NEW PRODUCT

There’s always something new and exciting to draw visitors back to New South Wales and entice them to explore new corners of this diverse State. A selection of new tours, accommodation and attractions available to international visitors is provided below.

Statewide

Aussie Farmstay and Bush Adventures – Happy Farm Tour, Statewide ex The Australian Happy Farm tour is a two-day tour, departing from Sydney with a Mandarin speaking guide to introduce Chinese travelers to Australian farming life and the Australian bush in the Blue Mountains and

Central NSW. The tour includes a visit to a wildlife park to see koalas and kanagaroos, Australian plants and flowers plus a picnic lunch at Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah, an overnight stay on a working farm to help care for the farm animals and Blue Mountains attractions including Scenic World, Waradah Aboriginal Centre, lookouts and waterfalls. All meals, activities and entry fees are included. Tel. +61 2 9660 3245 www.aussiebushadventures.com.au

Lets Go Surfing – Bondi to Byron Coastal Surfing Explorer, Statewide

Lets Go Surfing showcase the best of the NSW east coast with their ultimate five-day small group surfing road trip from Bondi to Byron Bay. Tours include surfing lessons in different locations along the coast (with surfing equipment provided), a Hunter Valley wine tasting tour, a sunset cruise in Port Macquarie and a visit to a koala hospital. Accommodation is in three to four-star motels and some meals are provided. Tel: +61 2 9365 1800 www.letsgosurfing.com.au

Treetop Adventure Park, Western Sydney, Newcastle & Central Coast Treetop Adventure Park has three locations - Western Sydney Parklands, Newcastle and the Central Coast. Guests can enjoy the challenge of making their way around the forest on the agility courses, rope bridges and flying foxes set high in the trees. Tel: + 61 2 4025 1008 (Central Coast). Tel: + 61 2 4026 7617 (Newcastle) Tel: + 61 2 8605 4300 (Western Sydney) www.treetopadventurepark.com.au

Current as at 1st March 2013 Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah - Aboriginal Heritage Tour, Mount Tomah Join an Aboriginal horticulturalist on an Aboriginal Heritage Tour through the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah. The two-hour tour shows visitors the Indigenous uses for plants found throughout the garden and identifies regional plants used as medicine, tools and weapons. The tour concludes with a didgeridoo performance.

Tel: +61 2 4567 3000 www.mounttomahbotanicgarden.com.au

Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba Opened in November 2012, the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre features the Blue Mountains City Art Gallery and World Heritage Exhibition – Into the Blue, a spectacular and immersive audio visual experience devoted to education about the distinctive environment, history and culture of the Blue Mountains region. The centre is built on the highest point in Katoomba with panoramic views of the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains National Park. Tel: + 61 2 4780 5410 www.bluemountainsculturalcentre.com.au

Hellarewe Adventures, Blue Mountains (ex Katoomba and Sydney) Hellarewe Adventures offers small group 4WD tours that provide visitors with a true wilderness experience of the Blue Mountains National Park, the near Lithgow and the Kanangra Boyd National Park near Oberon, all part of the World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains. The tours can be tailored to visitor needs and explore places away from large groups. There are five tour options with inclusions ranging from bushwalking, lookouts, canyons, the Three Sisters, Jenolan Caves, glow worm tunnels, wildlife, horse rides and off road drives. There is also an overnight option at Jenolan Caves. Tours depart from Sydney and Katoomba daily for a maximum of five passengers. Tel: +61 438 434 151 www.hellareweadventures.com.au

Life’s an Adventure - Wolgan Valley Hiking Tour On this two day fully supported walk visitors will discover dramatic escarpments, beehive pagodas, a tunnel filled with glowworms and the beautiful Wolgan Valley. Participants will arrive into camp to find their tent erected, bags waiting on their camp bed and a glass of wine served with a delicious fruit and cheese platter to enjoy before dinner. Tel: +61 2 9913 8939 www.lifesanadventure.com.au/wolgan-valley-2-day-hiking-adventure

Hunter Valley

Hunter Valley Resort – Hunter Valley Candy School, Pokolbin Hunter Valley Resort is now offering a 90 minute candy making workshop. Guests work with the Executive Chef and learn how to make peanut brittle, marshmallows and the famous Australian “Rocky Road” chocolate, infused with alcohol. The delicious candy and recipes can be taken home. Minimum numbers apply and advance booking is necessary. Tel: +61 2 4998 7777 www.hunterresort.com.au

