DAY   TOURS—Pick up at your door.

 

Scenic Drive Valley of the Lakes. Tues 27th July. $75

You’ll love the beautiful countryside around Wivenhoe Dam and the shores of Lake Somerset. Lunch at OUR PLACE in Esk is included today. The well-kept main street in Esk offers plenty of browsing potential with craft shops and antique stores. Our Place is the former grand home of Esk pioneer Lars Andersen, who ran the towns sawmill in the 1800's. Great day out. Bring a friend.

Cherax Park Redclaw Farm—tour&lunch. Mon 2nd Aug. $85

Join us for a fascinating tour—see how they farm these strange little creatures. People come time and time again just for the scrumptious lunch on the verandah of the Family Queenslander. Scenic drive and visit to historic Theebine Hotel.

  <>Mama Mia –Lyric Theatre.  Wed 18 Aug $105 (mat)  Sat 21 Aug $140(mat)

Over 40 million people around the world have fallen in love with  the characters, the story and the  music  that makes MAMA MIA  the ultimate feel good show! A young girl’s funny, sunny tale unfolds on a Greek Island paradise and the story telling magic of Abba’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Come and sing along with us for this fabulous show!

A Day at the Bay  $75  19th Aug. Includes visit to Ormiston House.

Enjoy a scenic drive through Redland Bay area & have lunch at the World’s Most Southerly Traditional British Fish & Chip Shop serving  North Atlantic Cod, Haddock, Plaice and Scampi. We’ll visit Redlands Indigiscapes Centre wandering the native gardens, bush trails and lagoon (We may even spot a koala!) Morning Tea and tour at the beautiful historic Ormiston House also included. 

 

Brisbane Ekka Thurs 12 Aug. $45 (bus only).  10-3 at the Show.

                                                                   

At The Centre of Light -
The Mary MacKillop Story.

$80 – 12^th Night Theatre. Sat 21 August 2pm.   Fabulous Australian Actors bring this story to life. Join Mary MacKillop on her journey from Social Outcast to Saint.

Glasshouse Mountains Snails &
Lunch at Caboolture.

Wed 25th Aug. $85

Join us as we enjoy a scenic drive through the beautiful Hinterland. We’ll travel through Maleny with views of the Glasshouse Mountains and then to the newest tourist attraction—Glasshouse Mountains Snails!!  You’ll love the fascinating tour and the leisurely stroll through the lovely gardens—you can even feed the fish. Then we’ll drive to Caboolture for a delicious lunch and time to play the pokies.

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Brisbane Riverfire.  Sat 4 Sep. $185 

Book early for this year’s Fireworks Spectacular.  Enjoy a buffet dinner with drinks (included) aboard the Lady Brisbane. Leisurely cruise the Brisbane River while enjoying dinner and celebrate the finale  with drinks and fireworks.  Great fun night out for everyone.

                    

Bethany and Lady Flo’s Scones &
Endeavour Bakery.

Wed 8th Sept. $90

Bethany Farm has been the home of the Bjelke-Petersen family for more than 80 years. It's also one of the most famous farms in Australia.  Every year thousands of people come to visit Bethany to see this legendary farm for themselves and enjoy tea and pumpkin scones with the family.  Join us for a wonderful day out and a tour of the Endeavour Workshop Bakery in Kingaroy. Lunch is included today at the beautiful Artist’s Cafe with time to purchase arts and crafts there.
 

 

September Progressive Dinner $80  Thurs 9th September

Wine and cheese at a scenic lookout followed by two course dinner at a local restaurant. Great fun night!

 

Daniel O’Donnell  - Back in Sept. Phone with interest

Door to door pick up for this Brisbane concert of one of our favourites. Join us to sing along with Daniel O’Donnell. Show tickets yet to be released. But phone us to register your interest and we’ll contact you when we have a  price.

                                                                                

Don Quixote – National Ballet of Cuba. Lyric Theatre.

