Full Size Newsletter.qxp_A4 Version 5/12/17 07:36 Page 1 CURRENT EVENT STATUS Jacaranda Festival - St Patrick's Lunch (FB) = FULLY BOOKED (C) = CANCELLED NURSERY at the Waterview MURIELS WEDDING WEDNESDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2017 (FB) SOME SEATS ON COACH AVAILABLE ONLY www.facebook.com/ToursBMBC The beNautifuol ctouentry fwer liove inm nev eKr ceaesesr tor amieaze. m.e.. It's di- versity in colour crossing the Liverpool plains with the rich green Restaurant DAY OUT! TUESDAY 23RD JANUARY 2018 (FB) of rolling hills to the bright blue of the ocean to the vibrant th WIZARD OF OZ th Thursday 15 March 2018 Jacaranda. Our tour took us to Tamworth the country music capital Tuesday 20 March 2018 and our group took advantage of the golden guitar for the first of CARISBROOK & BRUSH HOUSE (FB) many photographs. Then on to Armidale to visit the outstanding TUESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 2018 preserved properties of Saumarez Homestead and Booloominbah Historic House. We then moved onto the coast to Coffs Harbour to our accommodation right on the water at Opal cove. The meals MAMMA MIA - WEDNESDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2018 (FB) DECEMBER 2017 / were delicious and the accommodation first rate. In Grafton the JANUARY 2018 spectacular jacaranda had to be seen to be believed. We visited An- nette's garden and Scott has kept his mother's dream alive with opening the garden during the festival. The morning tea of scones or sponge served by volunteers dressed in jacaranda colour shirts was one of the trip highlights. The colour in the garden interwoven with the green foliage is something we will not forget. We fare- welled Grafton to drive to the Butterfly farm. It appears that butter- Blue Mountains Transit Travel Club flies love bright blue so they were very interested to rest on many PO BOX 8198 passengers. It was very restful to see them flying around and again a great morning tea of scones was enjoyed by all. We traveled down Celebrate the Irish celebration of St Patricks WERRINGTON COUNTY NSW 2747 the coast with sights of sparking blue water to arrive at Trial Bay Day at the famous Waterview Restaurant in for our tour of the goal and lunch overlooking beautiful Trial Bay Enquiries: 02 8602 4700 Melbourne Flower Show Our fresh Autumn morning will start by Berowra Waters. There will be entertainment beach. Our tour moved on down the coast again viewing expansive Website: www.cdcbus.com.au lakes and sea views via Forster to the Entrance. A trip full of colour travelling to our first stop for the day at today by Clair Hayes who will have you and Mother Nature showing how wonderful our country is. To all bopping along to old favourites! Lunch today Email: [email protected] our passengers thank you all, it was a delight to accompany you 7 Day Extended Tour Hargraves Nursery in Dural where you can is a delicious 3 course Irish themed lunch. Get and Geoff on his first trip, did not get any grey hairs. We all look- TOUR PAYMENTS forward to seeing you on more day and extended trips. purchase a wide variety and well priced your friends together and book your seats th All day tours require non-refundable deposit on booking and full plants with morning tea to follow. We will today! Sunday 18th - Saturday 24 March 2018 Kerrie - Travel Club Guide payment 4 weeks prior to departure. All overnight and extended then stop in at Swanes Nursery who Do not miss out! Get your tickets today! tours require non-refundable deposit on booking and full payment specialise in Roses along with a variety of 6 weeks prior to departure. Concert and Show bookings require full $84.00 per person Payment due by 15.2.2018 other plant types. Lunch today will be at payment on booking. 100% cancellation fees apply if we are unable Day 1. Pack your bags and board the coach, we are trav- at our hotel in the mid afternoon where we will stay for Day 6. Today we say farewell to our Melbourne hosts and Includes: Coach Travel, Lunch, Drinks & Show. Maitland Markets & Morpeth to on-sell a booking. 100% refund will occur if we are able to on- elling to the Melbourne Flower Show! Our day starts by the next three nights. travel to Healesville situated in the Yarra Ranges followed the Galston Club where we will enjoy a Coach departs: Lawson Station 9.10am / Hazelbrook 9.15am boarding the coach and heading down the south coast by Marysville. You have some free time to wander the sell a booking. Sunday 17th December 2017 delicious lunch. Our final stop for the day / Springwood 9.30am / Panthers (Penrith) 10.00am. with our first stop being at Kiama for our picturesque Day 4. This morning we visit the Historic property of Rip- local shops and even purchase a holiday token from a CANCELLATION FEES APPLY morning tea stop. We then will travel to the waterside vil- pon Lea in Elsternwick. We enjoy a guided tour of Rippon local specialty shop. Our afternoon takes us to Noorilim will be to the quaint Geranium Cottage in Non refundable deposits. 