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Free CD! The large number of photos on our website make some pages slow to download. We have, therefore put the website plus several additional photo galleries onto a CD, free for the asking. Send us an email to get one free. Please make sure you fill in your postal address. 680MB is far too large to email.

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2 July 2010	Another newsletter and more Newsletter 49 is now on the website. It contains articles, information and a special offer you can't find anywhere else. Kruger and Kakadu. Willis's Walkabouts is the only tour operator in the world who can take you bushwalking in both. Our 2010 South Africa trip will be the most adventurous in years. We are taking advantage of something very new and carrying our packs on a three night walk in Kruger. We've taken five of the available eight places on the Mphongolo Backpacking Trail. We can take other bookings for as long as other places remain available. The Availability Page has just been updated with a new special offer. There are only five Australian trips still available from now through September. The Featured Trips Page has just been completely rewritten.
9 Nay 2010	Three new web pages — and more Newsletter 48 is now on the website. It contains articles, information and a special offer you can't find anywhere else. If you've ever considered a visit to Africa, you really ought to have a look at the South Africa section of the newsletter. Tribute to Paul Benjafield Paul Benjafield, one of our best guides was killed in a diving accident on 24 April 2010. This page is dedicated to his memory. Red Centre or Green In a few exceptional years, such as 2010, the Red Centre turns green with new growth, waterholes fill and the land becomes carpeted in wildflowers. Years like these are exceptionally good times to visit. The photos on this page should give you some idea of the amazing difference. We now have a Facebook page where you can find photos of our guides and ongoing conversations between past and potential participants in our tours. Changed trip Kakadu Family Walk No. 2 will now start sometime between the 20th and 23rd of July as requested by the first family to book. If a one week trip sometime in that period would suit you, please get back to us as soon as possible.
30 April 2010	Updated trip lists and special offers The Kakadu, Kimberley and Red Centre trip lists have all been updated. Many trips are no longer available this year. The Availability Page has just been updated with three new special offers.
24 March 2010	Latest newsletter Our latest newsletter is now on the website. As with every newsletter, it contains an offer you can't find anywhere else. Our new Testimonial Page has had major updates including a whole new section added this month. The Availability Page has had another major revision, some trips now almost full, some gone others getting near to being "definite departures".
12 February 2010	Latest newsletter Our latest newsletter is now on the website. As with every newsletter, it contains an offer you can't find anywhere else. Our new Testimonial Page has quotes from many of our clients over the years along with new photos, many of which let you see what the people making the quotes looked like at the time The Availability Page has had a major revision, some trips now almost full, some gone others getting near to being "definite departures". The Gibb Road Gorges trip notes and itinerary have been revised to allow more time at the Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary.
16 January 2010	Trip Notes All of our PDF Trip Notes have now been updated for 2010. The Green Centre Very heavy rain in early January caused major flooding and filled the waterholes. The wildflowers should be exceptional in a couple of months. This could be the best year in a long time for a visit to the Centre. Our Tour Availability and Specials page has some new and some revised special offers. Possible menu change We are considering changing the existing menu to a drop down one. We'd appreciate your feedback. If you have a few minutes to spare, please have a browse using the drop down version, then let us know which you prefer. In the drop down version, holding the cursor over an item in the top menu gives you a list of clickable choices.
9 December 2009	Latest newsletter Our Christmas newsletter is now on the website. As with every newsletter, it contains an offer you can't find anywhere else.
4 December 2009	We've done more major revisions, and have done some minor revisions to some of the pages listed below on 1 & 11 November. The latest are Cooinda and Yellow Waters in Kakadu Purnululu (Bungle Bungles) in the Kimberley See our Tour Availability and Specials page for some new special offers.
11 November 2009	We've done more major revisions, adding lots more useful information. The latest are Barramundi Creek in Kakadu Jim Jim and the Rainforest Gorge in Kakadu Motorcar, Kurrundie and Dinner Creeks The Ord River in the Kimberley See our Tour Availability and Specials page for some new special offers.
1 November 2009	This whole website is new. It went live today, 1 November. We've done major revisions to many of the pages, adding lots more useful information. The many pages that have been completely revised include the Top End information page Kakadu information page Kimberley information page Red Center information page Pilbara information page Where to stay and what to do page Koolpin and Yellow Waters pages in Kakadu. After months of work it's time to celebrate! See our Tour Availability and Specials page for some special offers. Get in quickly as some of these offers expire soon.
28 October 2009	Latest Newsletter Our Newsletter 44 is now on the website It includes information and discounts not available elsewhere.
26 September 2009	Our first video clips Bungles in the Wet 2008 Video clips
25 September 2009	New Trip Our Kakadu Special: 16-21 November This is a special trip put on at the request of two people. The more who book, the less it costs. See the trip notes (link above) for details New Featured Trips The Featured Trips page has been completely revised. Kakadu & Nitmiluk Photo December 27 2009 - January 10 2010 has new dates and now has two guides no matter how small the group. Bungle Bungles in the Wet: 14-27 February offers a unique chance to see the Bungles when the creeks and waterfalls are actually flowing.
26 August 2009	Latest Newsletter Our Newsletter 43 is now on the website It includes information and discounts not available elsewhere.
7 June 2009	Latest Newsletter Our Newsletter 42 is now on the website It includes information and discounts not available elsewhere. New Featured Trips See Our Featured Trips page for details. Marsupial Lion Found in the Kimberley Here's the full story.
2 May 2009	New Flight Information Our Getting Here page has been completely revised. There is now some competition on the Darwin to Kununurra run.
7 April 2009	Latest Newsletter Our Newsletter 41 is now on the website It includes information and discounts not available elsewhere. New Featured Trips See Our Featured Trips page for details.
15 February 2009	Latest Newsletter Our Newsletter 40 is now on the website It includes information and discounts not available elsewhere New photo gallery In addition to the trips where we are accompanied by Aboriginal guides, we now include a short cultural walk with Violet Lawson, one of the senior traditional owners, on most of our trips which spend a night at Cooinda. To date, everyone who has done Violet's tour with us has thought it was well worth while. If you'd like to get an idea of what it's like, please have a look at our new Violet Lawson's Wurrgeng Cultural Walk photo gallery New Special Offers Our Tour Availability and Specials page has been updated with a number of new special offers.
9 February 2009	New trip Drysdale River National Park: 29 May - 11 June This trip replaces the two Drysdale trips which had been in the program. The more who book, the less it costs each person. This is the first time we've been able to have a food drop so you need carry only a week's food at a time. We locked in an old price on the helicopter. This trip will never be this cheap again. Special conditions apply. Click the link above for details.
17 January 2009	Printable Trip List Our 2009-10 trip list is now on the website in an easily printable form. New Featured Trip Carr Boyd Explorer: 17-30 May This trip takes you into a little known and spectacular wilderness, the edge of which is almost within walking distance of Kununurra. Want to see what it's like? Have a look at our Carr Boyd Photo Gallery.

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