AUSTRALASIAN SAFARI 21-29 SEPTEMBER 2012

KEE@FSWMAG.COM



ANSWER THE CALL OF THE WILD THIS SEPTEMBER IN THE RUGGED WILDERNESS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA!


You don't need to take part in the driving---just turn up, check into a luxury rock cabin and take in the spectacular sight and definitely sound of the wild amplified by the roar of the car engines!





Gnaraloo and Ningaloo to woo
Australasian Safari competitors


Normally visited only by wilderness tourists, Gnaraloo Station will host guests of a much faster and louder kind during September.

Gnaraloo Station is 150km north of Carnarvon in the north west of Western Australia.

The 90,000ha property is situated adjacent to the newly-created Ningaloo World Heritage Area and Ningaloo Marine Park. In September it will host its first motorsport event – Leg 3 of the Australasian Safari – Australia’s answer to Dakar.


Gnaraloo owner Paul Richardson is looking forward to seeing the station’s dramatic coastline, white sand dunes, red dirt and clear blue skies become the backdrop for what is shaping up to be the most challenging leg of the seven-day Australasian Safari adventure.

“I’ve always been interested in motorsport and built cars for racing myself,” Paul said. "Part of the Safari course through Gnaraloo is along a coastal cliff less than two metres away from the edge of the Indian Ocean. The views from the helicopter will be amazing and the going tough for competitors.

"When Gnaraloo’s mechanic Feral took the Safari guys over the proposed course on the property it blew them away. We’re sure it will do the same for the competitors.”

The 100 or so Safari competitors from around Australia and overseas will have a unique opportunity to drive the Safari leg on Gnaraloo and experience several other outback pas

toral stations. More than six months of planning is required by Safari organisers to set the course in its entirety to ensure all permissions are in place. Approximately 500 peopl

e will stay overnight in Carnarvon as part of the Safari entourage, which includes comp

etitors, support crew, officials, medics, media and event organisers.

When not hosting international motorsport events, Gnaraloo operates as a wilderness tou

rism business and working pastoral station. Accommodation is provided at the Hom

estead area, including luxury stone cabins, and at 3 Mile Camp offering rustic cam

ping. Gnaraloo runs the scientific Gnaraloo Turtle Conservation Program, which mon

itors and protects significant breeding areas of endangered sea turtles on its coa

stline at the Gnaraloo Bay Rookery and the Gnaraloo Farquhar Rookery.

Now in its 27th year, the Australasian Safari runs from 21 to 29 September 2012. This year the event is taking a new coastal route travelling from Perth north to Geraldton, up the

 coast to tropical Carnarvon - the southern gateway to the Ningaloo World Heritage Area - and inland through the Gascoyne region, skirting around the Kennedy Ranges before heading south again to finish in Geraldton.

The Western Australia Government supports the Australasian Safari through Eventscorp, a di

vision of Tourism WA.

For details on entry or to follow the event visit www.australasiansafari.com.au. Entries close 31 August 2012.

Updates are available on Facebook and Twitter at @austsafari and check out last year’s eve

nt on our YouTube channel – AustralasianSafari.

For information and updates, ‘like’ Gnaraloo Turtle Conservation Program’ on Facebook.