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4 Day
Garden Tour
Toowoomba
20- 23
September
PRICE FROM $1,290PP
Single Supplement $430PP
2021
Japan Holidays, together with garden guide Kate Heffernan
invite you to experience some of the history and colour of
Toowoomba’s spring gardens.
Toowoomba has been acknowledged Carnival of Flowers and the Chronicle Garden
for its standard in gardening for over Competition date back seventy years. The first
160 years. The rich volcanic soils and parade was led by a bullock team and
the distinct seasons are ideal for both reportedly stretched over 3 miles long. The
exotic and native plants. Toowoomba’s gardening spirit of Toowoomba, as always, will
reputation as Queensland’s Garden put on a brilliant show in its public and private
city is well deserved. gardens.
Your Tour Leader - Kate Heffernan
Kate loves sharing her knowledge and love of gardens and has led garden tours to France, United Kingdom and Ireland as well as to
Western Australia. Kate has also visited gardens right across Australia and Japan, New Zealand and many European countries .Qualified
in Horticulture at the University of Queensland she enjoys a career of over 30 years. It includes Botanic Gardens, garden design and
construction in the public and private sectors, and more than a decade teaching horticulture, garden history and landscape. Kate is
known locally for her weekly feature articles from 2012 to 2020 in the Gold Coast Bulletin and Gold Coast Sun and as Saturday Garden
Presenter on ABC Radio 91.7 FM. As part of the Horticulture Media Kate makes presentations at many garden events and has made
several guest appearances on ABC’s Gardening Australia. . Her passion is the world of Botanic and Public Gardens, and for the past
twenty years Kate has had a significant role developing the Gold Coast’s own Regional Botanic Gardens.
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Inclusions & Itinerary
Luxury coach with driver and qualified horticulturist tour leader
4 star accommodation / Meals: Daily lunch & 2 dinners / Entry fees to all gardens listed below.
Tour based on minimum of 21 pax travelling
20th September – 23rd September 2021
Visit Japanese Garden
1 Ju Raku En Japanese Garden (Lunch) ==== Queen’s Park ==== Private Garden ====Accommodation (Dinner)====
History Talk of Queensland’s Garden Heritage
2 A Touch of History
Accommodation ==== Picnic Point Parklands ==== Private Gardens ==== Laurel Bank Gardens ==== Picnic Lunch
==== Boyce Gardens ==== Accommodation (Dinner)
3 Relax and Feel Art
Accommodation ==== Queensland’s State Rose Garden ==== Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery ==== Springs Garden Centre
==== Visit to gardens at Highfields including the young Peacehaven Botanic Gardens
4 Peaceful Meandering
Accommodation ==== Time for some last minute shopping in Toowoomba ==== Visit Nerima Japanese Gardens in
historic Queens Park Ipswich on the journey back home.
Highlights
Day 1 Day 2
Award Winning Garden Award Winning Garden Award Winning Garden
Ju Raku En Japanese Garden Queen’s Park Laurel Bank Gardens
only dates back to 1989, but already has a also known as are the home of spring bulb
reputation for its many traditional features. Toowoomba’s botanic displays, a scented sensory garden
Designed by garden designer and garden scholar garden, the park features and topiary. Maple, peach and
the late Professor Nakane of Kyoto and located on grand old trees and camellia walks and vivid themed
the grounds of the University of Southern spectacular floral displays floral displays, as well as English
Queensland as a stroll garden, Ju Raku En means famous that may warrant Oak make this the perfect second
‘peace and longevity in a public place’. It took a second independent stop before more garden history
almost nine years to build and plant, and will be visit later. and veteran trees.
the starting point for a day spent visiting past
champion country and city gardens.
Day 2 Day 3 Day 3
Award Winning Garden
Queensland’s Springs Garden
Donated in trust to the University of
Queensland, Gatton fifty years ago State Rose Garden Centre
in Newtown Park. There are which has its own lovely
Boyce Gardens are the legacy of arches and standards, heritage garden, a café and
Leslie and Margaret Boyce. It was their private roses, hybrid tea and floribundas. just in case it has something
garden from the 1930’s and features a sunken One section honours Empress tempting to take home for
garden, terraced flower gardens, a walled Josephine and the roses of Villa your garden
garden, fruit orchards and rockeries. The couple Malmaison outside Paris and
built the garden on a slope using entirely hand includes Bourbon, China,
tools -shovels, mattocks and spades and they Portland and hybrid perpetual
also re-established a natural gully rainforest. roses.
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4 Day Garden Tour - Booking Form
Traveller 1 Traveller 2
Title Surname Title Surname
Given Names Given Names
Postal Address Postal Address
State Postcode State Postcode
Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy) / / Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy) / /
Telephone Telephone
Mobile Mobile
Email Email
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Room Requirements
Twin Beds Double Bed Single Supplement
Contact Japan Holidays for more information regarding room configurations availability & pricing.
Emergency Contact Information Please provide the details of a person not travelling with you
Given Names Surname
Telephone Mobile Relationship
How do you wish to join the tour? How do you wish to leave the tour?
Kingscliff Pick up Kingscliff Drop off
Kingscliff Bowls Club car park Kingscliff Bowls Club car park
Address: 131 Marine Parade, Kingscliff NSW 2487 Address: 131 Marine Parade, Kingscliff NSW 2487
Gold Coast Pick up Gold Coast Drop off
Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens car park Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens car park
Address: 230 Ashmore Rd, Benowa QLD 4217 Address: 230 Ashmore Rd, Benowa QLD 4217
Other arrangements Other arrangements
From home to rendezvous point pickup arrangement possible, contact Japan Holidays for more information.
