4 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR - 3rd November - 6th November, 2020 - O'Shannessy's Quality Tours
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4 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 3rd November - 6th November, 2020
TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER TO FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER, 2020
The Q Train is a restaurant that travels along the historic Bellarine Railway between
Drysdale and Queenscliff. Never before has Australia seen a heritage rail line used for
showcasing local food, wine, beer and cider.
We’re inviting you to come aboard the restored carriages and enjoy a gastronomical
journey unlike anything else you have experienced. We will also visit Werribee Park
Mansion, State Rose Garden, RAAF Museum Point Cook, Suma Park Homestead,
Torquay, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Werribee Open Range Zoo Queenscliff
RAAF Museum Point Cook The Q Train
Geelong Library and Heritage Centre Suma Park Historic Homestead
Geelong Boat House Bells Beach
Amazing Mill Markets Tarndwarncoort
RAIL MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
The Q Train 3 nights in Torquay
STAY PUT TRAIN COACH
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. Pick up from and return to your home from Greater Melbourne, Bendigo, Torquay, Ballarat, Geelong, the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas, selected areas of Gippsland and Phillip Island. O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours Touring Coach. Travel by O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours Luxury Touring Coach. Features include comfortable reclining seats with ample leg room, arm and foot rests, seat belts, large panoramic windows with blinds, overhead parcel shelf, onboard rest room, Road Cam TV Screens which display the view ahead in real time, a kneeling (coach lowering) device, a second door for ease of entry and disembarkation and full air suspension for a smooth and quiet ride. 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. Meals. Full cooked breakfasts, morning tea, lunches and most two course restaurant dinners - 1 dinner at your own expense as per itinerary. TOUR COSTS Twin Share Room: $2,375 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $2,350 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $2,325 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $2,300 per person Single Room Supplement: $ 355 per person
DAY 1 Tuesday 3rd November, 2020
MELBOURNE TO TORQUAY
With personal pickup from home, we head straight to our first stop Werribee Open
Range Zoo. The zoo has a special focus on African animals so we’ll board our special
safari bus to take a tour amongst some of the world’s iconic grassland animals. The
magnificent wildlife, including rhinos, giraffes, zebras and antelopes will seem almost
touchable. We’ll have lunch in Werribee, then head off to visit the RAAF Museum Point
Cook- the birthplace of the Australian Flying Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force.
The museum tells one of Australia's most important aviation stories, that of the second
oldest air force in the world. Our guided tour will give us a unique insight into Australian
aviation history, the Air Force and the RAAF Base Point Cook.
OVERNIGHT: Peppers the Sands Resort, TORQUAY
DAY 2 Wednesday 4th November, 2020
GEELONG
This morning we spend some time in Geelong and have arranged a guided tour at 10am
of the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre. Sophisticated and technology-rich, this
world-class facility is designed to meet the expectations of 21st century public library
users, providing contemporary and innovative library and information services.
Within the iconic domed building, there are five public levels – all beautiful, inspiring
and inclusive spaces for reading, studying, meeting, discovery and fun. We are then
introduced to a local guide that will hop onboard our coach for a more extensive tour of
Geelong city. He will also give us some ideas of how we can spend our free time this
afternoon. We say goodbye to our guide and make our way to our lunch venue, right on
the water at the Geelong Boat House – just perfect. This afternoon we’re off to do a
little picking and poking for a bargain at the Amazing Mill Markets. There are more than
60 stalls here offering a selection of vintage clothes, vintage furniture, collectables,
antiques, memorabilia, home decor, fine china, art, glass, coins, jewellery, books and
records, to name a few! It’s under cover and is open 7 days a week. At an agreed time
later this afternoon we return to Torquay.
OVERNIGHT: Peppers the Sands Resort, TORQUAY
DAY 3 Thursday 5th November, 2020
THE Q TRAIN
Queenscliff is a classic seaside holiday destination and is where we spend most of the
morning at leisure. Surrounded on three sides by water Queenscliff was once a defence
post around 1880 and was the most heavily armed fort in the Southern Hemisphere.
