4 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR - 23rd December - 26th December, 2020 - O'Shannessy's Quality Tours
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4 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR 23rd December - 26th December, 2020
WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER TO SATURDAY 26TH DECEMBER, 2020
Yuletide Greetings, Buon Natale, Felice Navidad or MERRY CHRISTMAS!
However you say it, Christmas is a magical time in any language. Come away with us and
let us spoil you with breathtaking sights, indulge in some gourmet food, sip some of the
finest quality wines and beers and relax with your feet up while someone else does the
cooking. Hepburn Springs with its “healing waters” and historical Edwardian architecture
is a wonderful place for some quiet indulgence. With Australia’s largest concentration of
mineral springs, we might even get a taste test of the different mineral formulations as
we wander this beautiful country town.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Mount Macedon Woop Woop
Dromkeen Historic Homestead Mineral Springs Reserve
Hepburn Springs Christmas Lunch
Castlemaine Shire of Creswick Avenue of Honour
Castlemaine Art Gallery Creswick Woollen Mill
Buda Historic Home and Garden Overnewton Castle
MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
3 nights in Hepburn Springs
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NEW TOUR 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: $2,395 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $2,370 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $2,345 per person Twin Share Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $2,320 per person Single Room Supplement: $ 230 per person
DAY 1 Wednesday 23rd December, 2020
MELBOURNE TO HEPBURN SPRINGS
Welcome to our Christmas tour staying at beautiful Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn
Springs. After we have loaded the coach and completed our home pick up service we
are ready to go. We are off to the Macedon Ranges this morning for a visit to Dromkeen
in the tiny hamlet of Riddell’s Creek. This country estate was once the estate of Judge
Arthur Chomley and later became home to the world famous Dromkeen Picture Book
Art Collection. This stately home has beautiful gardens with a range of Australian native
and European plants, some more than 100 years old and listed on the National Trust
register. We also have a chance to browse the galleries with original book illustrations.
We have lunch here before we travel through Woodend and Daylesford to arrive in
Hepburn Springs. We have plenty of time to settle into our accommodation before we
meet up for our Welcome Dinner.
OVERNIGHT: Grange Bellinzona, HEPBURN SPRINGS
“... The Grange Bellinzona is a must see
place, great rooms with arts and crafts,
books and lovely grounds …”
Shayla, Perth
DAY 2 Thursday 24th December, 2020
CASTLEMAINE
Today we head out to Castlemaine and nearby districts. Settlement of the area dates
back to the 1830s when most of the land was actually taken up for farming.
The discovery of gold radically altered the “agricultural’ based landscape as 30,000
diggers worked a number of gold fields. The centre of Castlemaine has been virtually
unaltered since the 1860s when the surface gold was exhausted. We stop to visit the
Castlemaine Art Gallery to view the impressive collection of Australian artworks and
objects. The Gallery is housed in a heritage listed deco building and is one of the earliest
examples of modernist architecture in regional Victoria. We enjoy morning tea then
head to Buda Historic Home and Garden, set high above Castlemaine. The gracious
historic home is surrounded by one of the most important large 19th century suburban
gardens surviving in Victoria. The house was built in 1861 and from 1863 it was the
home of noted gold and silversmith Ernest Leviny and his family. Complete with the
family’s art and craft collections, furnishings and domestic effects, Buda is a unique
record of this creative family who occupied it for the period of 118 years. We enjoy a
guided tour here. After lunch in Castlemaine, we have something a little different in
store as we head to Woop-Woop. Woop Woop is a unique sculpture garden and gallery
based on Australian colloquialisms and humour. The extensive garden is adorned with
over 100 sculptures depicting Australian sayings, unusual native plants, and 'Galvo
Country', where three-dimensional figures mix with the 'local wildlife'. If we feel inclined
we can join in the lizard races', and 'bush billiards', or relax on the seats provided
throughout the garden.
OVERNIGHT: Grange Bellinzona, HEPBURN SPRINGS
DAY 3 Friday 25th December, 2020
MERRY CHRISTMAS
We have a leisurely breakfast this morning with time to attend church services for those
who wish to. Mineral Springs Reserve, at the northern end of Hepburn Springs, is home
to the iconic Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa. The park has a collection of mineral springs,
some flowing continuously and others operated with a hand pump. Visitors are able to
freely bottle their own bubbling mineral water from the springs. We’ll make a visit to the
Reserve before sitting down to enjoy a delightful Christmas lunch – with all the
trimmings! – back at our hotel. We have the rest of the afternoon to relax at the resort,
and there will be a light supper available for those still a little peckish!
OVERNIGHT: Grange Bellinzona, HEPBURN SPRINGS
DAY 4 Saturday 26th December, 2020
HEPBURN SPRING TO MELBOURNE
We farewell our host and after a relaxed start we head off. At Blampied, we’re going to
drive in the direction of Kingston to join the Kingston Road so we can travel along the
magnificent Shire of Creswick Avenue of Honour, leading into Creswick. This majestic
Avenue of Honour of Dutch Elm trees which stretches for four kilometres, is dedicated
to those who served in World War I. Set amongst majestic eucalypts, Creswick's broad
elegantly curved main street is lined with buildings that owe their existence to the
region's common benefactor - gold. Driving down the main street we’ll see a number of
historic buildings. Here we’ll visit the Creswick Woollen Mill. “A Very Fine Yarn” is the
mill’s interactive experience showcasing the journey of fibre all the way from its source
on the animal, through the manufacturing process and how it finishes up on the shop
shelf. We then drive to Overnewton Castle near Keilor, a miniature Scottish Baronial
Castle built in the 1850’s with over 35 rooms including 7 bedrooms (the master room
included a small circular room and a dressing room) schoolroom, library, drawing room,
2 kitchens, 5 servants rooms and the Billiard room. We enjoy a tour and have a delicious
lunch, then head for home late afternoon where our chauffeurs will be waiting to take
us to our very doors!
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Cancellation within 7 days of tour departure date No Refund
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comprehensive travel insurance with a reputable insurer at the time you pay for your tour.
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