11 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR

17th February - 27th February, 2020

COACH

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Lakes Entrance Boydtown Batemans Bay Kiama Kiama Blowhole Wisemans Ferry Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Marramarra National Park Windsor Bar Island

Myall Lakes Karuah Port Stephens Tea Gardens Myall Lakes National Park Bulahdelah Bombah Point Pacific Palms Cooma Park Forster

CRUISES

Hawkesbury River Cruise Myall Lakes Cruise

MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS

3 nights in Wisemans Ferry

2 nights in Bulahdelah

MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARY TO THURSDAY 27TH FEBRUARY, 2020

Myall Lakes National Park is located north of Sydney and 16 kilometres east of

Bulahdelah. One of the state's largest coastal lake systems and 40 kilometres of

beaches and rolling sand dunes make Myall Lakes one of the most visited parks in

New South Wales. One of our stops will be Wisemans Ferry a rustic village on one of

the country's most famous waterways - Hawkesbury River.

National Parks with UNESCO World Heritage status cradle the Hawkesbury.

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).

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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.

Flights: Virgin Flights from Sydney to Melbourne. Best Available Quality Accommodation. Ensuite motel accommodation each night. Attractions. All tours and interest venues as per itinerary. Meals. Full cooked breakfasts, morning tea and two course restaurant dinners daily,

and most lunches - 1 lunch at your own expense as per itinerary.

TOUR COSTS

Twin Share Room: $5,875 per person

Twin Share Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $5,825 per person

Twin Share Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $5,800 per person

Twin Share Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $5,725 per person

Single Room Supplement: $ 725 per person

MELBOURNE TO LAKES ENTRANCE

Welcome to our wonderful Myall Lakes and Hawkesbury River Cruise tour! We’ll be collected from home by our chauffeur and taken to meet up with our friendly O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours crew and luxury coach. Heading off we travel east along the Princes Highway to Sale for lunch at the RSL Club. From here we continue on to our first nights accommodation - Lakes Entrance. A stroll to stretch the legs along the promenade will reveal some unique wooden sculptures. A local wood carver has taken the stumps of trees and carved them into images of Australia at War. There are famous images from World War I including Simpson and his donkey and a nursing sister caring for wounded soldiers.

OVERNIGHT: Belleview on the Lakes, LAKES ENTRANCE

DAY 1 Monday 17th February, 2020

LAKES ENTRANCE TO BATEMANS BAY

We’re heading onto the NSW South Coast today to Batemans Bay. We travel east along the Princes Highway through Cann River and Genoa and across the border to Boydtown, where we stop for lunch. Benjamin Boyd, the son of a London Banker established Boydtown at Twofold Bay in the mid 1800’s as his headquarters from where he ran his whaling and grazing exploits. Boyd had grandiose ideas of developing Boydtown to rival Sydney itself. Alas, the only buildings built were Boyd’s Church, the Lookout Tower and the Seahorse Inn – our lunch venue today! After lunch, we can take a stroll around the estate as the Inn is set amidst sprawling lawns and lush gardens. This afternoon, we travel through Eden, Bega, Narooma and onto Batemans Bay for our overnight stay.

OVERNIGHT: Sunseeker Motor Inn, BATEMANS BAY

DAY 2 Tuesday 18th February, 2020

DAY 3 Wednesday 19th February, 2020

BATEMANS BAY TO WISEMANS FERRY

We enjoy more of the South Coast today as we pass through Nowra and Ulladulla, making a stop in the pretty town of Berry. Here we have some free time to stretch our legs, explore the shops and purchase lunch (there are a couple of great bakeries here!!). Further along at Kiama, we pay a visit to the famous “Blowhole” which can spurt water up to 60 metres high when there is a good swell running – a great opportunity for a group photograph! Skirting Lake Illawarra, Wollongong and Sydney we arrive in Wisemans Ferry late afternoon. We will be staying here for the next three nights.

Lunch at own expense and arrangement OVERNIGHT: Retreat at Wisemans Ferry, WISEMANS FERRY

HAWKESBURY CRUISE

After breakfast we head to Mooney Mooney boat ramp where our “Spirit Australia Cruises” crew will greet us and welcome us aboard “Spirit II”. We cruise the lower reaches of the Hawkesbury, passing Dangar Island where the post is delivered to settlements by boat. We are now deep in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. We will enjoy lunch before proceeding upstream and through beautiful parts of the Marramarra National Park. Tonight we arrive back at Wisemans Ferry for another nights stay.

OVERNIGHT: Retreat at Wisemans Ferry, WISEMANS FERRY

DAY 4 Thursday 20th February, 2020

DAY 5 Friday 21st February, 2020

HAWKESBURY CRUISE

Mid morning we board our vessel as we cruise upstream to historic Windsor, passing by Lower Portland, Sackville and the Cattai National Park. We enjoy a tour of Windsor and after lunch we turn around and coach back to Wisemans following the Hawkesbury River gaining a view from above. A relaxed day with wonderful Hawkesbury River scenery. Wisemans Ferry is a picturesque village set on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. We enjoy our final night here in this very special place.

