4 Day Tour 8th - 11th April, 2019 - O'Shannessy's Quality Tours
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Experience the spectacular Autumn hues of the Yarra Valley
~ 4 Day Tour ~
8th - 11th April, 2019
“Friends to travel with....”
O’Shannessy’s Sorrento Travel Pty Ltd T/A:
2121 Point Nepean Road, Rye Vic 3941
www.oshannessys.com.au
Email: enquiries@oshannessys.com.au
Toll Free: 1800 354 352
Price per person twin share $ 1,995
Repeat clientele twin share $ 1,970
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $ 170
Tour Departs: Monday 8th April, 2019
Tour Returns: Thursday 11th April, 2019
Deposit: $200 per person upon booking
Balance due on invoice approximately 30 days prior to departure
Single travellers who are prepared to twin share will be matched
with another passenger (of the same gender) or, if this is not possible,
provided with single accommodation at the twin share fare.
Tour Price Includes:
Pick up from and return to your home - Greater Melbourne,
Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, the Bellarine and Mornington
Peninsulas, some areas of Gippsland and Phillip Island.
Travel by our own state of the art luxury coach, equipped with
restroom, satellite phone, fold-down arm rests, seat belts and
extra leg room. Our coach has a ’kneeling’ device and second
door for ease of entry and disembarkation. Our coach is also fitted
with ‘Road Cam’ TV monitors which display in real time the road
ahead. The coach offers a smooth quiet ride and views through
large panoramic windows.
Quality ensuite motel accommodation.
All tours and interest venues as per itinerary.
All Meals: Full cooked breakfasts, restaurant dinners, most lunches
and morning teas.
The following cancellation fees apply for this tour:
Deposit refundable until 30 days prior to departure
30 to 15 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 75% Refund of Tour Cost
14 to 8 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 50% Refund of Tour Cost
7 to 1 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 10% Refund of Tour Cost
On or after Departure date of Tour NO REFUND
All passengers are required to co-operate with the seat
rotation program determined by O’Shannessy’s Tour Directors .
TRAVEL INSURANCE IS NOT COMPULSORY HOWEVER IS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND IS AVAILABLE FROM OUR OFFICE.
The Proprietors reserve the right to vary any accommodation,
price or other features of the tour at any time at their own discretion.
Puffing Billy Steam Train Ride Blue Lotus Water Garden Bruno’s Art and Sculpture Gardens Lake Eildon Alexandra Timber Tramway Healesville Sanctuary Rochford Winery Big Bouquet Gerbera & Alpaca Farm Yarra Valley Chocolaterie Alowyn Gardens Tesselaar KaBloom Festival Multiple Nights Stay 3 Nights in Marysville
DAY 1: Monday 8th April, 2019
HOME TO MARYSVILLE
Welcome to our tour to the Yarra Valley. This is a stunning area to be in
at this time of year. With personal pickup from your home, our journey
this morning takes us to Belgrave in the Dandenongs, where one of the
most famous and enjoyable things to do is to take a ride through the
lush mountainside, from Belgrave to Emerald on the historic “Puffing
Billy” steam train.
After our ride we head to the lovely
Blue Lotus Water Garden. There are
14 acres of display garden here, with
two lakes and an area of river flats that
have been landscaped with eighty
small ponds filled with over fifty
different varieties of lotus. The ponds
contain hundreds of plants generating
thousands of blooms daily, and three smaller dams with hundreds of
flowering water lilies and lotus edged
by many exotic plants. Situated in the
Upper Yarra Valley it is set beneath the
grand peaks of the Mount Donna
Buang Ranges. This is also our lunch
stop today. We then continue on to
Marysville where we settle in to our
hotel, our base for the duration of our
tour.
