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27 March 2012                    FLY LOS ANGELES TO SYDNEY (V AUSTRALIA AIRLINE) (1st of 5)
                                         Note: V Australia is the international airline of Virgin Australia

29 March 2012:                   Sydney – Private Coach Transfer Sydney International Airport to Hotel
                                         Sydney – The Menzies Sydney Standard Room B&B -3 nights

30 March 2012:                   Full-day city sights (8 Hours)
                                         Sydney - Captain Cook Cruises (Sydney)
                                         Seafood Buffet Lunch -1 Cruise                                                              
                                         Sydney - Sydney Opera House Trust
                                         The Essential Tour

31 March 2012:                   Free Day to Tour Sydney on your own
                                         Other Optional Tours available -- See Optional Sydney Tours (additional)

01 April 2012:                     Sydney - Private Coach Transfer City Hotel to Sydney Domestic Airport
                                         FLY SYDNEY TO CAIRNS (2 of 5)
                                         Cairns - Private Coach Transfer Cairns Domestic Airport to Hotel
                                         Cairns - All Seasons Cairns Colonial Club Standard Room B&B - 4 Nights

02 April 2012:                     Cairns - Quicksilver Connections (10 Hours)
                                         Outer Barrier Reef - Snorkelling ex Cairns

Includes:
  • Environmental Management Charge                                           
  • The only day cruise operator to visit a ribbon reef
  • Cruise by fast wavepiercing catamaran
  • Informative presentation by Marine Biologist
  • Semi-submersible coral viewing rides
  • Snorkelling equipment
  • Facilities for swimmers and non-swimmers
  • Underwater Observatory coral viewing
  • Transfers to/from Cairns accommodation
  • Morning and afternoon tea
  • Tropical smorgasbord lunch

03 April 2012:                     Cairns - Cairns Night Zoo
                                         Cairns Night Zoo - ex Cairns (4 hours)

Includes:

  • Admission to Cairns Night Zoo
  • Guided spotlighting tour
  • Wildlife interaction
  • Live entertainment
  • Return transfers from Cairns and Cairns Beaches accommodation
  • BBQ dinner and soft drink

04 April 2012:                     Cairns - Private Coach One way transfer Cairns Hotel to Freshwater Station
                                         Cairns - Kuranda Scenic Railway
                                         One Way Cairns (Freshwater Station) to Kuranda                                      
                                         Kuranda - Rainforestation Nature Park
                                         Package A -1 tour Includes:

          • Army Duck Tour of the Rainforest
          • Pamagirri Aboriginal Dancers
          • Dreamtime Walk
          • Pamagirri Cultural Centre
          • Koala & Wildlife Park
          • Special Aussie BBQ
          • 1 x Bus Transfer

                                         Cairns - Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
                                         One Way Skyrail Experience -1 tour

                                         Cairns - Private Coach
                                         One way transfer Skyrail to Cairns                                                            

05 April 2012:                     Cairns - Private Coach One way transfer Hotel to Cairns Domestic Airport
                                         FLY CAIRNS TO MELBOURNE (3rd of 5)                                                  
                                         Melbourne - Private Coach
                                         One way transfer Melbourne Domestic Airport to City Hotel
                                         Melbourne – Crown Promenade Hotel Melbourne Standard Room B&B -4 Nights


06 April – 09 April:              3 Days at Australia National 12 Step Convention (Friends of Bill W) in Melbourne
                                         (separate admission)

                                         Also Melbourne Tours also available – Day at Own Free Time
                                         Other Optional Tours available -- See Optional Melbourne Tours (additional)
                                        
09 April 2012:                     Melbourne - Private Coach
                                         One way transfer City to Melbourne International Airport

09 April 2012:                     FLY MELBOURNE TO LOS ANGELES (4 and 5 of 5)  

 

HOTEL INFO

  • The Menzies Sydney (4 star)
    A standard room can have: 1 Queen, or 1 King, or 2 Double beds. 
  • The All Seasons Cairns Colonial Club Resort (3.5 star)
    A standard room can have: 1 King Bed or 1 Split King Bed. 
  • The Crown Metropol Melbourne (5 star)
    A standard room can have: 1 King Bed or 2 Queen Beds.

