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DAY • Alice Springs • Simpsons Gap & DAY • Cruise to Great Barrier Reef
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia Standley Chasm • Outback barbecue on • Grand Circle Foundation visit: Coral Arrive Early, Stay Later
a family ranch Nurture Program Prices below include accommodations, daily breakfast,
Ultimate Australia Travel to Simpsons Gap for a conversation After a visit to the Coral Nurture Program, and private airport transfer.
a Grand Circle Foundation site working
with a local indigenous man about the cultural
• Arrive early in Hobart on your Tasmania pre-trip
on solutions to coral bleaching, we’ll
significance this gap has within his community.
Australia: Melbourne, Alice Springs, Uluru, Great Barrier Reef, Palm Cove, Sydney Departures: Then, meet with a husband and wife on board a catamaran for a cruise to Michaelmas extension for $150 per person, per night
Cay, a low-lying coral reef island and national
Jan-May; Sep-Dec 2023 their family ranch to better understand local • Arrive early in Melbourne on your main trip
For departure dates, available single space, and pricing, visit www.oattravel.com/ aua pricing customs and daily life in the Outback. Tonight, park. Enjoy the day swimming, snorkeling, or for $150 per person, per night
enjoy dinner with this family at their ranch. viewing the reef from a semi-submersible boat. • Spend more time in Sydney at the end of your
17 days from $ 5695 Explore Australia in an O.A.T. small group and leave the well-trodden path to uncover B,D — DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Alice Springs B,L — Peppers Beach Club or similar main trip or your New Zealand post-trip extension
or similar
for $175 per person, per night
including international airfare some of its best-kept secrets. Delve into the ecological wonders of the remote Daintree DAY • Overland to Uluru • Sunset Viewing DAY • Controversial Topic: Climate
change and human interference in the
Single Supplement: FREE Rainforest. Take a catamaran to the Great Barrier Reef. Explore Uluru—Ayers Rock—the Drive to Uluru (Ayers Rock), an imposing Daintree Rainforest • Rain Forest Walk •
heart of the red, rugged Outback. And feel the pulse of Australia’s cultural centers, from formation that has been the indigenous Wildlife Cruise
Save a FULL 10%, up to $700, with our Melbourne to Sydney. people’s spiritual site for at least 20,000 years. Discover the flora and fauna of the Daintree DAY • Sydney
Good Buy Plan—reserve by 8/31/22 Later, toast to the beauty of our surroundings Rainforest and learn about the Controversial Discover Sydney on your own. You might take the ferry
as we watch the sun set over this 650-million- Topic of climate change and human across the harbor to Manly, stroll along Circular Quay,
year-old monolith. interference here from members of a local or simply enjoy this “walkabout” city. Tonight, enjoy a
WHAT TO EXPECT our Undiscovered Tasmania: Hobart, Cradle DAY • Melbourne family that operate an eco-tourism lodge Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant.
Mountain & Launceston pre-trip extension. Explore Melbourne independently today. Perhaps B,L — Desert Gardens Hotel or similar within the rainforest. B,D — Rydges World Square Sydney or similar
Somerset on Elizabeth Hotel or similar you’ll take a boat ride on the Yarra River from DAY • Walk around Uluru B,L,D — Peppers Beach Club or similar
Princes Walk, or you may venture to Dendy Street DAY • Return to U.S.
View all physical requirements at DAY • Melbourne Beach in Brighton to soak up the sun. Tonight, take If you wish, you can rise early this morning DAY • Fly to Sydney Transfer to the airport for your flight home, or begin
www.oattravel.com/ aua Tour Melbourne’s highlights, including the State a tram to a local restaurant for dinner. to revisit Uluru in the light of dawn. Later, Fly to Sydney, then enjoy an orientation walk. your New Zealand: Auckland, Queenstown & Milford
Library, St. Patrick and St. Paul’s Cathedrals, B,D — Somerset on Elizabeth Hotel or similar our group will continue exploring the Sound Cruise post-trip extension.
area together.
ITINERARY and the expansive Federation Square. Later, visit B,D — Rydges World Square Sydney or similar B
the city’s Botanic Gardens and participate in a DAY • Fly to Alice Springs • Controversial B,D — Desert Gardens Hotel or similar DAY • Sydney Opera House • Sydney
DAY • Depart U.S. traditional smoking ceremony, thought to wash Topic: Forced cultural assimilation of indig- DAY • Fly to Cairns • Palm Cove Harbour ferry ride • Quarantine Station
Fly from the U.S. to Melbourne, Australia. the body and mind of any negative energy. This enous children • Old Telegraph Station Fly to Cairns and transfer to Palm Cove to Enjoy a guided tour of the Sydney Opera House,
evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner. Fly to Australia’s Alice Springs, located in the Red
DAY • Cross International Date Line B,L,D — Somerset on Elizabeth Hotel or similar Centre of the continent and visit the old Telegraph begin our explorations of the Great Barrier Reef whose distinctive architecture has made it the
Continue your flight to Melbourne, losing one day Station. Later, meet an indigenous elder who will and Australia’s lush Pacific Coast. city’s signature attraction. Then, join locals on
en route as you cross the International Date Line DAY • Melbourne • Local farm visit discuss the Controversial Topic of Australia’s B,D — Peppers Beach Club or similar a ferry ride around Sydney Harbour, making
(which you regain when you fly back home). Visit a wildlife sanctuary on the Mornington 60-year-long forced assimilation policy that our way to Sydney’s North Head Quarantine
Station, where we’ll delve into the complicated
DAY • Arrive in Melbourne, Australia Peninsula and learn about the conservation efforts removed indigenous children from their homes. history of this station.
Arrive in Melbourne, where you’ll be joined being made here Then, head to a farm for lunch B,L — DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Alice Springs B,L — Rydges World Square Sydney or similar To learn more about
by fellow travelers, including those who took with a local family. or similar this adventure, scan the
B,L — Somerset on Elizabeth Hotel or similar QR code at right.
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