MT MEE COMMUNITY BUS GROUP June08
Sabra & Kevin Austin Ph: 07 5498 2282
“Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag” and join Kevin and Sabra for days of enjoyment that we have planned over this next year. The BIG bus will be used again – so to go on the trips we do need 30 or more people on this bus.
We take this opportunity to say that, although we take all reasonable care, we do not take responsibility for accidents or incidents that may occur. The responsibility lies with each individual who chooses to join us and participate in our trips.
Due to more and more venues requesting pre-payment and not refunding for late or last minute cancellations, Kevin and I have to ask for 10 days pre-payment on all tours. We are sorry to have to do this, but have no option. Please make cheques payable to Sabra Austin.
Thursday 21st August – Pohlman’s Nursery & Emu Heaven
Step from our coach onto the “Pohlman’s Gum Tree Valley Express” for the guided tour to see “the workings” of this world class nursery. If you have purchased Pohlman’s punnets of plants in Woolies, Coles, Bunnings or wherever, this is the place those tiny plants started as seeds – earth – empty punnets or pots.
Established in late 1976 by John & Val Pohlman, this wholesale nursery rates among the finest in Australia. With their five sons they are regarded as leaders of innovative nursery technology in Australia. 120 acres, 90 – 150 staff. What a colourful place to visit and enjoy.
After departing Pohlman’s we head to Marburg where we’ll enjoy our lunch at the Marburg Hotel before going on to Emu Heaven. Here we will enjoy a tour and learn interesting facts about the emus and Natural Health and Beauty Products that come from the emus. (I’ve been advised that they do accept credit card payments.)
This will be a very enjoyable day and we’re hoping you will come along for a great day out.
Departs” Mt Mee 7.45am
Price Includes: Coach Travel; Tour of Pohlman’s; Tour of Emu Heaven; Morning tea and lunch.
Cost: $55.00pp
Payment: Required by August 14
1 – 12 September: Follow the Sunset West Tour
Package includes: Accommodation, meals, tours and attractions as per itinerary.
Not included: Meals not specified in itinerary. Travel insurance.
To honour our commitment to the hotels and attractions involved, the following schedule needs to be adhered to:
Deposit: Required by 13 June 2008 $200.
Final payment: Required by 4 July 2008 (Along with full passenger list, rooming list and special needs requirements.)
Cost: $2100.00pp ($261.00 single supplement)
Inquiries: to Sabra and Kevin or, during June-July, to Belinda (Trade Travel) 1800 645 103
Cancellations: Penalties may apply after final monies have been paid.
THE ITINERARY
Day 1 (Sept 1) Mt Mee to St George (Meals L, D)
Lunch is as Moonie Crossroads Hotel were you will find great pictures by local artist Graham “graz” McCullough. On to St George with time to taste some of the wines from Riversand Winery before dinner. Overnight: Riverland Motor Inn.
Day 2 (Sept 2) St George to Cunnamulla (Meals B, L, D)
Lunch is at Bollon Hotel. Bollon is renowned for its koala colony on the banks of Wallam Creek. Browse the Heritage and Craft Centre before continuing the journey to Cunnamulla and Nardoo Station, our overnight stop. You will have a warm welcome and great outback experience at David and Carmel Meurant’s Nardoo – a 110,000 acre sheep and cattle station. A number of activities are on offer here.
Day 3 (Sept 3) Cunnamulla – Ray Station (Meals B, L, D)
Leaving Nardoo Station we stop at Toompine (dating back to the 1890’s this was formerly a staging point for Cobb and Co coaches). Lunch is at Toompine Pub, renowned for its large and tasty meals, then it is off to Ray Station to stay for 3 nights.
Day 4 & 5 (Sept 4 & 5) Ray Station (Meals B, L, D)
Ray Station’s 600sq km sheep and cattle property remains one of a select few properties in Australia never to have changed hands since white settlement. It has been passed directly from father to son down each generation. Activities and experiences include: Piano, guitar and poetry around a campfire, early film footage, pioneer cemetery, whole day property tours, restored homestead complex, 100s of enlarged historical photographs and many fascinating displays/museum, homestyle cooked meals (delicious dinners and fully cooked breakfast), boulder opal fossicking, tours are lateral thinking, informative and peppered with anecdotes that will have you laughing. Ray Station will be a real highlight of your tour.
Day 6 (Sept 6) Ray Station – Longreach (Meals B, L, D)
After breakfast at Ray Station we head off stopping at Windora (in the heart of the channel country) for a brief look around, then on via Jundah to Stonehenge (pop. 40)- lunch here, then on to Longreach where you will spend the next 3 nights. Dinner is at the Jumbuck Motel Restaurant, also our accommodation for our stay in Longreach.
