7 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR
23RD JANUARY TO 29TH JANUARY 2021​
We are a nation of endless stories, whether from indigenous culture thousands of years in the making or histories carried from faraway lands, when we weave it all together, it makes us a land of diversity and what we are today.
The acclaimed Australia Day fireworks are held in Circular Quay, which is where you will find most of the day's celebrations. Ahead of the pyrotechnics display, many districts will be overrun with celebrations and festivities.
​It is a wonderful day to celebrate everything Aussie and see some of the most iconic attractions in the world, at the same time.
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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Albury, Monument Hill, Goulburn, Sydney, Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia Day Fireworks, Stanwell Tops lookout, Sea Cliff Bridge, Boydtown, Lakes Entrance and Neerim.
CRUISE
Captain Cook Cruise, Sydney Harbour.
MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
3 nights in Sydney.
PRICE
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Twin Share Room First Tour: Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: Single Room Supplement: Deposit: |
$3,745 per person $3,695 per person $3,670 per person $3,645 per person $ 595 per person $200 per person upon booking |
O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours will match single travellers who wish to twin share, with another single traveller of the same gender.
However, if this is not possible, you shall be provided with single accommodation at the twin share fare (no additional cost).
However, if this is not possible, you shall be provided with single accommodation at the twin share fare (no additional cost).
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ITINERARY
DAY 1: SATURDAY 23RD JANUARY, 2021
MELBOURNE TO ALBURY
We’re collected from home this morning by our chauffeur service and transferred to meet our O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours coach and crew for our Sydney Australia Day Tour. What a great time to be heading to Sydney – summer on The Harbour, fireworks, food and friends. After completing our home pick up service we head to Wangaratta where we stop for lunch. Arriving in to Albury this afternoon we take in the sights, including the magnificent views from the War Memorial Pillar on Monument Hill before settling in to our hotel for the evening.
OVERNIGHT: Best Western Plus Hovell Tree, ALBURY
We’re collected from home this morning by our chauffeur service and transferred to meet our O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours coach and crew for our Sydney Australia Day Tour. What a great time to be heading to Sydney – summer on The Harbour, fireworks, food and friends. After completing our home pick up service we head to Wangaratta where we stop for lunch. Arriving in to Albury this afternoon we take in the sights, including the magnificent views from the War Memorial Pillar on Monument Hill before settling in to our hotel for the evening.
OVERNIGHT: Best Western Plus Hovell Tree, ALBURY
day 2: SUNDAY 24TH JANUARY, 2021
ALBURY TO SYDNEY
This morning we are on the road again. Stopping in Gundagai for our morning break we then travel on to Goulburn, proclaimed to be Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Enjoying lunch here we’ll then get a feel for the city’s history and of course see the “Big Merino.” Continuing onwards, we’ll arrive at our Sydney hotel, where we can unpack and make ourselves at home for the next three nights.
OVERNIGHT: Parkroyal Darling Harbour, SYDNEY
This morning we are on the road again. Stopping in Gundagai for our morning break we then travel on to Goulburn, proclaimed to be Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Enjoying lunch here we’ll then get a feel for the city’s history and of course see the “Big Merino.” Continuing onwards, we’ll arrive at our Sydney hotel, where we can unpack and make ourselves at home for the next three nights.
OVERNIGHT: Parkroyal Darling Harbour, SYDNEY
DAY 3: MONDAY 25TH JANUARY, 2021
SYDNEY HARBOUR SIGHTS
Today we uncover the sights of Sydney Harbour. With our guide leading the way we are enlightened to the intriguing stories of the city as we make our way to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair. The chair, carved out of the sandstone by convicts for Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s wife to watch the activity on the Harbour offers great views of the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Fort Denison. So, make sure you have your camera’s packed! Afterwards there will be time to wander along Darling Harbour to feel the ambiance that only Sydney can exude with plenty of eating choices for lunch. Rejoining later, we tour the iconic Sydney Opera House. Journey underneath the sails of one of the world’s greatest buildings of all time, uncovering the stories, history and magic of the House. Afterwards we’ll head back to the hotel to relax before dinner.
