stories and realized that there
was so much that
<BR>they had not seen. Generally because of their lack of local knowledge
or because
<BR>of the risks involved entering some of the areas "off the beaten track".
<BR>Gradually I formed the opinion that there would be a way for myself
to make a living
<BR>and at the same time to be doing what I enjoyed most. As long as I
could keep prices
<BR>competitive with the big tour operators and, at a level equal to what
visitors had to pay
<BR>for the hire of a sound 4 WD vehicle and for their running and living
expenses.
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000">My last (paying) job was as a Freelance Consultant
to a section of a Victorian Government Department.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Becoming
disillusioned with</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">the 'System' during the
past few years I decided</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">to do what I love</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">doing most. Travel the outback and share its beauty,</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">contrasts and my favourite places with</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">you the traveller and and overseas visitors </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">to Australia.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">I purchased an <A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/okabus.htm"><B>OKA
4 WD Tour Bus</B>,</A></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">sold my home to pay
for it and hit the road. </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">I love it, should have done so many</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">years
ago.</FONT>
<BR>Enough about me.
<P><B>Our Tour Prices are all inclusive!</B> Two meals on the first and
last day, 3 meals any
<BR>other day. Accommodation is by two person tent. On most tours we stay
at least once,
<BR>on some tours up to three times at a motel, cabin or similar. The cost
for this is also
<BR>included.
<BR>On some tours where we have a free day for example at Alice Springs,
Darwin, or
<BR>Perth, breakfast only is provided.
<BR>The prices also include all scheduled excursions such as River Cruises
on the Katherine
<BR>Gorge or Geikie Gorge, and admission to museums etc..
<BR>At some destinations there are local excursions on offer such as sightseeing
flights at the
<BR>Bungle Bungle. These are optional and at your expense. Single accommodation
can be
<BR>arranged at an additional charge.
<P>Our <B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/okabus.htm">OKA
4 WD Tour Bus</A></FONT></B> is fitted with reclining aircraft type seats,
fully air conditioned and takes a maximum of 13 passengers. We limit passenger
numbers to nine, occasionally ten as I like to see my passenger as fellow
travellers rather than as buying customers and because I feel that this
country is best experienced as members of a small group.
<BR>We occasionally permit Tag Along travelers, but limit this to three
vehicles, with a maximum of six participants in total. Our group is never
larger than 15 participants.
<P><B>We specialize</B> in 4 WD Outback Tours for <B>SMALL GROUPS, to any
destination</B>
<BR>(within reason) and we can arrange tours to suit your group and to
many places
<BR>OFF THE BEATEN TRACK where other operations won't take you.
<BR>We always try to give you plenty of time at places of interest and
rarely ever drive after
<BR>nightfall.
<BR>With five passengers I break even, with seven I'm able to put some
aside for maintenance and replacements. Any more pay's me a wage.
<BR>With five passengers the tours will definitely run. I can arrange tours
for less than five
<BR>passengers but the prices will then increase steeply.
<BR><B>I'm very interested in arranging tours for private or special interest
groups. </B>
<BR><B>As an Incentive I offer a discount to any self organized group of
over six participants. </B>
<BR>It is important that interested groups contact me early so that I can
schedule theirs and other tours accordingly.
<BR>You tell me where you want to go, how much time you have available
and the preferred time for the tour. I will then advise you and arrange
the tour for you.
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000">I have some great plans for 1999 and the year
2000.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">There will be some unique adventure tours,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">exploring parts of our country that have hardly been
seen by white man.</FONT> One of those expeditions includes whale watching
at the Great Australian Bight, exploration of one of the world famous but
little visited limestone caves in the Nullarbor, part of the Great Victoria
Desert and then going west alongside the Trans- Continental railway line
to Kalgoorlie and Perth.
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">The duration of these tours will vary between
three and five weeks. Participants are invited</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">to
contribute to the general</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">running of these
tours by participating in the navigation, day to day planning</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and also some of the more mundane tasks like</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">setting up camp, cooking and even</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">digging
the</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">hole for the dunny.</FONT>
<BR>The cost of these tours has not been finalized at this time, but will
possibly be in the vicinity of A$ 135.00 to A$ 175.00 per day per
participant.