Port Stephens

Birubi Beach Resort, Anna Bay Scheduled to open in October 2013, Birubi Beach Resort is set on 32 kilometres of natural oceanside sand dunes on the east coast of New South Wales at Anna Bay, Port Stephens. This 4.5 star resort will offer 198 double rooms, some with full cooking facilities, a restaurant, public bar, coffee shop, a swim up bar in the heated pool, spas and tropical gardens. Tel: +61 414 557 277 www.birubibeachresort.com

The Nelson Resort & Conference Centre, Nelson Bay The Nelson Resort & Conference Centre, is a modern boutique style resort in the heart of Nelson Bay with easy access to cafés, beaches, the marina complex, bars, restaurants and all the attractions of Port Stephens. The property features a solar and electric heated pool, full size tennis court, gym, sauna, in house café and bar. Tel: + 61 2 4916 4600 www.nelsonresort.com.au

Central Coast

Central Coast Eco Tours, Ourimbah Central Coast Eco Tours offers authentic American Indian-style canvas tipis pitched in a natural rainforest setting at the Forest of Tranquillity. Five tipi tents are available with a total capacity of 20 or each tipi can be booked individually. There are three twin tipis, one quad tipi or a ten person dormitory tipi which is a great option for family or group getaways. Tel: + 61 468 527 579 www.centralcoastecotours.org

Skydive Sydney City – Heli Skydive, Gosford Skydive Sydney City offers the only fully operational helicopter tandem skydive in the Southern Hemphisphere. Visitors take a scenic helicopter ride over Sydney and the Central Coast, followed by the ultimate tandem skydive experience from 4200m, and up to a 60 second freefall with breathtaking views of the beaches and Great Dividing. Skydive Sydney City is part of the Australia Skydive Group. Tel: +61 2 6684 1323 www.skydivesydneycity.com.au

North Coast Adventure Tag Tours, Adventure Tag Tours provides day tours, two-night camping trips, 'choose your own adventure' tours along with bush and survival programs in the Coffs Harbour region. The tour guides have extensive local knowledge and the tours are both fun and educational, equipping visitors with bush skills such as star navigation, telling time by the sun, and damper making. The tours also incorporate Aboriginal culture, bushwalking and waterfalls. The day tours visit local attractions such as the Big Banana, Yarrawarra Cultural Centre and Sealy Lookout and include a barbeque lunch at the beach. The camping trips visit attractions in Coffs Harbour, Corindi Beach, , Nymboida and Dorrigo. Adventure Tag Tours offer a Survival Skills Program and utilise natural resources to demonstrate such skills as sun navigation, shelter building and water collection. The course can be tailored to suit groups of all ages. Tel: + 61 2 6652 2558 www.adventuretagtours.com.au

Beach Suites, Byron Bay Beach Suites is located in Byron Bay and offers luxurious accommodation with a range of stylish boutique garden or beachfront studios and large apartments. Beach Suites combines discreet personal service, beachfront access and a central location. Ground-floor beachfront studios allow individual, direct street and beach access through private gates. Selected studios offer secluded, heated plunge pools on large timber decks. The garden suites overlook lush tropical terraces and feature patio barbecues. The top floor two and three- bedroom penthouse apartments feature sweeping ocean views, modern kitchens, vast living areas, spacious bedrooms with luxurious bath-spa en-suites and private, rooftop swimming pools. All studios and suites feature barbecues and well-appointed kitchenettes. Beach Suites provides flat screen TV’s, DVD’s, free wireless internet, Austar, intercom access and secure undercover parking, in an unrivalled central location. Tel: +61 2 6680 9944 www.beachsuites.com.au

Coffs City Skydivers, Coffs Harbour Coffs City Skydivers offers the highest tandem skydive in Australia at a height of 4500m above the beautiful Coffs Harbour coastline and Solitary Islands Marine Reserve. Visitors can experience the ultimate thrill, free- falling towards earth at over 200 km/h for around 70 seconds before floating back to land on the beach. Coffs City Skydivers also caters for those looking for that intense ground rush feeling and is one of the only companies offering a 1820m purpose designed low altitude skydive experience. Tel: + 61 2 6651 1167 www.coffsskydivers.com.au

