Wisemans Ferry - 9 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 21st February - 1st March, 2021 - O'Shannessy's Quality Tours
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Wisemans Ferry 9 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 21st February - 1st March, 2021
Wisemans Ferry
SUNDAY 21ST FEBRUARY TO MONDAY 1ST MARCH, 2021
This little gem is one of New South Wales' best kept secrets.
Nestled in the heartland of the Hawkesbury River and encircled by national parks,
Wisemans Ferry is a rustic village on one of Australia's most famous waterways.
Come and explore this gorgeous region with us.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Benalla St Albans - St Josephs Church
Adelong Alive Museum Settlers Inn
Adelong Falls and Gold Mill Reserve Windsor
Cooma Cottage Tobruk Sheep Station
Belgenny Farm Mogo Zoo
Wisemans Ferry Tilba Real Dairy
Great North Road Convict Trail Eden
Ferry Artists Inc. Boydtown
Barefoot Bowls Sale
CRUISE MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
Hawkesbury Paddlewheeler 3 nights in Wisemans Ferry
Clyde River Cruise
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. 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: $3,745 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $3,695 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $3,670 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $3,645 per person
Single Room Supplement: $ 570 per person
DAY 1 Sunday 21st February, 2021
MELBOURNE TO ALBURY
There’s a tap on the door this morning from our chauffeur who’s here to take us to join
our O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours coach and crew for our 9 day tour to explore the
footsteps of our pioneers. Meeting new friends and old, we travel via Healesville to
Lake Eildon for our morning tea break. We take a drive over the dam wall before
continuing past Lake Nillahcootie – we have a brief stop here as there are great views of
the Lake. Our late lunch is in Benalla today. This afternoon, we continue our journey
through to Albury for our first night on tour. There’ll be plenty of time to settle in before
dinner .
OVERNIGHT: Best Western Plus Hovell Tree, ALBURY
DAY 2 Monday 22nd February, 2021
ALBURY TO GOULBURN
After breakfast we continue north to Adelong, a little village of 900 people and a main
street classified by the National Trust. We visit the Adelong Alive Museum and we also
see the Adelong Falls and Gold Mill Reserve for a fascinating look at some of the ruins
from an early gold rush. From here we make our way to Yass where we have planned a
visit to the fascinating Cooma Cottage. Now a National Trust property, it started life as an
1830’s bungalow, but was soon embellished with expansive Palladian-style wings, the
creation of its owner-builder, the eccentric explorer Hamilton Hume. The stable, which
appears to be based on a pattern book design, is one of the most charming rural
outbuildings to be seen anywhere.
OVERNIGHT: Best Western Plus, GOULBURN 
DAY 3 Tuesday 23rd February, 2021
GOULBURN TO WISEMANS FERRY
On the road again and we stop for our morning break in Berrima. From here we
continue to Camden to visit Belgenny Farm established in 1805 by John and Elizabeth
Macarthur. The Macarthur’s pioneered Merino wool production, wheat growing,
dairying, horticulture and grape growing at Belgenny. Our tour of this historic property,
conducted by the Friends of Belgenny, includes lunch and some free time in the
souvenir shop. This afternoon, we drive through Narrellan to Wisemans Ferry. Our
accommodation at Retreat at Wisemans is a fantastic place to stay. Nestled on the banks
of the Hawkesbury River the hotel is surrounded by 50 acres of beautiful grounds
containing a golf course, games room and swimming pool. It will be our base for the next
three nights.
OVERNIGHT: Retreat at Wisemans Ferry, WISEMANS FERRY 
DAY 4 Wednesday 24th February, 2021
WISEMANS FERRY
We have a leisurely day today and following breakfast we are joined by a local historian
who will take us back in time through the rich history of this area. We now have an
optional morning activity to the Convict Trail with our guide – this tour will take us over
the river aboard the ferry to the Great North Road Convict Trail, a monument to former
felons and a tribute to their work building vital infrastructure such as roads and bridges.
For those who choose not to take this tour, we are free to explore Wisemans Ferry. It is a
quaint little village set alongside the Hawkesbury. Lunch today is a BBQ around the pool.
A couple of minutes from our motel is a lovely gallery, Ferry Artists Inc. that provides a
varied and unique display of art from local artists. Located just across the road from our
motel is the Wisemans Ferry Bowling Club – there is the opportunity during the day to
get a few teams together for a game of Barefoot Bowls. Maybe some of us would just
like to relax around the pool with an occasional “dip”. We can do as much or as little as
we please – a totally relaxing day!