OVERNIGHT: Vibe Hotel, MARYSVILLE
DAY 2: Tuesday 9th April, 2019
MARYSVILLE
Marysville was established in 1863 as
a stopover for diggers on the way to
nearby goldfields and today we’ll
explore this charming town. In the
1920’s Marysville evolved into a
popular honeymoon and resort town,
with many guesthouses offering a
range of accommodation options. The
Black Saturday bushfires created another chapter of history in
Marysville. Whilst most of the town
was destroyed in the fires, the close
knit community is rebuilding their
town. This morning we visit Bruno’s
Art and Sculpture Gardens. The
garden began with just fifteen life
sizes terracotta sculptures, today
there are over one hundred and fifteen
pieces on display - and Bruno is still making regular additions! The
unique experience of the garden and
its wondrous inhabitants attracts
thousands of visitors a year. Bruno
and the family still live there and
always take great pleasure in being
able to share their magnificent art
treasure with all that come. We spend
some time visiting the Historic Photo
Exhibition behind the Visitor Information Centre. After lunch at the
Marysville Bakery, we take a drive to
Lake Eildon for some fantastic views
from the Dam Wall before a visit to the
Alexandra Timber Tramway and
Museum. Although the trains won’t be
operating today, we will be able to see
a recreation of the bush sawmill and
tramway era of the Rubicon forest
from 1900 to 1950, as well as a wide range of industrial locomotives
and rolling stock before heading back to Marysville.
OVERNIGHT: Vibe Hotel, MARYSVILLE
DAY 3: Wednesday 10th April, 2019
EXPLORING THE AREA
This morning our touring takes us first to Healesville and the
Healesville Sanctuary. Showcasing more than 200 species of
Australian wildlife, the Sanctuary is a fantastic place to view native
animals in their natural habitat. Whilst here we’ll take a guided tour of
the sanctuary and learn a bit about the mysterious Platypus in its
nocturnal creek habitat.
We then drive on to Coldstream and stop at Rochford Winery.
Situated in one of the most stunning regions in Australia with
breathtaking panoramic views of the
Great Dividing Ranges, the winery
showcases a restaurant, cafe and
patio, cellar door, retail shop, wine
club, art gallery and expansive natural
amphitheater and observation tower.
We’ll indulge in a wine tasting and
relax over lunch and maybe take a
wander around the grounds. Our last stop before leaving Healesville, is
a visit to the Big Bouquet, a gerbera
flower farm and an alpaca breeding
stud. We experience a guided tour of
the gerbera glasshouse that holds
more than 62,000 plants and hear
how these top quality gerberas are
grown. We’ll also have the opportunity
to take a close look at the friendly
Alpacas and visit the gift shop.
OVERNIGHT: Vibe Hotel, MARYSVILLE
DAY 4: Thursday 11th April, 2019
HEADING HOME
Time we headed for home and we
have a lovely day ahead of us!
Retracing our steps, we head to the
Yarra Valley to visit the Yarra Valley
Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery. We
are welcomed with delicious chocolate
tastings, displays of thousands of
premium chocolates and European
chocolatiers at work handcrafting our creations. Our next stop is
Alowyn Gardens where we will be provided with an informative and
educational experience for anyone interested not only in gardening, but
also the enjoyment of the beautiful garden.
What started out as a blackberry infested paddock has been designed
with shade and comfort in mind and developed in six distinct areas.
We have lunch here before heading to Silvan and the Tesselaar
KaBloom Festival – where we will be treated to a visual spectacular
with sensational fields of colourful
blooms. Breathtaking views and
‘selfie’ opportunities abound in the
fields with delightful Delphiniums,
fascinating Foxgloves, super Snap
Dragons, beautiful Begonias, zingy
Zinnia, heart-warming Hollyhocks,
sizzling Salvia, darling Dahlias, cool
Cosmos and plenty more! From here we head back to Melbourne
where our chauffeurs will be waiting to take us to our very doors!
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Phone toll free on 1800 354 352
CONDITIONS OF TRAVEL
Any special passenger requirements must be notified to O’Shannessy’s Tours at the time of booking. No
passenger will be permitted to embark or continue on the tour while their mental or physical condition is, in the
opinion of any representative of O’Shannessy’s 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. O’Shannessy’s Tours will not be responsible for expenses resulting in such
persons being precluded from completing the tour for any such reason.
It is also a requirement of O’Shannessy’s 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.
If you are willing to twin share but are a smoker or have a CPAP machine or snore, you will need to pay a
single supplement for a sole use room.
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