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Places you can visit in the many coach tours available in Australia

Adelaide

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and some of the best tourist attractions in Oz, Adelaide is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

Albany

Albany , on an idyllic harbour and sound, is surrounded by natural beauty. The majestic Stirling Ranges and the Mt Barker wine region, the dramatic Southern Ocean coastline and the many small rural towns, make the area a joy to tour.

Alice Springs

Alice Springs a bustling Outback town from which an adventure into Australia 's interior often starts. Founded in the 1800's as an overland telegraph station, Alice Springs became an oasis in a harsh land for many early settlers and has since thrived

Apollo Bay

Nestled on the coast with a long sandy beach with a dramatic backdrop of the Otway Ranges Apollo Bay is the perfect base to visit the famous 12 Apostles and Otway National Park . The area also boasts many walking tracks.

Arhem Land

Explore one of the last true wilderness frontiers, a vast tribal homeland to Aboriginals for over 25,000 years, the protected Arhem Land region is a mystical environment for unique adventures, experiences and discoveries

Ayers Rock

Touring the Uluru-Katatjuta National Park brings you the mystical wonders and extraordinary colours of Uluru as well as the breathtaking 36 rock domes of the Katatjuta range. Further tours of the magnificent Kings Canyon are a must too.

Ballarat

From walks, cycling and driving tours, sports galore and loads of events and activities especially designed for a tourist to do, be as active as you wish in the historic gold mining city of Ballarat .

Barossa Valley

Famous wines, a feast of festivals, a lively heritage the Barossa region has over 50 wineries ranging from some of Australia 's largest wineries to small winemakers. Most offer wine tastings and are open every day.

Blue Mountains

Under two hours' drive from Sydney , the Blue Mountains are a must for lovers of nature, walkers of all levels, climbers and abseilers. The famous Three Sisters rock formation, vast views, waterfalls and hushed rainforest are all here.

Brisbane

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and some of the best tourist attractions in Oz, Brisbane is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

Broken Hill

The desolate landscape surrounding Broken Hill is like driving towards a painting of soft mauve and sage hues. Any wonder then that the city has become known as a mecca for artists and film makers from Mad Max 2 to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Broome

Broome, gateway to the Kimberley oozes with beauty colour and history. A romantic pearling history the cosmopolitan Chinatown , turquoise waters, red sandstone cliffs and the white sand at Cable Beach are simply captivating

Bunbury

Bunbury, is perfectly located for the annual whale watching season, between September and December, when Southern Right, Humpback and Pygmy Blue whales are moving along the Coast and into protected bays along the south west Western Australian coast.

Bundaberg

Bundaberg is unique in Australia . This is the only place where the entire range of sugar production activities occur; growing, milling, refining, research and distilling. Bundaberg rum is by far Australia 's best selling spirit.

Byron Bay

From humble beginnings, Byron Bay has undergone many transitions. Now renowned for its surfing beaches and surrounding rainforests and famous for its relaxed, bohemian lifestyle, Byron is a way of life that draws people from all over the world.

Cable Beach

Cable Beach world renowned beach with twenty-two kms of pristine white sands by the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean that washes it clean daily. Safe swimming and relaxation by day and dramatic sunsets at night that attract many visitors

Cairns

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and some of the best tourist attractions in Oz, Cairns is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

Caloundra

Caloundra is the gateway to Australia ’s Sunshine Coast , just north of Brisbane . It offers 32 kms of sandy beaches, Glass House Mountains hinterland and is the home of Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin.

Canberra

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and featuring the some of the nation's treasures, Canberra is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

Capital Territory

Almost half of the Australian Capital Territory is parkland or bush-land, so you can escape into the Great Outdoors into surprising landscape of high plateaus, thick forest and grasslands dotted often with wildflowers and roamed by hundreds of kangaroos.

Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour , one of the largest regional cities in New South Wales . A sprawling coastline makes for a perfect holiday destination offering surfing, fishing and beach fun. Banana plantations in the hills above contrast with rich, lush, green landscape

Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy where you can stay in a legendary underground hotel in Australia ’s unique ‘underground’ mining town. Opal hunters are still drawn to the town by the lure of wealth and the town also attracts many film crews due to its unusual landscape

Coolum

Coolum Beach boasts some of Australia 's most glorious coastline with 16 kms of sandy beach stretching to Noosa. The natural unspoiled beauty of Coolum provides the perfect destination to relax or for the more adventurous a spot of surfing.

