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9 - day Hunter Valley Gardens/Blue Mountains  
Departs:  Friday, 3 October 2025    
Duration:  9  Days Tour Number: 4423    
Price: 
Cost $2920 p.p.
Travel Club Price $2774
Single Supplement $350
Deposit $375 on booking
Balance due 5th September
     		 
 

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Tour Includes:
All cooked breakfasts, All evening meals Motel Accommodation with private facilities
All entrance fees and sightseeing per itinerary
HOME PICK UP AND RETURN
 
 
Day 1 : Adelaide - Mildura - Hay
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 7.00am departure. We travel the Sturt Highway to Waikerie, where we make a comfort stop, with time for a cuppa. Moving along through Renmark we make our way to Mildura for lunch (own cost).  After lunch we carry on along the Sturt Highway through Euston, Balranald, and Hay for our overnight stop, with time to freshen up before dinner. (D)
Hay Bishop Lodge Motor Inn
 
Day 2 : Hay - West Wyalong - Forbes - Parkes - Dubbo
After a cooked breakfast we follow the Mid Western Highway through the Murrumbidgee Irrigation areas, across the Kidman Way to West Wyalong and join the Newell Highway to the town of Forbes beside the Lachlan River.  Bushranger Ben Hall was shot by police just outside this former gold mining town and today within the town is a Bushranger Hall of Fame.  Continue north to Parkes – named after Sir Henry Parkes, who was a major player in the lead-up to Australian Federation. Today the town is the commercial centre for the surrounding important agricultural area. Just a few kilometres north is the famous giant CSIRO Radio Telescope. Marvel at the 64m steel paraboloid, which is the location of the movie ‘The Dish’.  At Peak Hill there is a working gold mine with a lookout offering views of the mine.  Continue to Dubbo and accommodation for the night (B D)
Dubbo ~ Matilda Motor Inn
 
Day 3 : Dubbo - Merriwa - Maitland
Dubbo, on the banks of the Macquarie River is recognised as the regional capital of western NSW and supports many agricultural and secondary industries. Our day starts with a visit to the Dubbo base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service where we take an adventure and Touch down into the world of heroic doctors, nurses, pilots and outback communities. Live each moment as we deliver urgent medical care across a 7.69 million square km ‘waiting room’ - the Australian outback. See through the eyes of unique outback characters and communities. Experience their stories and challenges across the vast Australian remote areas - as if you’re right there. Time to take off for Dunedoo for a lunch break before we continue to Maitland on the Golden Highway, arriving at the Motel for our next three nights’ accommodation ()
Old Maitland Inn
 
Day 4 : Hunter Valley Gardens
We board the coach and take a drive around the valley before we visit the Hunter Valley Gardens. Spanning over 60 acres, be amazed by the sensational sights, colours, and fragrances of the ten stunning feature gardens. Explore each garden one-by-one and enjoy an exciting journey through the thousands of flowers, trees, and shrubs with an air of discovery at every turn. As Pokolbin's town centre, Hunter Valley Gardens Village features a variety of boutique specialty shops, restaurants and attractions This afternoon we will visit one of the wineries before returning to the motel. (B D)
 
 
Day 5 : Maitland - Nelson Bay - Maitland
We board the coach and make our way to Nelson Bay for our relaxing cruise around Port Stephens. Lunch will be taken during some free time in Nelson. After lunch we travel to Raymond Terrace and visit the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens. The award winning Hunter Region Botanic Gardens are managed and maintained by volunteers.The beautiful gardens cater for everyone and while we are there we will have a guided tour. We return to Maitland with time to freshen up before dinner. (B D)
 
 
Day 6 : Maitland - Cruise - Katoomba
We farewell Maitland and make our way to Brooklyn where we join the Hawksbury Mail Boat and cruise the Hawksbury River.  We join the famous Riverboat Postman and enjoy the magnificent scenery of the lower Hawkesbury River as we deliver the mail and other essentials (the odd bottle of whiskey or rum...) to the river-access-only settlements upriver from Brooklyn. Upon the completion of the cruise we make our way via Katoomba  for our next night accommodation, at The Echo Poinbt Motel. Here you will have some free time to wander and view the Echo point and the 3 Sisters. (B L D)
Katoomba ~ Echo Point Motel
 
Day 7 : Katoomba - Mayfield - Cowra
We board the coach and make our way via Oberon to Mayfield Gardens. Mayfield has been inspired by the great gardens of Europe we will view a stunning 2.5 hectare water garden, a grotto within a cascading waterfall that you can walk behind, a beautiful sandstone exhibition centre, a bluestone chapel overlooking the garden and the rolling hills, a Chinese pagoda over Mayfield Lake, a huge European inspired boxed hedge maze and much, much more! Mayfield needs to be seen to be believed. We then make our way into the town of Bathurst for lunch. After lunch we travel to Cowra and visit the Cowra Japanese Garden & Cultural Centre, where you can immerse yourself in the beauty of Japanese culture. Our garden is 12.5 acres of peace and beauty and is the largest Japanese garden in the Southern Hemisphere. Finally, we make our way to the motel. (B, D)
Cowra ~ Countryman Motor Inn
 
Day 8 : Cowra - Griffith - Hay
Departing Cowra, we make our way through Young to Temora for a comfort stop before continuing onto Griffith for lunch and a look around. We then continue onto Hay for our overnights accommodation. (B D)
Hay Bishop Lodge Motor Inn
 
Day 9 : Hay - Adelaide - Home
After our last cooked breakfast for the tour, we pack the coach and make our way through to Mildura for our lunch stop (own cost).  We continue along through Renmark, Waikerie and Truro to Adelaide (approx 6 pm) where we all say goodbye until we see each other on another tour. Your cars will be waiting to take you home. (B)