AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA Top Selling Tips...
• Suggest doubling up… “The over-50s are increasingly seeing Down Under as an ‘ultimate’ holiday. With no time restrictions, many book back- to-back Australia and New Zealand tours”
AMY SHINE Product Manager, Cosmos Tours & Cruises
• Think Hamilton for families… “Families visiting Hamilton Island in Queensland enjoy free inclusions: transfers, island shuttle, WIFI, Kids-stay-and-eat- free, use of catamarans, paddle skis and more”
ODETTE SMITH Account Manager, Hamilton Island
• Show off Sydney… “Increase that Sydney wow- factor with harbour view accommodation. .” DEBBIE WARD, Travel Journalist
• Target rugby/cricket fans… “Mot sports fans won’t have matches as the whole focus of their trip, but they might go to a couple of events as part of a three- week trip” PENNY BONES, Southern Cross Travel
exchange rate quite so badly as those who have, because they cannot relate it back to what they got for their pounds before. Australia was once a cheap destination but it definitely isn't now. I think the high costs affect even those travelling to see friends and relatives, as they are cutting back on taking add-on tours."
Where To Book It EMIRATES TOURS – 020 7590 1450
www.emiratestours.co.uk The new 14-night highlights of Australia and The Indian Pacific self-drive holiday covers Perth, Uluru, Sydney, Adelaide and two nights on the Indian Pacific train. It costs from £6,849pp including flights, car hire, breakfasts and all meals aboard The Indian Pacific train
EXPLORE – 0845 291 4542
www.explore.co.uk The 13-day Australian East Coast and Eclipse tour departs this November. The astronomer-guided adventure will include viewing the total eclipse
from Port Douglas, visiting famous observatories plus the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney, Blue Mountains and Hunter Valley. From £4,956p, it includes flights, accommodation, and some meals.
COLLETTE WORLDWIDE HOLIDAYS – 0800 804 8703
www.colletteworldwide.com The operator’s first Australia-only tour is scheduled to depart in April 2014. The 18-day Exploring Australia trip covers Sydney, Melbourne, Barossa Valley, the Blue Mountains, Alice Springs, Uluru, Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef. It is priced from £4,499pp, including flights and 23 meals, until July 31 2012.
APT – 0845 603 6738
www.aptouring.co.uk The 10-day Grand Tasman tour covers Freycinet National Park, Lake St Clair, Cradle Mountain, a Gordon River cruise, Port Arthur Historic Site and Hobart for £1,905pp, including transfers, breakfasts and some dinners. •
THE LAST TASMANIAN TIGER BY DEBBIE WARD "There was a crunching noise through the baby monitor on the shelf. 'Are you ready?' enquired my host. I took my place in the dark window and he pulled the curtains open. In front of us, spotlit on the grass, a Tasmanian Devil was chewing the leg of a roadkill wallaby we’d staked there an hour before. It looked cute – all pink nose and black and white fur, then it yawned and I got a full frontal view of its powerful jaws. "Geoff King’s Dinner with the Devil is a unique experience. Though most people only see devils in sanctuaries there are plenty of other weird and wonderful animals more easily glimpsed in Tasmania’s wilds. "Several places run 4x4 spotlighting
tours, picking out wallabies, wombats, possums and more. The movie The Hunter (released on July 6) about the search for the last Tasmanian Tiger will showcase more of this beautiful state."
TOURISM AUSTRALIA
GEOFF KING
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