Broken Hill and Dubbo Zoo Tour

Key: FB — Full Breakfast, CB – Continental Breakfast, M/T – Morning Tea, L – Lunch, D – Dinner

Package Includes:

3+ Star Accommodation:  1 night Tamworth,  1 night Gulgong , 2 nights Dubbo  (including overnight at Western Plains Zoo), 1 + 2 nights Cobar , 6 nights Broken Hill,  1 night at White Cliffs Underground Motel, 1 night Coonabarabran and  1 night Moree.
All breakfasts, 12 x Lunches,11 x Dinners, 6 x M/Tea, 1 x Afternoon Tea .
Entry into all events listed .
Local Tour Guides
One night at Dubbo Zoo
Broken Hill – Silverton and a tour at the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
A visit to the White Cliffs – campus for its opal fields, underground living, colonial heritage and striking desert landscapes.
The Palace Hotel.
Sawn Rocks National Park – One of Australia’s best examples of a rock formation called ‘organ-piping’.
A relaxing and therapeutic dip in the Artesian Spring pool in Moree.

Day 1
Thursday 11 May
Travel: Grafton to Tamworth
Accommodation: Tamworth Golden Guitar Motor Inn – 4 Star (M/T, L) (1 night).

Depart at 7 am from Library, Pound Street, Grafton.
We will enjoy a delicious morning tea at Ebor Hotel provided by Chris & Annie  McLean.
Ebor Falls.
Followed by a visit to ‘Thunderbolt’s grave & lunch at Uralla McCrossins Mill Museum—Thunderbolts life with a local tour guide.

Day 2
Friday 12 May
Travel: Tamworth to Gulgong.
Accommodation:  Gulgong Motor Inn/Goldfields Motor Inn – 3 Star (FB, L, D) (1 night).

 A visit to Wallabadah 1st Fleet Memorial Park.
Lunch at Merriwa. Silo Art in the background—great group photo  opportunity.
This afternoon we step back in time at Gulgong’s ‘Gold Experience’. A private Prince of Wales Theatre Dinner and Show

Day 3
Saturday 13 May
Travel: Gulgong to Dubbo .
Accommodation: Dubbo RSL Club Motel – 4 Star (CB, D) (1 night).

A private tour of Gulgong Holteman Museum.
After that, free time to explore Gulgong CBD.
Dunedoo silo art.
Old  Dubbo Gaol.
Our accommodation is  only 650m from the Old Dubbo Gaol and shopping centre. Plus, across the road  from the Dubbo RSL Club for our group Dinner.

Day 4
Sunday 14 May
Accommodation: Dubbo Zoo – 3 Star (FB, M/T, D) (1 night)

Dubbo Zoo.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo. Our coach will provide a ‘Hop on, Hop off ‘mode of exploring the zoo. The Coach will drive from one animal encounter to another with ‘Friends of the Animals’ tour person. On arrival, enjoy free time to settle into your Zoofari Lodge, a unique accommodation setting overlooking the African Savannah. Zoofari Lodge consists of 15 African-style tented lodges (10 Animal Views, 5 Bushland Views) located close to the main house, where you will find a fully licensed restaurant, bar & lounge room. OR the Stylish & spacious Savannah Cabins with an outlook across natural grasslands. Each cabin features 2 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. Set 400 metres from the main house.
Highlights of our overnight stay at the zoo: Afternoon Safari Tour – see an array of African animals, including exclusive behind-the-scenes areas. Including hand feeding Giraffes.
African-style canapes, banquet dinner & dessert.

Day 5
Monday 15th May
Travel: Dubbo Zoo to Cobar.
Accommodation: Cobar Town & Country Motor Inn – 4 Star (FB, L, D) (1 night).

6.55am – Our Early Morning Safari behind-the-scenes at Dubbo Zoo. An African-inspired buffet breakfast awaits you on your return to the main house.
Travel west to explore Trangie & to see the Big Billy at the Goan water hole.
 Nyngan Big Bogan Statue and Cobb & Co  History Board.

Day 6
Tuesday 16 May
Travel: Cobar to Broken Hill (stay 6 Nights).
Accommodation: Old Willyama Motor Inn – 4 Star (FB, L, D) (night 1 of 6).

After a short walk on the Wilcannia Bridge, we will enjoy a Chinese banquet-style lunch with four people at a table at the M & J Kitchen Restaurant at Wilcannia Golf Club.
Orientation tour of Broken Hill.

Day 7
Wednesday 17 May
Accommodation: Old Willyama Motor Inn – 4 Star (FB, D) (night 2 of 6)

Broken Hill  City Sights Tour with ‘Jump on Board’ local guide, Irving Blundell.
Line of Lode Miners’  Memorial. Visit the 1915 Battle of  Broken Hill Replica ice cream cart + more.
Free time at the  Westside Plaza Shopping Centre.
We complete our day with a Heritage Tour and Dinner at The Palace Hotel. Famous from the 1994 film “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” & its grandiose murals which adorn its interiors.

Day 8
Thursday 18 May
Accommodation: Old Willyama Motor Inn – 4 Star (FB, L) (night 3 of 6).

