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12 Days Grand Australia Tour
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Tour Summary: 12 Days Grand Australia Small Group Tour
QueensLander's 12 Days Grand Australia Tour begins with Melbourne and its cosmopolitan character and gateway to Australia's burgeoning wine industry. We are then off to the glorious Outback with a once in a lifetime experience at Ayer's Rock, the world's largest monolith. From the Red Center we're bound for Tropical Far North and Sunny Queensland. Cairns serves as the gateway to the stunning Great Barrier Reef, and finally we arrive the 'sails' of Sydney with her iconic Opera House and Harbour.
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Depart
USA ~ TransPacific Flight ~ Inquire for optional flights from USA or CANADA
Depart the USA on your TransPacific flight to Melbourne (flight not included - inquire for pricing).
Cross
the
International
Dateline
This
day
will
be
"lost"
as
we
cross
the
International
Dateline.
We
will
regain
this
day
on
our
return.
Gidday Australia!
Melbourne
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Welcome to Australia
State: Victoria
City: Melbourne
BD. Upon arrival, an optional arrival transfer is offered. Inquire with reservations for details.
Welcome to
cosmopolitan
Melbourne and the Land Down Under, Australia.
If you've elected for an arrival transfer, our QueensLander representative will
meet
you
once you've cleared customs. You may, alternatively, make your own way to the hotel to join the planned, and included Orientation Walkabout (see final documents for timing and location).
Melbourne is gateway
to
the
Yarra
Valley
wine
region and the heartland of Australia.
Upon
arrival,
check
in
to
our
hotel,
freshen
up
and
enjoy
learning about your surroundings with our walkabout with the Tour Captain.
Tonight,
enjoy
our included welcome dinner
in this metropolitan city with your Tour Captain.
INCLUDED WELCOME ORIENTATION & DINNER:
• Orientation Walkabout with Tour Captain
• Included Dining tonight. Each evening the Tour Captain will invite you to join at a unique venue for dinner, regardless of whether it's an included dinner.
Walking Level: Light, Leisurely Pace. Volume: Light.
Meal(s): Welcome Dinner
Hotel: Intercontinental Rialto 2 Nights
Please make note: Similar hotel properties will be utilized should availability at our preferred hotel be an issue. You will be advised of the selected hotel should this occur.
Melbourne
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Option to Yarra Valley
MELBOURNE CITY SIGHTS
B. After breakfast, we
enjoy
a sightseeing
immersion of Melbourne that includes
Parliament
House
and
the
ANZAC Shrine
of
Remembrance
-
which
honors
Australia’s
war
heroes. We will see St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Queen Victoria Market as well as visit the Old Melbourne Gaol (jail) and learn of its colored history.
EXCLUSIVE YARRA VALLEY EXPERIENCE
Enjoy the afternoon drive to the Yarra Valley for a wine tour with tastings. A delight as we explore this burgeoning industry here in Australia's heartland. Return to the hotel late afternoon for balance of day at leisure.
The Tour Captain will invite you to join them tonight for an optional dinner restaurant in Melbourne.
Meal(s): Breakfast, Wine Tasting
Hotel: Intercontinental Rialto
Melbourne
to
the
Outback
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Ayer's
Rock/Uluru
State: Northern Territory
City: Ayer's Rock
BD. Morning
departure
for
Ayer's
Rock
and
the
Australian
Outback.
Arrive
early
afternoon
and
transfer
to
our
deluxe
hotel,
Sails
in
the
Desert,
located
in
the
heart
of
Ayer's
Rock
Resort.
Time
this
afternoon
to
freshen
up
and
take
an
arvo's
rest.
THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK
At
dusk,
we head to the literal "Red Center of Australia." Our deluxe hotel is in the very heart of Ayer's Rock and affords great restaurants for your optional dinner tonight.