ADDITIONAL INCLUSIONS:

  • Travel Wallet
  • Hotel Porterage where applicable (maximum 2 bags per person)
  • Airport Transfers, sightseeing tours and overland touring will be by private air-conditioned coach.
  • Admissions where applicable.

COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE:

  • Beverages
  • Meals other than quoted
  • Guide assistance other than quoted
  • Items of a personal nature (eg. laundry, telephone calls)
  • Gratuities/Tips (not expected

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OPTIONAL TOURS

 

OPTIONAL SYDNEY TOURS (additional)
Please note: Prices are fairly current, the exchange rate can vary week by week

 

Sydney Half-Day City Sights: Gain an insight into the famous city of Sydney and capture the beauty of this harbour city from selected vantage points. Enjoy Sydney Harbour, the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.
Coach Tour: Departs daily 8.15am. from $64pp
Small Group Tour: Departs daily 10am, includes lunch. From $213pp

Full-Day Blue Mountains: Escape into the secluded wilderness of the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains. Enjoy panoramas of rugged cliffs and deep forested valleys. Your guide will show you all the highlights including quaint mountain villages.  Take a stroll along bush tracks looking for native wildlife. Includes lunch.
Coach Tour: Departs daily 8.15am. from $145pp
Small Group Tour: Departs daily 8.00am. from $278pp

BridgeClimb: It’s awesome… It’s high …. It’s breathtaking…  It’s waiting. Bridgeclimb is a small group adventure offering the ultimate experience of Sydney with an exhilarating 3.5 hour guided climb to the summit of Sydney Harbour Bridge, day, twilight, and night. from $228pp

Bondi Surf Experience: Join the expert and friendly team of instructors for an unforgettable 2-hour small-group Bondi surf experience. This popular beginner course teaches you how to get out and up onto your first wave. You’ll be taught in a small group setting of 6 students or less, so you get plenty of handson
help. It’s a great way to build your surf knowledge, confidence, and cultivate your surfing technique.
from $102pp

Rocks Walking Tour:
Let the story of this charming heritage-listed precinct unfold in the company of skilled narrators and friendly local guides. Her entertaining accounts of Sydney’s colorful past and cosmopolitan present times. from $33pp

Backstage Tour: Experience the Opera House through the eyes of the stars! Enter the world of internationally renowned artists on this exclusive small group tour to learn some of the secrets of the House along with stories of real life drama behind the curtain. Departs daily 7.00am. from $179pp

 

Wild Australia Experience: This small group tour provides a behind the scenes tour of Taronga Zoo, enabling a hands-on zoo experience. Feed koalas in their enclosure, see kangaroos and wallabies (opportunity to hand feed), see how the animals’ food is prepared in the zoo kitchen, visit behind the scenes in the Nightlife
house and meet nocturnal animals, meet hand-raised native animals and reptiles, and enjoy a round trip on the Sky Safari cable ride. Departs daily 10am and 2pm. from $151pp

 

Sydney Harbour Coffee Cruise: The most famous of all of the Sydney Harbour Sightseeing tours, this cruise will show you what Sydney is all about. You will see the Main Harbour attractions of the Sydney Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and Fort Denison before cruising the magnificent upper reaches of Middle Harbour where palatial waterfront homes, parks, beaches and marinas show Sydney life at its best. The cruise includes a light
morning/afternoon tea while you are on the harbour. Departs daily 10.00am or 2.15pm. from $56pp


Sydney Classic Cycle Tour: There is no other experience in
town that shows you as much as it entertains you like the Sydney
Classic. A leisurely 4-hour guided bicycle ride to Sydney’s iconic
sights. Departs daily 10.30am. from $114pp

 

Sydney Seaplanes Doyle’s Watson Bay: Take a scenic seaplane
flight to the famous Doyle’s Restaurant at Watsons Bay for lunch! Indulge your senses with a magnificent pre-lunch Sydney Highlights scenic flight starting in Rose Bay. Departs daily 11.00am. from $461pp


Cruise Like a Local: Be engulfed by the beauty and magic of Sydney as you cruise like a local for 4 hours aboard a 52-foot motor yacht. Cruise the foreshores of Sydney Harbour before dropping anchor in a secluded cove where you’ll enjoy a gourmet barbecue lunch. Go for a swim, kayak into a beach for an ice cream
or try your luck fishing! Departs daily 12.30pm excluding Jun 1— Aug 31. from $328pp