Cradle Mountain

Surrounded by native deciduous beech, rainforest, alpine heath-lands and button-grass, Cradle Mountain is a stunning feature in the St Clair National Park Tasmania. At it’s feet elegant ancient pines reflect their glory in the still glacial lakes.

Daintree Rainforest

Sir David Attenborough has described the Daintree Rainforest as "a living museum". Cedars, ferns, mosses and 'botanical dinosaurs' - primitive flowering plants little changed in more than 100 million years - form the world's oldest living rainforest.

Darwin

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and some of the best tourist attractions in Oz, Darwin is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

East Coast

Australia ’s East Coast is dominated by the ocean, and the Great Dividing Range . Scenic touring routes covering the coast, the mountains or country west of the Divide can be accessed from cities along the eastern seaboard.

Esperance

Esperance one of Australia 's most beautiful seascapes. The wide sweep of the bay with shining white sand edging the turquoise water of the shallows, and the myriad islands scattered carelessly here and there, provide an unforgettable sight.

Fleurieu Peninsula

With its temperate climate, central highlands and coastal fringes the Fleurieu Peninsula offers wine, wildlife and water in delightful abundance, not forgetting picturesque towns with markets, galleries & antiques, delightful cafes and fine dining.

Flinders Ranges

For the ultimate Flinders experience, there is nothing like flying. The scenery is awe-inspiring from the air, from the rich Adelaide Plains up to the raw Outback. And it gives you more time to explore the natural wonder of the Flinders Ranges .

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers

The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park ranks among the most rugged and stunningly beautiful tracts of wilderness left untouched on earth. Unexplored fully until 1971 you can raft along the wild Franklin river or cruise the Gordon River by boat.

Fraser Island

Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island (measuring 184,000 hectares) is the only place in the world where tall rainforests grow on sand dunes. Its Aboriginal name K'Gari means paradise and a visit will leave you feeling charmed and captivated

Fremantle

Fremantle is just 20 minutes drive from Perth city. A relaxed and laid-back place, famed for its yachting heritage, where you can kick back and relax. The more serious history of colonial power is remembered with museums and a visit to the jail.

Geraldton

Geraldton is the capital and port city for the Mid West Region. Here the general public has the opportunity to get a really close up view of the activities and operation of a major port that can handle four million tonnes of grain a year

Gold Coast

The coast with the most! Queensland ’s Gold Coast is glamorous, relaxing, adventurous and active and it has 70 kilometres of beautiful beaches! The Gold Coast is also Australia ’s theme park capital, with 21 themed attractions and heart-thumping rides

Goldfields

Australia 's Goldfields. After two prospectors found gold nuggets in the region in 1851, some 20,000 people from all over the world - including thousands of Chinese -were digging for gold at Australia 's El Dorado . The area produced gold for 100 years..

Grampians

The Grampians, in north-west Victoria , appear on the horizon like one huge rock rising out of undulating farmland. Within its boundaries are magnificent rock formations, dazzling waterfalls, panoramic views, wildflowers, bushwalks, and Aboriginal rock art

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef spans more than 2000km with 2900 individual reefs down the Queensland 's coastline. This natural phenomenon is more than two million years old and is more than half the size of Texas with 2900 individual reefs.

Great Ocean Rd

Winding around dramatic cliffs with the surf of the Southern Ocean swelling below, Victoria ’s Great Ocean Road passes beaches and coves, quiet seaside villages and spots to enjoy brilliant sun and surf.

Halls Gap

Halls Gap a mountain town in the Grampians with a village feel. Rest awhile under the trees in the towns lovely picnic area or wander along the boardwalk of the town small and very friendly shopping area with it outside cafes and surprising souvenirs

Hamilton Island

The superb Whitsundays are scattered off the Queensland coast and include include Hamilton , Hayman and Daydream gently sprinkled with resorts. Hire a yacht and cruise or stretch out on sparkling Whitehaven Beach - voted one of the world's top 3 beaches.

Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay and its environs offer abundant and diverse birdwatching opportunities with over 250 species identified. From late July to early November it is also famous as the playground of the majestic humpback whales on their return to the Antarctic.

Hobart

Hobart is a city defined by the river and sea. Acknowledge that Tasmania ’s convict is just a clink of chains away, but then enjoy the area’s beauty, its neat vineyards and wineries of the Coal River Valley - home of superb cool-climate Tasmanian wines

Hunter Valley

The Hunter Valley conjures up images of lazy days fine wine-tasting at the cellar door, of romantic retreats, quality eateries and gorgeous farming country. Add to that a dolphin cruise, a World Heritage National Park and historic settlements

Illawarra

From lush rural countryside to the rolling waves of the Pacific Ocean , the Illawarra and Southern Highlands offer beautiful beaches, National Parks, historic hamlets and mountain wilderness. It all starts just one hour south of Sydney .

Kakadu

Tours for all sized groups can take you on short or longer safaris in the magnificent Kakadu National Park . Fly in or 4wd into Kakadu. Rivers, roaring waterfalls and a landscape of towering sandstone escarpments cradle some of Kakadu's treasures.

Kalgoorlie

Some 600 kilometres east of Perth , the town of Kalgoorlie the town that put Western Australia on the map. When gold was discovered here in 1893, it triggered a boom that multiplied the state's population four times in the space of just ten years.

Kangaroo Island

Head out to Kangaroo Island , the jewel in Adelaide 's crown, to see not only kangaroos but an astonishing array of 'pre-contact' flora and fauna that have been preserved there. One day won't quite be enough so take the time to tour and stay over.

Kimberley

The remote Kimberley is one of the world’s last great wildernesses, covering 420,000 kilometres. Its vast horizons and ancient gorges are places of immense beauty. Aged approximately 350 million years old, it is like nothing else on earth.

Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon the crowning feature of Watarrka Gorge National Park . Craggy rock and imposing cliff faces with gullies, pockets of vegetation and an oasis called the Garden of Eden. The Park is the spiritual home of the Aboriginal Lurijta People.

Launceston

Launceston and its river valley blend history, scenery, creativity, adventure, entertainment and the superb flavours of fine food and wine. An elegant city with Victorian and Edwardian architecture and award-winning restaurants

Margaret River

The Margaret River region is a superb blend of good living and stunning nature just three and a half hours' drive south of Perth . Visitors be prepared to indulge in the gastronomic delights of world-class wineries and gourmet vineyard restaurants.

Melbourne

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and some of the best tourist attractions in Oz, Melbourne is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

Merimbula

Situated on the unspoilt Sapphire Coast, halfway between Melbourne & Sydney, and less than 3 hours from Canberra, Merimbula is a cosmopolitan village with a friendly population an a huge and beautiful beach

Monkey Mia

In Monkey Mia wild dolphins swim into the shallows several times a day to interact with humans, delighting visitors with their intelligence and grace. Monkey Mia has a relaxed atmosphere perfect for those who love nature

Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier , located about halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide , is built on a warren of limestone caves and sinkholes. Its best known natural icon is the remarkable Blue Lake in one of the four volcanic craters around which the city is built.

New England

New England ’s rich rural landscape varies from rolling pastureland to dry outback. The area is crammed with attractions, wineries and historic pioneering towns and plenty of country hospitality. Farm stays are the best way to see this area

New South Wales

With vibrant, cosmopolitan Sydney at its heart, New South Wales is a place of contrasts offering exceptional variety from relaxing beach holidays to adventure activities, country and outback discoveries to gourmet food and wine experiences

Ningaloo Reef

The Ningaloo Reef is a virtually untouched barrier reef of 260km length protecting a shallow, brilliant white sandy lagoon of clear tropical waters. One of the rare places on earth where you are able to walk from the beach straight onto a coral reef.

Noosa Heads

Noosa, crown jewel of the Sunshine Coast , is nestled between national park and blue sea. A surfer's delight, its restaurants in bush and sea view settings offer fresh, sophisticated cuisine, and its trendy village centre entices with boutiques and cafes

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory - land of the crocs and the beating red heart of Australia . Steeped in Aboriginal culture with many sacred sites - Ayers Rock and the Olgas. Nature, dreamtime and pioneer history. An Australian experience not to be missed!

