PLEASE CONSIDER GOING TO ME TO AUSTRALIA OCTOBER 4-20, 2021. This will be my 27th trip Down Under. You will see spactular sights, meet great people, and have fellowship with fellow Christians from America. We will depart from LAX on October 4, arrive in Adelaide on October 6 and then the tour begins. As you can see from the itinerary, we will spend time in Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, and some country towns. The cost for this tour, including airfare, hotels, sightseeing, meals (except lunch) is $4,995 (to be confirmed soon). For information and questions, please call me, Dave Anderson, at 480-838-8500
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Welcome to a great experience of sightseeing in the context of Christian fellowship as we explore parts of Australia and New Zealand in April, 2021
NOTE: B means breakfast provided; D means dinner provided
Day 1 |
Oct 4 |
10pm |
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Day 2 |
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Day 3 |
Oct 6 |
D |
Arrive in Melbourne in the morning and transfer to a flight to Adelaide
Our hotel is in Glenelg, a charming sea-side suburb of Adelaide. After we check in to our hotel, there is time to stretch legs, look at the Southern Ocean, have a relaxing meal together and get a good night’s rest.
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Day 4 |
Oct 7 |
B D |
A full day of touring Adelaide including the Botanic Gardens and Cleland Wildlife Park. Back at the same hotel
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Day 5 |
Oct 8
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B |
After touring and shopping we will be guests in homes in an Adelaide suburb called Aberfoyle Park.
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Day 6 |
Oct 9 |
B |
We will drive through the Adelaide Hills, have lunch in Handorf, and continue to the Barossa Valley where we will stop at least one winery. By late afternoon we will arrive at St. Petri Lutheran Church where hosts will meet us for overnight. |
Day 7 |
Oct 10 |
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We will worship at St. Petri followed by lunch with members of this congregation. We will spend the afternoon and evenng with our hosts.
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Day 8 |
Oct 11 |
D
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Our coach will take us to the beautiful Grampian Mountains of Victoria. Hotel in Halls Gap tonight.
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Day 9 |
Oct 12 |
B D |
We will drive to Ballarat, arriving in time to spend three hours at Sovereign Hill, a fantastic recreated gold-rush village. Dinner and then overnight in a Ballarat or Melbourne hotel.
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Day 10 |
Oct 13 |
B D |
Today we will be transferred to Melbourne where we will have a Melbourne City Tour with a stop at the Botanical Gardens. BBQ dinner and overnight at a Melbourne Hotel.
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Day 11 |
Oct 14 |
B |
We ride from Melbourne to Walla Walla, New South Wales. Great scenery along the way. Lunch at the “Tucker Box” rest top. Tonight we will be guests for dinner and overnight one last time in Australia in a very rural and agricultural Lutheran community with members of Zion Lutheran Church.
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Day 12 |
Oct 15 |
D |
We travel on to Australia’s capitol city, Canberra where we will visit their beautiful Parliament Building and their War Memorial. Dinner and overnight at a Canberra Hotel.
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Day 13 |
Oct 16 |
B D |
Today we will do more sightseeing in and around the Australian Capitol city of Canberra. We may have a pot luck supper with members of a Lutheran church in a Canberra suburb. Same hotel in Canberra.
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Day 14 |
Oct 17 |
B D
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After church and lunch, we will drive on to Sydney, arriving in time to check in to our hotel on George Street. After dinner you will want to take a walk.
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Day 15 |
Oct 18 |
B D
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Today we will "do" Sydney including the famed Opera House, a city tour, and a harbor cruise. Dinner and overnight at the same hotel.
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Day 16 |
Oct 19 |
B D |
Today you are on your own. You can shop 'til you drop, visit cathedrals and museums, or take a day tour to the Blue Mountains. Tonight we will gather for our "last supper" at a restaurant in Darling Harbor, not far from our hotel.
TOMORROW MORNING WE WILL BE TRANSFERED TO SYDNEY'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR OUR FLIGHT BACK TO LAX
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Tour includes:
Accommodations as listed
Services of professional driver/guides for sightseeing as listed
Attractions as listed
Meals as indicated
Gratuities for included meals
Luggage handling at some hotels
Tour does not include:
Items of a personal nature
Meals not listed
Attractions not listed
Travel insurance (available from First Class Travel)
Visa for Australia ($20 online)
Tour cost: $4995 based on double occupancy Deposit required: $500 to confirm place.
Fellowship Tours, P. O. Box 51510, Phoenix, Arizona 85076
Airfare, hotels, sightseeing arranged by First Class Travel, Phoenix, AZ
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