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Sydney – Coffs Harbour
Start discovering the landscapes of Australia’s east coast as you travel northward to the coastal town of Coffs Harbour. From your accommodation nestled amongst sprawling tropical gardens, you’ll have the opportunity to wander down to Little Diggers Beach and Diggers Head. Enjoy the early evening sea breeze just like the locals do. Tonight enjoy a Welcome Reception and dinner with your Travel Director.
Included Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Coffs Harbour - 1 Night
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Coffs Harbour – Gold Coast
Experience superb views over the Pacific Ocean this morning from Cape Byron, the easternmost point in Australia. Spend time soaking up the bohemian vibe of Byron Bay, you may spot migrating whales breaching not far off the coast. A scenic coastal drive this afternoon takes you to the legendary holiday destination of the Gold Coast, where you’ll settle in for your two-night stay.
Accommodation: Novotel Surfers Paradise - 2 nights
Included Meals: Breakfast
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Gold Coast – K'gari Fraser Island
This morning visit Australia Zoo made famous by the Crocodile Hunter, the late Steve Irwin and his family. Enjoy a sneak peek into the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital and see how AAT Kings works with the Wildlife Warriors to support the koala rehabilitation project at the hospital, the country’s largest and busiest wildlife facility. This afternoon the ferry will take you across to the World Heritage listed K’gari, also known as Fraser Island.
Accommodation: Fraser Island - 2 nights
Included Meals: Breakfast
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Fraser Island
A day of discovery lies ahead as your 4WD tour takes you for a ride around the island’s must-see sites. Visit Lake McKenzie, ringed with magnificent white sandy beaches. Walk through the ancient rainforest at Central Station and Wanggoolba Creek with its huge satiny, scribbly gum and kauri trees. Across the island to 75 Mile Beach, the sand highway will take you up the eastern coast to the Pinnacles Coloured Sands; cooling, calm waters of Eli Creek and the famous sinking Maheno Shipwreck.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Fraser Island – Rockhampton
Visit Langmorn Station, a fully operational family run cattle station. Meet the Creed family and take a guided tour of the property including the original family homestead, built in 1873. Enjoy afternoon tea in the garden in the company of the pet kangaroo! Cross the Tropic of Capricorn as you arrive in Rockhampton, the beef capital of Australia. Your night is free so why not try some local beef at one of the town's steakhouses.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Rockhampton - 1 Night
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Rockhampton - Airlie Beach
Travel north to Sarina, Australia’s sugar capital, to the Sarina Sugar Shed,
a miniature working sugar mill. On your tour you’ll get a peek into the sugar cane industry and witness sugar processing and distilling. You can taste test some of the products made on site before sitting down to a light lunch. Continue to Airlie Beach, the gateway to the Whitsundays. Spend the next two nights in this vibrant coastal town where you will have free time to explore at your own pace.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Airlie Beach - 2 Nights
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Airlie Beach Free Time
Today is yours to indulge in your own pleasures – consider some optional experiences. Perhaps cruise to famous Whitehaven Beach or a scenic flight over the iconic Heart Reef. You could visit the island’s wildlife park, home to many species of Australian animals or sit back with a good book by one of the resort’s stunning pools.
Included Meals: Breakfast
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Airlie Beach to Cairns
Today you’ll head to Cairns along the Bruce Highway. Relax and take in the
scenery as you travel through sugar cane fields and extensive farming land, nestled between the Coral Sea on one side and World Heritage rainforest on the other.
Included Meals: Breakfast - Dinner
Accommodation: Cairns - 3 Night
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Cairns
Today’s journey takes you to the Atherton Tablelands, with its lush rainforests, spectacular waterfalls and peaceful lakes. Visit Millaa Millaa Falls and the heritage listed 500-year-old Curtain Fig Tree, and keep an eye out for the magnificent Ulysses butterfly. Spend some free time in Kuranda, the ‘village in the rainforest’, before travelling on via the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway. Your six-person gondola will provide spectacular views of the rainforest and the Coral Sea.
Accommodation: Hilton Hotel Cairns - 2 nights
Included Meals: Breakfast
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Great Barrier Reef
Board a high-speed catamaran today and cruise out to the iconic Great Barrier Reef, the only living organism that can be seen from the moon. You’ll have the opportunity to go snorkelling (equipment provided) or view the spectacular coral and tropical fish from the underwater observatory and semi-submersible craft. Enjoy a tropical buffet lunch on board, before you return in the late afternoon, for a Farewell Dinner with your Travel Director and newfound friends.
Included Meals: Breakfast - Lunch, Farewell Dinner
Tour inclusions
Itinerary Variations – the provider strives to improve trip itineraries. If improvements can be made, or if circumstances beyond their control make changes necessary, the provider reserves the right to vary itineraries and to make substitutions.
Highlights
Flexible Holidays
Choose your own adventure on the Gold Coast and in the Whitsundays, where surf and sand meet rainforest hinterland. Hike, swim, snorkel, cruise, repeat.
Iconic Sites
How many people get to say they visited three World Heritage Sites on a single holiday? You can: K’gari (Fraser Island), the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics of Queensland.
Sustainable Travel
Our Take 3 for the Sea program helps conserve our oceans through small collective efforts of rubbish collection.
Natural Wonders
Some of the world’s oldest tropical rainforest envelops Cairns, this verdant tangle of ferns and palms a natural magnet for native wildlife.
What's included
- Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver
- 3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites – K’gari (Fraser Island), Great Barrier Reef & Wet Tropics of Queensland (Barron Gorge National Park, Skyrail)
- Centrally located premium hotels
- Cape Byron Lighthouse Permit & Crater Lake National Park entrance fees (Millaa Millaa Falls)
Dining
- 1 Dinner
- 11 Full Breakfasts
- 3 Lunches
- 1 Farewell Dinner
Flight Information
- Day 1: Flights to arrive day prior into Sydney Airport
- Day 12: Flights to depart any time from Cairns Airport
- Flights are not included in the holiday price
- Return airport to hotel transfers are not included in the holiday price
Fitness Requirements
- Low level of fitness required
What Bernadette says about this tour: A rewarding trip from Sydney to Cairns along the Eastern seaboard of Australia. With many bespoke locations such as Byron Bay, Fraser Island 3 nights to end your trip in Cairns capital of Northern Queensland - this is for lovers of beaches and unspoilt locations.
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