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Travellers choosing one of these first class motorcoach vacations will travel with Scenic Tours aboard on one of their luxury 2-door motorcoaches. Saving up to 1 hour per day exiting the motorcoach, the 2-door design allows more time to explore and enjoy your vacation, or to simply relax at your comfortably appointed hotel.

Without compromising leg room, this exclusive 2-door motorcoach design also features reclining seats with seat belts, large non-glare windows, climate control air-conditioning, on board restroom, and audio visual entertainment system for your total onboard comfort.

NSW & Victoria Coach Touring

Grand Southern Discovery

5, 6 & 10 days

  • 5 days Sydney to Melbourne
  • 6 days Adelaide to Melbourne
  • 10 days Sydney to Adelaide
  • 13 days Sydney to Sydney

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Day 1. Sydney to Canberra. Today our highlights are a barbecue lunch, sheep shearing demonstration at a working sheep station, a city tour of Canberra and a guided tour of Parliament House. This evening enjoy a welcome drink with your Tour Director.
Accommodation: Novotel, Canberra. LD

Day 2. Snowy Mountains. Our highlights today include: charming Cooma, gateway to the Snowy Mountains; Lake Jindabyne and stunning mountain scenery in Kosciuszko National Park. We also enjoy a journey along the picturesque Alpine Way and a unique overnight stay in one of the Bed & Breakfast properties in historic Beechworth.
Boutique Country Accommodation B

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Day 3. Beechworth to Melbourne. This morning we take a sightseeing tour of historic Beechworth with time to explore the galleries, gardens, and antique and gift shops. Later, we'll see the museum and then it's on through Ned Kelly country to culturally diverse and totally cosmopolitan Melbourne. 3 day passengers depart tour on arrival in Melbourne.
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Melbourne (2 nights) B

Day 4. Melbourne "free time". You have a full day at leisure to explore Melbourne at your own pace - perhaps visit Phillip Island and its famous fairy penguins, try your luck gold panning at Sovereign Hill or simply enjoy the wonderful shopping and great cafés and restaurants. B

Day 5. Great Ocean Road. Today we experience incredible coastal scenery along the famous Great Ocean Road including the amazing Twelve Apostles, London Bridge and Loch Ard Gorge formations in Port Campbell National Park. You can also look for whales off the scenic coastline of Warrnambool (May and October) "6 day passengers join the tour this morning"
Accommodation: Country Comfort, Warnambool BD

Day 6. Tower Hill- Mt. Gambier. This morning we visit Worn Gundidi at Tower Hill State Game Reserve. The area was a rich food source for the Koroitgundidj people whose descendants retain links with this country. Our guide will provide us with an Aboriginal perspective about flora, wildlife, volcanic formations, bush existence and medicinal practices. Then marvel at the pristine vistas before we continue through picturesque Port Fairy, along the coast and over the border to South Australia. We skirt the Lower Glenelg National Park into Mt. Gambier for a city tour and stop to look at the spectacular and mysterious Blue Lake.
Accommodation: Chardonnay Lodge, Coonawarra BD

Day 7. Adelaide.Travel to Penola in the heart of the Coonawarra, where Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop founded the order of the Sisters of St. Joseph, then on through Naracoorte, en route to Adelaide, the gorgeous 'City of Churches'.
Accommodation: Stamford Plaza Adelaide B

Day 8. Victor Harbor. Visit the seaside suburb of Glenelg before continuing to the Fleurieu Peninsula. Travel by ferry to Kangaroo Island for our two night stay. Tonight we'll have dinner at the Aurora Ozone Hotel, overlooking the spectacular Backstair Passage.
Accommodation: Aurora Ozone Hotel, Kangaroo Island (2 nights) BD

Day 9. Kangaroo Island. Today explore Kangaroo Island! At Seal Bay, take a guided tour along the beach among the Australian Sea Lions. There is also time for koala, wallaby and kangaroo spotting at Flinders Chase National Park. Tonight ‘You Are Invited' by the Hannaford family to Middle River for a Shearers Feast. Relax with a pre-dinner drink on the croquet lawn (try your hand at a spot of croquet or perhaps spot some wildlife by torchlight) then stroll to the old shearing shed, built from old sugar gum trees and corrugated iron, for a candle-lit casual dinner, prepared from local produce.
A night to remember! BLD

Day 10. Barossa Valley. Travel to the picturesque Barossa Valley.  We visit a winery for a tour and tasting then relax and watch the sunset.  10 day passengers leave the tour today at Adelaide Airport.
Accommodation:  Novotel Barossa Valley Resort  BD

Day 11. Mildura. We visit Banrock Station, before crossing in to Victoria.  See the mighty Murray River and Mildura, referred to as ‘the Mediterranean in the Outback’.
Accommodation:  Mercure Hotel  B

Day 12. Wagga Wagga. Enjoy the picturesque scenery of the Riverina.  We overnight in the rural city of Wagga Wagga, with its river, lake and spectacular gardens.
Accommodation:  Country Comfort, Wagga Wagga  BD

Day 13. Blue Mountains – Sydney. Our scenic journey today is packed with Australian icons.  Your tour ends at Sydney Airport.  B

GRAND SOUTHERN DISCOVERY

Departures

2012: Apr 3*, 17; May 22; Jun 05; Aug 28; Sep 11*;
Oct 16, 30*; Dec 04
2013: Jan 22*; Feb 05; Mar 12*, 26

Melbourne to Adelaide:
2011: Apr 07*, 21; May 26; Jun 9; Sep 01, 15*;
Oct 20; Nov 03*; Dec 08
2012: Jan 26*; Feb 09; Mar 16*, 30
*indicates guaranteed departure

PRICE INCLUDES:

Transportation, Touring with an experienced, professional Tour Director and Tour Driver, Full Buffet Breakfasts (B), Lunches (L), Dinners (D), Accommodation for 4, 5 or 9 nights depending upon tour taken, Welcome drink, All purpose travel bag and map.

Included highlights:

  • Gold Creek Sheep Station
  • Tour of Parliament House
  • Kosciuszko National Park
  • Explore historic Beechworth
  • Travel the Great Ocean Road
  • The amazing Twelve Apostles
  • Tower Hill Game Reserve
  • View the mysterious Blue Lake
  • City tour of Adelaide
  • Visit seaside Glenelg
  • Explore Victor Harbour
  • Sea Lions at Seal Bay
  • Flinders Chase National Park
  • 2 nights on Kangaroo Island

PRICE EXCLUDES:

Airfare to and within Australia, which can be arranged by Goway.

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