King Island Adventure

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1 King Island Adventure A nature lovers delight with gourmet food to indulge! ~ 4 Day Tour ~ 20th - 23rd March, 2018 Friends to travel with... O Shannessy s Sorrento Travel Pty Ltd T/A: 2121 Point Nepean Road, Rye Vic enquiries@oshannessys.com.au Toll Free:

2 Price per person twin share $ 3,045 Repeat clientele twin share $ 2,995 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $ 300 Tour Departs: Tuesday 20th March, 2018 Tour Returns: Friday 23rd March, 2018 Deposit: $200 per person upon booking Balance due on invoice approximately 45 days prior to departure Single travellers who are prepared to twin share will be matched with another passenger (of the same gender) or, if this is not possible, provided with single accommodation at the twin share fare. Tour Price Includes: Pick up from and return to your home - Greater Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas, Phillip Island and some areas of Gippsland. Return flights from Tullamarine to King Island with Rex. (includes taxes) 3 Nights accommodation at Boomerang by the Sea, Currie Maximum of 29 participants. All tours, interest venues and cruises as per itinerary. All meals: Full cooked breakfasts, restaurant dinners, lunches and morning teas. Personalised name bar and luggage labels. Tour escorted from Melbourne by O Shannessy s Tour Director. Deposit refundable until 46 days prior to departure. 45 to 15 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 50% Refund of Tour Cost 14 to 8 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 20% Refund of Tour Cost Within 8 days of departure - NO REFUND All passengers are required to co-operate with the seat rotation program determined by O Shannessy s Tour Directors. TRAVEL INSURANCE IS NOT COMPULSORY HOWEVER IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND IS AVAILABLE FROM OUR OFFICE. The Proprietors reserve the right to vary any accommodation, price or other features of the tour at any time at their own discretion.

3 To maximize your experience on King Island, you will need to be fit and able. Please note the motel dining room is upstairs. E.g. Walking frames are not recommended. Tour Highlights: Currie sightseeing: Museum and Lighthouse Calcified Forest King Island Kelp Craft Naracoopa Grassy View the Fairy Penguins Yellow Rock River Penny s Lagoon Cape Wickham Lighthouse Martha Lavinia Beach King Island Dairy Kelp Factory

4 Day 1: Tuesday 20th March, 2018 King Island - Currie All aboard for our King Island Adventure! With pickup from home we transfer to Tullamarine Airport to board our Rex flight to King Island. On arrival at Currie Airport, we will be welcomed and escorted to our coach. We travel to the main town of Currie to explore and enjoy a lunch break. This afternoon our touring includes discovering the Island s history at the Currie Museum, housed in the old lighthouse keeper s residence. We also view the nearby steel structured Currie Lighthouse which was prefabricated in England and sent to King Island in 312 pieces to be assembled. We then travel to our accommodation at Boomerang by the Sea where we will stay for the next 3 nights and enjoy the sunset across the water during dinner. OVERNIGHT: The Boomerang by the Sea, CURRIE

5 Day 2: Wednesday 21st March, 2018 Calcified Forest - Grassy - Naracoopa - Penguins Today we visit Seal Rocks State Reserve at the southern tip of the island, home to the Calcified Forest, we follow the walking track to the viewing platform overlooking the 7,000 year old remains of an ancient forest revealed when the lime laden sand which had covered and preserved its stumps, trunks and branches was blown away. Next stop is Grassy which boomed with the scheelite mine from 1970 until it closed in Grassy is also a popular deep water fishing harbour and home to King Island Kelp Craft, where they have perfected a method of drying and manipulating the kelp so that the finished product gives the effect of fashioned leather or ceramics. Their creations are truly unique and the detail and workmanship makes you marvel at the fact that each piece was once little more than a lump of wet seaweed! We continue to the east coast past City of Melbourne Bay to Naracoopa and admire the white sandy beaches of Sea Elephant Bay. This evening we venture out to view the fairy penguins as they parade to their nests and watch out for more wildlife, including mutton birds, possums and wallabies during our return to Currie. Remember to take a warm jacket as the night air can become quite cool. OVERNIGHT: The Boomerang by the Sea, CURRIE

6 Day 3: Thursday 22nd March, 2018 Penny s Lagoon - Cape Wickham - King Island Cheese During our travel north today, watch out for wild turkeys crossing the road and peacocks, geese and ringneck pheasants feeding in roadside paddocks. We view the Yellow Rock River and its wild life as well as panoramas of Christmas and New Year Islands from Yellow Rock Beach. We visit Penny s Lagoon, a suspended lake (one of only three in the world) and where, weather permitting you may swim in the fresh waters. We continue to beautiful Martha Lavinia Beach where the miles of pale sand are a drawcard for surfers, fishermen and shell collectors. Standing proudly

7 at the northern most tip of the Island is Cape Wickham Lighthouse, built in 1861 using local granite, it is the tallest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere. In the shadow of the lighthouse, lies one of the world s top-ranking golf courses. We reflect on the heartbreak of shipwrecks as we view the grave stones of the crews of the Neva and Loch Leven and gaze out across Bass Strait at the distant wreck sites. On our way back to Currie we visit the famous King Island Dairy for an opportunity to taste and purchase from the range of delicious prize winning dairy products. OVERNIGHT: The Boomerang by the Sea, CURRIE Day 4: Friday 23rd March, 2018 Currie Harbour - Cultural Centre - Home After a leisurely breakfast and check-out, touring on our last day includes a visit to the island s Cultural Centre. Then we have time to stop at Currie Harbour, where we can admire the fishing boats. We follow the Kelp Road to view the Kelp Industries on the way to the airport for our afternoon flight back to Melbourne, to complete our King Island Adventure. As always, our chauffeurs will be there to greet us at Tullamarine Airport and return us safely home with memories of a fascinating and rewarding tour of King Island. We thank you for travelling with O Shannessy s Tours and look forward to your patronage again in the future!

8 For details of other tours available Phone toll free on CONDITIONS OF TRAVEL Any special passenger requirements must be notified to O Shannessy s Tours at the time of booking. No passenger will be permitted to embark or continue on the tour while their mental or physical condition is, in the opinion of any representative of O Shannessy s Tours, such as to render them incapable of caring for themselves, or whereby they become objectionable to other passengers, or they become a hazard to themselves or other passengers. O Shannessy s Tours will not be responsible for expenses resulting in such persons being precluded from completing the tour for any such reason. It is also a requirement of O Shannessy s Tours that each passenger is able to negotiate coach steps without the aid of the coach crew or other passengers. Any passenger who requires assistance for any of the above is required to travel with a companion capable of providing all necessary assistance. If you are willing to twin share but are a smoker or have a CPAP machine or snore, you will need to pay a single supplement for a sole use room.