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 Wildflower Tour of
Western Australia
    with Tony Fawcett

        18 – 30 September, 2018

  Visiting Perth, Geraldton, Albany,
   Pemberton and Margaret River
Western Australia Wildflower Tour of - with Tony Fawcett - Travelrite
Wildflower Tour of
Western Australia
  with Tony Fawcett
Tony Fawcett is one of Australia’s most experienced magazine journalists, a specialist
garden and homemaker writer, who has gained an immense following for his features
and columns. Previously editor and editor-in-chief of national magazines Your Garden and
Australian Home Beautiful, he wrote a weekly garden column for the Sunday Herald Sun for
11 years and continues to write widely while running a small editorial production company.
His work regularly appears in The Herald Sun publications; he contributes the Garden Diary
pages to Better Homes & Gardens magazine, writes rural features for The Weekly Times’ Farm
magazine and is editor of the Lions Australia national magazine.
Tony, a life member of the Horticultural Media Association, has been a judge at the
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show and is happiest when out exploring a
garden with his camera. Tony is married and lives in a century-old farmhouse he and his
wife have restored on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Itinerary                                                                        DAY 5 Saturday 22 September, 2018                                      Perth
                                                                                 We travel south to Perth today, stopping to visit New Norcia, which was
DAY 1 Tuesday 18 September, 2018                                      Perth      established as a mission over 150 years ago to assist Aboriginal people. Today
We depart early morning on our flight to Perth. On arrival we will be met        it is a charming town and Benedictine community, reflecting the influence
by our private coach for a guided panoramic tour of the sights of Perth,         of early Spanish monks. We will have a tour of the monastery and church,
including the Governor’s Residence, Parliament House and Perth University.       and see the olive grove, established in the 1850s, still producing their famous
This evening enjoy a welcome dinner to meet the tour members and get to          olive oil. Continuing on to Perth, we travel through Yanchep National Park,
know Tony and your Tour Manager.                                                 where many varieties of wildflowers flourish. We will stay in Perth for three
                                                                                 nights. Tony and the tour manager will meet those wishing to dine with the
DAY 2 Wednesday 19 September, 2018                              Geraldton
                                                                                 group in the lobby.
Today we travel north to Geraldton, our base for three nights. On the way
we’ll visit Nambung National Park, home of the Pinnacles, with thousands of
limestone pillars rising up metres high. These peculiar geological formations
were formed by calcified limestone thousands of years ago. From Cervantes
we drive through Lesueur National Park with over 2000 species of flowering
plants. It is the most wildflower-rich belt in the mid-west and offers flora
as spectacular as it is varied. We’ll be on the lookout for smoke bush, black
kangaroo paw, scarlet feather flower, Scholtzia, cowslip orchids, banksias,
blue and red leschenaultia and many more. This evening, those wishing to
dine with the group can meet Tony and the Tour Manager in the lobby.
DAY 3 Thursday 20 September, 2018                               Geraldton
We will travel to Mullewa, famous for its spectacular wildflowers including
the colourful wreath flower (Leschenaultia macrantha), which grows only in
this area. Carpets of everlastings are also a feature of the area along with
orange bush pomegranate, bright pink native foxgloves, blue dampiera,
fringe lilies, and many species of orchids, grevilleas, wattles and banksias.
We will take a walk around the area. We will also travel across the Coalstream
Range, the site of Western Australia’s first coal mine. It comes alive with
everlasting wildflowers after good winter rains. Seams of coal and ancient
marine fossils are exposed where the Irwin River has cut through the layers
of rock.
DAY 4 Friday 21 September, 2018                                 Geraldton
Today we take a day trip to the pretty fishing village of Kalbarri, travelling
through the Kalbarri National Park, which boasts some 800 species of
wildflowers. This area displays red river gorges and vast coastal sea cliffs.
The Murchison River has cut a magnificent red and white gorge for eighty
kilometres to the Indian Ocean, including the Z Bend, The Loop and Nature’s
Window. At the Red Bluff Lookout, layers of sandstone form dramatic
100m-high cliffs, which loom over the crashing Indian Ocean.
Western Australia Wildflower Tour of - with Tony Fawcett - Travelrite
DAY 6 Sunday 23 September, 2018                                         Perth      DAY 10 Thursday 27 September, 2018                                Pemberton
We travel to King’s Park, where we are able to admire the spectacular views        At Bow Bridge we’ll visit the garden of Tree Elle Retreat, where we’ll enjoy
over the city and the Swan River. Kings Park showcases an outstanding              morning tea hosted by the owner. Privately owned, it has different garden
collection of Western Australian flora. Nearly two-thirds is natural bushland,     rooms in a formal style, including a vegetable potager. Then we will travel
with the balance superbly cultivated gardens and parkland. We will enjoy a         through the Valley of the Giants, where karri and jarrah trees tower majestically
guided tour of the spectacular local flora. The afternoon is free for individual   over the countryside and red tingle trees can have a base circumference
exploration.                                                                       of 16m. We’ll take the tree-top walk through the canopy of the trees, 40m
                                                                                   above the forest floor. Around the area we hope to see orchids, kangaroo
DAY 7 Monday 24 September, 2018                                         Perth      paws, bottlebrush, flowering gums, dryandras and cone flowers. We will see
This morning we travel to visit Araluen Botanic Park. Developed as a bush          the enormous Gloucester Tree towering 72m above the ground. Used as a
camp by J J Simons in 1929. It has been restored and developed as a gorgeous       fire lookout tree, it has a cabin built 58m up the tree, accessed by 153 spikes
natural bush botanic park since 1990. It also incorporates 14 hectares of          that spiral the trunk. We continue to our hotel in Pemberton. Tony and the
developed gardens with thousands of stunning tulips. We continue with a            tour manager will meet those wishing to dine together.
visit to Krannynook, established on an old orchard in 1997. Gill has developed
a backdrop of shrubs and deciduous trees with herbaceous borders, rock             DAY 1 1 Friday 28 September, 2018                           Margaret River
ponds and creeks. She loves unusual plants and is always looking for treasures     Today we travel to Augusta and then Cape Leeuwin, where the Southern
to enhance her garden. We enjoy a Devonshire Tea in this beautiful garden.         and Indian Oceans meet. We then visit Boranup Forest with its views of the
                                                                                   prettiest karri forest in Western Australia. On the journey we’ll be on the
DAY 8 Tuesday 25 September, 2018                                     Albany        lookout for wildflowers such as orchids, wild clematis, brilliant red coral vine,
Our journey today is to Albany on the shore of the Southern Ocean. We’ll           the karri hazel and wattle, before arriving at Margaret River, where we will
travel the Albany Highway, stopping along the way to examine wildflowers,          stay for two nights.
en route to Stirling Range National Park, where we will enjoy stunning scenery
and magnificent views. The Park is a remarkable botanical reserve noted            DAY 12 Saturday 29 September, 2018                          Margaret River
for its distinctive rugged beauty and wildflowers. Grass trees, pea flowers,       This morning the head gardener will show us around the beautifully
leschenaultias, blue smoke bush, scarlet banksia and many orchid varieties         designed Secret Garden. This is a very special, privately owned garden that is
are just a few of the wildflowers to be found in this area. We continue to         meticulously kept. In spring it features wisteria, clematis, iris and crab-apples.
visit the farm garden of Cathy Wright. Cathy organised and created the Rose        Our special Travelrite International Farewell Lunch will be at Cullen Wines.
Maze which is our next visit and her garden is excellent. We continue to           The restaurant enjoys a stellar reputation and much of the food comes from
the Rose Maze with time to enjoy the roses, have some lunch or buy locally         the biodynamic vegetable gardens at Cullen Estate. After lunch you may
produced handcrafts. The maze uses more than 100 species of Australian-            wish to stroll through the garden and follow the fascinating biodynamic
bred roses and weaves together the stories of three women to illustrate the        process that is employed throughout the winery and the gardens at Cullen.
hardship of rural life in the early 20th century. In Albany, those wishing to
dine together can meet with Tony and the tour manager in the lobby.                DAY 13 Sunday 30 September, 2018                                         Home
                                                                                   Heading back to Perth, we first stop at Busselton to see the largest wooden
DAY 9 Wednesday 26 September, 2018                                   Albany        jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, then continue to Bunbury, Western
This morning we will have a tour of historic Albany, the site of the first         Australia’s second largest city. If we’re lucky we will get a glimpse of the
European settlement in Western Australia, with magnificent views of King           dolphins along the coastline. On arrival at Perth airport we’ll catch our return
George Sound. We’ll also view the impressive granite formations of The Gap         flights home.
and Natural Bridge in Torndirrup National Park. After lunch, we’ll visit The Old
Farm, Strawberry Hill, which was once the home of WA’s first Government
Resident in Albany. We will wander through the beautifully furnished 1836
cottage to gain a real insight into the way of life in early colonial times. The
cottage was one of the earliest buildings in the state and site of the first
cultivated farm. A highlight of your visit is a walk through the property’s
stunning gardens, which contain some of the original fruit trees. We return
to Albany and the rest of the afternoon will be free for individual activity.
Western Australia Wildflower Tour of - with Tony Fawcett - Travelrite
Wildflower Tour of
Western Australia
with Tony Fawcett
18 – 30 September, 2018

