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Tri State Safaris wins Adventure Tourism at Australian Tourism
Awards - 29th February 2008
For the second year in a row
Tri State Safaris received the coveted award, this time in the
‘Adventure Tourism’ category. Previously they received the top
award in the ‘Tour and Transport Operator’ category. Finalists for
the Australian Tourism Awards are
“We are absolutely thrilled with the win, we have been judged the best of the best” said owner Michael McCulkin. “We had some very formidable competition in our category including North Star Cruises from WA, so that makes the win even sweeter”. Traditionally awards go to major operations on the coast but according to Michael McCulkin Tri State Safaris has changed all that. “We have won a number of awards over the last couple of years and each time we do Broken Hill gets recognition far and wide, and we are very proud of that. The tourism industry, and the marketplace now know that they can find world class tourism product with us right here in Broken Hill. It’s indeed a proud moment”.
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Tri State Safaris teams up with Bushranger
Well known for the great 12 volt air compressors, other products put to the test included an extensive range of recovery equipment, Open Sky roof top tents and Blue Gum inflatable tents, exhaust jacks, Night Hawk driving lights and Extracta hand winches. The adventure was captured on film for Bushrangers latest promotional DVD. For a copy of the DVD call Bushranger on 1800 654 767. We are very impressed with their range of gear, and it has become an essential part of our kit. We are proud to be associated with Bushranger.
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Water flows into Menindee Lakes
Water is also flowing into Lake Pamarmaroo and Copi Hollow. The increased water levels have seen a return of large numbers of birds to the area, and fish are on the bite again. It seem anyone's guess as to how much water will eventually end up in the lakes system, or how many of the lakes will get water, but the initial flows have turned the area back into one of the outback's great oasis.
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BF Goodrich tyres and Tri State Safaris partnership Tyres used to be an issue for us, but for the past couple of years we have been using BF Goodrich tyres with great success. We need tyres we can depend on, and BFG All Terrain and Mud Terrain tyres have never let us down. We have tried a number of other brands, but our BFG's outshine the competition in safety, wear and durability. We are now proud to announce that we have formed a great relationship with Michelin/BFG having been selected to endorse their products in national advertising. We wouldn't travel anywhere without the confidence of BFG tyres on our vehicles.
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Tri State Safaris wins Australian Tourism Awards - 23rd February 2007
Tri State Safaris won the coveted “Significant Tour & Transport Operator” category over a field of other state winners including Franklin River Cruises (Tas), Spirit Australia Cruises (SA), Go West Tours (VIC), Passions of Paradise (Qld), Discovery EcoTours (NT), Dawn Drifters Canberra Balloon Flights (ACT) and Willie Creek Pearl Farm Tours (WA).
As a result of this they went on to represent NSW in their respective categories at the national Australian Awards. Almost 200 other tour operators, attractions, events and accommodation were short listed for the awards. The awards epitomize the best of the tourism industry, and there is no better recognition of excellence for a winner.
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Tri State Safaris win again at the NSW Tourism Awards In November 2007 Tri State Safaris were again announced as winners in the keenly contested category "Adventure Tourism" at the 2007 NSW Tourism Awards which were held at the Star City Casino, Sydney. Winning this category two years in a row has become one of the highlights of 2007 for the business. We now go on to the Australian Awards which will be held in Canberra in February 2008.
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At the awards ceremony in Wagga we were again awarded best Tour and Transport Operator in Inland NSW. These awards recognise the achievements of the tourism industry across the Central, Riverina, Outback and New England North West regions of NSW.
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Tri State Safaris wins NSW Tourism Awards in
two categories – 23/11/06 Tri State Safaris had to beat the likes of Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb and Sydney Harbour Jet, and many more, in order to take home the awards for best Adventure Tourism business and also best Significant Tour and Transport Operator in NSW. NSW Minister for Tourism, Sandra Nori said “Congratulations to Tri State Safaris on winning two NSW Tourism Awards – this is an outstanding achievement.”
