12 Apostles Gourmet Food Trail - 5 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 1st April - 5th April, 2021 - O'Shannessy's Quality Tours
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12 Apostles Gourmet Food Trail 5 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 1st April - 5th April, 2021
12 Apostles Gourmet Food Trail
THURSDAY 1ST APRIL TO MONDAY 5TH APRIL, 2021
The ancient towering 12 Apostles are a collection of limestone stacks at Port Campbell,
off Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. Experience amazing food and beverage destinations
along this spectacular coastline. Gourmet cheese makers, craft beers, hand-made
chocolates plus real dairy ice cream made from fresh milk and
fresh cream from local producers. Yum!
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Queenscliff Maritime Museum Timboon Cheesery
Marine and Freshwater Discovery Centre Timboon Fine Icecream
Colac Botanic Gardens Otway National Park
Red Rock Volcanic Reserve Cape Otway Lighthouse
Apostle Whey Cheese Forrest Brewing Company
GORGE Chocolates Tarndwarncoort Homestead
Great Ocean Road Hastings Ostrich Farm
Port Campbell National Park Barwon Park Mansion
12 Apostles and Loch Ard Gorge
CRUISE MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
Searoad Ferry to Queenscliff 4 nights in Colac
COACH BOAT STAY PUT
As a thank you for travelling with O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours, you will automatically receive a
saving on the total tour price for your second and subsequent tours.
O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours will match single travellers who wish to twin share with another
single traveller of the same gender. However, if this is not possible, you shall be provided with
single accommodation at the twin share fare (no additional cost).
TOUR INCLUSIONS
Complimentary chauffeur driven transfers. Victorian passengers from Greater Melbourne,
Bendigo, Torquay, Ballarat, Geelong, the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas, Phillip Island and
selected areas of Gippsland will be picked up and returned home in a private chauffeured
vehicle by one of our professional drivers. For passengers not within this pick up zone, or our
interstate passengers a quote can be provided for home pickup in extended areas.
Luxury Touring Coaches. Our full size 3 axle luxury coaches have only 34 -36 passenger seats
allowing you even more personal space and huge leg room. Our coaches are fitted with
comfortable reclining seats with aisle arm rests, foot rests, seat belts, panoramic windows with
blinds, refrigerator for passenger use, Climate control air conditioning & Road Cam monitors
which display the road ahead in real time. Each coach also has a second door for easier entry
and exit and touchless hand sanitizer dispensers at each entry to help keep everyone safe. The
coaches have full air suspension delivering a smooth and quiet ride which also allows us to lower
the coach closer to the ground, making boarding and disembarking even easier. Tour Director.
Dedicated O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours coach crew (tour directors) on board to ensure your
travel experience is memorable.
Best Available Quality Accommodation. Ensuite motel accommodation each night.
Attractions. All tours and interest venues as per itinerary.
All Meals. Full cooked breakfasts, morning tea, lunches and two course restaurant dinners daily.
No Hidden Extras. O'Shannessy's Quality Tours are fully inclusive.
DEPOSIT
TOUR COSTS $200pp
UPON BOOKING
Twin Share Room First Tour: $2,345 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $2,320 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $2,295 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $2,270 per person
Single Room Supplement: $ 190 per person
DAY 1 Thursday 1st April, 2021
HOME TO COLAC
As always, we are collected from home and taken to meet our O’Shannessy’s Quality
Tours crew and luxury touring coach then make our way to Sorrento port to board the
Searoad Ferry across “the Heads” to Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula. Established
in 1838 as a pilot station to guide ships through the Rip (the narrow entrance to Port
Phillip Bay), Queenscliff is imbued with olde worlde character, historic hotels and
homes, stores, rugged beaches and even a bona fide fort, built to defend Port Phillip
Bay. Our first stop is the Queenscliff Maritime Museum featuring the last Queenscliff
life boat and covers the maritime history of Queenscliff, Southern Port Phillip and the
Bass Strait interface. After lunch, we’re off to the Marine and Freshwater Discovery
Centre for a fascinating insight into Victoria’s marine and freshwater environments by
one of the Centre’s Education Officers. We continue on to our destination Colac, where
we can unpack just the once, as this is our home for the next 4 nights.
OVERNIGHT: Colac Central Hotel Motel, COLAC
DAY 2 Friday 2nd April, 2021
COLAC AND THE RED ROCK VOLCANIC RESERVE
Colac, with a population of over 10,000 people is situated on the southern shores of
Lake Colac and is the main centre of a prosperous closely settled agricultural district.