Dolphin Marine Magic - Ultimate Dolphin Swim, Coffs Harbour Dolphin Marine Magic has launched the Ultimate Dolphin Swim - the most interactive dolphin experience in Australia where visitors are able to swim and ride with a dolphin. The package includes a foot push across the water whilst riding a body board, belly ride, hand push - where the dolphin will spin the swimmer in a circle, hug and swim with masks - giving the swimmer a chance to meet a dolphin face to face under the water. The experience takes place in small groups of no more than four participants, in water 2.5m deep and under the supervision of a marine mammal specialist who enters the water and swims with the group. Participants must be 12 years of age and over. Tel: +61 2 6659 1900 www.dolphinmarinemagic.com.au

Go Sea Kayak Byron Bay, Byron Bay Go Sea Kayak Byron Bay offer a range of sea kayaking tours and packages to give visitors the opportunity to kayak with dolphins and whales or snorkel over hidden volcanic reef in the Cape Byron Marine Park. The three hour sea kayaking guided tour starts at Byron Bay Beach. Visitors pair up and learn the basics of paddling on a two person sit-on-top kayak before heading out past the shore break and along The Pass, Wategos Beach and Cape Byron. There is time for a snorkel, swim and refreshment before paddling back to the main beach. Kayaking since 1985, the company is owned and operated by local Surf Life Savers. Go Sea Kayak Byron Bay provides all equipment and safety gear, wetsuits, morning tea, snorkelling gear and transfers from Byron Bay accommodation. Packages are also available that combine the sea kayaking tour with breakfast or lunch at Byron Beach Café or a three hour afternoon surf lesson with Soul Surf School. Tel: +61 2 6685 8880 www.goseakayakbyronbay.com.au

Honeycomb Valley – Native Bee Sanctuary, Nabiac Honeycomb Valley has opened a new Native Bee Sanctuary and self- sufficiency garden. It features five acres of gardens full of amazing plants that have all sorts of purposes. The garden features edible plants medicinal plants and plants that cane be used asdyes, insect repellents, perfumes, and for animal fodder, beverages, and craft and building materials. Each key plant features a sign with symbols to denote what its use. The five-storey Bee Motel has been specifically built to provide habitat for some of Australia’s little-known 1600+ species of native bees. Tickets include entry to the farm, tasting deck, , native bee sanctuary, solar cooking zone and self-sufficiency garden.

Tel: +61 2 6554 1460 www.nativebeesanctuary.com.au

Jetty Dive, Coffs Harbour The Jetty Dive centre is a PADI five star dive centre located at the Jetty Strip in Coffs Harbour. Coffs Harbour is the southern gateway to the Solitary Islands Marine Park that provides a very unique mix of tropical and temperate fish. The Jetty Dive centre offers daily dive charters for snorkellers or SCUBA divers to the Solitary Islands where tropical fish, turtles, sharks and whales (in season) can be seen.

Tel:+61 2 6651 1611 www.jettydive.com.au

North Farm, Bellingen North Farm is located near Bellingen in the sub-tropical hinterland of the Coffs Coast. It is a peaceful place for learning, healing and celebrating, accommodating up to eight people. North Farm is wheelchair accessible and welcomes people with pets. Guests are invited to share in the rhythms of the farming day: milking goats, making cheese, collecting eggs, tending bananas, creating koala habitat and weaving in the open- sided barn. North Farm is also a venue for learning and healing events. Customised packages for individuals and groups include healing treatments, delicious menu options for special diets and hands-on tuition in crafts like cheese-making. Tel: + 61 2 6655 1948 www.northfarm.com.au

Solitary Islands Aquarium, Coffs Harbour The Solitary Islands Aquarium provides a window into the unique marine environment of the Solitary Islands Marine Park, through a series of aquariums, guided tours and visual displays. Visitors can see animals that call the Solitary Islands home without getting wet, including colourful clownfish, sea anemones, crayfish and sea urchins, poisonous lionfish and brilliantly coloured angelfish. The aquarium is located next to the Novotel Pacific Bay Resort complex in Coffs Harbour. Tel: + 61 2 6648 3931 www.solitaryislandsaquarium.com

Summerland House Farm, Alstonville Summerland House Farm is located on 69 hectares and is a working macadamia and avocado farm. Visitors to the farm are offered a number of educational experiences all set in peaceful tropical grounds with views over the hinterland and across to the east coast. The farm has monthly markets, showcasing locally made products on the 1st Sunday of each month. Tel: +61 2 6628 0610 www.summerlandhousefarm.com.au