~ 5 Day Tour ~ 30th October - 3rd November, 2019

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1 Featuring Inspiring open gardens in Bright amongst the Australian Alps. ~ 5 Day Tour ~ 30th October - 3rd November, 2019 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 $ 1,895 Repeat clientele twin share $ 1,870 Single Supplement $ 285 Tour Departs: Wednesday 30th October, 2019 Tour Returns: Sunday 3rd November, 2019 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 O Shannessy s Luxury Mercedes Benz Touring Coach. Features of the coach include comfortable reclining seats with good leg room, arm rests and foot rests, seat belts, rest room, large panoramic windows with blinds, overhead parcel shelf, Road Cam TV Screens which display in real time the view ahead, a kneeling device and second door for ease of entry and disembarkation and full air suspension for a smooth and quiet ride. Quality ensuite motel accommodation. All tours and interest venues as per itinerary. Meals: Full cooked breakfasts, restaurant dinners, some 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: Mansfield Wangaratta Bright Ovens Valley Open Gardens Beechworth Historical Precinct Out of Town Nursery & Humming Garden Mulwala Yarrawonga MV Paradise Queen Cruise Byramine Homestead Corowa Whiskey and Chocolate Factory Tungamah Silo Goorambat Silo Benalla Street Art Multiple Night Stays 4 nights in Wangaratta

4 DAY 1: Wednesday 30th October, 2019 HOME TO WANGARATTA Welcome to our 5 day tour of North East Victoria featuring the Bright Springtime Open Gardens. With personal pickup from home we are transferred to O Shannessy s luxury coach and travel to Mansfield on the eastern shores of Lake Eildon for our lunch stop. From here we make our way to Wangaratta, where we ll base ourselves at the delightful Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway for the next 4 nights. Unpacking just once, we join our fellow travellers at the motel restaurant for our first meal together. OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway DAY 2: Thursday 31st October, 2019 EXPLORING BRIGHT We head into the High Country this morning to Bright, said to be located in the most beautiful alpine valley in the world - Ovens Valley. Surrounded by the towering Australian Alps, it has managed to retain its character and charm, thanks partly to its old -fashioned guest houses and historical buildings. We commence our Open Gardens visits for a spectacular spring display. The area should be looking stunning during the springtime. Back in town, we have time to wander through the main street and purchase lunch. We then head back to Wangaratta for some free time before dinner at the hotel this evening. Lunch at own expense and arrangement. OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway

5 DAY 3: Friday 1st November, 2019 BEECHWORTH Today s touring takes us to Beechworth. On arrival we will be joined on the coach by a local expert who will show us around the town, one of Victoria s best preserved gold rush towns. The discovery of gold in the 1850 s brought with it a flurry of activity and growth. The magnificent buildings, 32 of which are listed by the National Trust and the beautiful gardens are a legacy of the gold rush days. We have some free time to wander around the Beechworth Historic and Cultural Precinct namely The Telegraph Station, Town Hall and Powder Magazine are all part of the collection of nationally significant buildings. Lunch today is up to you - perhaps indulge at the famous Beechworth Bakery. This afternoon we continue our gardens exploration with a visit to the Out Of Town Nursery and Humming Garden. Nestled in the foothills of the Chiltern - Mt Pilot National Park in North East Victoria, this 4 acre garden is comprised of many rooms each with its own character and style, crammed with an extensive collection of native and exotic plants. Designed to entertain and amuse visitors with quirky garden art and bold colour combinations as well as provide the more serious gardener with an understanding of plant species and the use of water maximising techniques. Lunch at own expense and arrangement. OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway

6 DAY 4: Saturday 2nd November, 2019 YARRAWONGA & COROWA This morning we travel through to the twin cities of Mulwala and Yarrawonga, to the shores of Lake Mulwala where we join the MV Paradise Queen for a morning tea cruise on the lake. Upon disembarkation we re off for a lunch and tour of Byramine Homestead, built as a veritable fortress in an octagonal shape to provide a clear view of all angles in the case of attack by Bushrangers. Often the family had to hide in the cellar! We then head to Corowa to visit the Corowa Whiskey and Chocolate Factory. Once the old Corowa Flour Mill, the building has been repurposed and tastefully refurbished as the whiskey and chocolate factory. We ll have afternoon tea in their rustic café before taking a tour, giving us a chance to make our own freckle to take with us! After a lovely day, we head back to our motel to relax before dinner. OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway DAY 5: Sunday 3rd November, 2019 HOMEWARD BOUND We have a leisurely start this morning before we farewell our hosts to begin our journey home. Silos are drawing crowds to small country towns in Victoria, so we re off to do a little silo spotting of our own. Our first stop today is in Tungamah to see brolgas and a kookaburra.

7 In Devenish, we see Cam Scale s artwork representing the changing role of women in the military a First World War nurse and a modern-day combat medic. At the Goorambat Silo we see a Barking Owl, which is critically endangered. Each silo has a different artist and a different story! We ll also make a stop here at the Uniting Church to view the stunning depiction of "Sophia" the female aspect of the Holy Spirit. After lunch in Benalla we ll take a drive to see some of the Street Art. Artists from around the world were brought together to paint murals on bare walls, some over three stories high. We then head home with some fantastic memories of our Springtime Tour in the High Country. We thank you for travelling with O Shannessy s Tours and look forward to your patronage again in the future!

8 Other Tours Available Tassie All Over November 2019 Sydney and the Blue Mountains November 2019 Cherry Festival December 2019 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.