Payment Options
Credit Card credit card type: (mark X) Visa Mastercard American Express
An additional credit card surcharge of 2% for Visa & Mastercard, 3% for American Express.
Name on Card
Credit Card Number: Expiry Date: /
3 Digit Security Code:
(the security code is located on the reverse of your card and is the last 3 digits on the signature panel)
Direct Deposit Account name: Japan Holidays Pty Ltd
BSB: 034-034
Account number: 265 942
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4 Day Garden Tour - Booking Form
Health and Medical
Passengers accept that it is their responsibility to ensure that their health is in a state which allows them to enjoy the
tour and successfully complete activities that the tour offers. It is essential for you to address any medical
conditions/dietary requirements with us at the time of booking. Special requirements will be requested, however
cannot be guaranteed.
Traveller 1 Traveller 2
Do you need assistance stepping onto coach? Yes No Do you need assistance stepping onto coach? Yes No
Can you comfortably walk 500 metres? Yes No Can you comfortably walk 500 metres? Yes No
Do you have painful or limited mobility? Yes No Do you have painful or limited mobility? Yes No
Are you prone to epilepsy or seizures? Yes No Are you prone to epilepsy or seizures? Yes No
Other Other
Do you have any medical conditions / dietary needs? Do you have any medical conditions / dietary needs?
Please provide details: Please provide details:
Please be advised - This tour will require walking outdoors in gardens including steps and uneven ground.
The order of itinerary may vary slightly to accommodate garden openings.
Travel Agent Details
If you have booked this tour through a retail travel agent, please fill out the following fields:
Travel Agency Name: Consultant's Name:
Email Address: Phone:
Street Address: City Post Code
Declaration and Privacy
Travel Insurance is strongly suggested by Japan Holidays.
I/We wish to purchase Travel Insurance. Please forward an application form
I/We do NOT wish to purchase travel insurance through Japan Holidays, and / or we have purchased travel
insurance elsewhere.
Traveller 1 Signature Traveller 2 Signature
I / We have read and understand all the information contained in the brochure/flyer and agree to abide by
the terms, conditions and responsibilities as outlined. All persons named on this form are fit to travel.
Traveller 1 Signature Traveller 2 Signature
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If you cancel your travel too close to the date of departure, we will charge a fee:
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For all other bookings, $250 per person if cancelled more than 30 days before departure.
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After confirmation of a quote we can still amend your itinerary, but each amendment carries an Amendment Fee
of $50, which will be added to your quote.
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Confirmed only when We have received:
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single amendment, to be added to the Contract Price. You are solely responsible for any additional amendment fees
required by Us or any other party with regards to Your booking. These fees are on account of administrative
expenses incurred by Us in changing Your tour after the point of Confirmation and are a genuine and reasonable
estimate of Our expenses.
3) CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
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penalties required by Us or any other party with regards to Your booking. Cancellation penalties are calculated as
follows:
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ii) For Japan Holidays package tours, cancellations within 60 days prior to departure (including failure to
commence the tour) will incur a cancellation fee of 100% of the Contract Price.
iii) For all other bookings, cancellations made up to 30 days prior to departure will incur a
cancellation fee of $250 per person.
iv) For all other bookings, cancellations made within 30 days prior to departure (including failure to commence the
tour) will incur a cancellation fee of 100% of the Contract Price.
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accommodation, meals or any other services not utilised. Product and service providers cannot authorise any
refund on Our behalf.
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right to vary Your itinerary in good faith and with advance notice to you, including notice of any change in the
Contract Price.
b) In the event that after one or more changes under ((4)a) Your tour has become materially different from the
tour contemplated before the changes were effected, upon mutual agreement to that effect between Us and You,
You may request a re-arrangement or a refund of all monies paid less the non-refundable deposit and any charges
levied by Our suppliers.
c) In the event that We are forced to cancel Your tour for any reason beyond our control, we will offer you an
alternative tour of a similar standard. If You do not accept this alternative tour, we will refund in full any monies
already paid excluding the non-refundable deposit.
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Contract Price, until the Quote is Confirmed under ((2)a), at which point the price quoted becomes the Contract
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in accordance with the provisions of this contract.
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extent necessary to meet any increase in travel costs for reasons outside Our control, including airfares, fuel,
government taxes, exchange rate fluctuations, or other taxes or tariffs related to Your travel.
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purposes, and may not be completely up-to-date; the Contract Price is the only price payable to Us.6) YOUR REQUIREMENTS
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responsible for ensuring that you understand and meet all of these requirements.
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relevant to the planned tour at the time of booking. With regards to general health requirements, please contact
your doctor or your nearest Travellers’ Medical & Vaccination Centre.
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travel insurance at the time of booking. We are a licensed provider of insurance schemes with Covermore, NIB
Suresave Travel Insurance and QBE Travel Insurance.
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or arising in connection with, this contract or supply of goods and/or services to You, including any delay, breach of
contract or negligent act or omission by Us, or Our employees, agents or any contractors.
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circumstances, for any loss of enjoyment, opportunity, profit, savings, revenue or interest or any other
consequential, indirect, incidental, special or punitive loss, costs, expenses or damage.
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supply of goods and/or services to You, including any delay, breach of contract or negligent act or omission by Us, or
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shall be litigated only on the appropriate court having jurisdiction in that State.
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