9 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR - 5th June - 13th June, 2020
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9 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 5th June - 13th June, 2020
FRIDAY 5TH JUNE TO SATURDAY 13TH JUNE, 2020
Welcome to our very popular 9 day Norfolk Island Tour for 2020.
Warmth and hospitality have been woven into the island’s unique and timeless rhythm
- a special charm that draws visitors back time and time again.
Norfolk Island is more than 1,500 kilometres east of the Australian mainland;
the Island’s latitude approximates that of Lismore on the far north coast of New South
Wales and it has a balmy, subtropical temperate climate. This beautiful island is
becoming increasingly popular as a holiday destination each year.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Brisbane City Sights Tour Cyclorama Experience -
360o Panoramic Painting
Sound and Light Show
Wonderland By Night
Island Tour
Convict Settlement Tour
Bounty Day Celebrations
Island Fish Fry
Farm & Industry Tour
Yesterday Today Tour
Hilli Goat Farm Tour - Norfolk Whey
Progressive Dinner
CRUISES MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
Glass Bottom Boat Cruise 7 nights on Norfolk Island
You may now travel to Norfolk Island on your Driver’s Licence or Government Identity
Card, however you are unable to purchase any items Duty Free at the Brisbane
International Airport without a valid Passport.
FLIGHT STAY PUT 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. Return Flights. Qantas flight from Melbourne to Brisbane. Air New Zealand flight Brisbane to Norfolk Island return. Includes all taxes. Quality Touring Coach. Touring in and around Norfolk Island is aboard a local Tour Coach. 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 and two course restaurant dinners daily, and most lunches - 1 lunch at your own expense as per itinerary. Please note: Issues beyond our control or that of our suppliers, may cause changes to the original itinerary. Touring days may change from the original itinerary. TOUR COSTS Twin Share Room: $4,745 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $4,695 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $4,670 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $4,620 per person Single Room Supplement: $ 625 per person
DAY 1 Friday 5th June, 2020
MELBOURNE TO BRISBANE
With personal pick up from home this afternoon, we arrive at Melbourne Airport to join
our Qantas flight to Brisbane. We are met by a local coach and enjoy a city sights tour,
taking in Kangaroo Point and Southbank before making our way to our accommodation
where we will enjoy dinner tonight.
Lunch at own arrangements and cost / Refreshments on flight
OVERNIGHT: Stamford Plaza Brisbane, BRISBANE
DAY 2 Saturday 6th June, 2020
BRISBANE TO NORFOLK ISLAND
We depart after breakfast for Brisbane International Airport to join our Air New Zealand
flight to Norfolk Island. Once on this beautiful island, we are transferred to our home for
the next 7 nights. We have time to settle in and freshen up before we head off for a
most memorable and unique evening at the Sound and Light show, where through
theatrical lighting and dramatic sounds we are taken through the decades of Norfolk
Island’s convict era.
Lunch on flight
OVERNIGHT: Castaway Norfolk Island, NORFOLK ISLAND
DAY 3 Sunday 7th June, 2020
NORFOLK ISLAND TOUR
This morning we join Pinetree Tours for a half day sightseeing tour around the island.
This tour takes us back in history with a visit to the convict ruins of Norfolk Island’s
famous penal settlement. We hear about the settlers who followed from Pitcairn Island
and learn interesting facts about Norfolk Island today - the government, immigration
laws and lifestyle. We enjoy lunch at Governor’s Lodge resort, amongst the landscaped
sub-tropical gardens incorporating majestic Norfolk Pines. Tonight we dine at Hilli’s
Restaurant. The word ‘hilli’ is a word from the unique Norfolk language which can be
defined as that feeling when you have eaten your fill and enjoyed delicious flavours with
good company.
OVERNIGHT: Castaway Norfolk Island, NORFOLK ISLAND
DAY 4 Monday 8th June, 2020
BOUNTY DAY
Bounty Day celebrates the anniversary of the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders to Norfolk
Island. Today, roughly a third of Norfolk’s residents are descended from the settlers who
arrived on 8th June, 1856. Dressed in traditional period costume, the arrival of the
Pitcairners is re-enacted and wreaths are laid to remember the original settlers.
Celebrations include family reunions, a grand picnic and traditional sports. This is a very
important and historical day for Norfolk Islanders. We relax and enjoy the festivities of
the day partaking in the grand picnic highlighting traditional food.