Lunch at own expense and arrangement
OVERNIGHT: Parkroyal Darling Harbour, SYDNEY
Today we uncover the sights of Sydney Harbour. With our guide leading the way we are enlightened to the intriguing stories of the city as we make our way to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair. The chair, carved out of the sandstone by convicts for Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s wife to watch the activity on the Harbour offers great views of the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Fort Denison. So, make sure you have your camera’s packed! Afterwards there will be time to wander along Darling Harbour to feel the ambiance that only Sydney can exude with plenty of eating choices for lunch. Rejoining later, we tour the iconic Sydney Opera House. Journey underneath the sails of one of the world’s greatest buildings of all time, uncovering the stories, history and magic of the House. Afterwards we’ll head back to the hotel to relax before dinner.
Lunch at own expense and arrangement
OVERNIGHT: Parkroyal Darling Harbour, SYDNEY
DAY 4: TUESDAY 26TH JANUARY, 2021
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS
We have a leisurely start to the day before meeting up mid-morning to board our special Captain Cook Cruise – Australia Day is one of the feature events on the Sydney Harbour calendar and we’ll do it in style today as we enjoy a sumptuous lunch and drinks while cruising the Harbour. We’ll see the annual Ferrython and the Sydney State Ferries “dressed up” in spectacular colours as they race for first place under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, followed by a parade of tall ships, small ships, big boats and beautiful classics on the Harbour. The rest of the afternoon we have to ourselves to watch all the activity on the Harbour or relax at the hotel. This evening we will be waterside at Cyrens Bar Grill for dinner and to watch the spectacular Australia Day Fireworks. What a magical end to the day and what a privilege to be an Aussie!
OVERNIGHT: Parkroyal Darling Harbour, SYDNEY
We have a leisurely start to the day before meeting up mid-morning to board our special Captain Cook Cruise – Australia Day is one of the feature events on the Sydney Harbour calendar and we’ll do it in style today as we enjoy a sumptuous lunch and drinks while cruising the Harbour. We’ll see the annual Ferrython and the Sydney State Ferries “dressed up” in spectacular colours as they race for first place under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, followed by a parade of tall ships, small ships, big boats and beautiful classics on the Harbour. The rest of the afternoon we have to ourselves to watch all the activity on the Harbour or relax at the hotel. This evening we will be waterside at Cyrens Bar Grill for dinner and to watch the spectacular Australia Day Fireworks. What a magical end to the day and what a privilege to be an Aussie!
OVERNIGHT: Parkroyal Darling Harbour, SYDNEY
DAY 5: WEDNESDAY 27TH JANUARY, 2021
SYDNEY TO BATEMANS BAY
This morning we thank our hosts and head towards Wollongong. Taking a moment to admire the views at Stanwell Tops lookout we then discover Wollongong's most popular coastal tourist drive, Sea Cliff Bridge. Enjoy an amazing driving experience, witnessing the stunning views of the Illawarra Escarpment plunging into the South Pacific Ocean. In Kiama we stop for lunch and a chance to visit the famous Blowhole – some of us may like to walk off our lunch and others can watch the water spout. Our next stop isn’t far – the charming village of Berry. Here we’ll have some time to wander down the main street which has some interesting shops and galleries. The last leg of today’s journey sees us arriving in Batemans Bay later this afternoon.
OVERNIGHT: Sunseeker Motor Inn, BATEMANS BAY
This morning we thank our hosts and head towards Wollongong. Taking a moment to admire the views at Stanwell Tops lookout we then discover Wollongong's most popular coastal tourist drive, Sea Cliff Bridge. Enjoy an amazing driving experience, witnessing the stunning views of the Illawarra Escarpment plunging into the South Pacific Ocean. In Kiama we stop for lunch and a chance to visit the famous Blowhole – some of us may like to walk off our lunch and others can watch the water spout. Our next stop isn’t far – the charming village of Berry. Here we’ll have some time to wander down the main street which has some interesting shops and galleries. The last leg of today’s journey sees us arriving in Batemans Bay later this afternoon.
OVERNIGHT: Sunseeker Motor Inn, BATEMANS BAY
DAY 6: THURSDAY 28TH JANUARY, 2021
BATEMANS BAY TO LAKES ENTRANCE
We continue south on the Pacific Highway, in Boydtown for lunch. Benjamin Boyd, the son of a London Banker established Boydtown at Twofold Bay in the mid 1800’s as his headquarters from where he ran his whaling and grazing exploits. Boyd had grandiose ideas of developing Boydtown to a stage not only to rival nearby Eden but Sydney itself. His grand plans for Boydtown never eventuated and the only buildings erected were the Seahorse Inn – where we enjoy lunch today, Boyd’s Church and Lookout Tower. Our afternoon travels take us through Cann River and Orbost then on to Lakes Entrance.
