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Fraser and Coral Coast Capers

Queensland

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Tour summary

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Unpack once at our waterfront hotel in stunning Hervey Bay to discover whales, wilderness and much more. We’ll see these majestic creatures up close on a whale watching cruise, take a 4WD adventure on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island, taste Bundaberg’s famous rum at the distillery, ride the historic Mary Valley Rattler and visit the informative Hinkler Hall of Aviation as we delve into all this region has to offer.

Departure location:
Brisbane Coach Terminal
Return location:
Brisbane Coach Terminal
Tour duration:
6
days
Physical rating:
2 - Moderate
Departure dates:

9 July 2024 27 August 2024

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Coach classes:
Gold
Gold
Tour accreditations:
Tour experiences:

15 Meals Included 4 Eco Experiences 4 Cultural & Heritage Experiences

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Fraser and Coral Coast Capers

Tour pricing

Twin Share
Gold
Gold
$
2990
pp
Sole Use
Gold
Gold
$
3550
pp
Deposit:
$600pp
Sole Use:
Green Guest Policy:
All prices are in AUD.

Additional information

PRE & POST TOUR EXTENDER OPTION

2 additional days (TOTAL 8 DAY TOUR)

• Return economy class flights ex Sydney, Melbourne or Adelaide to Brisbane

• 2 additional nights room only (1 night pre & 1 night post tour) at Meriton Suites Brisbane.

• Return Airtrain tickets ex Brisbane Domestic Terminal to Roma Street Station.

Plus $999pp Twin Share

Plus $1230 Sole Use

**Subject to availability – some block out dates apply. Prices are subject to change without notice**

Deposit of $600pp required within

14 days of making booking to secure your reservation.

N.B. Tour subject to fuel levy price increases for all transport operators. See T&Cs for details.

Tour inclusions

  • Travel Carbon Neutral on our 100% offset luxury ‘Gold Class’ coach
  • Fully escorted by experienced Fun Over 50 Holidays tour host and coach captain
  • Travel via Glass House Mountains
  • Visit Q Camel for talk, taste, morning tea and meet the camels
  • Maryborough heritage sights town tour with the local Maryborough storyteller
  • Unpack once staying 5 nights Hervey Bay on the marina with water views
  • 5-hour Whale Watch Cruise with expert commentary
  • Return ferry and full day 4WD tour of K’gari (Fraser Island)
  • Bundaberg Botanical Gardens
  • Hinkler Hall of Aviation
  • Bargara visit
  • Hummock lookout
  • Bundaberg Rum Distillery tour and tasting
  • Snake show and Koala encounter at Snakes Downunder Reptile Park and Zoo
  • Reefworld Aquarium & fish feeding
  • Mary Valley Rattler steam train ride from Gympie to Amamoor
  • Mary Caincross Rainforest
  • Discovery Centre
  • Glass House Mountains lookout
  • 15 meals

Additional information

Deposit of $600pp required within

14 days of making booking to secure your reservation.

N.B. Tour subject to fuel levy price increases for all transport operators. See T&Cs for details.

Physical rating

2 - Moderate
Passengers must be able to:
  • Participate in guided or unguided small walking tours at a relaxed pace
  • Walk on mostly level ground
  • Tackle an occasional flight of stairs or incline
  • Occasionally need to stand for up to 10 minutes
  • Get on and off transportation unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours with time to rest at least every 10 minutes
  • Walk confidently on bush tracks and soft sand – mostly level ground
  • Stand for 15 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Tackle a flight of stairs or incline
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours without having to stop or sit down to rest for up to 20 minutes
  • Walk up an incline equal to a flight of stairs without stopping
  • Stand for 30 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Walk over uneven ground, tackle cobbled creek crossings & walk through soft sand
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Be extremely mobile and live an active lifestyle
  • Negotiate inclines, declines and varied terrain confidently
  • Participate in a physical activity lasting up to 5 hours (Trek/walks)
  • Manage your own luggage and be able to carry with you a backpack with items required for the physical activities
Learn more about our fitness levels

Physical rating

2 - Moderate
Passengers must be able to:
  • Participate in guided or unguided small walking tours at a relaxed pace
  • Walk on mostly level ground
  • Tackle an occasional flight of stairs or incline
  • Occasionally need to stand for up to 10 minutes
  • Get on and off transportation unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours with time to rest at least every 10 minutes
  • Walk confidently on bush tracks and soft sand – mostly level ground
  • Stand for 15 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Tackle a flight of stairs or incline
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Participate in walking tours without having to stop or sit down to rest for up to 20 minutes
  • Walk up an incline equal to a flight of stairs without stopping
  • Stand for 30 minutes without needing to sit down
  • Walk over uneven ground, tackle cobbled creek crossings & walk through soft sand
  • Get on and off transportation multiple times unaided
  • Manage your own luggage
  • Be extremely mobile and live an active lifestyle
  • Negotiate inclines, declines and varied terrain confidently
  • Participate in a physical activity lasting up to 5 hours (Trek/walks)
  • Manage your own luggage and be able to carry with you a backpack with items required for the physical activities
Learn more about our fitness levels
Eco experience
Eco experience
Heritage
Heritage
Local guide
Local guide
Unpack once
Unpack once
Cruise
Cruise
Ferry
Ferry
Off-road
Off-road
Swimming
Swimming
Indigenous experience
Indigenous experience
Walking component
Walking component
Food & Wine experience
Food & Wine experience
Steam train
Steam train

