South-East Australia - See It, or Bowl It - With Stonestreets!

Fancy a 3 day / 2 night luxury cruise exploring the spectacular waterways of Sydney Harbour, a drive along the magnificent Great Ocean Road or a twilight game of bowls with the locals in the Outback opal mining town of Lightning Ridge?

For grand touring, South East Australia is packed full of terrific sights, making many exciting possibilities for trips up to several weeks and more. The distances aren’t scary either, S-E Oz is kind of bordered by a line from Brisbane to Adelaide for which the direct distance is ‘only’ 1600 kms and this happens to be much the same as NZ Tip to Toe!

For the Spring of 2011, Stonestreets offer a number of great tours for both travelers and the lawn-bowls fraternity.

Grand Touring with Stonestreets Tours

For pure sightseeing, our South East Circle grand tour this Spring is the ultimate road trip, taking in an awesome collage of Australia’s top sights and comprising 6 one week smaller tours:

1. The East Coast: Brisbane / Gold Coast to Sydney featuring the Coff’s Coast, Barrington Tops and a gorgeous 3 day / 2 night Captain Cook Harbour Cruise;

2. The South-East Coast: Sydney to Melbourne following the South Coast including Batemans Bay, Merimbula, Bega and Phillip Island’s popular Penguin Parade;

3. The Shipwreck Coast: Melbourne to Adelaide via the famed Great Ocean Road, Mt Gambier’s stunning Blue Lake and the Coonawarra Vineyards (only available with at least 2 other sections);

4. The Island Coast: Barossa Valley’s gourmet-land teamed up with the wilderness and wildlife haven of Kangaroo Island;

5. The Peninsula Coast: South Australia’s classic touring destinations of Yorke Peninsula, Eyre Peninsula and Great Australia Bight coastline;

6. The Rugged Outback: discover the inspiring Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Pound, Arkaroola Sanctuary’s amazing landscapes and take the remote Strezlecki Track into Queensland and ultimately back to Brisbane.  

Each week is priced between AUD$1699 and $2199. Tours can be combined in any number with the entire Grand Tour of 44 days costing AUD$9799. Prices include touring, double/twin share quality hotels and motels, attractions and nearly all meals.

Stonestreets Bowling Tours

Asia-Pacific Championships, Adelaide, December 2011

For those who like to play while they’re away, Stonestreets are coming to the Greens with a series of new tours, travelling to and/or from major events in Adelaide and Melbourne over 2011 and 2012. Led by our well-travelled bowls enthusiast Leigh Clayton, these tours combine sightseeing with friendly matches versus the locals at leading country bowls clubs along the way. This year’s tours are:

1. ‘Jack High’ Tour: 29 Nov to 12 Dec 2011.
Starting in Brisbane or the Gold Coast with 9 days of touring then 5 days in Adelaide for the finals, staying at the Hilton Hotel. The route includes NSW North Coast, Tablelands, Warrumbungle Mountains, Cowra’s Japanese Gardens, Echuca on the Murray River, Victorian Goldfields, Great Ocean Road, Mt Gambier’s Blue Lake, Coonawarra and Adelaide Hills. Tour ends in Adelaide.

2. ‘Trailing the Jack’ Tour: 7 to 20 Dec 2011.
This tour starts with 5 days in Adelaide for the finals staying at the Hilton Hotel then 9 days of touring. The route includes the Barossa and Clare Valleys’ vineyards, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, Broken Hill, Menindee Lakes, Bourke, Lightning Ridge and ends in Brisbane.

Both tours are priced from AUD$2799 including touring, accommodation, attractions and nearly all meals for the 9 days of touring. Full itineraries are now available on Stonestreets website.

For 2012 a series of further tours are planned between Brisbane and the Australian Championships in Darebin Melbourne (19-25 February) and between Brisbane and the World Championships in Adelaide (December).

Australia Coach Charters

Clubs and groups are also welcome to discuss their Australia travel plans with us.

Stonestreets Coaches is proudly family owned and operated – and one of Queensland’s leading coach companies.

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Published 1st Jul 2011

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