We’ll take a drive through tour of the town taking in the sights. As well as the town and
the lake we make a stop at the Botanic Gardens dating back to the nineteenth century.
Listed on the Australian Heritage register, the gardens contain a number of significant
specimens. After our tour of the town and a morning tea break we depart Colac on our
sight-seeing tour of the Red Rock Volcanic Reserve. We leave the highway west of Colac
and travel to Alvie where we will stop for our picnic lunch. From here we’ll take the
short drive to the Red Rock Lookouts. Volcanic cones, craters and crater lakes are the
main features of Red Rock. From the lookouts there is a panorama across what is
perhaps the 3rd largest volcanic plain in the world.
OVERNIGHT: Colac Central Hotel Motel, COLAC 
DAY 3 Saturday 3rd April, 2021
THE 12 APOSTLES GOURMET TRAIL
Today is a day for tempting the tastebuds as we follow the 12 Apostles Gourmet Trail!
We make our way to Cooriemungle to visit Apostle Whey Cheese, a genuine ‘paddock
to plate’ operation. We’ll have an interesting chat and a chance to taste their wares! It’s
then a short trip to our next stop: GORGE Chocolates, producers of handmade
chocolates using a special type of Belgian chocolate. At Princeton we pick up the Great
Ocean Road where it rejoins the coast and runs the full length of the Port Campbell
National Park. We pass the Twelve Apostles - huge pillars looming out of the surf,
carved over time by the fury of the ocean; Loch Ard Gorge, where in 1878 the iron
hulled clipper Loch Ard was driven out onto rocks offshore. Of the 50 or so on board
only two were to survive, being swept into the narrow gorge now named after their
ill-fated vessel. After lunch in Port Campbell we’re now off to Timboon to the Timboon
Cheesery. We’ll have a talk and the chance of a taste of their speciality product. Last call
today is Timboon Fine Icecream, a refreshing way to end our Gourmet Trail day!
OVERNIGHT: Colac Central Hotel Motel, COLAC
“... The 12 Apostles Food Artisans and the gourmet
trail provide a feast for your taste buds - what a way to
complement the scenery! …”
12apostlesgourmettrail
DAY 4 Sunday 4th April, 2021
OUT AND ABOUT IN OTWAY
We make our way back to the coast to Glenaire, where we again connect with the Great
Ocean Road through the Otway National Park to Cape Otway. Steeped in history and
surrounded by beauty, the Cape Otway Lighthouse is an unforgettable experience.
In 1848 the lighthouse became the beacon of hope on a dangerous coastline and is one
of the oldest lighthouses in Australia. We will enjoy a morning tea break here with time
to explore before heading back along the Great Ocean Road, through Apollo Bay and
back inland to Forrest, where we stop at the Forrest Brewing Company, a small 600 litre
brew house and brew-pub located in the old general store in Forrest. All their beer is
brewed on site, hand bottled, hand labelled and bottle conditioned. We’ll have the
opportunity here to view the brewing process and also enjoy a light lunch in their
charming restaurant! Our last stop before heading back to Colac is to Tarndwarncoort
Homestead, one of Australia’s oldest family farms and is also the birthplace of
Australia’s first breed of sheep – Polwarth. It will be an interesting visit with afternoon
tea and a tour of the gardens and homestead.
OVERNIGHT: Colac Central Hotel Motel, COLAC
DAY 5 Monday 5th April, 2021
COLAC TO MELBOURNE
This morning we head for Winchelsea where we pay a visit to Hastings Ostrich Farm.
Ostriches are majestic, flightless birds, weighing up to 180kg and laying eggs over
1.5kg. Our tour guide will answer any questions we may have about these fascinating
birds. Winchelsea was first settled in 1837 and was named after one of the Cinque
Ports in England. There are many historic buildings and an old bridge in the town. After
lunch in Winchelsea, we’ll visit Barwon Park Mansion, for a tour of this beautiful home
built in 1869 and later bequeathed to the National Trust. It is noted for the fine cast
iron balcony verandah, its bluestone construction and the ornate furnishings. We then
head for home, where our chauffers will be waiting to take us to our very door, a lovely
end to an exciting tour!
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Balance due on invoice approximately 30 days prior to departure.
Deposit is fully refundable until 31 days prior to departure date.
Prices include GST and all taxes.
Cancellation 30 to 8 days before tour departure date 20% Refund of Tour Cost
Cancellation within 7 days of tour departure date No Refund
On or after tour date departure No Refund
Travel Insurance is not compulsory, however we highly recommended you take out
comprehensive travel insurance with a reputable insurer at the time you pay for your tour.
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