Sat 25 Sep $135 matinee.

 

International ballet sensation, the National Ballet of Cuba, will bring their exuberant and highly individual style of classical ballet to Australia for an exclusive Brisbane season

Choreographed by company founder Alicia Alonso and based on the original by Marius Petipa, this Cuban version of Don Quixote has been acclaimed by critics and audiences world wide. Of special note in this production is the serious and dignified treatment of the title character

Tamborine Mountain Spring Open Gardens.
Fri 1st Oct.  $85. Morning tea, lunch & 3  beautiful gardens.

 

Andre Rieu—Back again in 2010. $250

Brisbane Entertainment Centre. 26 Oct.  $250 Gold tickets. Sect 43A on the flat .

17A  on the side.   Johann Strauss Tour. Be  swept away with the magic once again!

Cabaret The Musical – 12^th Night Theatre. $85  Sat 6^th Nov, 1.30pm

Come sing along – you’ll know all the songs of this fantastic show!  Cabaret is set in the tumultuous city of Berlin just before Hitler's rise to power. The main action of the play revolves around a cabaret performer, Sally Bowles, and the brief affair she has with an American writer who takes her in after she is kicked out of the Kit Kat Club where she performs. Enjoy the show in a small intimate theatre setting.

 

Sir James Galway. Sun 7th Nov. 5pm. $170. “Man with the Golden Flute”

Englebert Humperdink in Concert.  Tues 9 Nov. $165. Concert Hall. Four decades since his debut on the world's stage, Engelbert Humperdink has sold a staggering 150 million albums worldwide (including 64 Gold and 24 Platinum) and even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! With numerous hits to his name, such as Release Me, After the Lovin', The Last Waltz and Am I That Easy To Forget, he was the only artist who kept The Beatles from the top of the charts at the height of their fame. His inimitable three-and-a-half octave range and ultra smooth onstage charisma has won over fans of every generation, all over the globe.

                 

West Side Story. Wed 17th Nov. Matinee $110. Sat 20th Nov matinee  $145. Lyric Theatre. SOLD OUT in London, Paris, Tokyo and Beijing, the international smash hit West Side Story arrives in Brisbane in November 2010 for a STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON at QPAC Lyric Theatre.  With groundbreaking choreography by the legendary Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, an unforgettable score by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story changed the face of musical theatre for ever. Based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and packed with unforgettable songs including Maria, Tonight, Somewhere, America and I Feel Pretty, West Side Story has been described as "a masterpiece of musical theatre" (The Daily Mail) and "a musical landmark" (The Guardian). The movie version went on to win an incredible 10 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and further cemented the reputation of this undoubted masterpiece.

Wicked the Musical. Lyric Theatre. Wed 2 March. $106 matinee. Sat 12 Feb $150 matinee.   <>Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years

Michael Buble in Concert.  Fri 11 Feb 2011. 8pm $190. Crazy Love Tour. Bris.Entertainment Centre. Australia’s love affair with MICHAEL BUBLÉ is continuing, with Dainty Consolidated Entertainment thrilled to announce that his Crazy Love tour is coming to Australia.The Canadian superstar – who The Australian newspaper called “the best in the business” – will be here in February 2011.MICHAEL BUBLÉ is a blockbuster act, closing in on two million album sales in Australia. His worldwide sales stand at 25 million.  Australia gave Michael his first number one album anywhere in the world when his 2003 self-titled set hit top spot in May 2004. That album is now seven times platinum. The 2005 follow-up, It’s Time, is five times platinum, as is Michael’s 2007 album, Call Me Irresponsible.