OVERNIGHT: Bellevue on the Lakes, LAKES ENTRANCE
We continue south on the Pacific Highway, in Boydtown for lunch. Benjamin Boyd, the son of a London Banker established Boydtown at Twofold Bay in the mid 1800’s as his headquarters from where he ran his whaling and grazing exploits. Boyd had grandiose ideas of developing Boydtown to a stage not only to rival nearby Eden but Sydney itself. His grand plans for Boydtown never eventuated and the only buildings erected were the Seahorse Inn – where we enjoy lunch today, Boyd’s Church and Lookout Tower. Our afternoon travels take us through Cann River and Orbost then on to Lakes Entrance.
OVERNIGHT: Bellevue on the Lakes, LAKES ENTRANCE
DAY 7: FRIDAY 29TH JANUARY, 2021
LAKES ENTRANCE TO MELBOURNE
After breakfast we farewell our hosts and travel along the Princes Freeway to Trafalgar and tour up through Willow Grove, passing the Blue Rock Dam, Hill End, Icy Creek and Noogee, then down the Main Neerim Road to the pretty town of Neerim. This whole area is called the Gourmet Deli Trail. From here we’ll slip along the Jackson Track to Jindivick for lunch before making our way home where as usual, we will be dropped at our doorsteps to complete a wonderful holiday full of fantastic memories of an Australia Day in Sydney.
After breakfast we farewell our hosts and travel along the Princes Freeway to Trafalgar and tour up through Willow Grove, passing the Blue Rock Dam, Hill End, Icy Creek and Noogee, then down the Main Neerim Road to the pretty town of Neerim. This whole area is called the Gourmet Deli Trail. From here we’ll slip along the Jackson Track to Jindivick for lunch before making our way home where as usual, we will be dropped at our doorsteps to complete a wonderful holiday full of fantastic memories of an Australia Day in Sydney.
TOUR INCLUSIONS
Complimentary chauffeur driven transfers
Victorian passengers from Greater Melbourne, Bendigo, Torquay, Ballarat, Geelong, the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas, Phillip Island and selected areas of Gippsland will be picked up from home in a private chauffeured vehicle by one of our professional drivers.
For Victorian passengers not within this pick up zone, or our interstate passengers a quote can be provided for home pickup in extended areas. At the end of your tour, you will be safely returned home with memories of a sensational tour.
Luxury Touring Coaches
Our full size 3 axle luxury coaches have only 34 -36 passenger seats allowing you even more personal space and huge leg room. Our coaches are fitted with comfortable reclining seats with aisle arm rests, foot rests, seat belts, panoramic windows with blinds, refrigerator for passenger use, Climate control air conditioning & Road Cam monitors which display the road ahead in real time. Each coach also has a second door for easier entry and exit and touchless hand sanitizer dispensers at each entry to help keep everyone safe. The coaches have full air suspension delivering a smooth and quiet ride which also allows us to lower the coach closer to the ground, making boarding and disembarking even easier. Tour Director. Dedicated O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours coach crew (tour directors) on board to ensure your travel experience is memorable.
Tour Director
Dedicated O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours coach crew (tour directors) on board to ensure
your travel experience is memorable.
Best Available Quality Accommodation
Ensuite motel accommodation each night.
Attractions
All tours and interest venues as per itinerary.
Meals
Full cooked breakfasts, morning tea, most lunches and two course restaurant dinners daily,
1 lunch at own expense as per itinerary.
No Hidden Extras
O'Shannessy's Quality Tours are fully inclusive.
"... Sydney put on a good show with the spectacular fireworks. Recommend if you get the chance to give it a go. Absolutely glorious and as spectacular as you see on the postcards! Sydney is a booming city with so much excitement providing memorable experiences..."
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PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION POLICY
Balance due on invoice approximately 30 days prior to departure.
Deposit is fully refundable until 31 days prior to departure date.
Prices include GST and all taxes.
Cancellation 30 to 8 days before tour departure date, 20% Refund of Tour Cost
Cancellation within 7 days of tour departure date, No Refund
On or after tour date departure, No Refund
Travel Insurance is not compulsory, however we highly recommended you take out comprehensive travel insurance with a reputable insurer at the time you pay for your tour.