New South Wales - 8 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 10th May - 17th May, 2020 - O'Shannessy's Quality Tours
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New South Wales 8 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 10th May - 17th May, 2020
New South Wales
SUNDAY 10TH MAY TO SUNDAY 17 MAY, 2020
See Orange NSW in all its Autumn glory, where the leaves reflect the towns name!
Orange is a fabulous place to explore with the area being known as a wine and food
growing region. It also has stunning landscapes and a fascinating history.
We sample some of the local produce, mix with the animals at Taronga Western Plains
Zoo, Dubbo PLUS enjoy a special ‘Scotland the Brave’ dinner at Abercrombie House,
Bathurst – a real highlight of our tour!
Indulge your senses in the delights of Orange.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Benalla Street Art Golden Memories Museum Millthorpe
North Eastern Victoria Silo Art Age of Fishes Museum Canowindra
Botanic Gardens Orange Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo
Tiny Gold Mining Town of Lucknow Dundullimal Homestead Dubbo
Amusu Theatre Manildra Iandra Castle Greenthorpe
McFeeters Vintage Car Museum Forbes
‘Scotland the Brave’ Dinner at
Abercrombie House
MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
5 nights in Orange
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. All Meals. Full cooked breakfasts, morning tea, lunches and two course restaurant dinners daily. TOUR COSTS Twin Share Room: $3,195 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $3,145 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $3,120 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $3,095 per person Single Room Supplement: $ 495 per person
DAY 1 Sunday 10 May, 2020
MELBOURNE TO ALBURY
Welcome to our 8 day tour to Orange and The Central Tablelands. After personal
pickups from home, we join our deluxe O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours coach and crew to
start our journey north. We 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. Not far from here is our first silo - the Goorambat Silo – featuring the
endangered Barking Owl. Whilst in Goorambat we will also see the impressive “Sophia”
mural in the Uniting Church. In Devenish, we’ll be amazed at Cam Scale’s artwork of a
First World War nurse and a modern-day combat medic. In St James you will notice a
large mural of Sir George Coles, the founder of Coles Supermarkets and the town has a
plaque showing where his first business was located. Our last stop today is in Tungamah
to see brolgas and a kookaburra. Each silo has a different artist and a different story! We
continue on to Albury for our first night’s accommodation.
OVERNIGHT: Western Plus Hovell Tree, ALBURY
DAY 2 Monday 11th May, 2020
ALBURY TO ORANGE
Following our cooked breakfast, we are on our way again, continuing north. We pass
through Holbrook to Gundagai where we stop for morning tea from the coach. Our
lunch today is in Corowa, known for its annual ‘Running of the Sheep’ during the
Woolfest, then we head to Orange. Unpack and settle in as we’re here for five nights.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Inn Ambassador, ORANGE
DAY 3 Tuesday 12th May, 2020
EXPLORING ORANGE
This morning, we are joined by a local expert who will introduce us to the town
including Cook Park and the Botanic Gardens with its impressive native and exotic plant
collection on a 17 hectare site. Just a few kilometres away is the small village of
Lucknow. The town had a ‘gold strike’ in the 1850’s and the goldrush continued for over
100 years. We have lunch at the Two Fat Ladies Café and Lolly Shop – yum, all the lovely
lollies in the shop! We have time to pop into the Lucknow Skin Shop and Boot Barn, a
family run business with their history in sheepskin spanning three generations. This
afternoon we have arranged a visit to wonderful Fourjay Farm which specialises in the
production of Hazelnuts. We’ll meet the owners for a talk and a tour of the orchard
followed by a delicious afternoon tea.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Inn Ambassador, ORANGE
DAY 4 Wednesday 13th May, 2020
MANILDRA & FORBES
This morning, we drive to Manildra. Here we visit the art deco Amusu Theatre opened
in 1936 by Allan Tom and has been operated by the same family since. We’ll enjoy a
couple of ‘golden oldie’ short movies here and a trip down memory lane! Next door is
the new and developing Poster Museum where we can take a look through the
hundreds of original movie posters – all for sale! From Manildra, we head to Forbes,
arriving at McFeeters Vintage Car Museum and see the vast collection of meticulously
restored motor cars ranging from rare veterans to custom cars that are just down right
bizarre! We have time to look around before our lunch in the Café within the museum.