OVERNIGHT: Castaway Norfolk Island, NORFOLK ISLAND
DAY 5 Tuesday 9th June, 2020
NORFOLK WHEY & HILLI GOAT FARM
This morning we are taken on a farm and industry tour to visit the enterprises that
sustain the Norfolk Island community. Later in the day we visit Hilli Goat a stunning cliff
top property at Anson Bay, where they produce quality Dairy Goats Cheese. We will
meet the cheeky goats and wander though the edible gardens whilst they explain the
Milking and Cheese making process and then sit down to a delicious Hilli Goat style
Platter of freshly made Goats Cheese and edible delights that have been freshly picked
from their very own back yard. Experience the Paddock to Plate way of life or "The
Norfolk Whey'. Tonight we enjoy a 4 Course Progressive Dinner, visiting different Island
homes - a great experience!
OVERNIGHT: Castaway Norfolk Island, NORFOLK ISLAND
DAY 6 Wednesday 10th June, 2020
CYCLORAMA & WONDERLAND BY NIGHT
This morning is free to do what ever we would like to do. This afternoon we see the
Cyclorama and experience the totally unique 360o panoramic painting that will take us
on an amazing journey. Feel like you’re really there witnessing the Bounty adventures
and discover how the world’s most famous mutiny created the Pitcairn and Norfolk
communities. Conceived by Norfolk Islander Marie Bailey, this gigantic panoramic
painting vividly illustrates the story of her ancestor Fletcher Christian, the famous
Mutiny on the Bounty and the descendants who settled on Pitcairn and Norfolk Island.
After dinner at our accommodation we enjoy the “Wonderland by Night” tour which is
set in acres of magical Norfolk Pines and bushland, lit up like an enchanted forest.
Meander along a winding pathway with Archie, a descendent of the Bounty Mutineers,
as he recites his poems and lights up the dioramas.
OVERNIGHT: Castaway Norfolk Island, NORFOLK ISLAND
DAY 7 Thursday 11th June, 2020
CONVICT SETTLEMENT TOUR & ISLAND FISH FRY
We enjoy a most interesting tour this morning, of the “Convict Settlement” at Kingston.
Our informative guide will take us through the eras of convict settlement on the Island.
We will walk through the cemetery and hear the history of various convict and colonial
head stones, pass the houses along Quality Row and visit the restored Military Barracks.
We walk through the ruins of the gaol and visit All Saints Church (with its beautiful
stained glass windows), which was in convict times the Commissariat Store. A free
afternoon for reflection or exploration before a unique evening, with a special “Island
Fish Fry”. This is conducted on the cliff top as the sun sets over Norfolk’s western
coastline.
OVERNIGHT: Castaway Norfolk Island, NORFOLK ISLAND
DAY 8 Friday 12th June, 2020
YESTERDAY / TODAY TOUR & GLASS BOTTOM BOAT CRUISE
This morning we join the Yesterday / Today Tour. This personalised tour covers the early
years of Norfolk Island to the present day. Here we will learn about the airport where
hundreds of aircraft re-fuelled during World War II, the Cascade Whaling Industry and
landing pier, Emily Bay’s history, The St Barnabas Chapel the Melanesian Mission
Training College and so much more on this interesting and informative tour. This
afternoon we all enjoy a glass bottom boat cruise around Emily and Slaughter Bay - a
feature is the beautiful coral gardens and tropical fish in calm waters inside the reef.
OVERNIGHT: Castaway Norfolk Island, NORFOLK ISLAND
DAY 9 Saturday 13th June, 2020
NORFOLK ISLAND TO MELBOURNE
This morning is at leisure to do any last minute shopping or just to have a rest. We enjoy
our last meal together with a light lunch before getting ready for our transfer to the
airport for our flight via Brisbane to Melbourne. Upon our return home, as usual our
chauffeurs will be waiting to return us home with memories of a unique, relaxing and
rewarding holiday.
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.
Deposit is non-refundable.
Balance due on invoice approximately 70 days prior to departure and is non-refundable.
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.
Toll Free: 1800 354 352
O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours
www.oshannessys.com.au 2121 Point Nepean Road, Rye Vic 3941 enquiries@oshannessys.com.au
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