Sinclair Tour and Travel – 5494 5083 King Island and Flinders Island Bass Strait Adventure Departs Sunday 11Th October 2020 - 9 Days $6,199 Pp Twin Share
Sinclair Tour and Travel – 5494 5083 King Island and Flinders Island Bass Strait Adventure Departs Sunday 11th October 2020 - 9 days $6,199 pp twin share. Single $650 ALL MEALS! Everything included except a drink at night. (Price based on minimum 10 passengers)
Tour Inclusions:
Door to door transfers Return flights Melbourne Flight Melbourne – King Island Flight King Island – Burnie (Tas) Flight Launceston – Flinders Island Flight Flinders Island – Melbourne All transfers 8 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 8 dinners All morning teas on the islands 3 days touring King Island 1 day touring Northern Tasmania 3 days touring Flinders Island 1 night’s accommodation Melbourne 3 nights King Island 1 night’s accommodation Launceston 3 nights Flinders Island
Day 1 Sunday 11th October D Our adventure to the beautiful Bass Strait Islands begins with pick up from your door as usual and a transfer to the airport for your flight to Melbourne. We’ll overnight in Melbourne to avoid such an early start tomorrow. Best Western Airport Hotel
Day 2 Monday, 12th October Flight to King Island - Currie Museum BLD Travel to Tullamarine airport to board your Rex flight to King Island this morning. King Island is rich in history, with shipwrecks, lighthouses and jagged reefs, bountiful with long stretching sandy beaches and lush green pastures. On arrival be welcomed to King Island and escorted to your coach. Stop for lunch and explore Currie, the main town on the island. Visit the Currie Museum housed in the old lighthouse keeper’s residence. Discover the island history where there is an emphasis on material from shipwrecks and view the nearby wrought iron structure of Currie Lighthouse which was prefabricated in England and sent to King Island in 312 pieces to be assembled in 1879. We then travel to our accommodation where we will stay for the next three nights at Boomerang by the Sea. (03) 6462 1288
Day 3 Tuesday 13th October Calcified Forest ~ Grassy ~ Naracoopa ~ Penguins BLD
Today we visit Seal Rocks State Reserve at the southern tip of the island, home to a calcified forest. Follow the walking track to the viewing platform overlooking the 7,000 year old remains of an ancient forest revealed when the lime laden sand, which had covered and preserved its stumps, trunks and branches, was blown away. Next stop is Grassy which boomed with the scheelite mine from 1970 until it closed in 1990, but it’s due to reopen soon. Grassy is also a popular deep-water fishing harbour and home to King Island Kelp Craft, where they have perfected a method of drying and manipulating the kelp so that the finished product gives the effect of fashioned leather or ceramics. Travel to the east coast past City of Melbourne Bay to Naracoopa and admire the white sandy beaches of Sea Elephant Bay. After our evening meal at Rocky Glen we return to Grassy to view the fairy penguins at dusk as they parade to their nests. Return to Currie watching out for more wildlife. Remember to take a warm jacket as the night air can become quite cool.
Day 4 Wednesday 14th October Penny’s Lagoon ~ Cape Wickham ~ King Island Cheese BLD As we travel north today, watch out for wild turkeys crossing the road, peacocks, geese and ringneck pheasants feeding in roadside paddocks. View the Yellow Rock River and the panoramas of Christmas and New Year Islands from Yellow Rock Beach. Visit Penny’s Lagoon, a suspended lake (one of only three in the world). Continue to beautiful Martha Lavinia Beach where the miles of pale sand are a drawcard for surfers, fishermen and shell collectors. Standing proudly at the northern most tip of the Island, Cape Wickham Lighthouse, built in 1861 using local granite, is the tallest lighthouse in the Southern hemisphere. Reflect on the heartbreak of shipwrecks as you view the gravestones of the crews of the “Neva” and “Loch Leven” and gaze out across Bass Strait at the distant wreck sites. During the return to Currie visit the world-renowned King Island Dairy for opportunity to taste the speciality cheese in the Fromagerie and purchase from the range of delicious prize-winning dairy products. Relax at your accommodation tonight and enjoy the sunset across the water during dinner.
