TRAVEL TALK SUMMER 2019 EDITION 32 WELCOME TO OUR SUMMER NEWSLETTER IN THE PIPELINE NEW What a year 2018 was and thank you all for travelling with us. We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. We are looking forward to a fantastic This new segment of our newsletter tells year of touring in 2019 and hope to see you onboard for a day tour, a you about tours we are currently planning. musical, an extended tour or a trip overseas. If there is enough interest then it will be in There are some great tours on offer in 2019 to all parts of Australia as well the next newsletter. Pages 3 to 8 in this as the Pacific and the UK. Our Airlie Beach and Far North Qld tours are newsletter outline tours that you can now filling fast. The West Coast is popular and bookings on the UK tour close book on, so call us today. at the end of February. If you are considering any of these please call the office sooner rather than later. The local tours to Armidale, Gloucester and Port Stephens are also popular with seats available. Be quick if you CHINA’S TERRACOTTA WARRIORS want to see Charlie and Muriel’s Wedding! We now have a second Enjoy a short break to Melbourne in early departure for Retford Estate in April. All the details on these tours and October 2019 to visit this Masterpiece more are in the following pages. series at the National Gallery of Victoria. Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Happy travelling from the Potter Travel team: Bob, Karen, Alex, Col & David Immortality will present key works from the vast underground necropolis surrounding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor SUMMER / AUTUMN INFORMATION SESSION of China, which was uncovered by farmers in Shaanxi province in 1974. We are running three information sessions a year, about four weeks after you get the newsletter. Each session will be held at a different location GREAT ALPINE ROAD & ALPINE WAY around Canberra—this session will be in Belconnen. The sessions include We are currently planning a tour for presentations on upcoming tours with time to ask questions about these November 2019 that heads across to the tours on offer—plus have a cuppa! You will also be able to make tour and coast, then to Eden before a few days membership payments. The Belconnen session is limited to 40 people so around Lakes Entrance and Orbost. Then you need to ring and book if you want to come along. Tea, coffee and we travel across the Great Alpine Road via biscuits will be provided. Details on our next get together are: Omeo and Dinner Plains to Bright. We Date: Wednesday 06 March 2019 head home through Khancoban then via the Alpine Way, Thredbo and Jindabyne. Time: 10.00am If you are interested there will be details in Venue: Belconnen Community Centre the winter newsletter. Let us know if you Cnr Chandler St and Swanson Crt (entry off Swanson Crt) would like an itinerary when it is ready. Call 6297 8585 if you would like to attend. Bookings are essential. SHOULD WE GO BACK TO KING ISLAND? We have had a number of successful tours to King Island in Bass Strait over the years. Let us know if you think it’s time to 2 DAY WEST SIDE STORY ON THE HARBOUR go back and visit in February 2020. Departs Thursday 11 April 2019 In 2019, the landmark musical, West Side Story, takes the iconic stage at Handa Opera on Sydney PORTUGAL & CROATIA Harbour, with famous songs including ‘Tonight, ‘I We’ve had a fantastic response to this tour Feel Pretty’ and ‘America’ ringing out into the balmy and we are still taking names! We are night air. Featuring fireworks every night and a pop-up looking at a June 2020 departure with venue with comfortable grandstand seating, West Side details in the winter newsletter. The month- Story on Sydney Harbour will be a night to remember. Get in quick—there long tour will include a coach tour of are still seats available! Portugal and a cruise in Croatia, as well as stop overs to and from Europe. Member Cost: $560.00 pp twin share $660.00 sole use POTTER TRAVEL PO Box 37, Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620 1 Silva Avenue, Queanbeyan NSW 2620 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pottertravel.com.au Phone: 02 6297 8585 Friends in Travel Pty Ltd is trading as Potter . Travel ABN 96 639 726 295 TOURS DAY EXTENDED 12 Feb A Day In Joadja pg. 3 08 Mar 3 Day Mystery Tour Waitlist 05 Mar Jervis Bay Dolphin