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motel in a landscaped garden setting. the Great Ocean Road, Lakes Entrance art galleries, homegrown fashion and a ‘The Laneway’ is a dedicated zone of
They have a 6-day, 5 night package & Melbourne. All tours include a packed sports calendar, it’s no surprise cultural activity for the community
including all admissions & lunches, chef cooked breakfast, morning & afternoon Victoria’s capital is regarded the world’s to enjoy. Sample delicious foods, see
prepared meals, clean & spacious rooms teas, evening meals and free pickups most liveable city. local artists from street and conceptual
with FoxTV, DVD player, all located on from Albury Station. Email them at The centre of Melbourne is threaded artists display their talents, to local
the ground floor + first class coach with tallangattamotorinn@gmail.com or call with cobbled laneways, which have bands and buskers who fill the area with
meals included as well! On 5 acres of 1800 816 746. become a mecca for coffee shops, cafés movement and sound. The Laneway will
tropical paradise in Nambucca Heads, Phillip Island in Victoria is a short and unique shopping boutiques. Start embrace all Brunswick has to offer and
go to http://destinymotorinn.com.au/ drive from Melbourne, but a million at Flinders Street Station, wander down add a rich layer to the vibrant quarter,
Also located in the beautiful miles away from its chaos. Famous for its Degraves Street, and explore the city’s well worth a visit http://barklysquare.
Nambucca Valley, the Midcoast Motor Motorbike Races and Surf, Phillip Island beautiful arcades and street art around com.au/
Inn is the perfect place to stay for those is also home to natural attractions on every corner - including from England- Tasmania is a superb holiday
looking for a quiet getaway or those land and Phillip Island Chocolate factory based graffiti artist Banksy. Head down destination, a separate identity
just passing through. Offering clean, is a must for any visitor to this Island, Collins Street to visit the exquisite with great food, wines and whiskey
comfortable rooms close to all facilities, Groups, Retirees, families and singles Block Arcade then get your caffeine hit distilleries. It is one of the top ten
beaches, bush and tourist attractions. are invited to see unique chocolates at pocket-sized Brother Baba Budan or must-do destinations in the world,
Although to fully appreciate all that only made here, White Truffles. You can Patricia, both on Little Bourke Street. with the cleanest air, the purest sea
Nambucca Valley has to offer, you really order, and they will find what you need Laneways aren’t limited to the CBD, and forests of grandeur. The Royal
need to stay here for a while; whether while you enjoy a coffee in this delicious just 4km’s north of the city in Brunswick Tasmanian Botanical Gardens should
your interest is fishing (ocean, rock, funhouse. Watch Chocolatier’s work is the fabulous Barkly Square which has be on every visitor to Tasmania list.200
river), boating, walking, swimming, their scrumptious creations. Eat Choc created a Visual Musical Arts Precinct. years in the making, the Gardens
golf, 4WD driving or simply soaking while you learn. School groups and
up the relaxed lifestyle of a coastal private showings. Take home a gift for View of the coastline at Nobbies Centre in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
community, Midcoast Motor Inn will a loved one - at Phillip Island road-go to
find something to keep you busy. http:// https://phillipislandchocolatefactory.
www.midcoastmotorinn.com.au/ com.au/ for more info.
Phillip Island has everything
Victoria including Penguins and Fur Seals, Wild
Another favourite of those who love Ocean Boats can take you to see them
Australian tours is the Great Australian in adventurous speed. Sleek high-speed
Goldrush Region and surrounding boats wiz you to one of Australia’s
areas, filled with history and beauty, largest colonies of Fur Seals. Watch
Lakes and Valleys of green and Gold. these fun-loving inquisitive mammals
Tallangatta Motor Inn can take you interact up close on a 90-minute boat
through the North East of Victoria like ridealong Phillip Islands magnificent
nobody else. Experts in the region coastline. Explore nooks and coves
they have a Best of the Region Tour hidden on this exciting tour of the wave
for only $795, White Christmas in July region, go to www.penguins.org.au
for $795 & Great Ocean Road, Lakes If you are in Phillip Island it would be
Entrance, Melbourne Experience each silly not to head into Melbourne; with
tour $875. They do tours to Canberra, a combination of world-class dining,

WHERE YOU WILL GO...

• Australia - Tasmania, Queensland
and more
• Europe - Switzerland, Scandinavia,
Spain, Germany and more
• UK and Scotland
• Japan, Vietnam, Burma, Java
• Sri Lanka and India
WHY TRAVEL WITH US?

• Small groups
• Fully escorted and expert local guides
• Well-crafted itineraries, authentic
experiences
• First-class hotels and restaurants
• All breakfasts, lots of lunches and
many dinners included
• Private charters, exclusive excursions,
unique heritage transport experiences

This tour is operated by Platinum Travel Corp in association with Scott McGregor’s Railway Adventures. ATAS Accreditation No: A10597
A Rail Travel Romantic series of Railway Adventure travel programs for Channel 7
was a career highlight”, he says with as much enthusiasm
now as he had then.
“Rustic, character-filled, zig-zagging railways of Burma, In 2012 Scott decided to combine three of his passions;
opulent hotels on wheels in India and Sri Lanka, steam travel, trains and presenting, and launched Railway
heritage trains in some of the most staggeringly scenic parts Adventures. Not only does he get to expand his own
of the world, dinky little rail-cars in outback Queensland, horizons and indulge his love of train travel, he gets to use
bullet trains in Japan, cliff-hugging lines in Switzerland and his extensive hosting experience and love of people to lead
Norway—if it travels on a rail track, I’m there!”, exclaims self- other like-minded travellers on tours around the world by
confessed train travel tragic, Scott McGregor. “In my mind, rail. Since then, Railway Adventures has mounted more than
travelling by rail is still the most wonderful way to immerse 50 tours from Sweden to Sri Lanka, Tasmania to Transylvania,
yourself in the country you’re visiting. It’s romantic, relaxing Britain to Burma and Venice to Vietnam, thrilling over 900
and about as much fun as you can have!”. travellers. New tours are launched regularly, inspired by new
A child of the last days of steam trains in the busy junction trains, new routes and the growing interest in taking a train
town of Orange in NSW, the notion of jumping on a train and to some of the world’s most fascinating places. But you
going somewhere left an indelible impression and Scott has don’t have to be a train ‘nut’ to enjoy a Railway Adventures Aussie outback adventure. The sleeper train, The Spirit of
been riding the rails in one form or another ever since. While tour – there’s something for everyone! the Outback, the Savannahlander and the Gulflander (which
Scott’s acting career of 30 years kept him busy starring in Just one example of how Scott finds inspiration for a has been running on the same timetable for more than
numerous TV shows and stage plays and then as an on-air tour can be found in Outback Queensland. “There you find 125 years!) are all celebrated and iconic trains that traverse
presenter on programs such as Better Homes and Gardens, some of Australia’s most eccentric and appealing trains and various parts of the wild outback, Savannah and tropical
Room for Improvement and various Pay-TV programs, his together with a mail-plane flight and some interesting local rainforest landscapes of the vast state of Queensland. And
passion for train travel was ever-present. “Presenting a coach and boat trips you have the essence of a quintessential Railway Adventures travellers get to do it all!

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