Phone Support: 617-354-2101
Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 24hrs, EST(excluding holidays)
Tour Code: 445-769
Our Price: from $211.45 (per person, based on double occupancy)
Available: Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat
Depart from: Perth,
| Highlights: Discover the unique township of New Norcia, one of Australia's Benedictine Abbeys still inhabited and worked by the monks today. Walk amongst the eerie Pinnacles in the Nambung National Park, experience the white sand and blue waters of Cervantes, understand a wildflower farm and see clean green electricity - a day of contrasts. |
Day 1 :
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HIGHLIGHTS:- Guildford - history and charm
- The Swan Valley - colonial towns, crafts and Western Australia's first wine growing region
- Tour the township of New Norcia - Australia's only monastic town
- View the many buildings that document the orders history in Australia since 1846
- The Abbey Church
- St Gertrude's Church
- Visit the museum and art gallery (own expense)
- Inspect the walls of hand made bricks
- Visit the local produce shop with opportunity to purchase
- Enjoy a guided tour of the Western Wildflower Farm - owned by Rhonda Tonkin, Rural Woman of the Year in 2001 and her husband
- Observe flowers being prepared for export and understand how a little lateral thinking has added to the value of a traditional farm
- Enjoy a picnic lunch under the drying racks of the wildflower farm
- Pass the Emu Downs Wind Farm at Badgingarra
- View the 48 wind turbines (68 metres high) effortlessly producing clean electricity to power some 50,000 homes per year
- At Cervantes dip your toe in the Indian Ocean
- Take a walk on the pristine white sand beach at Thirsty Point
- Witness the remarkable colours of Ronsard Bay
- Nambung National Park - home of the amazing Pinnacles
- Take a guided walk through the Pinnacles desert limestone pillars created by the forces of nature
- Explore up close these amazing limestone formations
- During the wildflower season, roadside stops will be made to view native wildflowers.
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Departure and Return Details
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Inclusions:
- Roundtrip Hotel Transfers for Select Hotels
- Admissions to national park
- Wildflower Farm tour
- Picnic lunch