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Dear Sandrifter Friend
We are pleased to let you know that we will again be offering art trips in 2012. As many of you know the business is on the market but as it may take some time to sell we are continuing business as usual.
If you are interested in joining one of the trips in 2012 contact us ASAP so you don’t miss out, either by phone 02 6687 9771, mobile 0438 532 126 or email sandrifter@bigpond.com.There is a maximum of 18 on each trip and then we will take a waiting list.
To secure your booking you need to pay your $500 deposit.
Please send a cheque to us at Meerschaum Vale (payable to Sandrifter
Safaris) or make a direct EFT deposit into our bank account (include your
name and trip). When we receive your deposit we will send you
detailed
trip notes, a tax invoice and the medical form. The final balance for your
trip is due
six weeks before the trip departs.
Follow this link to see our trips for 2012 year including a Yoga Retreat run in association with Australian Yoga Retreats - we hope there is something that interests you.
For those of you joining us in 2012 - we look forward to it.
We wish you all a safe, healthy and happy festive season.
Kind regards - Gerry, Corinne & the two dogs Carrie and Boofie
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2012 is Sandrifter’s 24th year of providing specialist OUTBACK ART TRIPS To find out how it all began read on… In 1988, the late Maud Kemp, the founder of the Australian Artist magazine, approached NT Tourism to see if they knew of a tour operator who could take out 28 artists for 18 days painting in Central Australia. The answer was yes, Gerry Gerrard, who owns Sandrifter Safaris and specialises in one of a kind private charters. The 28 artists travelled in two Sandrifter buses and painted in Harts Range, Arltunga and Rainbow Valley. Many artists from this original group have been coming out with us since this time and it was fantastic that a few of them joined us again this year. From this first trip many art trips around Australia were to follow, travelling to Kakadu, the Gulf country, Kimberley, Flinders Ranges, Lake Mungo, Painted Desert, Simpson Desert etc, while other trips concentrated on the wonderful landscapes of Central Australia. There have even been a couple of Sandrifter art trips cruising the Murray River in a houseboat! Over the years, artists from around Australia and New Zealand have joined Sandrifter art trips. Also, many of the leading schools and universities in the country have organised privately tutored trips with Sandrifter including Monash University, the Australian National University, Box Hill TAFE and the National Art School. Corinne and Gerry first met when she came out on an art trip with the ANU ! We are very aware of the deep friendships that have developed between many of our artists over the years. Friendships based on a common love of creating art in the outback, of sharing that special sunrise or the serenity of the campfire. Experiencing that rush of energy when the light, the brush, the paint and the artist are all working as one. Other shared experiences like being “momentarily delayed” (in other words bogged), tipping over camp kitchens or getting flooded in, make for rich storytelling and fond memories. This is an opportunity to thank you, the artists, who have supported us in so many ways over the years, both personally and from a business perspective. You have told your family, friends and colleagues about us, joined us on repeated trips and organised your own trips. We are pleased that we have been able to help you develop your own deep appreciation of and relationship with, this wonderful country of ours - and create some great art work along the way. Thank you all - we look forward to the art trips of the future |
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