Trail Blazer Tours India Pvt. Ltd. World Trade Centre Complex, 902, Centre 1, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400 005. The World at Your Doorstep Tel: 022 - 61940940 Email: [email protected] Website: www.trailblazertours.com • Ahmedabad 079 - 48000052/54/59 • Aurangabad 0240 - 6602009/10 • Chennai 044 - 42638072 • Cochin 0484 - 4158000 Undiscover • Goa 0832 - 6456469 • Gurgaon 0124 - 4872707/08 • Mumbai – Andheri 022 - 61370370/339 • Pune 020 – 67276411/13 AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES VICTORIA QUEENSLAND NORTHERN TERRITORY SOUTH AUSTRALIA TASMANIA WESTERN AUSTRALIA 80 81 Welcome to Australia Australia offers a huge variety of cultures, MULTI-CITY PACKAGE 48 cities, landscapes, beaches and wildlife to explore and enjoy. Kangaroos, koala bears, Ayers Rock, the Great WESTERN AUSTRALIA 52 Barrier Reef, the wines of Barossa Valley, the Good to Know 53 beauty of Fraser Island, Sydney Harbour, the Things to Do and See 54 Opera House and the Outback, friendly locals, Suggested Itinerary 57 sizzling barbecues and dangerous creatures DreamWorld, are some of Australia’s trademarks. The only Gold Coast Wineglass Bay, country to also be a continent, Australia’s NORTHERN TERRITORY 58 Tasmania biggest attraction is its vast natural beauty Good to Know 59 and its diverse population. Welcome to Australia 2 Things to Do and See 60 TBi helps you plan the perfect holiday to this Do you know? 4 Suggested Itinerary 64 Destination Information 5 area of the world, with detailed information on the best time to visit, what to see, eat and NEW SOUTH WALES 6 drink and what to buy. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 66 Good to Know 7 Good to Know 67 Things to Do and See 8 Things to Do and See 68 Suggested Itinerary 16 Suggested Itinerary 72 Harbour Bridge, Sydney VICTORIA 20 Kangaroo Island, Cover: Sydney Harbour Bridge, Kangaroos, Barossa Valley, South Australia Dreamworld. Credit: Tourism Australia Good to Know 21 Things to Do and See 22 Suggested Itinerary 28 TASMANIA 74 QUEENSLAND 32 Do you know? 75 Good to Know 33 Things to Do and See 75 Things to Do and See 35 Suggested Itinerary 77 Suggested Itinerary 43 Ayers Rock, 2 Northern Australia 3 Canberra Balloon Festival Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Destination information Island, Victoria Capital: Canberra Official Language: English, native Aboriginal languages Government: Constitutional Monarchy Currency: Australian Dollar AUSTRALIA Time Difference: 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of India Time in Australia is calculated using standard time with three zones Do you know? Eastern Standard Time (EST): New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and Park Phillip Island Nature Credit: • The name Australia comes from the Latin Australis which means Queensland. “of the South”. Central Standard Time (CST): South Australia and Northern Territory. CST is 1 hour 30 minutes behind EST. • In 1770, Lieutenant James Cook charted the East Coast of Western Standard Time (WST): Western Australia. WST is 2 hours behind EST. Australia for Britain which subsequently used it as penal Electricity: 240 volts, 50 Hertz. Outlets generally accept V-shape flat prong plugs. colony for convicts and political prisoners. Best Time to Visit: October to March. Credit: Tourism Australia.com Tourism Credit: • The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s longest reef at 2,300 km. It is the only living organic collective visible from Earth’s orbit. 4 5 restaurants like Fish Face, Le Kiosk at Manly, Sydney Tower, Four in NEW SOUTH WALES Hand and Bayswater Brasserie Restaurant; in the Darling Harbor area, try Adria Rybar and Grill, Balla New South Wales, on the east coast of Australia, has many different at The Star, Cyren Bar Grill Seafood types of climate, scenery and communities. The state capital, Sydney, is and Italian Village at the Rocks. Australia’s premier gateway and the largest city in Australia. The regions near Sydney offer astonishing natural attractions – beautiful wine regions in the Hunter Valley and Southern Highlands, SHOPPING Sydney: Visit vast shopping malls, beaches on the Central Coast and around Wollongong, World Heritage hip boutiques, antique showrooms national parks in the Blue Mountains and at Barrington Tops and and more. Luxury labels and spectacular coastal scenery. high street stores are in Sydney’s Country NSW, stretching across the rich agricultural lands and western Fine dining in Sydney CBD and surrounding suburbs. plains, offers food and wine trails and touring routes. Outback NSW Anson Smart Credit: has vast national parks, quaint towns, a rich Aboriginal heritage and Shopping in Sydney the magic of the desert. The North Coast provides Aussie surf culture Good to know while the South Coast has more than 30 national parks, marine parks CUISINE Credit: Tourism Australia Tourism Credit: and reserves. Award winning top-rated restaurants are sprinkled across New South Wales with committed chefs attracted by the abundant, quality, seasonal produce. Sydney: Both gourmet food and international cuisine are easily available in Sydney. Local specialities include Pavlova, Simnel Cake, Yabbie Fetticine, Steak and Kidney Pie, Pepper Crusted Lamb and more. Dine at well known 6 Camel Train at Stockton Beach, 7 Port Stephens, NSW Sydney Harbour Cruise Bar, The Rocks Jenolan Caves & Blue Mountains a fully guided cave tour. Drive back Drive past the site of the 2000 to Sydney. Olympic Games to Katoomba, the quaint capital of the Blue Mountains Whale Watching Cruise at Port National Park. Enjoy views over Stephens stunning eucalypt forests and age- Departing from Nelson Bay this is a old rock formations en route. At 2.5 - 3 hour cruise with an excellent Scenic World, join the optional Blue humpback whale sighting rate, Mountain rides - Scenic Railway and bonus dolphin watch, morning or Cableway (included in the Cable afternoon tea, commentary, ocean Car option). Journey 370 m above going cruise including spectacular Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb the valley (at own expense) on Tomaree and Yacaaba headlands Pitt Street, the main shopping Kings Cross. Other hot spots are to the Pacific Ocean. Stop at Manly the Skyway. Next, enter the Grand and the outer Islands of Port street, hosts shopping centers like Potts Point, Sydney CBD, George beach, stroll along the Corso Arch at Jenolan Caves, with their Stephens. Port Stephens enjoys Westfield, Centerpoint, Imperial Street, Oxford Street, Circular Quay and return to Sydney via trendy sparkling limestone caverns and an excellent whale season and Credit: Tourism Australia Tourism Credit: the mysterious Blue Lake and join Arcade, Glasshouse and more. Shop Inner West and the Rocks. Mosman and Neutral Bay. If you Blue Mountains Hinchinbrook Explorer is the at Paddington, Queen Victoria have selected a lunch cruise option, Unique fauna and Whale watching, Port Stephens Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains Building, Rocks, Harbourside you will be dropped off at the pier birds in the Blue and Darling Harbor. Take home to board your vessel. Mountain area a boomerang and aboriginal Things to do and see pendants and bracelets! SYDNEY Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb Sydney Sights, Manly & Northern Go all the way to the top of the NIGHTLIFE Beaches bridge, some 130 m above sea level. Sydney: You can always find a lively View Darling Harbour and Cockle Feel the thrill walking over the performance in one of Sydney’s Bay and cross the Sydney Harbour catwalk to the pylon before setting many theatres. The Sydney Bridge to Milsons Point for out across the arch to the summit. Opera House hosts some of the spectacular views. Enjoy views Enjoy a stunning 360 degrees view biggest names in music, theatre from Seaforth Lookout and stop at of one of the greatest harbours in and comedy. Discover bars, pubs, Arabanoo Lookout for a panoramic the world. You can do this climb at restaurants and night clubs lining view of Manly Headland and beyond day, twilight or night. 8 9 largest whale watch vessel in the cameras to view the marine life at Bay, purpose built for ocean close range (Moonshadow V only). cruises. With two viewing decks Ask for buffet lunch which is served you can rest assure you’re getting on board. the best view of these friendly giants. You will never forget Hunter Valley and Wilderness Day seeing the awesome bulk of a Head North to a wildlife park for Hunter Humpback whale, 15 metres long your morning tea and coffee. Valley Visit Sydney’s Best Attractions WInes and weighing 40 tonnes! Continue to the historic village of Wollombi. At Hunter Valley, learn Sydney Opera House Dolphin Watch Explorer Cruise about wine making and sample Credit: Tourism Australia with a 1 hour Sandboarding Tour. premium Hunter Valley Wines, Enjoy a 1.5 hour cruise with a 99% many of which are not available success rate in dolphin sightings, anywhere else. Enjoy some cheese Enquire morning or afternoon tea, tasting and end with chocolate about events boomnet rides, entertaining and tasting at a boutique chocolate informative commentary and shop. Return to Sydney. at our four scenic harbour cruise including attractions! spectacular Tomaree and Sydney Opera House Tour Yacaaba headlands. Visit one of the busiest performing AND ... Venture onto the Stockton arts centers in the world with new, Bight Sand Dunes by purpose built rich audio-visual components, 4WD to 40 metre high sand dunes where images are projected onto where boards, instruction and the fabric of the building. Your supervision are provided ... your guide will engross you in a story ultimate adventure! to rival any opera plot with its Moonshadow V Supercat, triple dramatic twists and turns. Visit 360 degree viewing decks, at least one of the performance open sundeck, huge boom nets, venues. Some 1,500 performances, waterslide (Moonshadow V only), from opera to circus, rock and licensed bars and underwater cabaret, are staged here each year. 10 Event spaces also available in our Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand attractions.