                                                                                                                                Geraldton

The price per person twin-share $ 4,425                                                                                                                        WESTERN
                                                                                                                                  Cervantes
Single supplement               $ 995                                                                                                                          AUSTRALIA
                                                                                                                   INDIAN
* Prices include GST                                                                                               OCEAN              Fremantle
                                                                                                                                                    Perth

                                                                                                                                         Bunbury
                                                                                                                                   Busselton
                                                                                                                               Margaret River
                                                                                                                                        Pemberton
   Included in the price:                                                                                                                                   Albany
   • Travel in first-class chartered coach
   • Accommodation in first and moderate first-class hotels with
     daily breakfast, a welcome dinner and a farewell lunch                                                    Not included in the price:
   • Sightseeing tours as listed in the itinerary                                                              • Flights to and from Perth.
   • Entry to gardens and attractions as detailed in itinerary                                                   Please talk to our travel consultant about flights
   • Tour leadership by Tony Fawcett                                                                           • Travel insurance
   • Tour management by Travelrite International Pty. Ltd. with an                                             • Meals unless specified in the itinerary
     experienced Tour Manager meeting the group on arrival in Perth                                            • Sightseeing and general expenses unless specified in the itinerary
     and travelling with the group                                                                             • Additional travel arrangements not in the detailed itinerary.
   • A Travelrite travel bag                                                                                     These will be quoted for separately

General Information and Booking Conditions
Touring can involve a considerable amount of walking and stair climbing in the places visited and it is important that all tour
participants have a level of physical fitness that allows them to take part in this tour without the need of assistance from others.

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