~ 10 Day Tour ~ 11th - 20th June, 2018

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1 As darkness falls and Uluru is thrown into silhouette, Field of Light illuminates. As far as the eye can see gentle rhythms of colour light up the desert. ~ 10 Day Tour ~ 11th - 20th June, 2018 Includes The Field of Light exhibition Friends to travel with... O Shannessy s Sorrento Travel Pty Ltd T/A: 2121 POINT NEPEAN ROAD, RYE VIC enquiries@oshannessys.com.au Toll Free:

2 Price per person twin share $ 4,745 Repeat clientele twin share $ 4,645 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $ 845 Tour Departs: Monday 11th June, 2018 Tour Returns: Wednesday 20th June, 2018 Deposit: $200 per person upon booking Balance due on invoice approximately 45 days prior to departure Tour Price Includes: Pick up from and return to your home - Greater Melbourne, Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo, 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. Reserved quality ensuite motels / resorts. Meals: Full cooked breakfasts, restaurant dinners, morning teas and most lunches (3 lunches own expense as per itinerary). All tours and interest venues as per itinerary. QANTAS flight Alice Springs to Melbourne. Personalised name bars and luggage labels. 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. The following cancellation fees apply for this tour: 60 to 46 days BEFORE DEPARTURE Deposit non refundable 45 to 36 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 75% Refund of Tour Cost 35 to 15 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 50% Refund of Tour Cost 14 to 7 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 10% Refund of Tour Cost Within 7 days and on or after departure NO REFUND The Proprietors reserve the right to vary any accommodation, price or other features of the tour at any time at their own discretion. 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.

3 TOUR FEATURES INCLUDE: Woomera, Burra, Port Augusta, Morgan, Renmark Coober Pedy - Town Tour and Opal Cutting Demonstration Uluru (Ayers Rock) Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) The Field of Light 3 Nights Alice Springs Royal Flying Doctor Service Base Telegraph Station Earth Sanctuary - Quandong Homestead MacDonnell Ranges Glen Helen Gorge and Homestead Ormiston Gorge Standley Chasm Simpsons Gap Optional flight over Uluru (Ayers Rock)

4 Day 1: Monday 11th June, 2018 MELBOURNE - MILDURA After personal pick up from home, we travel via the Westgate Bridge to Ballarat for morning tea, with lunch at Donald. We continue across the Wimmera Plains and through the Victorian Mallee to Mildura for our first night away. OVERNIGHT: Mildura Inlander Resort, MILDURA Day 2: Tuesday 12th June, 2018 RIVERLAND, SOUTHERN FLINDERS RANGES We drive along the Riverland from the Sunraysia to Renmark, South Australia and via Berri to Morgan, once a very busy maritime port. Leaving the Murray, we head for the Southern Flinders Ranges calling at historic Burra (classified by the National Trust). This afternoon we enjoy a scenic drive through the North Mount Lofty Ranges to Port Augusta. OVERNIGHT: Standpipe Golf Motor Inn, PORT AUGUSTA Day 3: Wednesday 13th June, 2018 WOOMERA - COOBER PEDY This morning we travel north on the Stuart Highway to Pimba, before detouring to Woomera. Until 1982, Woomera was a prohibited area for travellers. These days, we are welcomed with an interesting Visitors Centre. The town was built by the British and Australian Governments as the headquarters for Maralinga and Emu Field - nuclear rocket and

5 atomic bomb test sites. After lunch, we rejoin the Stuart Highway and drive through to Coober Pedy to check into our next two night s accommodation. OVERNIGHT: Desert Cave Hotel, COOBER PEDY Day 4: Thursday 14th June, 2018 COOBER PEDY We start the day with an opal-cutting demonstration and town tour, including an inspection of an opal mine, an underground house or dug-out and the first underground church. Did you know that Coober Pedy Golf Course is the only golf course in the world with reciprocal rights to St Andrews in Scotland??!! We ll also have time for some retail therapy for anyone interested in opals. We have time to purchase lunch before we head to the nearby Kanku - Breakaways Conservation Park - a stunning natural landscape that has featured in a number of movies such as Mad Max 3, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Ground Zero. Returning to town, we have some free time to relax, or perhaps some more opal shopping. Lunch own expense/arrangements today. OVERNIGHT: Desert Cave Hotel, COOBER PEDY