Cruise Waitlist 23 Mar 7 Day Gippsland & Phillip Island pg. 5 12 Mar Charlotte Pass pg. 3 24 Mar 8 Day Norfolk Island No. 1 Waitlist 20 Mar Charlie & the Chocolate Factory pg. 3 31 Mar 8 Day Norfolk Island No. 2 Waitlist 28 Mar Retford Park Estate Waitlist 11 Apr 2 Day West Side Story pg. 1 17 Apr Nepean Belle Paddlewheeler Waitlist 20 Apr 3 Day Tumut Easter Tour pg. 5 27 Apr Charlie & the Chocolate Factory pg. 3 27 Apr 6 Day Autumn in New England pg. 5 29 Apr Retford Park Estate pg. 3 20 May 5 Day Gloucester & Barrington Tops pg. 5 01 May Saturday Night Fever pg. 3 04 Jun 3 Day Sydney Vivid Lights Festival pg. 5 13 May Alpaca Magic pg. 3 15 Jun 7 Day Port Stephens Winter Getaway pg. 5 25 May Saturday Night Fever pg. 3 23 Jun 6 Day Airlie Beach & Whitsundays pg. 6 21 Jun St. Clement’s Monastery pg. 4 17 Jul 3 Day Christmas in July pg. 6 10 Jul Muriel’s Wedding pg. 4 24 Jul 10 Day Cairns, Cooktown & Port Douglas Waitlist 13 Jul Muriel’s Wedding pg. 4 07 Aug 10 Day Northern Territory Top End pg. 7 25 Jul Carrington Inn Xmas in July pg. 4 13 Aug 4 Day Mudgee ‘Doctor Doctor’ Tour pg. 6 31 Jul Hotel Binalong Xmas in July pg. 4 19 Aug 18 Day West Coast: Darwin to Perth pg. 7 21 Aug West Side Story pg. 4 19 Aug 9 Day The Kimberley: Darwin to Broome pg. 7 25 Sep Jervis Bay Dolphin Cruise pg. 4 24 Aug 13 Day West Coast: Broome to Perth pg. 7 08 Sep 15 Day South West WA & The Nullarbor pg. 8 OVERSEAS 09 Sep 6 Day Art Silos & Western Victoria pg. 6 20 May England, Wales & Scotland Tour pg. 7 27 Sep 3 Day Spring Mystery Tour pg. 6 15 Oct 6 Day SA Riverland & Renmark Rose Festival pg. 6 17 & 18 2 Day The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo pg. 8 Oct 24 Nov 8 Day Norfolk Island Tour pg. 8 IT’S IMPORTANT TO PAY YOUR DEPOSIT: Deposit requirement is now payment within 14 days of making a booking on all tours. Members who do not pay a deposit within 14 days of making a booking, will be released to a waitlist and the seat is not guaranteed on that tour. Please remember to pay your deposit so as to confirm your booking! TERMS & CONDITIONS: There has been changes to our terms and conditions on the back of each itinerary; please take time to read these. We are now including the tour code which is required for2 direct. deposit payments; this is noted also on the back page of every itinerary. DAY TOURS A DAY IN JOADJA CHARLIE & THE Tuesday 12 February 2019 CHOCOLATE FACTORY Wed 20 Mar & Sat 27 Apr 2019 Joadja Creek is a ghost town - a decaying reminder of a century Roald Dahl’s delicious tale, Charlie ago when this isolated town and the Chocolate Factory, is a housed a thriving mining delectable treat featuring songs from community nestled in a valley the original film, including ‘The outside of Mittagong. Joadja Candy Man’ and ‘I’ve Got a Golden Creek was originally the site of Ticket’, alongside a brand new the Australian Kerosene Oil and Broadway score. Willy Wonka is Mineral Company. Today we opening his marvellous chocolate visit the historic town, refinery and factory to a lucky few. That includes shale mines of Joadja, once home Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to sweeten with colour to 1,200 Scots in the 1800s— and confection beyond his wildest dreams. He embarks on a many families also came from mesmerising joyride through a world of pure imagination. Get England, Ireland and Australia. Discover the fascinating history ready for the Oompa-Loompas, incredible inventions, costumes of its ruins, retorts, mining shelves, railway and inclines. Joadja and sets at this everlasting showstopper! Travel on this day is set on 800 acres of glorious park land. Enjoy the beauty of the tour for a chance to win your own golden ticket! surrounding ecology, flora and fauna. Wed: Member Cost: $195.00 pp Non-member: $215.00 pp Member Cost: $125.00 pp Non-member: $145.00 pp Sat: Member Cost: $255.00 pp Non member: $275.00 pp NEW CHARLOTTE PASS RETFORD PARK ESTATE NEW Tuesday 12 March 2019 Monday 29 April 2019 Due to popular demand we are Our first tour here is fully booked so we repeating this very successful have a second departure. Retford day tour. A day out in the Park has great heritage significance. Its beautiful Kosciuszko National European history extends back to Park with a visit to Charlotte grants of land to Edward Riley senior by Pass Village, Australia’s Governor Macquarie in 1821. The highest ski resort.