NEW PRODUCT NEW SOUTH WALES 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 Sydney 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 Wollemi National Park 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, Coffs Harbour 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, Yuraygir National Park, 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.