However, we want to tempt you to consider joining us for something unlike anything you've experienced:
THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE ~
Optional Dinner Experience Under the Southern Hemisphere
$188 per person including gratuities: Enjoy a champagne party and a spectacular
evening
under
the
stars
at
the
award-winning Sounds
of
Silence experience, where
we'll
dine
on
gourmet
Australian
barbecue,
then
sit
back
and
soak in
the
mystery
of
the
Australian
Outback and the beauty of the Southern Hempisphere night sky. At the Sounds of Silence experience you can dine under the canopy of the desert night, while your very own storyteller shares tales as told in the stars. Entered into the Australian Tourism Hall of Fame, Sounds of Silence offers the best of the Red Center in four magical hours.
It all starts at Sunset: Sunset canapés.
Your journey begins on a lone sand dune. A path takes you to an uninterrupted, three hundred and sixty degree view of this vast landscape. In front of you is the fabled Uluru; behind you are the domes of Kata Tjuta and, possibly the most spectacular sunset you have ever seen. Here you enjoy sparkling wine and a selection of delectable canapés. Dining under the sparkling outback sky As the sun sets, you feast on a BBQ buffet of authentic Australian delicacies examples include barramundi, kangaroo and crocodile, bush salads and classic desserts, complemented by Australian wines. Stargazing Attention then turns to some of the world's best stargazing, as our startalker takes you on a tour of the spectacular southern night sky. As you wind down after dinner, you are offered a choice of tea, coffee or port.
We return to the hotels for a good night's rest before our early rising to see the sunrise at Ayer's Rock!
Meal(s): Breakfast, Sounds of Silence Award Winning Dinner
Hotel: Sails in the Desert, 1 Night
You've got to earn the right to live up here.
~ AB "Banjo" Paterson, The Man from Snowy River
Sunrise
at
the
Rock
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Uluru
SUNRISE AT AYER'S ROCK
SBD: This
morning's breakfast is via Brown Bag, as we depart before sunrise for Ayer's Rock. An optional
climbing
of Ayer's Rock
may be in order, or
simply watching
an
impressive
display
of
color
as
the
sun
rises. Note, climbing the rock is potentially hazardous and you will do so at your own risk!
It's
a
brisk
morning, but
well
worth
it
to
experience
Ayer's
Rock
up
close with its own brilliant display of colors.
After
our
time
at
the
rock,
we
are
led in
a
walkabout
around
a
part
of
the
base
of
the
rock.
Sunny Queensland & Cairns
Midday, we're off to the airport for our flight to the east coast and Tropical Far North Queensland. Welcome
to
Cairns, where
the
rainforest
meets
the
reef.
Upon arrival, we transfer to our
hotel
and
freshen
up
before a Queensland welcome dinner with your Tour Captain.
QueensLander Tours' name was inspired as a result of the adventures our founder experienced while exploring Queensland's natural beauty and delightful people.
Meal(s): Breakfast, Welcome Dinner
Hotel: Cairns Oasis Resort 3 Nights
The Great
Barrier
Reef
BL. After breakfast, on our first full day in Queensland, we're
off
to
see
the
Great
Barrier
Reef
up
close.
CAIRNS: GATEWAY TO AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF
Today,
enjoy
a
full-day
tour
of
the
Great
Barrier
Reef
-
complete
with
glass
bottom
boats
and
snorkeling
-
get
up close
to
the technicolor banks
of
coral
reef
teeming
with
tropical
fish.
This
experience
is
one
which
makes
a
lasting
impression
on
Queenslander
patrons
-
if
at
all
possible,
you
must
try
snorkeling
on
the
Great
Barrier
Reef.
The day is highlighted with a smorgasbord lunch on the water and ample free time for relaxing and soaking in the sun.
Meal(s): Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Cairns Oasis Resort
Australia, Mate. She's great!
Cairns
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Option to Kuranda Rainforest
BD. Enjoy a completely free day in Queensland today or opt to explore the rainforest called Kuranda.
KURANDA RAINFOREST SKYRAIL & TRAIN - Gold Class Upgrade
$171 per person including gratuities. Today
we're
off
to
experience
the
contrast
of
this
region's
oldest
and
most
unique
picturesque
railway
via
Kuranda
Railways.
