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Port August/Pichi Richi/Cuttlefish  
Departs:  Friday, 27 June 2025    
Duration:  4  Days Tour Number: 4331    
Price: 
$1355 p.p. twin share;
$1287p.p. (Travel Club)
Single Supplement $280
$287 p.p. Deposit  to Confirm Booking
Balance Due 30 days prior to Departure
     		 
 

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Tour Includes:
2 Nights Accommodation 2 Breakfasts & 2 Evening Meals and 1 lunch  
All Sightseeing and Entrance Fees per Itinerary  
Home Pick up and Return
 
 
Day 1 : Adelaide - Burra - Peterborough
Your chauffered car will pick you up from home and drop you at our Aust-wide tours depot 101 Muller Rd Hampstead Gardens for our 9.00am departure.  We make our way to Burra for a look around before we let you wander and get a bite to eat for lunch. After lunch we continue through to Peterborough and visit Steam town. You’ll be transported back to the glamorous 1920’s when train travel was the most elegant way to get around - passengers settling themselves into a First Class Lounge car, sipping a long, cool drink while entertained by the on board pianist. After dinner we board the coach and make our way back to Steamtown for the evening for the Sound and Light Show, You will sit comfortably in a restored 1916 historic rail carriage placed on an 85 foot long, 3 gauge turntable. You will move through the tunnels of time, to learn about Peterborough, about railways in South Australia and about the many fascinating personal stories associated with it. (D)
Peterborough ~ Roundhouse Motel
 
Day 2 : Peterborough - Port Augusta - Pichi Richi
Packing the coach we make our way to Port Augusta and join the Afghan Explorer to Travelling the old Ghan route over red earth and bluebush plains from Port Augusta, you'll watch the ranges creep ever-closer before entering the Pichi Richi Pass with its rocky outcrops, dry riverbeds hilly scenery. On Arrival in Quorn you will have time for lunch (own cost)with several café's and hotels to choose from. ) Meeting back at the railway station for our return trip, then traveling to the motel. (B D)
Standpipe Golf Motor Inn
 
Day 3 : Port Augusta - Whyalla - Port Augusta
We have breakfast then make our way from Port Augusta to Stony Point and join a glass bottom boat cruise to view the cuttlefish. Each year between May and August, tens of thousands of Australian Giant Cuttlefish descend on the coastline of Whyalla for their annual ritual of mating and spawning. This phenomenon is the greatest mass gathering of these incredible creatures anywhere on Earth After our cruise we travel to Whyalla for lunch. After lunch the nautical them continues with The Whyalla Maritime Museum. Which is home of the former HMAS Whyalla, the first ship built in the Whyalla Shipyards in 1941. The Maritime Museum building houses a treasured collection of artefacts and memorabilia.  The World War II Gallery. The BHP Shipbuilding Gallery and much more. Time to meander back to Port Augusta for a rest and dinner. (B D)
 
 
Day 4 : Port Augusta - Port Pirie - Adelaide
After our hearty cooked breakfast, we pack the coach and make our way to Port Pirie and visit the 'Stories from the Road Museum'. It is a road transport museum dedicated to the trials and tribulations of the men, women and machinery that made Australia the great country it is today. Born of blood sweat and tears, hard work, ingenuity and sheer determination of Australia's road transport pioneers. Our next stop is Port Pirie National Trust Museum, telling the stories of Port Pirie’s people and its industries including sheltering, railway and shipping history, displayed in several fine late 19th and early 20th century heritage buildings. Lunch time is upon us so we make our way to one of the local hotels for lunch (included) After lunch we tootle of home via Bute and look at the silo art before arriving home at 5.00, where your chauffered car will be waiting to return you home. (B L)