This evening, we’re in for a real treat as we don our tartan and head to Bathurst and
Abercrombie House one of the finest historical mansions in Australia. Tonight we enjoy
our ‘Scotland the Brave’ dinner! Pre-dinner drinks in the Drawing Room and dinner in
the Ballroom with Scottish entertainment and perhaps even a haggis!
OVERNIGHT: Quality Inn Ambassador, ORANGE
DAY 5 Thursday 14th May, 2020
MILLTHORPE & CANOWINDRA
We have some free time to explore the main street of Orange this morning; some of us
may like to visit Orange Regional Museum, the collection and exhibitions tells stories
about Orange and the region, its history, people and places. We head off to Millthorpe
to visit the Golden Memories Museum. Millthorpe was known as Spring Grove until
1884 and still retains all of its charm of yesteryear. The museum has a fascinating history
of pioneering days, gold discovery and mining displays and a huge collection of farm
machinery. We’ll have lunch here before we head to Canowindra. Situated on the
Lachlan River, the town’s curving main street has a number of interesting old buildings
dating back to the 1800s. We’ll visit the Age of Fishes Museum home to some very rare
and important fossils before heading back to Orange. We arrive back at the motel in
time to freshen up before dinner.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Inn Ambassador, ORANGE
DAY 6 Friday 15th May, 2020
DUBBO
A wonderful day has been planned so after breakfast we make our way to Dubbo. Look
out for the “animals on bikes” during our travels before we get to see animals alive!
Our main visit today is to the Taronga Western Plains Zoo. We have plenty of time here
as it is home to more than 1,100 animals from around the world, many of them
endangered species. A zoo keeper will escort our coach and explain the open range
layout and some of the behind the scenes operations. We enjoy our lunch at the zoo
before we make our way to Dundullimal Homestead for a tour and afternoon tea.
Wealthy Squatter John Maughan built Dundullimal in the 1840’s as the head station of
his 1600 acre sheep run. Maughan sold the property in 1858, and it was subsequently
occupied by three prominent Dubbo families. The slab house and stone stables that
remain bear testimony to the hardships and conditions of colonial life on the land. After
an interesting day we return to our accommodation with time to freshen up before
dinner.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Inn Ambassador, ORANGE
DAY 7 Saturday 16th May, 2020
ORANGE TO WAGGA WAGGA
We say farewell to our hosts this morning and drive via Cowra to Greenthorpe. Near
here, is one of the great historical sites in Australia – Iandra Castle. This impressive
property was established by George Henry Greene from 1878-1911. All the grandeur of
yesteryear remains at Iandra, with the faithful restoration of the homestead by David
Morris through the 1970’s. We now start to make our way to Wagga Wagga for our final
night’s accommodation, stopping in Young for our lunch.
OVERNIGHT: International Hotel, WAGGA WAGGA
DAY 8 Sunday 17th May, 2020
WAGGA WAGGA TO MELBOURNE
We make our way to Albury this morning, stopping for morning tea from the coach at
the Botanical Gardens. Our lunch venue today is in Wangaratta, and then we make our
way back to Melbourne where our chauffeurs will be waiting to take us home to our very
door. A wonderful way to complete our tour to Orange!
“... Great place steeped in history…
well worth a visit to look back in time”
Marg, Vermont, commenting on Orange
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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
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from our office. Contact us on 1800 354 352 to arrange a quote for you.
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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
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precluded from completing the tour for any such reason. No refunds or transfers will be given on any
unused portions of the itinerary.
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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.
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required to pay the single supplement premium for the sole use of a room.
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