1770 LARC! Tours takes you to secret beaches in an amphibious vehicle

1770 LARC! Tours‘ will delight the whole family. The pink amphibious LARC! vessels are easy to spot as they cruise across vast sandy beaches and tidal water in the Town of 1770 (Seventeen Seventy) Queensland.

Expect giggles of delight as they enter the water with a splash.

The 1770 LARC! Tours depart from the marina. Choose from a one-hour afternoon cruise, a two-hour LARC! + Lunch, or an incredible seven-hour journey of discovery.

Get a bonus family souvenir gift pack

Book any 1770 LARC! Tour at 1770larctours.com.au and write “HWK gift” in the booking comments to receive a family 1770 LARC! Tours souvenir gift pack.

Destinations

1770

Agnes Water

Themes

Paradise tour

Afternoon cruise

Lunch tours

Goolimbil walkabout

Family tours

1770 LARC! Paradise Tour is a day of fun, history and magnificent views of the national parks to the left and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park to the right. The amphibious vehicles cross four creeks on the tour and climb all the way up Bustard Headland to the famous Lightstation.

Bustard Head Lightstation 

Queensland’s first coastal lighthouse, Bustard Head Lightstation was built in 1868 and automated in 1986.

It stands at 19m tall and is built from cast-iron.

In 2013 it became Queensland’s only operating Lighthouse that is open for tours.

You can climb the original stairs to the balcony of the lighthouse and hear the tales of triumph and turmoil of the early settlers and light-keepers who attempted to tame the remote wilderness surrounding the lighthouse.

An experienced tour guide takes guests into the restored head lightkeeper’s cottage museum. The kids are bound to have loads of questions about the large collection of lighthouse artefacts. And they will patiently answer everyone, delighting and firing up the little one’s imagination.

Just beyond the lighthouse is a short winding path leading to a quaint and well-tended graveyard. While reading the headstones, the guide will share with you the fascinating facts that earned the station its title of “Lighthouse of Tragedy”.

1770 LARC! Tours’ food and drink

Morning tea and lunch in the covered picnic area are included in the tour. It includes refreshments, billy tea or coffee brewed over an open campfire, Anzac biscuits and an assortment of sandwiches, fruit and cake.

After you’ve eaten you can explore the shore of Jenny Lind Creek, have a dip or try to spot a green turtle in the water.

Then jump back into the LARC! for a trip across the creek to the 35-metre-high sand dunes of Middle Island for some sandboarding fun.

Sandboarding

LARC! guides will provide a quick lesson before you’re set free to hurtle down the dunes. You can choose to stay dry or gun it down the slope as fast as you can to splash and skip the board across the clear water.

Sandboarding is an activity for all ages. We guarantee it will make you smile.

All aboard the LARC!

As it cruises across the water, the moving grandstand that is the LARC! offers excellent marine life, birdlife and wildlife spotting.

Think of it as a giant and super fun beach buggy. As the full day LARC! Paradise Tour comes to a close, you can soak up the colours of the sky as the sun lowers towards the horizon signalling the end of another day in paradise.

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