 

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OPTIONAL MELBOURNE TOURS
(additional)
Please note: Prices are fairly current, the exchange rate can vary week by week

 

Melbourne Half-Day City Sights: Discover all the charms of elegant and contemporary Melbourne. Cross the West Gate Bridge for amazing city views and observe the Yarra River's bustling activity. See Captain Cook's Cottage, Queen Victoria Market, Fitzroy Gardens and Albert Park, home to the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Visit the historic Shrine of Remembrance and stroll along Southbank's waterfront precinct.  This city has it all - discover it for yourself.
Coach Tour: Departs daily 8.10am. from $64pp
Small Group Tour: Departs Mon, Tue & Thu 8.30am. from $208pp

 

Great Ocean Road Tour: View the popular coastal townships of Torquay and Lorne - a surfer's haven and retreat. Pass world famous Bells Beach, home to World Surfing Championships. Travel the length of the Great Ocean Road passing towering limestone cliffs, sweeping white beaches and stunning forest scenery. Truly one of the world's great scenic coastal drives.  Witness a fabulous spectacle of massive natural erosion. Contrasts
abound between rugged coast and verdant rainforest living side by side. See the amazing Twelve Apostles – limestone stacks rising dramatically from the Southern Ocean and visit the Information Centre. Walk along the boardwalk and enjoy the scenery from various viewing platforms. See Loch Ard Gorge and explore Port Campbell National Park.
Coach Tour: Departs daily 8.00am. from $149pp
Small Group Tour: Departs 8.00am. from $278pp

 

Phillip Island & Penguins: Enjoy your tour to Phillip Island, home to an astounding array of wildlife, including Australia's largest fur seal colony, the Little Penguins and cuddly koalas.  Visit Warrook, a working cattle farm in the prosperous Gippsland region with the opportunity to pat and feed kangaroos, wallabies and a host of farm animals. Encounter koalas in their natural habitat at the Koala Conservation Centre. At dusk, join a more personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people with ranger interpretation providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands. Watch the Little Penguins as they battle the surf and make their way to their dune burrows.
Coach Tour: Departs daily 1.15pm. from $136pp
Small Group Tour: Departs daily 1.00pm. from $278pp.
(Upgrade from the viewing platform to a private experience with a maximum of 10 passengers away from the crowds.  from $393pp.

 

Colonial Tramcar Restaurant: These glossy burgundy restaurants on wheels are the first traveling tramcar restaurants in the world and ensure a delightfully innovative approach to dining. As you cruise the scenic streets of Melbourne, you can enjoy fine cuisine and drink the very best of Australian wines, or make a selection from the fully stocked bar at a fully inclusive price. The atmosphere is cozy, the service friendly and the decor as inviting as the colonial period these trams reflect.
Available for lunch, early dinner or late dinner. from $88pp

 

Savannah Walkabout: Travel 45 minutes west to Serendip Open Range Sanctuary, where you will be amongst wild kangaroos and native birds. After a short walk to meet the kangaroos, begin a special Safari Drive around the sanctuary to see emus and kangaroos.  Picnic lunch is served in an open-air setting at the sanctuary.
Travel 20 minutes farther west to the bushland of Brisbane Ranges National Park. The park is home to a large and healthy population of wild koalas. Take an easy walk through the gum trees, searching for koalas, wallabies, kangaroos and birds in their natural setting.  
Small Group Tour: Departs daily 8.00am. from $207pp

 

Sunrise Balloon Flight: A one hour sunrise balloon flight over Melbourne is a truly remarkable experience. Depending on the winds, fly over the CBD, the inner suburbs, parks and gardens.  Meet at your hotel half an hour before first flight. Departs daily before sunrise. from $403pp

 

Lanes & Arcades: Have you ever been to a city and wondered what all the fuss was about? Or wasted time trying to find that cool café? Join this indulgent morning walk through Melbourne’s beautiful back streets and get orientated in the life of the city.  Discover local designers, street art, architecture & historical tales
found in the laneways. Morning tea is included. Departs daily 10am. from $132pp

 

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