OVERNIGHT: Retreat at Wisemans Ferry, WISEMANS FERRY
“... The Convict Trail is well laid out with
sculptures and interesting historical
information along the way …”
tripadvisor
DAY 5 Thursday 25th February, 2021
ST ALBANS AND WINDSOR
Today we venture north, across the main ferry to the tiny village of St Albans. Our first
stop is St Joseph's Church. We also have a look at the cemetery – a large group of early
settlers are buried here, including William Douglas, a first fleeter. There are roughly 60
headstones still standing and some of the inscriptions are fascinating! We stop for
morning tea at the historic Settlers Inn, established in 1836, and built from
convict - hewn sandstone. Of Georgian simplicity, the hotel became a stopover for Cobb
and Co. stagecoaches travelling between Sydney and Newcastle in the nineteenth
century. Late morning we backtrack over the river and drive to Windsor where we’ll join
the Hawkesbury Paddlewheeler for a luncheon cruise on the peaceful and tranquil
Hawkesbury River. Back on dry land, we pick up a local expert and explore the historic
sites of Windsor, Wilberforce, Pitt Town and Ebenezer. We will drive through picturesque
rural farmlands to the first Hawkesbury Valley settlement site (1794), St Matthew's
Anglican Church, Ebenezer Church and Tebbutt's Observatory.
OVERNIGHT: Retreat at Wisemans Ferry, WISEMANS FERRY 
DAY 6 Friday 26th February, 2021
WISEMANS FERRY TO BATEMANS BAY
We farewell our hosts this morning and venture to Tobruk Sheep Station, set on over
150 acres (70 hectares) on a high plateau above the Hawkesbury River. The property –
one of the most beautiful and authentic properties in the area, is surrounded by state
forests and bushland, with amazing views to the Blue Mountains. On arrival we will be
met by a stockman on horseback and then assembled at the Drovers Camp for billy tea
and damper. Then, for the rest of the morning, we will enjoy mustering, watching the
sheep dogs work, shearing and a wool room talk on one of Australia’s biggest and oldest
industries. Following lunch we head around the outskirts of Sydney to Batemans Bay.
We’ll arrive into our hotel a little later today, but have a very leisurely day in the area
tomorrow.
OVERNIGHT: Sunseeker Motor Inn, BATEMANS BAY
DAY 7 Saturday 27th February, 2021
BATEMANS BAY
A local expert joins us today to show us the sights and tell us about the history of
Batemans Bay. After our tour, we board the “MV Merinda” and enjoy the uninterrupted
views of the unspoilt Clyde River, bush and mountain scenery with interesting
commentary and our fish and chip lunch. At Nelligen we have time to stretch our legs
before we rejoin our vessel for the return journey. We then make the short trip to the
privately owned Mogo Zoo. The Zoo is passionate about the conservation of endangered
species and believes that through education, combined with its involvement in various
global breeding programs, they can make a difference to the world's threatened species.
OVERNIGHT: Sunseeker Motor Inn, BATEMANS BAY
DAY 8 Sunday 28th February, 2021
BATEMANS BAY TO LAKES ENTRANCE
We begin our journey home today, driving to the National Trust Protected village of
Tilba. Many of the original timber buildings have been retained and restored, while any
new buildings have been built in the character and style of the era. Mount Dromedary,
which was named by Captain Cook because of its unusual shape, overshadows the town.
We’ll pop into the Tilba Real Dairy to taste some of their produce before travelling
through to Eden, an old whaling town which still has strong links with the sea. After
lunch here we take a short drive to Boydtown. Benjamin Boyd, the son of a London
Banker established Boydtown at Twofold Bay in the mid 1800’s as his headquarters from
where he ran his whaling and grazing exploits. Boyd had grandiose ideas of developing
Boydtown to a stage not only to rival nearby Eden but Sydney itself. His grand plans
never eventuated and the only buildings erected were the Seahorse Inn, the Lookout
Tower and Boyd’s Church. Continuing on we travel through Orbost to Lakes Entrance.
OVERNIGHT: Bellevue on the Lakes, LAKES ENTRANCE 
DAY 9 Monday 1st March, 2021
LAKES ENTRANCE TO MELBOURNE
For anyone who would like to stretch their legs before breakfast, a stroll along the
esplanade which will reveal some unique wooden sculptures. A local wood carver has
taken the stumps of trees and carved them into images of Australia at War. We travel to
Sale where we take a “Port of Sale” tour – how interesting this area is. We have lunch
here before continuing on home to Melbourne. At the conclusion of our tour, no need
for a taxi or lift, we will be chauffeur driven home. All part of the great O’Shannessy’s
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