Touring Options in Tropical North Queensland

TOURING OPTIONS IN TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND

Welcome to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef Region - your gateway to discovering the magic of Australia’s true tropics. Here, you can swim among the bright colourful fish and coral in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, escape to a private tropical island, walk through some of the oldest rainforests on the planet and discover adventure awaiting in the diverse environments that make up wonderful Tropical North Queensland.

Below are a range of fantastic deals for OZCHI Conference delegates.

The Cairns & Tropical North Visitor Information Centre is the region’s only official accredited visitor information centre, offering hundreds of unique tropical experiences. Enhance your business tourism event and choose from a wide range of unique attractions, stimulating tours, cultural drawcards, magnificent tropical scenery and first-class facilities, all for your enjoyment.

We invite you to Change Your Latitude to Tropical North Queensland! www.tropicalaustralia.com.au

For more information and bookings contact the CairnsCairns & Tropical North Visitor Information Centre 51 The Esplanade, CairnsCairns.... Phone 07 4051 3588 Open 7 days 8.30am --- 6.30pm [email protected] or visit www.tropicalaustralia.com

GREAT BARRIER REEF DAY TOURS

One of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef is the only living thing on earth that can be seen from outer space. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres off the northeast coast of Australia, covering an area equivalent to 35 million football fields.

Option 1. Scuba Dive with Silver Series

Enjoy your precious time at the Great Barrier Reef in the superb style and comfort of the Silver Series. We’re all about less people, more reef destinations, and a crew who knows the reef like the locals they are. Visit 3 sites at the Outer Barrier Reef and spend a leisurely 5 hours at play. Certified divers can enjoy up to 3 dives, with introductory divers able to do a second dive.

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 147.00 Adult $140.00 Child $ 110.00 Child $105.00

* Diving : Price On Application

Option 2. Green Island Day Adventure

Green Island is a beautiful 6000 year old coral cay just a 45 minute cruise from Cairns. Experience this unique reef and rainforest Great Barrier Reef island with the ultimate Green Island Day Adventure. Choose from two daily departures and enjoy all the inclusions of glass bottom boat coral viewing, snorkelling equipment and a delicious hot and cold buffet lunch. Your choice of snorkelling gear or a glass botbottomtom boatboat tour

Usual PricePrice:::: *Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 84.00 Adult $ 79.00 Child $$$ 494949.0049 .00.00.00 Child $ 46.50 *Special price for minimum 15 People booked together **Usual price will be charged if minimum numbers are not reached

Option 333.3. Full day Outer Great Barrier Reef

Marine World outer Reef platform, is installed on the Eastern end of Moore Reef. Marine World is a purpose-built two storey platform 45 metres x 12 metres featuring Spacious Lower Deck with Ample Undercover Seating, Upper Sundeck with Sun Lounges, Underwater Observatory, Children’s Safety Swimming Enclosure, with easy access to the water for snorkelers. We offer 5 full hours at Marine World to experience unlimited snorkelling, all snorkelling equipment and instruction is provided, Interactive Coral Viewing Vessel Tours and all the facilities of Marine World.

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: AdAdAdultAd ultultult $ 175.00 Adult $167.00 Child $ 909090.0090 .00.00.00 Child $ 85.50

RAINFOREST DAY TOURS

It’s the oldest surviving rainforest on earth. It likes to receive more than one metre of rain a year. It’s home to one of the world’s largest flightless birds – the Southern Cassowary. This World Heritage Wet Tropics Rainforest stretches from the mountains to the Coral Sea.

Option 444.4. Cape Tribulation & Daintree Rainforest

Tour Features Include Travelling in a small group, Short Tour of Port Douglas, Mossman River Gorge - Daintree National Park, Morning and afternoon teas, I hour Daintree River Wildlife Cruise, First class buffet lunch - The Cape Restaurant (licensed bar), Coconut Beach - swim in the resort rock pool. Cape Tribulation Beach and guided foreshore walk, Alexandra Range Lookout, Rainforest Aerial Walkway & Canopy Tower at Daintree Discovery Centre - private rainforest where you may spot a cassowary, Vehicular cable ferry crossing over the Daintree River.