Today the real charm can be felt with the historical buildings featuring the magnificent
Vue Grand Hotel dominating the commercial centre. We could pop into one of the very
well presented museums or simply take a wander, admiring its charm and maybe getting
a cuppa from one of the many local cafes. Late morning we board The Q-Train for our
special 6 course luncheon, a real treat today. As the train whistle sounds our journey
begins travelling along the beautiful Bellarine Railway, offering views of the rolling hills
of the Bellarine Peninsula. Between the set courses of our degustation menu we are
free to walk around the train, or to enjoy a relaxing drink in the Club Loco Bar Car. Feel
free to explore the train and soak up the rich history as we twist around the tracks. The
Q Train will pause for a period of time at Suma Park Historic Homestead, then runs
alongside beautiful Swan Bay, with another stop to enjoy views while we dine and then
continue back to Queenscliff. Your final dessert course is served on our return trip from
Queenscliff to Drysdale, and as The Q Train closes its return journey, enjoy a final cup of
tea or coffee. Our coach will be waiting for us and we return to our hotel to complete a
memorable day. As we may not really need any dinner this evening we are free to
choose if we dine in house or not.
Dinner at own expense and arrangement
OVERNIGHT: Peppers the Sands Resort, TORQUAY
DAY 4 Friday 6th November, 2020
TORQUAY TO MELBOURNE
It’s been a lovely break and now it’s time to wend our way home, but not before we
make a last stop. Leaving Torquay, we drive through Bells Beach, the main surf beach
and venue for many National and International Surfing Titles, heading inland to visit a
Polwarth sheep and wool growing enterprise run by Wendy & David Dennis. Their
historic Birregurra property ‘Tarndwarncoort’, was established in 1840, in Western
Victoria. Polwarth sheep were developed by Richard Dennis at Tarndwarncoort in 1880,
by crossing Saxon Merino sheep from Tasmania with Victorian Lincoln sheep. This
progeny was then joined back to the Merino and breed to a fixed type. These sheep
were named after the local electorate of Polwarth and are Australia's first breed of
sheep. It will be an interesting visit with a short tour followed by lunch. From here we
make our way back to Melbourne to complete a truly fabulous short break away!
“... The word Tarndwarncoot is based on the
ancient Gulidjan language, used by the Australian
indigenous people to describe the landscape the
property sits upon...”
Dennis family
PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION POLICY
Payment of funds confirms your acceptance of O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours conditions
of travel for this tour. Prices include GST and all taxes.
Balance due on invoice approximately 30 days prior to departure.
Deposit is fully refundable until 31 days prior to departure date.
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 is highly recommended and available
from our office. Contact us on 1800 354 352 to arrange a quote for you.
CONDITIONS OF TRAVEL
Any special passenger requirements must be notified to O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours upon booking.
No passenger will be permitted to embark on or continue the tour while their physical or mental condition
is, in the opinion of any representative of O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours, such as to render them incapable
of caring for themselves, or whereby they become objectionable to other passengers, or they become a
hazard to themselves or other passengers. Whilst on tour with O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours should a
passenger require medical attention, discharge papers must be provided to a representative of
O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours before you are able to re-join the tour.
O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours will not be responsible for expenses resulting in such persons being
precluded from completing the tour for any such reason. No refunds or transfers will be given on any
unused portions of the itinerary.
It is a requirement of O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours that each passenger is able to negotiate coach steps
without the aid of the coach crew or other passengers.
Any passenger who requires assistance for any of the above is required to travel with a companion
capable of providing all necessary assistance.
Passengers who are smokers, have a CPAP machine or snore, unless travelling with a companion, will be
required to pay the single supplement premium for the sole use of a room.
Items of a personal nature such as medical expenses, mini bar, beverages, laundry service, room service,
internet usage, telephone calls, and any optional extras are not included in your tour price.
All passengers are required to co-operate with the seat rotation program determined by O’Shannessy’s
Quality Tours tour directors.
O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours reserves the right to vary any accommodation, price or other features of the
tour at any time at their own discretion.
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