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1 Never mind Pamplona s Running of the Bulls, come and enjoy the Running of the Sheep at the Irish Woolfest - no Bull! ~ 6 Day Tour ~ 27th September - 2nd October, 2018 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 $ 2,020 Repeat clientele twin share $ 1,995 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $ 345 Tour Departs: Thursday 27th September, 2018 Tour Returns: Tuesday 2nd October, 2018 Deposit: $200 per person upon booking Balance due on invoice approximately 30 days prior to departure 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. Tour Price Includes: Pick up from and return to your home - Greater Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, 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. Quality ensuite motel accommodation. All tours and interest venues as per itinerary. Meals: Full cooked breakfasts, restaurant dinners, most lunches and morning teas. (2 lunches at own expense as per itinerary) The following cancellation fees apply for this tour: Deposit refundable until 30 days prior to departure 30 to 15 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 75% Refund of Tour Cost 14 to 8 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 50% Refund of Tour Cost 7 to 1 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 10% Refund of Tour Cost On or after Departure date of Tour NO REFUND 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 Highlights: The Big Strawberry - Koonoomoo Wagga Wagga Cowra P.O.W theatre Australian World Peace Bell Cowra Italy Friendship Monument Cowra Japanese Gardens and Cultural Centre Rosnay Farm - Canowindra Boorowa Irish Woolfest Allambie Cherry Orchard Monte Cristo Homestead Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum Multiple Nights 3 nights in Cowra

4 Day 1: Thursday 27th September, 2018 MELBOURNE TO WAGGA WAGGA Welcome to our 6 day tour to Cowra featuring the annual Boorowa Irish Woolfest! After our pickups, we depart Melbourne and head to a place near Cobram called Koonoomoo home to the Big Strawberry. Anything you can think of that has strawberries in it, they make it here. Jams, ice creams, liqueur, milk shakes you name it! We enjoy lunch here before continuing on to Wagga Wagga for overnight. OVERNIGHT: International Hotel Wagga Wagga, WAGGA WAGGA Day 2: Friday 28th September, 2018 WAGGA WAGGA TO COWRA We continue on our way, travelling via Coolamon and Mirrool to West Wyalong where we stop for lunch. This afternoon we travel across to Cowra - our base for the next 3 nights. OVERNIGHT: Cowra Services Club Motel, COWRA Day 3: Saturday 29th September, 2018 COWRA After breakfast we visit the Cowra Visitors Centre. It is also where we collect our local guide for a tour of the town made famous by the POW Camp located here during WWII. We start by viewing the award winning hologram in the P.O.W. theatre, a nine minute presentation that tells the story of the Cowra Breakout in On our town tour we will visit the Australian World Peace Bell, the Cowra Italy Friendship

5 Monument and the Australian & Japanese War Cemeteries, containing the graves of the Japanese involved in the POW Breakout during World War II. This is the only Japanese War Cemetery in Australia. Our morning tea is served right next door to the Visitors Centre, at the Rose Garden Coffee House. Next is a visit to the Cowra Japanese Gardens and Cultural Centre. Meandering paths and wooden bridges allow us to explore and view the gardens at ease. It s a beautiful time to visit as the cherry trees in the gardens should be in full flower! We have plenty of time here to wander or relax and enjoy the gardens. This afternoon we head to Canowindra, visiting Rosnay Farm to tour and taste some of their organic wines. We also have time to enjoy a wander through the town before returning to Cowra. Lunch own arrangements and cost OVERNIGHT: Cowra Services Club Motel, COWRA

6 Day 4: Sunday 30th September, 2018 BOOROWA IRISH WOOLFEST Today we drive south to Boorowa for the annual Irish Woolfest. Everyone s heard of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain, but much closer to home in Boorowa we can enjoy the spectacle of the Running of the Sheep. These beautiful woolly Merino sheep are shepherded down the road by a Farmer on his four wheel motorbike and his trusty Kelpies who leap on and off the motorbikes and on and off the sheeps back. There is plenty to see and do at the Woolfest - the Blessing of the Sheep, Celtic Pipe Bands, Irish Dancers and craft, food and wool stalls to maybe purchase a souvenir from. Later this afternoon we ll reboard the coach and head back to Cowra for dinner. Lunch own arrangements and cost OVERNIGHT: Cowra Services Club Motel, COWRA 5: C

7 Day 5: Monday 1st October, 2018 COWRA TO ALBURY This morning we re off to Young, a historic mining town known as the Cherry Capital of Australia! We ll stop at the Allambie Cherry Orchard for a talk on the flourishing cherry industry plus a delicious slice of cherry pie for our morning tea. Originally named Lambing Flat, the town is steeped in early gold mining history. Gold was discovered here in 1860 and within months there were 20,000 prospectors on the fields! From here we travel through small rural towns of Wombat and Wallendbeen to Junee where we stop at the Monte Cristo Homestead and experience life from a bygone era. We will view the magnificent collection of fine antiques and renowned carriage collection. This remarkable homestead was built in 1884 and is recognized as the most haunted house in Australia, with 10 resident ghosts! We ll have lunch here before continuing on through Wagga Wagga to Albury for our overnight. OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel on Olive, ALBURY Day 6: ALBURY TO HOME Tuesday 02 October 2018 (Day 6: Tuesday 2nd October, 2018 ALBURY TO HOME Leaving Albury we make our way through Benalla and then south to Seymour where we join the scenic Goulburn Valley Highway towards Yea. Our lunch stop is at Kerrisdale and the Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum. This is a unique railway built on a zig zag formation, and the line climbs quite steeply as it wends its way through tall trees on a precipitous track

8 cut into the mountain side. A panorama unfolds over the King Parrott Valley and further to the distant snow-capped peaks in winter of the Victorian Alps. We have time for a live demonstration at the Steam Museum and a country style lunch before continuing on home. We trust you arrive home safely with memories of a fascinating and rewarding tour. We thank you for travelling with O Shannessy s Tours and look forward to your patronage again in the future! For details of 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.