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 156156156.00156 .00.00.00 Adult $148.00 Child $ 1$ 1031 030303.00.00.00.00 Child $ 98.00

Option 5. Skyrail Rainforest Cableway & Kuranda Scenic Railway The Skyrail experience, spanning 7.5kms over pristine rainforest, allows you to explore the wonders of an ancient tropical rainforest and learn about one of the most botanically fascinating and diverse areas on earth. Gliding just metres above the rainforest canopy in comfortable six- person gondola cabins, the Skyrail journey immerses you in an intimate rainforest experience where you’ll see, hear, smell and become part of the tropical rainforest environment.

Combine your journey with the Kuranda Scenic Railway. Built over 100 yrs ago, this historic train winds its way through the mountains between Cairns and Kuranda.

Usual PricePrice:::: *Ozchi Special PrPrice:ice: Adult $$$ 89.589.50000 Adult $ 85.00 Child $ 44.75 Child $ 42.50 *Special price for minimum 15 People booked together **Usual price will be charged if minimum numbers are not reached

TABLELANDS DAY TOURS

Option 666.6. Food Trail Tours

Spend a day away from the crowds. Learn about, and taste commercial produce from small private farms, where the people you meet, are the farmers who produce it. Travel inland, past where the rainforest meets the outback, and into the savannah country, of the dry tropics, Visit the regional tableland township of Mareeba, Guided tropical fruit tree walk on a private farm, Try the delicious spelt banana bread from a small country bakery, Coffee Plantation farm tour, Tropical Fruit Winery- Taste a number of wines, fortified wines, and tropical creams. Barramundi & tropical fruit lunch, Macadamia Plantation tour, Wildlife feeding, and more.

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 1$ 1391 393939.00.00.00.00 Adult $125.00 Child $ 656565.0065 .00.00.00 Child $$$ 59.00 *minimum 12, maximum 21 people

Option 777.7. Tropical Horizons Waterfalls, Wildlife & Paronella

Park Tour

A spectacular scenic Tablelands tour viewing Lake Barrine, Curtain Fig Tree, Waterfalls Circuit, World Heritage Rainforests and Paronella Park and Wildlife. Lake Barrine and wildlife cruise, Morning Tea, Twin Kauri pine Trees, Giant Curtain Fig tree in rainforest, Possible Platypus spotting and wildlife viewing, Complete Waterfalls Circuit, Organic/Bio-dynamic Dairy, 2 course restaurant lunch beside Mungalli Falls, Lookouts, Beatrice River and

Johnstone River Gorge, World Heritage Rainforests, Paronella Park Heritage Gardens with a leisurely guided tour and free time to view the museum, Mena Creek Falls old Hydro-Electric Generating Plant, Historic Innisfail Township

UsUsUsualUs ual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 135135135.00135 .00.00.00 Adult $128.00 Child $ 999999.0099 .00.00.00 Child $ 94.00

COOKTOWN DAY TOURS

Option 8. Guurrbi Tours Rainbow Serpent tour - Fly/Fly Option 8. Guurrbi Tours Rainbow Serpent tour -- Fly/Fly

Depart Cairns early morning with Skytrans for the 40 minute flight to Cooktown, On arrival you will be met by Guurrbi Tours and driven to the outskirts of Hope Vale for the Rainbow Serpent Tour with Nugal-warra Elder,

Willie Gordon. Return to Cooktown around 1.15 pm, where you will have the remainder of the afternoon to explore this beautiful, historic town. Your return flight to Cairns departs Cooktown airport at 5.40 pm. On your return to Cairns you will be met and transferred to your accommodation, arriving at approx. 6.45 pm

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 499499499.00499 .00.00.00 Adult $490.00 Child $ 419419419 .00.00.00 Child $410.00

Option 9.9.9. Cooktown Historical Tour

On the Historical Town Tour you will hear about Captain Cook and how he and his crew spent seven weeks here in 1770 after the Endeavour was damaged on the reef. You will come to realize that this small town was once the second largest port in Queensland and you will hear about the wild times during the gold rush. You will hear the real history while experiencing remote Cooktown with all the breath taking views of the surrounding area and the Great Barrier Reef. 1.5Hours (why not add this on to your Guurrbi Tour) Cost: Adult $ 27.50 Child $ 16.50

PACKAGE TOURS

Option 10. Two Day Reef & Rainforest

Day 1: Full Day Outer Reef- Osprey V - 5 Full Hours of snorkelling or diving at the Reef - 2 Spectacular Outer Reef Locations

- Modern lounges to relax in comfort - Fully length sundecks - Delicious Aussie BBQ lunch

