5 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR
THURSDAY 14TH APRIL TO MONDAY 18TH APRIL
Come and celebrate Easter in the beautiful rural city of Wangaratta. With its broad main street, historic buildings and mix of sophisticated and good old country style hospitality, this will be a wonderful tour. We visit historic Beechworth and the new kid on the street art block, Tongala. With over 40 street art pieces created by local artists donating their time, this small farming community has been revitalised. Get on board!
TOUR MAP
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Euroa, Wangaratta, Silo Art Trail, Benalla, Beechworth, Out of Town Nursery and Humming Garden, Colbinabbin Silo, Rochester Silo, Tongala Murals, Shepparton - Mooving Art, Greta, Eleven Mile Creek, Powers Lookout and Mansfield.
MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
4 nights in Wangaratta
TOUR COSTS
Twin Share Room First Tour: $2,450 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $2,425 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $2,400 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $2,375 per person
Single Room Supplement: $330 per person
Deposit: $300 per person
As a thank you for travelling with O'Shannessy's Quality Tours, you will automatically receive a saving on the total tour price for your second and subsequent tours.
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).
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).
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ITINERARY
DAY 1: Thursday 14th april, 2022
MELBOURNE TO WANGARATTA
Welcome to our 5 Day Easter in Wangaratta tour, staying at the lovely Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway. After personal pickup from home we are transferred to our O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours Luxury Coach and travel to Euroa for our lunch stop. From here we make our way to Wangaratta, our base for the next four nights.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
Welcome to our 5 Day Easter in Wangaratta tour, staying at the lovely Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway. After personal pickup from home we are transferred to our O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours Luxury Coach and travel to Euroa for our lunch stop. From here we make our way to Wangaratta, our base for the next four nights.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
day 2: friday 15th april, 2022
SILOS AND STREET ART
It’s quite amazing to think that agricultural storage spurred on the idea of creating the largest outdoor art exhibition in Australia! Not far from here is our first silo, Tungamah to see brolgas and a kookaburra. In Devenish, 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. We stop in Goorambat Silo featuring a Barking Owl, which is critically endangered. Each silo has a different artist and a different story! We’ll have lunch in Benalla before we are joined on the coach by a local expert for a tour of the city’s famous street art. Artists from around the world were brought together to paint murals on bare walls, some over three stories high. From here we make our way back to Wangaratta with some time to relax before dinner at the hotel.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
It’s quite amazing to think that agricultural storage spurred on the idea of creating the largest outdoor art exhibition in Australia! Not far from here is our first silo, Tungamah to see brolgas and a kookaburra. In Devenish, 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. We stop in Goorambat Silo featuring a Barking Owl, which is critically endangered. Each silo has a different artist and a different story! We’ll have lunch in Benalla before we are joined on the coach by a local expert for a tour of the city’s famous street art. Artists from around the world were brought together to paint murals on bare walls, some over three stories high. From here we make our way back to Wangaratta with some time to relax before dinner at the hotel.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
DAY 3: saturday 16th april, 2022
LEGENDARY 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 now 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. We’ll enjoy lunch today at a local icon, the famous Beechworth Bakery – yum! This afternoon we visit 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.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
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 now 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. We’ll enjoy lunch today at a local icon, the famous Beechworth Bakery – yum! This afternoon we visit 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.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
DAY 4: sunday 17th april, 2022
GOULBURN VALLEY LARGE ARTS HAPPPY EASTER!
HAPPPY EASTER! We’re going to see some amazing examples of these large artworks in our travels today. Firstly, Colbinabbin, where artwork features across six silos. We have lunch in the small town of Rochester, after which we have a chance to look around and take in some of the amazing wall art. Making a stop at the GrainCorp silos is a pleasant surprise as we view the artwork, featuring a brightly painted Squirrel Glider and an Azure Kingfisher. Moving on to Tongala, the town features over 40 murals, mainly located along the main street. Finally, paying homage to the strength of the dairy industry in Greater Shepparton, we go hunting for Moooving art, an ever-changing public art exhibition of life-sized 3D cows.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
HAPPPY EASTER! We’re going to see some amazing examples of these large artworks in our travels today. Firstly, Colbinabbin, where artwork features across six silos. We have lunch in the small town of Rochester, after which we have a chance to look around and take in some of the amazing wall art. Making a stop at the GrainCorp silos is a pleasant surprise as we view the artwork, featuring a brightly painted Squirrel Glider and an Azure Kingfisher. Moving on to Tongala, the town features over 40 murals, mainly located along the main street. Finally, paying homage to the strength of the dairy industry in Greater Shepparton, we go hunting for Moooving art, an ever-changing public art exhibition of life-sized 3D cows.
OVERNIGHT: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, WANGARATTA
DAY 5: Monday 18th april, 2022
HOMEWARD BOUND THROUGH KELLY COUNTRY
Today we head through the beautiful Victorian countryside to Greta & Eleven Mile Creek. We’ll visit Greta Cemetery where the unmarked graves of several of the Kelly family, including Ned's mother Ellen are located. From here we travel south through the beautiful King Valley and enjoy a spectacular drive through the ranges to Powers Lookout. We descend to Mansfield for lunch, before crossing Lake Eildon at Bonnie Doon and continuing onto Melbourne. As always our chauffeurs will be waiting to take us safely home, after a wonderful time away.
Today we head through the beautiful Victorian countryside to Greta & Eleven Mile Creek. We’ll visit Greta Cemetery where the unmarked graves of several of the Kelly family, including Ned's mother Ellen are located. From here we travel south through the beautiful King Valley and enjoy a spectacular drive through the ranges to Powers Lookout. We descend to Mansfield for lunch, before crossing Lake Eildon at Bonnie Doon and continuing onto Melbourne. As always our chauffeurs will be waiting to take us safely home, after a wonderful time away.
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 32-36 passenger seats allowing you even more personal space and extra 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, restroom, 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.
Best Available Quality Accommodation
Ensuite motel accommodation each night.
Attractions
All tours and interest venues as per itinerary.
Meals
All full cooked breakfasts, morning teas and lunches most days and two course restaurant dinners daily.
5 lunches at own expense as per itinerary.
No Hidden Extras
O'Shannessy's Quality Tours are fully inclusive.
“...surrounded by breathtaking scenery and backed up by a vibrant local food and wine scene, discover the stunning towns and villages of Victoria's High Country…”
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PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION POLICY
Receipt of payment of funds will be taken as acceptance of O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours conditions of travel for this tour.Prices include GST and all taxes.
Deposit is fully refundable until 46 days prior to departure date.
Balance due on invoice approximately 45 days prior to departure.
Cancellation 45 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.
If a tour is cancelled for any reason by O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours before the departure date, all passengers will be offered the option of transferring to another tour of their choice, hold the funds in trust for a future tour or a full refund. There is no time limit as to when this must be used. If a lockdown is implemented while a tour is in progress, our first priority is the safety and wellbeing of our passengers and ensuring that we get each and every one of them home safely, and therefore we treat every situation individually. Travel insurance is not compulsory, however we highly recommend our passengers take out comprehensive travel insurance with a reputable provider at the time the balance of the tour is paid. Our office can provide contact information for companies we know are now providing travel insurance. It is a condition of travel that all passengers must be fully vaccinated against COVID19 unless medically exempt, and confirmation must be provided to our office upon payment of your invoice/booking.