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2017 AUSTRALIAN ODYSSEY

Your key destinations: Sydney, ADVENTURE Challenge yourself and experience Blue Mountains, Surfer’s personal growth as you: Paradise, Brisbane, Airlie Beach, • Rappel down an exposed rock face during an all-day leadership workshop Great Barrier Reef and Cairns. • Learn to surf with a pro on the Sunshine Coast Journey to the Southern • Stay on an outback farm, crack a bull whip and experience farmhand life Hemisphere for an EDUCATION Learn about different cultures and unforgettable experience. traditions as you: Snorkel the Great Barrier • Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef with a Marine Biologist to learn about this Reef, explore the world’s only fragile and world-famous ecosystem • Explore Australia’s diverse and exciting coastal cities and immerse yourself country that is also a continent in the amazing outdoor culture of Australia and photograph iconic wildlife • Come face to face with Australia’s biodiversity on an island national park, in the rainforest, and in the Outback on your Australian adventure of a lifetime! CULTURE Connect with locals as you: • Meet like-minded peers and create long-lasting international relationships. All-inclusive Program Price: $6,990 • Explore the world’s oldest surviving culture, Aboriginal Australians—learn to throw a boomerang and watch traditional dance to didgeridoo music *Supplements may apply. • Live like an Aussie during an exclusive People to People homestay 2017 TRAVEL AUSTRALIAN ODYSSEY ITINERARY Cairns Airlie Beach Day 1 Day 8 Yeppoon Depart for Sydney Queensland’s Gold Coast Moreton Meet your fellow travellers before boarding Enter Queensland, the “Sunshine State.” Surfer’s Island your flight to the world’s smallest continent. Paradise Experience the sparkling surf and beach Sydney Day 2 avenues of Surfer’s Paradise. Fly into the Eastern Hemisphere Day 9 Skip a day as you cross the International Day 14 Date Line. Study sea life with a Marine Biologist Get to know Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens, Travel through awe-inspiring scenery Day 3 Anzac Square Memorial and Parliament Make your way to Airlie Beach. House. Backstage at the Sydney Opera House Day 15 Discover Darling Harbour, a lively Learn about marine life from a team of recreational district on Cockle Bay. experts on Moreton Island. Sample a home-cooked Aussie meal during your farms stay Explore the Sydney Opera House. Day 10 After visiting a wildlife sanctuary, travel Hand-feed wild dolphins across the Outback to your farm stay, and Day 4 have a home-cooked meal. Snorkel the Tangalooma wrecks—15 vessels Cruise through Sydney deliberately sunk to create a harbor for Day 16 Cruise Sydney Harbour and snap photos of small boats. the city’s famous shoreline. Experience life as a farmhand Take a leap down giant dunes on a Learn to crack a bullwhip and participate in Handle multicolored opal, Australia’s “sand toboggan.” national gemstone during a cutting farm activities. and polishing demonstration. Hand-feed Moreton Island’s wild dolphins. Day 17 Day 5 Day 11 Explore the Great Barrier Reef Rappel down an exposed rock face Ride the waves on the Sunshine Coast Travel to Cairns, a city wedged between the Wet Tropics Rainforest and the Great Build your confidence during leadership Hit the waves and try your hand at surfing Barrier Reef! exercises with Full On. with the Sunshine Coast’s surfer gurus. Step outside your comfort zone and rappel Day 12 Day 18 down a rock face in the Blue Mountains! Meet students at a rural school Snorkel alongside a Marine Biologist Gear up with Biologists and snorkel the Day 6 Talk with new friends at the Gin Gin School. You’ll be a VIP guest here! Great Barrier Reef. Australia homestay Journey to Coffs Harbour’s surf beaches and Run down Yeppoon’s vibrant beaches. Day 19 banana plantations. Day 13 Throw spears with Aboriginal people Say “g’day” to your Australian host family Ride the 4.6 mile Skyrail Rainforest cableway. and embrace their community! Look a crocodile straight in the eye Duck under stalactites in Olsen’s Throw a boomerang, launch a spear and Capricorn Caves. immerse yourself in the history of Australia’s Day 7 first peoples. Live like an Aussie Chat with a government representative for an Hang out with the locals, pick up a few insider’s perspective on Australia’s politics. Day 20 Aussie words and make lifelong friends. Drop by a crocodile farm and learn about Depart for the U.S. the world’s largest reptiles. Return home from your voyage of self- discovery with a wealth of memories. *Your program may differ slightly due to scheduling conflicts, unforeseen changes, or the arrival of new opportunities. Your program’s schedule of activities will be provided as confirmed, closer to actual travel.

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