 

Kimberley Adventure. Aug 23.  12 days.
$7,499 Single $1035

Enjoy the wonder of Broome, Fitzroy Crossing, cruise through Geikie Gorge, Bungle Bungle Ranges, Halls Creek, Kunnanurra, cruise the Ord River to Lake Argyle, El Questro Wilderness Park, Wyndham, Home Valley Station where scenes from the movie “Australia” were filmed, King Leopold Conservation Park, Mt Hart Wilderness Lodge. Take an optional scenic flight over Bungle Bungles. Tour with the local experts in a 27 seat 4WD Bus through this

magnificent country. Includes airport transfers, return flights to Broome where we spend 3 nights, an 8 Day 4WD Tour, ALL MEALS and INSURANCE!  This is truly a mind-blowing tour and we’d love you to join us. Based on 15 passengers. If we reach 20 passengers, tour price drops by $500. If we have between 10-15 passengers, tour price increases by $500. Capped at 25  passengers! We have 20 people interested so far and the tour will fill fast! So be quick!

 

Daniel O’Donnell—Gold Coast Overnight Tour. 14th Sept

Well can you believe it’s been two years since we last enjoyed this wonderful performer? Join us at the Arts Centre on the Gold Coast for his wonderful concert and then overnight at the Australis Sovereign Hotel in Surfers Paradise with dinner and breakfast. Be quick for this one. Always sells fast. Price tba.

Offering Door to door pick ups,  Flights to Canberra and bus travel home.

Enjoy an afternoon at Canberra’s World Famous Floriade,  Bowral’s beautiful tulip gardens,  Blue Mountains and the National Trust Property “Everglades”.  Then on to Mudgee, Historic Gulgong and Narrabri. Surprise in store for dinner tonight! Home through Goodinwindi where we’ll have a tour of Goondiwindi Cotton. Great short getaway. Bring a friend or come and meet some new ones. Dinner and breakfast included each day as usual.  BOOK BY AUGUST 1st.

 

Carnarvon Gorge. 
27th  Sept. 4 days $840 pp. Single $100

At last an affordable Carnarvon Gorge Tour option!! Staying 2 nights at an Injune Motel, full day guided tour of the stunning gorge,  Nuga Nuga lagoon, Arcadia Valley and much more. Put on your walking shoes and bring your binoculars.  This tour is restricted to 14 passengers so be quick! Wildlife lovers will adore this tour.  Carnarvon Gorge is a spectacular gorge system with towering white cliffs and lush side gorges.  Witness Eucalypt and cabbage palm forests,  mossy gorges and  over 170 species of birds, whip-tale wallabies (maybe platypus).  2 lunches included!!

 

3 day Tour to Tangalooma.  
5th Oct. 3 days. 
$789.  single Supplement $140

Value for money tour! Includes return launch fares to the Island, two nights accommodation at the fabulous Tangalooma Resort, 2 Breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners, dolphin feeding, pelican feeding demonstration & fabulous Whale Watch Cruise with light lunch. The highlight of any stay is the opportunity to interact closely with nature. Each evening the Tangalooma Dolphins eagerly swim up to the beach, adjacent to the well-lit jetty, where they are hand fed fresh fish by our Marine biologists, their staff and Resort guests. Whether you are feeding the Dolphins or simply watching from the jetty stadium, the experience is unforgettable. Come and join us for this unforgettable three days away. Great break. Bring a friend or come and meet new ones.

 

 

BEN HUR 

THE STADIUM SPECTACULAR - SYDNEY

2 day tour

Friday 22 Oct

$750 per person twin share. Single Supp. $ 95

BEN HUR - The Stadium Spectacular will be the biggest theatrical event ever seen in Australia. Direct from Europe, this world tour premiere brings to life the classic tale made famous by the eleven time Academy Award winning 1959 Hollywood movie 'Ben Hur' starring Charlton Heston.

BEN HUR - The Stadium Spectacular combines the scale of the Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony with the drama of the slave who dared defy the Roman Empire.

The monumental $15 million stadium adaptation has been crafted by renowned French director Robert Hossein and produced by STADEFRANCE Live Events. The performance features a live chariot race with 32 horses, a giant Roman galleon and a grand stage which will transform ANZ Stadium into the biggest Roman amphitheatre ever seen. Now, this stadium-sized, once in a lifetime entertainment extravaganza comes exclusively to Sydney for two nights only.

