Autumn Trail - 6 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 10th March - 15th March, 2021 - O'Shannessy's Quality Tours
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Autumn Trail 6 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 10th March - 15th March, 2021
Autumn Trail
WEDNESDAY 10TH MARCH TO MONDAY 15TH MARCH, 2021
A 40,000 year old hunter gatherer. A rugged lanky local muse for artist Fintan Magee.
A national park that will have you thinking you’ve landed on the moon.
Incredible street art and murals by artists at the top of their game.
And the only remaining “Stick Shed” of its type in the world.
See all of this and more on this tour, unlike anywhere else in the country.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Orange World
Benalla Street Art Mungo National Park
Goorambat Silo Patchewollock Silo
‘Sophia” Mural Uniting Church Hopetoun
Rochester Silo Brim Silo
Devenish Silo Sheep Hills Silo
Tungamah Silo The ‘Stick Shed’ Murtoa
Echuca Rupanyup Silo
Catalina Flying Boat Museum, Lake Boga Halls Gap
Mildura Grampians National Park
Varapodio Estate - Olive Farm Ararat
CRUISE MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
PS Melbourne 3 nights in Mildura
COACH BOAT
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.
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: $2,635 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $2,610 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $2,585 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $2,560 per person
Single Room Supplement: $ 340 per person
DAY 1 Wednesday 10th March, 2021
MELBOURNE TO ECHUCA
Welcome to our great tour which will encompass a three-night stay in Mildura and lots
of silo art along the way! With personal pickups from home, we start our journey north
and stop along the way for our morning break and lunch in Benalla. Street art and silos
are drawing crowds to small country towns in Victoria and after lunch, we drive around
Benalla taking in some of the Street Art – artists from around the world were brought
together to paint murals on bare walls, some over three stories high. We now commence
our Silo Art hunt! Goorambat Silo – featuring the endangered Barking Owl and the
“Sophia” mural in the Uniting Church, painted by the Melbourne-based artist Matt
Adnate; Devenish, Cam Scale’s artwork of a First World War nurse and a modern-day
combat medic; St James, a large mural of Sir George Coles, the founder of Coles
Supermarkets; Tungamah, brolgas and a kookaburra. Our last stop today is in Rochester
to see a sugar glider and a stunning azure kingfisher. Each silo has a different artist and a
different story! Our accommodation this evening is in the river port of Echuca.
OVERNIGHT: Mercure Port of Echuca, ECHUCA
DAY 2 Thursday 11th March, 2021
ECHUCA TO MILDURA
Today’s destination is Mildura, but we stop enroute at Lake Boga, home to the famous
Catalina Flying Boat A24-30 - one of only 4 in Australia. Lake Boga was an ideal stretch of
water on which the mighty flying boats could alight.
The Flying Boat played an integral part in the allied defence of the South Pacific during
World War II, with all types of Flying Boats that were serviced at Lake Boga being
represented in the Museum. A special section is dedicated to the United States of
America and the Netherlands aircraft and crew who visited Lake Boga during World War
II. We now continue our travels to Mildura. We have time to settle in and unpack as
we’re here for three nights.
OVERNIGHT: Best Western Chaffey International Motor Inn, MILDURA
DAY 3 Friday 12th March, 2021
EXPLORING MILDURA
After breakfast, we will be introduced to town by our locally based expert for a morning
of sightseeing. We’ll hear about the Canadian Chaffey Brothers who arrived in Mildura in
1886 to establish the first irrigation scheme in Australia and hear about life on the river
past and present. Our lunch break will be cruising along the river aboard the
PS Melbourne. Our cruise takes us downstream through Lock 11, built to bypass the weir
across the river. We’ll experience the workings of a lock as the Melbourne is lowered to
the downstream level and raised again on the return journey. Back on dry land, we head
to a lovely olive oil farm, Varapodio Estate, where we enjoy a tour and tastings of their
award winning oils. Stock up on salad dressings, olive oils, mayonnaise or olive oil
cosmetics and soaps. Our final visit for the day is Orange World - a working 50-acre
citrus property. We join a citrus tour aboard the 70-seat tractor train around the
picturesque property of avocado trees, numerous citrus varieties and tree grafting areas
plus an informative commentary on a wealth of citrus information with a juicy sense of
humour.
OVERNIGHT: Best Western Chaffey International Motor Inn, MILDURA
DAY 4 Saturday 13th March, 2021
MUNGO NATIONAL PARK
Today we take a giant leap back in time and enjoy a day exploring the remarkable natural
location of Lake Mungo which sits within the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area.
A local expert will join us so we can experience all the highlights. The Willandra Lakes
preserve the longest continuous record of aboriginal life in Australia from 40,000 years
ago to the present. The tour slowly and gently weaves through unique geological
formations of rare beauty passing by the ancient evidence of the people that once
walked this land. After a great day we return to Mildura.
OVERNIGHT: Best Western Chaffey International Motor Inn, MILDURA 
DAY 5 Sunday 14th March, 2021
MILDURA TO STAWELL on the SILO ART TRAIL
The Wimmera-Mallee region has become Australia’s largest outdoor gallery with the
creation of a silo art trail stretching 200kms and linking some of Victoria’s smallest
towns. We follow this trail, first to Patchewollock, where it is hard to miss the 35m high
“silo man”, local sheep and grain farmer Nick Hulland. We enjoy lunch at the Hopetoun
Community Hotel Motel and take a look at the large and colourful wall mural in the
centre of town depicting aspects of local history and the memorial fountain erected in
1929. Continuing south we arrive in Brim to view the magnificent work of Guido van
Helten, depicting an anonymous multi-generational quartet of farmers. At Sheep Hills,
we see a depiction of Wergaia and Wotjobaluk Elders alongside two young children. A
step away from the silos and into history takes us to Murtoa for a fascinating visit to The
Stick Shed. Built in 1941 it was the first emergency bulk wheat storage shed built in
Victoria and is the only remaining shed of this type in Australia. Our final silo visit today
is in Rupanyup featuring two local residents, both members of the local Rupanyup
Football and Netball Club. After a very special day we arrive at our motel with time to
freshen up before dinner.
OVERNIGHT: Magdala Motor Lodge, STAWELL
DAY 6 Monday 15th March, 2021
STAWELL TO MELBOURNE
On our final tour day, we make our way to Halls Gap, situated in the Grampians National
Park. Apart from the stunning scenery the park is a natural oasis where plants and
animals, which have become extinct in other areas, flourish. It is likened to a giant
botanical garden, filled with one third of Victoria’s fauna. Here we visit the Halls Gap
Zoo. The zoo is actively involved in breeding & conservation programs for wildlife such as
Brush-Tailed Bettongs, Tasmanian Devils and Bilbys. We make a stop in Ararat for lunch
before driving back to Melbourne to complete a fabulous tour looking around Victoria!
Our chauffeurs will be waiting to take us home – all part of the wonderful O’Shannessy’s
Quality Tours Service!
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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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