Enjoy
the
shops
of
Kuranda
and
on Saturday's enjoy the Market. Afterwards, we
take
the
SkyRail
gondola
for
incredible
treetop
views
of
the
rainforest
(is
that
the
ocean
in
the
distance?)
to
the
base
of
the
mountain
TJAPUKAI ABORIGINAL CULTURAL PARK
$58 per person including gratuities. Tjapukai by Day is a traditional Aboriginal Culture which celebrates the living history of the Indigenous people of the Rainforest. Learn to play the didgeridoo, discover the medicinal values of bush tucker, also learn how to throw a spear and enjoy professional theatre incorporating traditional Aboriginal culture with dancing, fire making and storytelling. Tjapukai Aboriginal Park features a genuine "cultural and visual Australian journey" featuring the instrument called a 'didgeridoo,' plus an hunting and ochre demonstrations.
Tonight, meet in the lobby for our included Farewell to Queensland Dinner experience with your Tour Captain.
Meal(s): Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel: Cairns Oasis Resort
A man can be hard to find in the mountains.
You're welcome at my fire anytime.
~ Character Jim Craig from The Man from Snowy River
Sydney, Australia
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Harbour
Walkabout
State: New South Wales
City: Sydney
BD.
Morning departure from Cairns bound for Sydney. Our hotel is located on Circular Quay on beautiful Sydney Harbour.
THE ROCKS
After
check-in,
join
our Tour Captain for
a
walkabout
of
the
Circular
Quay
and
historic
Rocks
district.
Your
Tour Captain is knowledgeable
on
local
customs,
history
and
shoppes.
The
historic
Rocks
district
comes
alive
as
you
walk
where
the
original
Sydney
settlers
and
convicts
walked.
This afternoon we
board
our
catamaran
for
a delightful
harbor
cruise at sunset.
Then we will enjoy a
delicious
welcome dinner tonight.
AN AUSTRALIAN WELCOME
Tonight enjoy a Sydney Welcome Dinner with your Tour Captain.
Please make note: Similar hotel properties will be utilized should availability at our preferred hotel be an issue. You will be advised of the selected hotel should this occur.
Meal(s): Breakfast, Welcome Dinner
Hotel: Harbour Rocks Hotel, 3 Nights
Sydney | Sightseeing Immersion
EXPLORE SYDNEY WITH QUEENSLANDER TODAY
B. After breakfast, meet the Tour Captain and then enjoy our included sightseeing experience of Sydney, Australia. From the "Rocks District" to Bondi Beach, we enjoy an immersion in everything Sydney. Sydney-Siders, as they're called, are a warm people for such a cosmopolitan city.
Bondi Beach is one of the most famous beaches in the world. Enjoy a history of the Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club before we return to the Rocks for the balance of the day free.
Tonight, explore on your own for dinner, or join the Tour Captain to an optional but unique, distinctly Australian dining experience.
Meal(s): Breakfast
Hotel: Harbour Rocks Hotel
There's a beauty here, that's fresh, raw, untamed. It's real. It's 'fair dink.'
Sydney, Australia
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Option to Hunter Valley
B. Enjoy a day at leisure or consider our optional trip to Hunter Valley.
HUNTER VALLEY WINES
$189 per person including gratuities and wine tasting with cheeses. After breakfast, we're off for the beautiful Hunter Valley. Travel through the beautiful countryside highlighted with rolling fields and Australian bush land. Today we will savor up to 20 different wine varieties while learning some of the subtleties of tasting. And Aussie cheese makes its debut and complements the wine tasting.
We return to Sydney late afternoon.
Meal(s): Breakfast
Hotel: Harbour Rocks Hotel
Australia, Mate. She's great!
Gidday to Australia!
DEPARTURE TO USA OR EXTENSION TO NEW ZEALAND.
B. Catch your international flight back to North America (flight not included), or opt to extend your vacation with our New Zealand Tour.
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Inquire with reservations for pricing and details.
To
reach
us
by
telephone,
call
toll
free
1-877-865-6711
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