50% cancellation fee if cancelled after lage of Batemans Bay where you will enjoy some time Lea which is a large nineteenth century mansion sur- Estate in Wahring. We will enjoy a guided tour of the man- This morning we make an early start and board the coach with here to purchase your own lunch and walk around the rounded by 14 acres of Victorian pleasure gardens. It is sion along with afternoon tea. The mansion was built in fellow passengers and travel to the beautiful Hunter Valley Dural who specialise in Geraniums in a payment deadline. 100% cancellation fee if cancelled less than 14 quaint shops. Our afternoon takes us to Central Tilba listed on the National Heritage Register because it is one 1879 for William Irving Winter, later William Irving Winter- days prior to departure. town of Maitland where we will visit Maitland Markets. We range of colours including the yellow where we will enjoy a cheese tasting at the famous ABC of the finest examples of an original suburban estate in Irving, a wealthy pastoralist and member of the Victorian will have time here to wander the many market stalls and shop Geranium! SPECIAL DIET NEEDS Cheese Shop. Our last stop for the afternoon will be at the Australia. Be taken back in history with this spectacular Legislative Council for the Northern Province (1884- up a storm! There is over 600 stalls from home made, home Busabout Day Out Could you please advise when booking of any concerns or needs Foxglove Gardens in Tilba Tilba. A magical garden not to property which will have you mesmerized as soon as you 1901). grown, gourmet food and the finest quality craft and much Wednesday 7th February 2018 Back by popular demand! you have with regards to special needs in diet, ground floor be missed. We arrive at our comfortable motel in Merim- step off the coach. We will enjoy an early light lunch here more. After our visit to Maitland Markets we make our way to bula before retiring for the night. today before making our way to the Mornington Peninsula The architect, James Gall, built a home that now holds a accommodation, or medical conditions you may have, so that we the Historic town of Morpeth. We will enjoy some free time Get your tickets today! seaside village to enjoy some free time at the shopping central position over the alluvial flats of the lower Goulburn here where passengers can purchase their own lunch here at can better serve you. Day 2. A leisurely start to the morning and we travel to village. Our afternoon takes us to Phillip Island where we River and its associated vineyards. Noorilim is one of the one of the many cafes whilst taking in the charm of the country $62.00 per person Payment due by 20.2.2017 EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY the Killer Whale Museum at Eden which overlooks the Pa- will enjoy an early dinner before arriving at the Penguin finest examples of Italianate architecture in Australia. The town. This will be our last Travel Club tour for the year so get Whilst Blue Mountains Transit Pty Ltd and or any of its associated cific Ocean. Have the opportunity to view the exhibitions Parade at Summerland Bay where you will have a close estate is surrounded by 22 acres of picturesque botanical about the shore-based whaling operations from Twofold and personal view of the magic that the Fairy Penguins gardens, an ornamental lake and 75 acres of vineyards your friends together and book today! Includes: Coach Travel, Morning Tea & Lunch. entities ("the Company"), will take all reasonable steps to provide Bay during the 1800s and early 1900s including a full have. The Penguin Parade is a completely natural experi- that are home to over 150 species of native birds and Do not miss out! Get your tickets today! Coach departs: Lawson Station 8.10am / Hazelbrook 8.15am an enjoyable tour, there is no acceptance for any liability for any skeleton of 'Tom' the Killer Whale, legendary Orca. He led ence which occurs every evening. Here, visitors to the is- mammals including Laughing Kookaburras, Cockatoos, / Springwood 8.30am / Panthers (Penrith) 9.00am. $40.00 per person Payment due now! loss of enjoyment experienced by passengers due to circumstances a pack of killer whales in the hunt for baleen whales on land will be able to view hundreds of tiny penguins as they Parrots, Koalas and Kangaroos.Visitors to Noorilim will be Includes: Coach Travel.