Day 7 (Sept 7) Ilfracombe/Longreach (Meals B, L, D)
Longreach and Ilfracombe coach tour with local guide. Stop at ‘Camden Park’ then on to Ilfracombe – in 1886, 43000 sheep were moved through the area by a droving team of 27 horsemen. This was the largest mob of sheep ever moved as a single flock. Explore Ilfracombe’s Machinery and Folk Museum and other historic buildings before stopping at the 110-year-old Wellshot Hotel for lunch. Then its back to Longreach yo visit the Longreach Saleyards – one of the largest cattle selling centres in Queensland. Banjo’s Outback Theatre for a showing of the life, drama and laughter of the outback’s legendary Pioneering Days. Enjoy, relax, laugh and enrich yourself through Australia’s great heritage of bush poems, songs, yarns and skits. A truly fun night out.
Day 8 (Sept 8) Stockmans Hall of Fame/Qantas Museum (Meals B, L, D)
The fascinating story of outback Australia is told through five major galleries in a very unique design, at the Stockman’s Hall of Fame. Lunch will be here too, at the Cattlemans Grill, before heading off to the Qantas Founders Museum. We spend time exploring the museum and there are also a number of optional tours – at your own expense. The evening will feature a relaxing evening cruise on the Thomson River, taking in the outback sunset followed by a campfire meal with outback entertainment.
Day 9 (Sept 9) Longreach – Emerald (Meals B, L, D)
Its goodbye to Longreach. Along the way to Emerald, we stop at Anakie, a gem-fossicking settlement, for lunch at the New Royal Hotel before arriving in Emerald where we will be staying and dining at the Western Gateway Motel.
Day 10 (Sept 10) Emerald – Cania Gorge (Meals B, L, D)
After a hearty breakfast we head off to Cania Gorge, stopping at the Settlers Inn, Biloela for lunch. We arrive at Cania Gorge, a 3000 hectare National Park, in the afternoon. Accommodation is at the Cania Gorge Caravan Park where our hosts put on an Aussie BBQ.
Day 11 (Sept 11) Cania Gorge (Meals B, L, D)
After a hot breakfast we explore Cania Gorge. Towering cliffs, ancient caves and sheltered gorges are highlights of this park which preserves a valuable remnant of the Brigalow Belt, Aboriginal freehand art and varied habitats for wildlife, as well as spectacular sandstone cliffs, ecological diversity with dry eucalypt and rainforest, moist sheltered fern grottos, sculptured sandstone cliffs and rock formations. Gather around the campfire in the evening to experience a real Old Outback dinner.
Day 12 (Sept 12) Cania Gorge to Mt Mee (Meals B, L)
After breakfast we head homeward via Monto, Eidsvold and Goomeri. We stop for lunch at the Pumpkin Pie Coffee Stop at Goomeri to indulge in their home savoury and apple pies, stretch the legs and explore the township before climbing aboard once again. Then we will be travelling through Nanango and on to Mt Mee.
Home again after a wonderful 12 days exploring Outback Queensland.
Due to more and more venues requesting pre-payment and not refunding for late or last minute cancellations, Kevin and I have to ask for 10 days pre-payment on all tours. We are sorry to have to do this, but have no option. Please make cheques payable to Sabra Austin.
Thursday 21st August – Pohlman’s Nursery & Emu Heaven
Step from our coach onto the “Pohlman’s Gum Tree Valley Express” for the guided tour to see “the workings” of this world class nursery. If you have purchased Pohlman’s punnets of plants in Woolies, Coles, Bunnings or wherever, this is the place those tiny plants started as seeds – earth – empty punnets or pots.
Established in late 1976 by John & Val Pohlman, this wholesale nursery rates among the finest in Australia. With their five sons they are regarded as leaders of innovative nursery technology in Australia. 120 acres, 90 – 150 staff. What a colourful place to visit and enjoy.
After departing Pohlman’s we head to Marburg where we’ll enjoy our lunch at the Marburg Hotel before going on to Emu Heaven. Here we will enjoy a tour and learn interesting facts about the emus and Natural Health and Beauty Products that come from the emus. (I’ve been advised that they do accept credit card payments.)
This will be a very enjoyable day and we’re hoping you will come along for a great day out.
Departs” Mt Mee 7.45am
Price Includes: Coach Travel; Tour of Pohlman’s; Tour of Emu Heaven; Morning tea and lunch.
Cost: $55.00pp
Payment: Required by August 14
1 – 12 September: Follow the Sunset West Tour
Package includes: Accommodation, meals, tours and attractions as per itinerary.
Not included: Meals not specified in itinerary. Travel insurance.
To honour our commitment to the hotels and attractions involved, the following schedule needs to be adhered to:
Deposit: Required by 13 June 2008 $200.
Final payment: Required by 4 July 2008 (Along with full passenger list, rooming list and special needs requirements.)
Cost: $2100.00pp ($261.00 single supplement)
Inquiries: to Sabra and Kevin or, during June-July, to Belinda (Trade Travel) 1800 645 103
Cancellations: Penalties may apply after final monies have been paid.
THE ITINERARY
Day 1 (Sept 1) Mt Mee to St George (Meals L, D)
Lunch is as Moonie Crossroads Hotel were you will find great pictures by local artist Graham “graz” McCullough. On to St George with time to taste some of the wines from Riversand Winery before dinner. Overnight: Riverland Motor Inn.
