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Discover the beauty, wonder, enjoyment, and surprises that are a part of nature, rural life and the Australian bush on an exclusive 4 Wheel Drive Nature/Farm Eco Tour of our 4,400 acre Snowy Mountains grazing property, ‘Worongah’. As seen on Seven TV's "Sydney Weekender".
Stone Bridge Tours offers a truly unique 4WD touring experience of spectacular natural rock sculptures, breath taking vistas over the Snowy Mountain Ranges, the legendary Snowy River, magnificent cliffs and gorges, as you travel through the native Black Cypress forests. Highlights include the spectacular Matong Gorge and the unique Snowy River geological feature, Stone Bridge.
Experience our working Snowy Mountains superfine merino sheep grazing property first hand with your hosts, Brian and Jan Mitchell. Tours take place on our private Snowy Mountains grazing property, “Worongah”, where you have exclusive access to all the features you see on our web site.
Full Day Eco Tours and Morning or Afternoon Eco Tours are available all year, 7 days a week - times and itineraries are flexible. Stone Bridge Tours offers chauffeured 4WD tour (no accommodation) with country hospitality, where small groups (max 5) can feel that they are spending a relaxing day with country friends, without the maddening crowds and busy schedules. For prices and details see the Tour Prices Page.
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Lions Head Portal, Matong Gorge
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Explore the natural wonders - the awesome Matong Gorge, where Matong Creek carves a spectacular cliff lined gorge hundreds of meters deep, around the foot of Wobbyong Mountain as it plunges down to join the Snowy River.
In the Black Cypress forests
of the gorge rim, you can be serenaded by that Australian Master of Mimicry,the Lyre bird.
On a Stone Bridge Tour keep watch for wallabies, kangaroos, wombats, emus, echidnas, reptiles and native birds.
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Enjoy a break at a Matong Gorge, Balancing Rock lookout with homemade biscuits and cakes, and enjoy the views to the Snowy River and the aromatic native Black Cypress forest. |
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Visit the homestead to break for a hearty shearer’s lunch, then on to
the shearing shed to shear a sheep.
Feel the silky white wool that goes
on to be used in the highest quality
fashions and fabrics.
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Shearing |
Travel the private four wheel drive tracks to Goat Point and on to the legendary Stone Bridge, where the Snowy River disappears into solid granite, beneath massive boulders. The Snowy emerges hundreds of meters downstream after threading its way through holes, cracks and fissures.
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Rock carvings at Stone Bridge
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Snowy River carved granite
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Through the eons the river has used water, sand and stones to carve this natural granite barrier into a unique fantasy of flutes, ripples, holes and pools; intricately carved shapes fit to grace an art gallery according to the Australian Geographic Book, “The Snowy Mountains”.
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Enjoy the colors as the sun
lights up the Stone Bridge.
The Stone Bridge is a powerful place, a sight to inspire awe and a photographers delight.
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Granite carvings at Stone Bridge
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Full Day and Morning or Afternoon Eco Tours are
available all year.
Open 7 days.
Times and itineraries can be
tailored to suit you.
Transfers from and return to
your accommodation are
also available. |
Group size is a maximum of five. We recommend casual clothing including long trousers (warm clothing in the colder months), sturdy non slip footwear, a hat and your camera. Please note that a prevailing weather in the Snowy Mountains can change unexpectedly, we reserve the right to alter the itinerary to suit.
Nature dictates that this tour is only suitable for able bodied persons, (short walks on uneven, natural surfaces).
Ring to tailor a tour to suit you. Tel: +61 2 6456 6745 or email:info@stonebridgetours.com.au
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Our working superfine merino sheep property
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