- Free morning tea & Coffee - Free glass of wine, cheese & fruit platter - Live music entertainer - Guided snorkelling tour

- Friendly experienced crew

Day 2: Cape Tribulation / Daintree - Tour of Port Douglas

- Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary - Mossman Gorge Guided Walk - 5 Star lunch at the Coconut Beach Resort

- Cape Tribulation Beach and Boardwalk - Marrdja Botanical Boardwalk - Daintree River Wildlife Cruise

- Cable Ferry across the Daintree River - Experienced naturalist guides - Free accommodation transfers

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price:

Adult $ 219219219.00219 .00.00.00 Adult $208.00 Child $ 180180180.00180 .00.00.00 Child $171.00

Option 11.11.11. Three Day Reef, Raft & Rainforest

Day 1: Full Day Outer Reef- Osprey V

- 5 Full Hours of snorkelling or diving at the Reef - 2 Spectacular Outer Reef Locations - Modern lounges to relax in comfort - Fully length sundecks - Delicious Aussie BBQ lunch - Free morning tea & Coffee - Free glass of wine, cheese & fruit platter

- Live music entertainer - Guided snorkelling tour

Day 2: Choice of half day or fully day rafting (Barron or Tully) Choice of half day or fully day rafting Barron River (Grade 3) – approx 2 hours of rafting will all tuition, training and transfers. Tully River (Grade 4) – approx 5 hours of rafting; BBQ lunch, exclusive RT Café, transfers and over 44 adrenalin pumping rapids.

Day 3: Cape Tribulation / Daintree

- Tour of Port Douglas - Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary - Mossman Gorge Guided Walk

- 5 Star lunch at the Coconut Beach Resort - Cape Tribulation Beach and Boardwalk - Marrdja Botanical Boardwalk - Daintree River Wildlife Cruise

- Cable Ferry across the Daintree River - Experienced naturalist guides

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Half day Rafting Adult $ 312.00312 .00 Adult $ 297.00 Adult $ 312312 .00.00 Adult $ 297.00 Full Day Rafting Adult $ 369369369.00369 .00.00.00 Adult $ 351.00

Environmental Management Charge/Port Levy $15pp pay direct Rafting Levy- Tully River- $28pp, Barron- $25pp pay direct Includes lunch on day 1 and 3, and hotel transfers day 2 and 3 only.

Option 13. Two Day Ballooning, Tjapukai & Kuranda

Day 1 – Hot Air Ballooning

Day one includes, Spectacular balloon flight, Hot and Cold delicious breakfast buffet, Champagne celebration toast, Binocular use in flight for bird watching, Pilot interpretive commentary, Cross- country balloon chase, “First Flight” certificate, an educational DVD “History of Ballooning” presentation, Air-conditioned return coach transfers.

Day 2 – Kuranda & Tjapukai

Day two includes, Kuranda Scenic Railway 8.50am, free time in Kuranda, Skyrail Rainforest Cableway departs 12.30pm, Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, Air-conditioned return coach transfers.

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 345345345.00345 .00.00.00 Adult $340.00 Child $ 1$ 181 8880.000.00 Child $175.00

Option 14. Two Day Outback Experience

Sample the outback. Enjoy authentic outback hospitality, discover the Undara Lava Tubes and meet Aussie Wildlife in its bush home (all times are approximate).

Travel by coach from Cairns to Undara Experience through the

Cairns highlands, Buffet Lunch 12pm, Free time to enjoy resort facilities including marked walking tracks, Wildlife at Sunset

Tour at approx 5.15pm, 3 course dinner 7.30pm, meet at the Saloon Car Bar at 8:00pm, Overnight carriage accommodation,

Bush Breakfast 7am, Buffet 12.30pm, Relax as you journey to and from Undara by luxury coach

Lava Tubes Day One: On arrival at Undara Experience, have lunch and relax by the pool or enjoy a bush walk before joining your Savannah Guide for a magnificent Wildlife at Sunset tour, followed by an evening campfire activity.

Day Two: Awaken your tastebuds with Bush Breakfast at the Ringers Camp to the accompaniment of the morning bird chorus. Join your Savannah Guide for a Half Day Lava Tube tour, where they will share their extensive knowledge of this fascinating area. After lunch depart Undara Experience for your return journey to Cairns. Breakfast and lunch included.