Day 5 Thursday 15th October Farewell King Island ~ Northern Tasmania BLD After breakfast, farewell King Island and fly to Tasmania. On arrival at the Burnie airport, we’ll be escorted to the coach by our friendly coach captain for a leisurely day touring through Northern Tasmania. Visit the Emu Valley Rhododendron Gardens. Tour through the seaside villages of Penguin and Ulverstone then make our way along the back roads through Deloraine and Westbury on the way to Launceston. Overnight in Launceston at the Best Western Plus.
Day 6 Friday 16th October Hello Flinders Island – Patriach’s Wildlife Reserve BLD After breakfast, we’ll travel to the Launceston airport for our flight to Flinders Island, passing over many of the islands of the Furneaux group. We’ll discover an inspiring world of sparkling beaches, rugged ranges. Wildlife and flora, and clear sapphire waters. We are met at the airport and start our tour; travelling to the island’s annual show, a real island experience, after a look around these amazing exhibits we venture toward the centre of the island to Walker’s Lookout taking in the 360- d e g r e e views of the island. We travel through the farming region of Memana which was set up for the soldier settlement scheme in the 1960’s. Our tour takes us to the east coast to an area known as the Patriach’s Wildlife Reserve where we learn of one man’s determination to protect the Cape Barren Geese and establish this reserve. This is a beautiful setting for lunch where the wallabies come from the bush to join us. We travel south to Cameron’s Inlet, a breeding ground for the numerous birdlife. We should see many of the northern waders who migrate to this area from the north. We take a short stroll along the beautiful east coast beach with fantastic views to Babel Island. Continue south to Lady Barron where we find our accommodation, the Furneaux Tavern, which overlooks Franklin Sound and the southern islands. Furneaux Tavern. (03) 6359 352
Day 7 Saturday 17th October North East River – Palana – Killiecrankie BLD
This morning we travel the Old Coast Road and the scenic Thule Road as we head to the northern part of the island. Next stop is at North East River, a favourite spot for fishing and surfing by the inhabitants. Continue north to Palana Beach a favorite holiday place for the locals and holiday makers alike. We take in the splendid views of the Sisters Islands and the beaches south to the Babel Islands then onto Killiecrankie, the home of the famous Killiecrankie Diamonds for lunch, time permitting a stroll along this beautiful bay with the hope of finding a Killiecrankie Diamond or two. We return south via the farming region of the Mackana Park, the biggest farm on the island that runs completely east to west.
Day 8 Sunday 18th October Boat Cruise - Wybalenna ~ Furneaux Museum BLD
After breakfast, we join our boat to enjoy a morning away on a cruise, exploring the waters around Franklin Sound with a look at the wreck of The Farsund, a shipwreck here since 1912. Then we’re off to Yellow Beach for a BBQ lunch. Next, we head to the west coast this time to the historic Wybalenna Chapel and cemetery where we learn of the hardships of the Aboriginals that were brought here by George Augustus Robinson in the hope of saving this race. Then we’ll spend some time in the Flinders Island Furneaux Museum, arguable the best museum of its kind in Australia. We return to our accommodation at Lady Barron.
Day 9 Monday 19th October Flight home.
On our last day on the island, we have time to explore the main town of Whitemark with a chance to buy a souvenir or two before heading to the airport for our flight to Essendon. We’ll be transferred back to Melbourne airport for our flight home. Here, you’ll be met by a representative of Sinclair tour and Travel and transferred back to your door We hope you’ll be taking home fantastic memories of the two Bass Strait islands.. We do hope you enjoyed your Bass Strait Adventure with Sinclair Tour and Travel. Please tell your friends. That’s how our business grows. We look forward to travelling with you again really soon.
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