 

Tour includes:

Return transfers from your door and Maroochy Airport

Return transfers Sydney airport and our Sydney Hotel.

One night in the beautiful Holiday Inn Darling Harbour with breakfast.

Return transfers from our Hotel to Sydney’s ANZ Stadium for the show.

One GOLD ticket to Ben Hur Stadium Spectacular Fri 22^nd Oct 8pm. (undercover seating is NOT guaranteed in this OUTDOOR event)

Free time in Darling Harbour Friday and Saturday.

Return flights Maroochydore Sydney

Prices for airfares may rise so be quick!

Kidman Way  - and Cherry Time.
Sun 28th Nov. 7 days.

Price $1950. single supp. $280.
Call today for an itinerary for this great trip.

    

 Join us as we travel the Kidman Way, named after the famous Sir Sydney Kidman.  Includes flights to Canberra, visits to Wagga Wagga, Young (for cherry picking), Griffith, Jerilderie, Cobar and Bourke, St George, Cunnamulla and Dalby.  Kidman saved money, bought a bullock team, opened a butcher shop and store at Cobar copper rush. In his mid 20’s when he acquired a share of Broken Hill Proprietary Mine for 10 bullocks!  He built a vast network of connected stations from the Gulf of Carpentaria down into Sth Aust near the Flinders Ranges.  An amazing man and an amazing journey. Won’t you join us?

 

Christmas Tour In Wollongong!  
Mon 20th Dec 7 days.

$2,699 pp twin share. Single $312. OR $2,429 without hot air balloon.

Join us for our fun and friendly Christmas Tour. Christmas lunch with all the trimmings, presents under the tree and loads of fun tours and activities.  Don’t sit home alone this Christmas—or maybe you’d like to escape the

family this year. Either way, you’re welcome to spend Christmas with us.

 

Include flights to Canberra, 2 nights Canberra with visits to Cockington Green, Magnificent Hot Air Balloon ride (weather permitting), Lake Burley Griffin cruise, tour to Tidbinbilla, Lanyan Homestead and Deep Space Centre. 2 nights Merimbula. Enjoy a guided tour in Cooma, Bega Cheese, Bombala Platypus

Centre, Eden Whale Museum and Aquarium and Merinda Cruise in Bateman’s Bay. 2 nights in Wollongong with scenic drives to Shell Harbour & Kiama. Flights home from Sydney on Boxing Day—very busy travel day. So no last

minute bookings for this Christmas Tour. Book early and secure your seat today!

Australian Open Tennis in Melbourne.  
Tues 25th Jan.

5 days Price tba

Join us for an action packed 5 days in Melbourne.  Includes return flights from Sunshine Coast to Melbourne, 4 nights accommodation All Seasons Victoria Hotel in Melbourne’s CBD with breakfast, 3 sessions of night tennis, Day Tour, Ticket to a show at a Melbourne Theatre and plenty of free time for sightseeing or shopping.  This is a great fun tour. Bring a friends or come along with us and meet some new ones. Mark your diary for this one and call us today for an itinerary.

 

Flinders Is. & King Is.  Feb 2011. 7 days. Approx.  $4,350

After many requests, here’s a tour to Flinders Island AND King Island. Included: return airfares from Brisbane (or Sunshine Coast) to Melbourne, Morabbin to Flinders Island, Flinders to King Island, and King Island to Melbourne.  3 nights accommodation on King Island AND Flinders Island.  2 full days touring on each island, half day penguin tour on King Island & museum entry. WOW! Great value. Join us on this beautiful unspoiled island off the North-west tip of Tasmania. Marvel at the rocky coastline and wonderful beaches including Penguin Rookery where we’ll enjoy viewing fairy penguins. Famous for its culinary and gourmet delights,  King Island brings us grass fed beef, succulent seafood and a vast range of dairy products. We’ll visit a Wind Farm, rugged coastlines and shipwrecks, lighthouses, boat harbours,  a kelp  processing plant, milk and cheese factories. Flinders Island abounds with spectacular flora and fauna, is home to the Strezlecki National Park and the historic Wybelenna Aboriginal Site. Much of the island is as it was when Matthew Flinders first set eyes on it. What a wonderfully different place to visit! SINGLE $350