Itinerary

Departs
Brisbane Coach Terminal
Returns
Brisbane Coach Terminal

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1

Brisbane - Hervey Bay

Eco experience
Eco experience
Heritage
Heritage
Local guide
Local guide
Unpack once
Unpack once

Board our luxury ‘Gold Class’ coach and travel responsibly knowing all coach emissions are 100% offset. Sit back and relax as we make our way to the Fraser Coast, breaking near the Glass House Mountains, for a unique farm experience and stunning views. Meet and greet with the cuddly camels, all while you enjoy a delicious morning tea and camel milk tasting session. We continue onto Maryborough for lunch before we join our local Maryborough storyteller for a city sights tour of the amazing heritage buildings. Next, we drive a short distance to the coastal township of Hervey Bay to check-in to our hotel situated on the Urangan Marina. Enjoy the lovely water and marina views from your room during our stay.

**As accommodation is apartment style, there is no service to rooms during our stay.

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Afternoon Tea
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Hervey Bay

Cruise
Cruise
Eco experience
Eco experience
Local guide
Local guide

Today we take to the water in Australia’s humpback playground. Enjoy a 5-hourWhale Watch cruise and get up close and personal with these majestic creatures as they glide and play alongside our vessel. In addition to an incredible experience observing humpback whales in their natural environment, you’ll enjoy real time commentary about local marine mammals (humpback whales, dolphins, dugongs, sharks, turtles and bird life) as well as some local history of K’gari (Fraser Island) and the traditional landowners, the Butchulla people.

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K'Gari (Fraser Island)

Cruise
Cruise
Off-road
Off-road
Local guide
Local guide
Walking component
Walking component
Swimming
Swimming

We are off to K’gari (Fraser Island) –paradise! The island has rainforests, eucalypt woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths. It is made up of sand that has been accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the sediment which is carried on a strong offshore current northwards along the coast. Our guided tour will tell tales of the tribes that occupied the paradise of K’gari (Fraser Island) at least 5000 years ago. As we discover the world’s largest sand island, our off-road adventure takes us tackling inland bumps and humps through towering Satinay trees, followed by a boardwalk through majestic beauty of nature as rainforests and rare plant life surround the area. We unearth shipwrecks and sheltered bays and take plenty of time to stop and enjoy the view. Climb Indian Head and gaze down upon schools of fish, sharks, dolphins, rays and turtles, enjoying their own sea safari. We also stop off at picturesque Lake McKenzie taking time here for a swim in the water which shines sapphire blue, surrounded with shores of snow-white sand. Late afternoon, we board the ferry back to the mainland and return to the hotel for dinner.

**4WD tour is not suitable for passengers with back and/or neck injury due to certain parts of the track being rugged and jerky.

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Bundaberg

Heritage
Heritage
Local guide
Local guide
Food & Wine experience
Food & Wine experience

Today we discover the town of Bundaberg, starting with a visit to the Bundaberg Botanical Gardens. From here, take your time to explore Hinkler Hall of Aviation, an interactive museum that tells the story of the all-too-short life of Australian pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler. Become part of Bert’s story through glide and flight simulators, movie theatrettes, six display aircraft and a vintage motor vehicle. We take a short trip from Bundaberg, stopping along the way at the Hummock lookout, before continuing to the coast to enjoy lunch at the quaint Windmill Café. After lunch we make our way to the Bundaberg Rum Distillery. After you have spent some time exploring the museum, join a distillery guide on a journey deep into the heart of the Bundaberg Rum Distillery. Once you have experienced the sights and smells of the distillery, you will return to the Bundaberg Rum Tasting Bar, where you can sample some of the top shelf rums.

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Hervey Bay

Local guide
Local guide
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Eco experience

This morning we spend time at Snakes Downunder Reptile Park and Zoo where they display over 45 species and sub-species of Australian reptiles, amphibians and marsupials. We enjoy a snake show followed by an up close and personal Koala encounter. Next, we make our way to the country township of Apple Tree Creek, where we have lunch followed by a visit to Reefworld Aquarium Hervey Bay, home to many different species of marine life. Take a delightful stroll and explore the beauty that is displayed in the feature tanks where these ocean animals reside. Get hands on and participate in feeding the marine life as the Green Sea Turtles, Sharks and large reef fish are all fed daily. Afterwards, we make our way back to our apartment.

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Hervey Bay - Brisbane

Heritage
Heritage
Steam train
Steam train
Walking component
Walking component

Homeward bound this morning, after we enjoy one more breakfast. We hit the road and make our way to the town of Gympie and enjoy a ride on the historic and meticulously restored Mary ValleyRattler steam train, travelling from Gympie to Amamoor. In Amamoor we re-join the coach and make our way to Mary Caincross, here we enjoy lunch at the Mountain View Café followed by a visit to the Rainforest Discovery Centre. Back on the road, we travel via the Glass House Mountain lookout, then arrive at the Brisbane Coach Terminal in the late afternoon.

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Our coach tours have a baggage restriction of 17kg per person (regardless of flight and rail allowances) due to our Occupational Health & Safety standards. You can also bring one small, soft carry-on bag not exceeding 30cm wide, 30cm high, and 15cm thick that may be stowed in the overhead compartment.

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