6 Day 5: Friday 15th June, 2018 NORTHERN TERRITORY - ULURU and KATA TJUTA, ULURU SUNSET STRIP We have a travel day today as we head for the border and into the Northern Territory. At Erldunda, we turn west onto the Lasseter Highway to Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park. There is an air of excitement in the coach as we are draw closer to Uluru. Upon our arrival, we check in to our accommodation with time to freshen up before heading to the Sunset Strip to enjoy the spectacle of the changing colour of Uluru as the sun sets behind us. Dinner will be a little later this evening at the Resort. OVERNIGHT: Voyages Outback Pioneer Hotel, YULARA Day 6: Saturday 16th June, 2018 AYERS ROCK & THE OLGAS - FIELD OF LIGHT EXHIBITION We have a magical day in store. Ayers Rock (Uluru) is located in the World Heritage Listed Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park. It rises 348 metres from the desert floor and has a girth of 9.4km. It s the world s most famous monolith with at least two thirds of the Rock lying beneath the surface. We spend some time at the Cultural Centre and take a drive around the Rock, stopping for photo opportunities. Lunch today is available from the hotel or one of a number of restaurants and cafes in the Yulara Shopping Village. Early afternoon we visit the nearby Olgas, called by the Aboriginal people Kata Tjuta. Here we can take a walk into the beautiful and overwhelming Mount Olga Gorge. Later this afternoon we head back to the Resort with time to freshen up before dinner. But our day isn t over yet as we are in

7 seeing internationally acclaimed artist Bruce Munro s once in a lifetime staging of The Field of Light. This is the biggest Field of Light exhibition to date and it is held at Uluru, where we have the chance to wander through 50,000 slender stems crowned with frosted-glass spheres that will bloom as darkness falls over Australia s spiritual heartland. This is for a limited time, making the experience that much more memorable. What a great way to finish our experience at Uluru. Lunch own expense/arrangements today. OVERNIGHT: Voyages Outback Pioneer Hotel, YULARA Day 7: Sunday 17th June, 2018 KATA TJUTA - ALICE SPRINGS This morning you have the opportunity to view Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Yulara from the air. We reserve several planes for an unforgettable 40 minute Scenic Flight of the area. This flight is at patrons own expense (approximately $240) and is highly recommended. After breakfast we say farewell to Uluru and rejoin the Lasseter Highway, through sand dune country, past Mt Connor to Erldunda where we stop for our lunch break. This afternoon, we head north crossing the Finke River and enjoy the ever-changing scenery as we near Alice Springs. OVERNIGHT: Mercure Alice Springs Resort, ALICE SPRINGS

8 Day 8: Monday 18th June, 2018 ALICE SPRINGS - CITY TOUR Welcome to The Alice! We begin today with a view of Alice Springs from Anzac Hill. From here we can see the East and West MacDonnell Ranges, the Stuart Highway, the Todd River, the Ghan Line and the prominent city buildings. Also today we tour the Old Telegraph Station - and the Royal Flying Doctor Base. We enjoy some free time this afternoon to relax or go for a swim. We have a special evening planned tonight. Just 15 minutes out of Alice is Earth Sanctuary - a World Nature Centre at Quandong Homestead. We will enjoy a mouth watering bush BBQ with music and entertainment and experience the spirit of the outback through stories of the aboriginal dreamtime. We will even learn how to cook a swagman s damper! After dinner we can relax around the camp fire before heading back to the hotel. Lunch own expense/arrangements today. OVERNIGHT: Mercure Alice Springs Resort, ALICE SPRINGS Day 9: Tuesday 19th June, 2018 WESTERN MACDONNELL RANGES A great day is in store, as we explore the majestic Western MacDonnell Ranges. The natural beauty in this area is outstanding! After a walk through Standley Chasm with its towering walls, we continue the scenic

9 drive to Glen Helen Gorge and Glen Helen Homestead. This afternoon you may like to take a swim in the fresh water hole at Ormiston Gorge or just relax and enjoy the atmosphere of this special place. We also visit beautiful Simpsons Gap before returning to our accommodation. OVERNIGHT: Mercure Alice Springs Resort, ALICE SPRINGS Day 10: Wednesday 20th June, 2018 ALICE SPRINGS - HOME We have a leisurely start this morning before our transfer to the Alice Springs airport to join our QANTAS flight to Melbourne. As always our chauffeurs will return us safely home with fond memories of our Central Australian experience. We thank you for travelling with O Shannessy s and look forward to your patronage in the future!

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11 Enjoy the ever changing colour of the Rock!

12 Other Tours Available Noosa Winter Escape July 2018 Cook Islands August 2018 Cowra - Running of the Sheep September 2018 Temora - Warbirds Downunder October 2018 Hunter Valley Christmas Lights November 2018 For details on other Tours available Phone toll free on: 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.