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 475.00475 .00 Adult $470.00 Adult $ 475475 .00.00 Adult $470.00 Child $ 238238238.00238 .00.00.00 Child $233.00 Additional cost for single Accommodation *Departs Monday, Wednesday and Friday only **All cost based on Twin share accommodation

Option 15. Two Day Bama Way Discovery Tour (Any Day)Day)

Day 1: Your journey of discovery begins with a scenic drive north to Cooya Beach where the Walker brothers of Kuku Yalanji Cultural Habitat Tours teach their guests how to throw a spear, hunt whilst stalking and observing wildlife and country, and how to track coastal resources. Enjoy fresh homemade damper, and tea/coffee. We continue along the Daintree Coast where we cross over the mighty Daintree River by cable ferry. This great serpent of water is a special Aboriginal meeting and trading place. Our journey takes us through Cape Tribulation where we will lunch at Coconut Beach Resort. Continuing into the World Heritage Daintree National Park, we cross rivers and mountain ranges as we travel the famous 4wd-only Bloomfield Track. At Wujal Wujal we join the Walker Family on the Bloomfield Falls tour who will share some of their knowledge about this special and sacred place. At the end of the track, there is time for a cold beer at famous Aussie bush pub, The Lion’s Den Hotel Your overnight accommodation is in Cooktown, with dinner included.

Day 2: After enjoying an early breakfast, this morning you join Nugal-warra Elder, Willie Gordon of Guurrbi Tours, to visit his ancestral rock art sites, set in the stunning countryside high in the hills above Hope Vale. Here he shares the stories behind the art. The tour takes you through a dramatic landscape to six rock art sites, including an ancestral Birth Cave and the Reconciliation Cave. Includes an estimated 30 minute bush walk on generally easy terrain. After your return to Cooktown you will have free time to explore. This is a town rich in history... rich in nature... rich in spirit. On your return journey you will follow the backbone of Australia's, Great Dividing Range through the spectacular scenery of Far North Queensland's Outback, and the diverse landscape of the Palmer River Goldfield region. Your amazing tour of discovery will come to a close as you are transferred to your accommodation.

Usual PricePrice:::: Ozchi Special Price: Adult $ 685685685.00685 .00.00.00 Adult $680.00 Child $ 585585585.00585 .00.00.00 Child $580.00

***Child pr ices based on sharing room with 2 Adults

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Make use of these OZCHI Special Offers by booking your tour through the Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Visitor Information Centre.

How to Book • Fill in the attached booking form and fax it back • Bring your booking form to the Visitor Information Centre when you arrive in Cairns • Phone to make your booking

CAIRNS + TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE

Contact Details: Vicki McColm Phone +61 (0)7 4015 1222 Fax +61 (0)7 4051 7509 Email [email protected] Web www.tropicalaustralia.com.au

Or call in to the Centre when you arrive in Cairns Opening Hours 9:00am – 6:30pm, every day Address 51 The Esplanade, Cairns

OZCHI DELEGATES BOOKING FORM Email: [email protected] or Fax: +61 (0)7 4051 7509 or (07) 4051 0127

Your Name/s: Contact Details in Cairns (mobile phone, hotel name): Where are you from? (city, state, country):

Tour or No. of Accommodation Option Cost Total People Date/s

A. $___ Option 1. Scuba Dive with Silver Series C. $___

A. $___ Option 2. Green Island Day Adventure C. $___

Option 3. Reef Magic full day outer Reef A. $___ C. $___

Option 4. Cape TribulTribulation,ation, Daintree & Mossman A. $___ C. $___

A. $___ Option 5. Skyrail & Kuranda Scenic Railway C. $___

A. $___ Option 6. Food Trail Tours C. $___

A. $___ Option 7. Waterfalls, Wildlife & Paronella Park C. $___

A. $___ Option 8. Rainbow Serpent tour --- Fly/Fly C. $___

A. $___ Option 9. Cooktown Historical Tour C. $___ A. $___ A. $___

A. $___ Option 10. 2 Day Reef & Rainforest C. $___

A. $___ Option 11. 333 Day Reef, Raft & Rainforest C. $___

A. $___ Option 12. 2 Day Reef & Kuranda C. $___

A. $___ Option 13. 222 Day Ballooning, Tjapukai & Kuranda C. $___

A. $___ Option 14. 222 Day Outback Experience C. $___

A. $___ Option 15. 222 Day Bama Way Discovery Tour C. $___

TOTAL COST:

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