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Tri State Safaris announced as finalists to
represent NSW in the Australian Tourism Awards – Dec 2006 Finalists are drawn from the State and Territory Tourism Awards winners across 27 categories. Tri State Safaris have been announced as finalists in both the Adventure Tourism category and the Significant Tour and Transport Operator category. The Grand Harbour Ballroom at the Star City Hotel in Sydney is the venue for the awards ceremony on Friday 23rd February 2007.
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Our 2008 12 day tour departs May 6th. See our Simpson Desert Tour for details.
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ARB chooses Tri State Safaris to showcase
their products Tri State led the group through remote areas of outback NSW and South Australia, taking in iconic destinations such as Birdsville, Cameron Corner, the Simpson Desert and the Flinders Ranges.
According to Matt "Going on a trip with Tri State is like going away with your best mates, and taking along the chef from your favourite restaurant as well".
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Nissan Australia Our fleet are Nissan Patrols, and their reliability make them our choice of vehicle for outback travel.
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Going bush with Corporate Adrenalin Well known for putting together corporate adventure experiences, Corporate Adrenalin again commissioned Tri State Safaris to deliver an event that was different. In August 2007 Tri State guided a group of around 54 commercial property clients on a 3 day adventure from Alice Springs to Uluru. The experience was designed to be a team builder, and participants were given a range of experiences which included 4WD challenges and camping out under the stars. As well as providing a guide vehicle and back up vehicle we used 17 hired 4WD vehicles all fitted out with UHF radios for communication. Tri State also catered for the event including a 4 course dinner at remote Boggy Hole in the Finke Gorge.
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news about Australian outback adventure tours |
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PO Box 867,
Broken Hill, NSW 2880,
Australia |
For the second year in a row Tri State Safaris have taken out one of
the Australian Tourism industry's most coveted awards. At a gala event held at the National Convention Centre in
Canberra, Tri State Safaris were named as the Winner of the
Adventure Tourism category in the 2007 Australian Tourism Awards. 
The awards process is highly
competitive, with entrants judged against a number of criteria in a
thirty page written submission, which is followed by a site visit by
a member of the judging panel.
In August 2007 Tri State teamed up with the crew from
Bushranger to test their great range of 4WD equipment and
accessories. With a selection of vehicles that included large
and mid range 4WD's and some compact SUV's, we headed into some of
the roughest and toughest terrain the outback has to offer.
For the first time in a number of years water is flowing down
the parched Darling River and life saving water is now flowing
into the Menindee Lakes system. Flows from flooding rains in Qld are
making their way down the Barwon/Darling system into the upper
lakes, with Lake Wetherill looking the best it has been in several
years. 
Broken
Hill tour operators Tri State Safaris have been announced as winners
at the prestigious Australian Tourism Awards held at Sydney’s
Star City Casino on Friday, February 23rd 2007. 
In
November 2006 Tri State Safaris won both the “Significant Tour &
Transport Operator” and “Adventure Tourism” categories at the NSW
Tourism Awards. 
Tri State Safaris wins Inland NSW Tourism
Awards (again!) - 29/07/07
In
an unprecedented announcement, we were announced as winners in two
categories at the NSW Tourism Awards held in Sydney in November
2006. At a gala event held at Star City Casino, we scooped the night
in front of 800 guests from the tourism industry. 
Simpson Desert Tour
ARB Corporation Ltd
chose Tri State Safaris to lead
and feed their inaugaural ARB Outback Experience 2007. The group included
some of Australia’s best known 4x4 writers, as well as a number
highly acclaimed international journalists from France, South
Africa, Germany, Holland, Italy, Spain, Thailand and USA. 
The concept came about
when ARB's marketing manager, Matt Frost wanted to show the world's
4x4 owners just how well their products handled some of the
outback's toughest conditions. Conditions varied from rough,
corrugated dirt roads, sand dunes and after heavy rain, lots of mud
and flooded creeks.
Tri State Safaris have been involved with