 

 

OVERSEAS TOURS

Cruise the Hawaiian Islands. 
May 7, 2010. 13 days

Cruise Hawai'i your way. Experience paradise— Island by island. Relax and enjoy the view from your own balcony stateroom.  We fly to Honolulu and board our Norwegian Cruise Liner for a 7 day cruise around the Islands. Visit Maui, Hilo and Kona on the Big Island, Kauai and back to Honolulu. Here we’ll spend another three nights. There are plenty of optional extra shore excursions to choose from once you’re on board ship. These include Volcanoes National Park, Kailua Glass Bottom Boat Tour, Halemaumau Fire Pit, Jaggar Museum, Thurston Lava Tubes, Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Factory.  Back in Honolula we’ll tour Pearl Harbour or do a round the island tour, enjoy a cultural farewell dinner and much more.  Includes return airfares Brisbane/Honolulu and door to door transfers as usual.

 

Price $5,395 per person twin share inside cabin.     
Single supp $2,050.
$5,995 per person twin share balcony cabin. 
Single supp $2,590

 

New Zealand. 10 Nov. 16 days.
Both islands. $5550 (10 passengers)

New Zealand's spectacularly beautiful landscape includes vast mountain chains, steaming volcanoes, sweeping coastlines, deeply indented fiords and lush rainforests.  Join us as we fly to Christchurch, visit Fox Glacier, Queenstown, Wanaka, Milford Sound, Invercargill and Dunedin, Mt. Cook, Lake Tekapo and the Cantebury Plains, Christchurch, Kaikoura and Picton.  And that’s just the South Island.  We sail to Wellington, visit Napier, Rotorua, have a traditional Maori Feast, visit Waitoma Caves, Bay of Islands and Auckland.  Wow! What a fantastic trip. And you could be part of it. Phone today for your itinerary for this fabulous tour in November. Tour includes door to door pick ups as usual, return airfares to Christchurch and from Auckland, fully escorted tour with one of the Sinclair Family, 16 day tour of both islands with breakfast and dinner each day,  travel bag and much more. You are looked after from the moment we pick you up from your home! Come and travel with us and see what personalised service is all about.  Single $950

 

Norfolk Island Foundation Day Tour.
Sat 5th March 2011.

8 days. Price $2899.

This trip was so successful last month, we’re running it again. Join us as we witness stunning scenery, fascinating convict history and fun tours.  The highlight of the tour will be FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS—champagne, lunch and tour to witness the re-enactment of the arrival of Lt. King with 22 people to form the first settlement. Be the only convicts ever to be waited on by the commandant and his team of redcoats and wenches. Included will be door to door airport transfers from your home,  return airfares to Norfolk Island, dinner and breakfast every day, 7 nights accommodation at the Colonial Resort, plenty of tours including Half Day Island Tour, Progressive Dinner, Island fish Fry, Convict Settlement tour, Culla & Co’s Horse and Buggy Ride,  Night as a Convict tour, Mutiny on the Bounty Show, Sound and Light Show, Beachside BBQ dinner, Round the Island tour by boat AND Breakfast Bush Walk tour . We’ll dine at the Hotel and at some of the island’s most beautiful restaurants. We know you’ll have a ball. No single supp if you book a smaller single economy room. 

Price to be advised.
Includes return airfares Brisbane - Singapore - 7 day cruise Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Min City, Rendang Island - 3 nights Singapore.