Day 2 (Sept 2) St George to Cunnamulla (Meals B, L, D)
Lunch is at Bollon Hotel. Bollon is renowned for its koala colony on the banks of Wallam Creek. Browse the Heritage and Craft Centre before continuing the journey to Cunnamulla and Nardoo Station, our overnight stop. You will have a warm welcome and great outback experience at David and Carmel Meurant’s Nardoo – a 110,000 acre sheep and cattle station. A number of activities are on offer here.
Day 3 (Sept 3) Cunnamulla – Ray Station (Meals B, L, D)
Leaving Nardoo Station we stop at Toompine (dating back to the 1890’s this was formerly a staging point for Cobb and Co coaches). Lunch is at Toompine Pub, renowned for its large and tasty meals, then it is off to Ray Station to stay for 3 nights.
Day 4 & 5 (Sept 4 & 5) Ray Station (Meals B, L, D)
Ray Station’s 600sq km sheep and cattle property remains one of a select few properties in Australia never to have changed hands since white settlement. It has been passed directly from father to son down each generation. Activities and experiences include: Piano, guitar and poetry around a campfire, early film footage, pioneer cemetery, whole day property tours, restored homestead complex, 100s of enlarged historical photographs and many fascinating displays/museum, homestyle cooked meals (delicious dinners and fully cooked breakfast), boulder opal fossicking, tours are lateral thinking, informative and peppered with anecdotes that will have you laughing. Ray Station will be a real highlight of your tour.
Day 6 (Sept 6) Ray Station – Longreach (Meals B, L, D)
After breakfast at Ray Station we head off stopping at Windora (in the heart of the channel country) for a brief look around, then on via Jundah to Stonehenge (pop. 40)- lunch here, then on to Longreach where you will spend the next 3 nights. Dinner is at the Jumbuck Motel Restaurant, also our accommodation for our stay in Longreach.
Day 7 (Sept 7) Ilfracombe/Longreach (Meals B, L, D)
Longreach and Ilfracombe coach tour with local guide. Stop at ‘Camden Park’ then on to Ilfracombe – in 1886, 43000 sheep were moved through the area by a droving team of 27 horsemen. This was the largest mob of sheep ever moved as a single flock. Explore Ilfracombe’s Machinery and Folk Museum and other historic buildings before stopping at the 110-year-old Wellshot Hotel for lunch. Then its back to Longreach yo visit the Longreach Saleyards – one of the largest cattle selling centres in Queensland. Banjo’s Outback Theatre for a showing of the life, drama and laughter of the outback’s legendary Pioneering Days. Enjoy, relax, laugh and enrich yourself through Australia’s great heritage of bush poems, songs, yarns and skits. A truly fun night out.
Day 8 (Sept 8) Stockmans Hall of Fame/Qantas Museum (Meals B, L, D)
The fascinating story of outback Australia is told through five major galleries in a very unique design, at the Stockman’s Hall of Fame. Lunch will be here too, at the Cattlemans Grill, before heading off to the Qantas Founders Museum. We spend time exploring the museum and there are also a number of optional tours – at your own expense. The evening will feature a relaxing evening cruise on the Thomson River, taking in the outback sunset followed by a campfire meal with outback entertainment.
Day 9 (Sept 9) Longreach – Emerald (Meals B, L, D)
Its goodbye to Longreach. Along the way to Emerald, we stop at Anakie, a gem-fossicking settlement, for lunch at the New Royal Hotel before arriving in Emerald where we will be staying and dining at the Western Gateway Motel.
Day 10 (Sept 10) Emerald – Cania Gorge (Meals B, L, D)
After a hearty breakfast we head off to Cania Gorge, stopping at the Settlers Inn, Biloela for lunch. We arrive at Cania Gorge, a 3000 hectare National Park, in the afternoon. Accommodation is at the Cania Gorge Caravan Park where our hosts put on an Aussie BBQ.
Day 11 (Sept 11) Cania Gorge (Meals B, L, D)
After a hot breakfast we explore Cania Gorge. Towering cliffs, ancient caves and sheltered gorges are highlights of this park which preserves a valuable remnant of the Brigalow Belt, Aboriginal freehand art and varied habitats for wildlife, as well as spectacular sandstone cliffs, ecological diversity with dry eucalypt and rainforest, moist sheltered fern grottos, sculptured sandstone cliffs and rock formations. Gather around the campfire in the evening to experience a real Old Outback dinner.
Day 12 (Sept 12) Cania Gorge to Mt Mee (Meals B, L)
After breakfast we head homeward via Monto, Eidsvold and Goomeri. We stop for lunch at the Pumpkin Pie Coffee Stop at Goomeri to indulge in their home savoury and apple pies, stretch the legs and explore the township before climbing aboard once again. Then we will be travelling through Nanango and on to Mt Mee.
Home again after a wonderful 12 days exploring Outback Queensland.