Lake Menindee Day Tour – Accompanied by local guide Irving Blundell. We visit Cappy Hollow Lookout.
Enjoy our one hour aboard the ‘River Lady’, Darling River and Menindee Lakes cruise.
Lunch at the 1853 Historic Maiden’s Hotel (the 2nd oldest hotel in continuous operation in NSW.  Maiden’s features a display of artwork by renowned area artists and photographs depicting the building of the Menindee Lakes Scheme.
Free time this evening. Dinner at leisure.

Day 9
Friday 19 May
Accommodation: Old Willyama Motor Inn – 4 Star (FB, L) (night 4 of 6).

Day at Silverton:  Silverton Education Museum – participation ‘School experience lesson’. - Gaol & Historical Museum - Mad MAX 2 Museum - Art Galleries(own Expenses) - Silverton Hotel - Mundi Mundi.
Lookout  Umberumberka Creek Dam.
Free time this evening. Dinner at own leisure.

Day 10
Saturday 20 May
Accommodation: Old Willyama Motor Inn – 4 Star (FB, M/T) (night 5 of 6).

Broken Hill Day Dream Mine Tour: Private Surface and Underground Tours. M/Tea—Scones & Creme.
Free time at Westside Plaza.
The Silver City Mint and Art Centre featuring  Andos The Big Picture— Broken Hill’s no. 1 tourist attraction!
Sunset at The Living Desert and Sculptures.
Free time this evening. Dinner at leisure.

Day 11
Sunday 21 May
Accommodation: Old Willyama Motor Inn – 4 Star (FB, L, D) (night 6 of 6).

Broken Hill  free time to mid-morning.
Today is our last day exploring Broken Hill, with its colonial history dating back to the 1880s.
We partake in a private tour of the Sulphide Street Railway  & Historical Museum.
Lunch at  Bells 1950s Milk Bar -a Broken Hill  icon.
This afternoon a private guided  tour for an unforgettable experience  at the Royal Flying Doctors – the first  Flying Doctor flight and the foundations that became one of the most innovative aeromedical organisations in the world.

Day 12
Monday 22 May
Travel: Broken Hill to White Cliffs.
Accommodation: White Cliffs Underground Motel (FB, M/T, L, D) (1 night).

We bid farewell to the historical Broken Hill & make our way east to Wilcannia Park for M/Tea.
Then we travel north West to enjoy lunch at White Cliffs Outback Store. This afternoon, local guide Rob will provide an in-depth history of White Cliffs with a tour of a  private dug-out house with artwork  & spectacular views.
Time is  allocated to visit Opal shops.
NB: Our accommodation at the White Cliffs Underground Motel is 1 of the most unique properties & has shared bathroom facilities to the front of the property; there are no private ensuites.
Opportunity to view the sunset over the top of Smiths Hill from the rooftop.
Dinner onsight.

Day 13
Tuesday 23rd May
Travel: White Cliffs  to Cobar
Accommodation: Cobar Town and Country Motel – 4 Star (FB, L, D) (night 1 of 2)

 Experience an Underground Opal Mine Tour, Home to the pineapple opal.  Followed by an early lunch at Red Earth Opal Coffee house before we make our way to Cobar for two nights.

Day 14
Wednesday 24 May
Accommodation: Cobar Town and Country Motel – 4 Star (FB) (night 2 of 2)

Cobar half-day free time.
The Great Cobar Museum.
Cobar Guided bus tour: Fort Bourke Hill Lookout

Day 15
Thursday 25 May
Travel: Cobar to Coonabarabran.
Accommodation:  Country Gardens Motel Coonabarabran – 3 Star (FB, M/T, L, D) (1 night).

Nevertire Art Silo.
Travel through Warren to enjoy lunch at Gilgandra’s Royal Hotel (Built 1892).
At Tooraweena, we stand on the viewing platform to  see Brett Garling’s Returned Soldier  Sculpture.
Coonabarabran Tourist Centre.

Day 16
Friday 26 May
Accommodation: Moree Artesian Spa Motel – 3.5 Star (FB, L, D) (1 night)

 A Visit to The Crystal Kingdom Mineral Museum & the Crystal Shop (Coonabarabran) – This exhibit contains some of the world’s rarest & most colourful zeolite crystals & rare fossils.
Free time in Coonabarabran CBD.
Demonstration & lunch at Pilliga Pottery  and Barkala Farm.
 Sawn Rocks to view the 40m towering  wall of pentagonal basalt pipes.
Fairwell dinner at Artesian Spa Motel, Moree with an opportunity for a relaxing & therapeutic SPA – choice of 3 Artesian Spas.

Day 17
Saturday 27 May
Travel: Moree to Grafton

 Maybe another soak in the Artesian Spa.
Homeward bound.
A 30-minute stop at  Inverell.
We continue to Tingha’s  Green Valley Farm, ‘The Bush Oasis,’  where you will be pleasantly surprised with all that it has to offer.
Enjoy lunch, the museum, private zoo, gardens and much more at Green Valley Farm.
Glen Innes Standing Stones .
5.15 pm arrive at South Grafton Bus Interchange.
5.30 pm arrive at Grafton Library.

NB: Tour itinerary may be subject to change.