<BR>Mike Hofmann, 1997
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<B>Australian Red Centre Adventure Tours and Outback Safaris</B>
<BR><B>Abenteuer Reisen in Australien, von der Kueste bis zur Wueste.</B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>We operate tours to all areas
of Australia. Our tours are camping and safari type tours.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000000">Most of our safaris include
the Red Centre,</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Ayers Rock and Alice Springs.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Abenteuer Reisen in Australien,
von der Küste bis zur Wüste.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000000">Tours to the Red Centre, Simpson
Desert, Great Ocean Road,</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Flinders Ranges,
Grampians,</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Barossa Valley, the Kimberley
and the Bungle Bungle.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Many tours also include Kakadu,
Darwin, Kununurra, the Mitchell Plateau and the Mitchell Falls.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Our Red Centre tours always
include Uluru, Ayers Rock, Uluru, Yulara, Alice Springs, Palm-</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000000">Valleyand the</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">MacDonnell
Ranges. We visit Albert Namatjira's gallery at Hermannsburg and</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>often camp at Kings Canyon.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000000">Tours to WA include Geikie Gorge,
the Hamersley Ranges,</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">the Pilbara, Kalbarri,
Monkey Mia,</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>the Pinnacles, Kalgoorlie and
Perth. Some tours return from the West through the Nullarbor.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000000">We usually visit the Opal Fields
of Coober Pedy and</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Andamooka when returning
from the Red Centre.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000000">We only take small groups and
arrange</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">private tours to most destinations.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Your driver speaks German. Abenteuer
Reisen in Australien sind die besten Erholungs Reisen.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000000">Hier vergessen Sie alles das
nicht zum Leben</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">notwendig ist.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Wir zeigen Euch das rote Centrum
Australiens.</FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Ours is an Owner operated family
business.</FONT></FONT></B>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=-1>Our Home Page evolved as I (Michael) learned about
the www and gathered information from the net.</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1>There are many pages, at the moment some of them at
different locations. They are all related to this</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1>page and/or to my personal page.</FONT></B>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/index.html">Australian
Red Centre Adventures</A> </FONT></B><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/index.html</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/red.html">Australian
Red Centre 4x4 Adventures and Outback Tours</A></FONT></B>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/red.html</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1> This is the current,
'Frames' version Home Page.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1> Then there are a number of individual pages which
are part of the current Home Page.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>They are mainly descriping individual tours.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>Llinks are provided from all of them to our Home Page.</FONT>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/content.html">Content.html</A>
</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=-1>menu items</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/content.html</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/bungkimb.htm"><B>RED
CENTRE, KIMBERLEY the BUNGLE BUNGLE & KAKADU.</B> <B>42 days</B></A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/bungkimb.htm</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/groflinders.htm">Great
Ocean Road, Barossa Valley, Flinders Ranges & return. 11 days</A></FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/gorflinders.htm</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www/redcentre.com.au/tours/rckakdarw.html">Red
Centre, Alice Springs, Kakadu, Litchfield and Darwin. 22 days</A></FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/rckakdarw.html</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/rckimbdarw.html">Melbourne
to Darwin via the Kimberley. Return via Kakadu, Alice Springs</A></FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/rckimbdarw.html">and
the Flinders Ranges. 42 days</A></FONT></FONT></B>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/rckimb.html</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/15simps.html">Simpson
Desert, 15 days</A> </FONT></B> under revision</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/15simps.html</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/simps15.html">Simpson
Desert, 15 days</A> A variation on the one above.</FONT></B>
under revision</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/<FONT COLOR="#000000">simps15.html</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/redcentre1.html"><B>Melbourne,
Flinders Ranges, Red Centre,</B> <B>Alice Springs & return. 19
days</B></A></FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>http://www.redcentre.com.au/tours/redcentre1.html</FONT>
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