OVERNIGHT: Retreat at Wisemans Ferry, WISEMANS FERRY

DAY 6 Saturday 22nd February, 2020

HAWKESBURY CRUISE

After breakfast we board the boat one last time and cruise downstream and enjoy morning tea onboard. We then cruise upstream under the Hawkesbury River Bridge, cruise into Berowra Waters and Berowra Creek and call into Bar Island with historic church ruins and rich history. We will conclude the cruise, dis-embark at the Hawkesbury River Station / Brooklyn Wharf late morning. We bid our boat crew farewell – as this afternoon our vessel is loaded onto a truck and transferred to Myall Lakes where we will meet again. We board the coach and travel on to Karuah arriving late afternoon, and check into our accommodation.

OVERNIGHT: Karuah Motor Inn & Riverside Motel Karuah, KARUAH

DAY 7 Sunday 23rd February, 2020

MYALL LAKES

After breakfast our cases will be collected and taken to our next accommodation. A short walk to the river where we board our “Spirit II” cruise boat to commence the exciting days ahead exploring the “great lakes”. We cruise on the Karuah River with its many oyster farms. It is not a well known fact but this area is the largest farming area for the Sydney Rock Oyster. We cross a section of Port Stephens to Lemon Tree Passage,

DAY 8 Monday 24th February, 2020

Where we enjoy a special lunch at a local waterside restaurant - just one of the many highlights! Following lunch we continue towards the heads of Port Stephens. “Spectacular” is possibly the only way to describe this area as we pass close by the popular holiday resorts of Nelson Bay and Shoal Bay. Mid afternoon we enter the Myall River as it opens into the attractive Swan Bay and the holiday resort of Tea Gardens – along with the sister town Hawks Nest. We pass under the “Singing Bridge” before berthing in the township of Tea Gardens, a beautiful holiday town and a delight to visit. A great location!

OVERNIGHT: Tea Gardens Country Club Motel, TEA GARDENS

MYALL LAKES

Throughout the next days we will be surrounded by the beautiful Myall Lakes National Park. We re-enter the Myall River as we farewell Tea Gardens and pass by Brambles Green, Cherry Tree, Engels Reach and Pipers Creek. We’ll enjoy a picnic lunch along the way. This afternoon we pass over the southern waters of the Bombah Broadwater and a deviation to visit pretty Nerong. Mid-afternoon we once again enter the Myall River. Travelling over 20kms upstream we arrive at Bulahdelah – our home for the next two nights. It is only a short transfer (or a walk through the town if you wish!) to our accommodation where we will enjoy dinner tonight.

OVERNIGHT: Bulahdelah Motor Lodge, BULAHDELAH

DAY 9 Tuesday 25th February, 2020

MYALL LAKES

This morning we transfer to the northern shores of Lake Wallis where our boat and crew will be waiting at Pacific Palms to take us on our final day of exploring this wonderful area. We cruise on the waters of Wallis Lake and enjoy a catered picnic/barbecue at Cooma Park. We will also travel through the canal developments of Forster Keys. During the afternoon we explore sections of the two rivers in this area – the Coolongolook and Wallamba. Our Cruise comes to an end as we pass by the popular holiday resort of Tuncurry and arrive in Forster. We then transfer to our accommodation at Forster.

OVERNIGHT: Forster Palms Motel, FORSTER

DAY 10 Wednesday 26th February, 2020

MYALL LAKES

We board our vessel to continue our exploration of the upper reaches of the Myall River before returning to Bombah Broadwater. We cruise down the Myall River and travel to Bombah Point where we enjoy lunch at the NRMA Myall Shores Resort, a very picturesque place and a ferry crossing point. Following a relaxing lunch, we cross the three lakes – Two Mile, Boolambayte and Myall where our coach will be waiting at the Neranie boat ramp to transfer us back to our motel in Bulahdelah.

OVERNIGHT: Bulahdelah Motor Lodge, BULAHDELAH

DAY 11 Thursday 27th February, 2020

FORSTER TO MELBOURNE

After breakfast this morning we make our way to Sydney airport to connect with our afternoon flight to Melbourne, stopping for lunch on the way. On arrival into Melbourne we will be met and chauffeured home, bearing a suitcase of delightful memories of our trip away!

“... as one of the largest coastal lake

systems in New South Wales,

Myall Lakes National Park is a veritable

gold mine of wilderness escapes...”

“... the National Park is definitely worth a

visit, the scenery is just beautiful

and ever changing along the way...”

Any special passenger requirements must be notified to O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours upon booking. No passenger will be permitted to embark on or continue the tour while their physical or mental condition

is, in the opinion of any representative of O’Shannessy’s Quality 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. Whilst on tour with O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours should a passenger require medical attention, discharge papers must be provided to a representative of O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours before you are able to re-join the tour.

O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours will not be responsible for expenses resulting in such persons being precluded from completing the tour for any such reason. No refunds or transfers will be given on any unused portions of the itinerary.

It is a requirement of O’Shannessy’s Quality 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.

Passengers who are smokers, have a CPAP machine or snore, unless travelling with a companion, will be required to pay the single supplement premium for the sole use of a room.

Items of a personal nature such as medical expenses, mini bar, beverages, laundry service, room service, internet usage, telephone calls, and any optional extras are not included in your tour price.

All passengers are required to co-operate with the seat rotation program determined by O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours tour directors.

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Cancellation 14 to 8 days before tour departure date 50% Refund of Tour Cost

Cancellation 7 to 1 days before tour departure date 25% Refund of Tour Cost

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