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Aurora Expeditions ship Greg Mortimer.
Camera IconAurora Expeditions ship Greg Mortimer. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

It’s quite a 30th anniversary year for Aurora Expeditions, the Australian-owned adventure company founded by renowned mountaineer and explorer, Greg Mortimer, and his wife Margaret.

For decades they have taken travellers to remote and remarkable places all over the world.

But for this year, they have quickly and skilfully reinvented themselves, coming up with remarkable voyages many of which are along the Western Australian coast.

And this is your chance to hear that story and all about the new voyages, at a free West Travel Club Meet the Team event.

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For I will welcome Aurora Expeditions senior executive Steve McLaughlin, inset below, to share the news. Steve also has a career spanning 30 years in the global travel and cruise industry, having previously worked with some other leading expedition brands.

Steve brings a wealth of experience, expertise and passion to Aurora Expeditions — and he and I go way back, having travelled together on previous expeditions.

And we’ll have drinks and nice nibbles, of course.

Aurora Expeditions senior executive Steve McLaughlin.
Camera IconAurora Expeditions senior executive Steve McLaughlin. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

Hear about

2021 SEASON

Destinations include the Kimberley, Coral Coast, Ningaloo Reef, South West Edge, South Australia and Kangaroo Island, the Bass Strait Islands, Tasmania (including a circumnavigation) and Antarctica, sailing from Hobart.

Among them, Aurora Expeditions has three Kimberley voyage options, including the 11-day Kimberley Coast voyage from $14,125 per person.

The Kimberley voyages visit places like King George River and falls, Wandjina and Gwion Gwion Aboriginal rock art galleries and Montgomery Reef

Ningaloo Reef Adventure follows the reef and visits the Muiron Islands Nature Reserve.

Its voyage called Western Australia and the Coral Coast visits the Dampier Peninsula’s maze of waterways, Ningaloo Reef and the Abrolhos Islands.

The Mawson’s Antarctica tells an Australian story heading from Hobart to East Antarctica.

Aurora is also pioneering Antarctica Featuring the Ross Sea from Hobart.

Voyages are on its two, state-of-the-art, purpose-built expedition ships, Greg Mortimer and Sylvia Earle.

2022-2023 SEASON

The 2022-2023 marks the biggest number of trips Aurora Expeditions has operated in one Antarctic season, with 26 departures.

Aurora Expeditions ship Greg Mortimer’s bar.
Camera IconAurora Expeditions ship Greg Mortimer’s bar. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

ABOUT AURORA

Aurora Expeditions offers intimate experiences in remote destinations through a range of flexible, innovative itineraries. Some voyages offer sea kayaking, photography and snorkelling.

Its ships, with their revolutionary Ulstein X-Bows, which help stability and efficiency, average 132 passengers per voyage.

They have the lowest polluting marine engines in the world, due to a combination of low energy consumption, high fuel-efficiency and a streamlined design. The state-of-the-art Tier 3 engines deliver an 80 per cent reduction in emissions.

Aurora Expeditions was one of the founders of the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators.

Book your place now

  • Free event.
  • Numbers limited.
  • Newspaper House, 50 Hasler Road, Osborne Park. The event will be held in West Café.
  • Wednesday April 21, 2021.
  • 6.30pm to 8pm.
  • westtravelclub.com.au/events

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