Orpheus Island

Orpheus Island a small luxury boutique island for the discerning traveller. Great snorkeling and diving with 1,100 species of fish, 340 species of coral, and playful very dolphins. In season you can also have a sighting of families of humpback whales

Perth

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and some of the best tourist attractions in Oz, Perth is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

Philip Island

Phillip Island Nature Park is renowned as home to one of Australia 's most popular wildlife attractions, the Fairy Penguin Parade. A 90 minute scenic drive from Melbourne , Phillip Island Nature Park covers 2,750 hectares of the Island

Pilbara

The Pilbara, in north-west Western Australia is an ancient landscape dotted by stunning national parks. Estimated at over 2.5 billion years old, its sheer gorges and steep chasms hide nature’s secrets.

Pinnacles

Strange formations in the form of thousands of huge limestone pillars rising from the shifting yellow sands are the world-famous Pinnacles. Located in the Red Desert area of Nambung National Park some 245 kilometres north of Perth

Port Arthur

Transylvania is positively jolly compared to the deceptively placid and picturesque Port Arthur . Founded in 1830 to house intractable and troublesome convicts after arriving in the Colonies, Port Arthur became one of the world's most feared prison sites.

Port Douglas

Port Douglas has beautiful white sands, resort hotels, holiday apartments, yacht harbour and a number of golf courses. A popular celebrity destination, it's the best start point for exploring Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation & The Great Barrier Reef.

Port Lincoln

Port Lincoln has one of the world's largest natural harbours. Go sailing, fishing, diving, surfing or just sunbathe. Swim with sea lions and dolphins, cage dive with great white sharks or why not take a four-wheel motorbike tour along the cliff roads.

Queenscliff

Queenscliff is filled with beautiful historic grand hotels, characterising this pretty town's affluent past as the 1880's luxury seaside retreat for Melbourne 's elite. Come & enjoy the beach, secluded picnic spots, golf, boating, fishing & much more.

Queensland

Beautiful one day, perfect the next! Choose adrenalin-pumping adventure, relaxation on sun-kissed beaches, trekking through ancient rainforest or snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef , Queensland has it all!

Red Centre

Alice Springs & the Uluru-Katatjuta National Park are the Red Centre's heart. Alice is a bustling, modern town while breathtaking Uluru, the Katatjuta and Kings Canyon are within touring distance and offer varied touring options and accommodation.

Scarborough

Scarborough Beach is located 14 kilometres north west of the centre of Perth in Western Australia . The beach takes centre stage is ideal for surfing, swimming, body-boarding, windsurfing and kite surfing. A real seaside town with all the facilities.

Snowy Mountains

The Snowy Mountains – New South Wales' high country, 526 kilometres south-west of Sydney – boast sparkling trout-filled mountain streams, bushland, breathtaking vistas, rugged gorges, alpine lakes and fresh, mountain air.

Sorrento

The seaside village of Sorrento Victoria is one of the most popular holiday escapes on the Mornington Peninsula . Many attractions including swimming with the dolphins and a reputation for fine, unique buildings made from local limestone

South Australia

Drink world-beating wines, swim with sea lions or dolphins. Why not visit cosmopolitan Adelaide , explore the eco-wonderland that is Kangaroo Island , cruise the Murray River on a houseboat, catch your own fish or just sit and sunbathe by the seaside.

Strahan

Nestled in a snug corner of the mighty Macquarie Harbour is a magical waterfront town - the port of Strahan , gateway to Tasmania ’s World Heritage wilderness. The Strahan Village is the hub of all the West Coast’s adventures

Sunshine Coast

The dazzling Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia is a string of coastal cities, beaches, and national parks, strewn along the sparkling Pacific Ocean . A haven for surfers, swimmers, adventurers. Sheltered beaches are patrolled by lifesavers all year

Sydney

Sunny, sexy, sophisticated Sydney basks as a shining star of the southern hemisphere. The Opera House & Harbour Bridge are a pride & joy but this is the city that never sleeps with all-night pubs, fashionable clubs, green hinterland and superb beaches

Tasmania

Tasmania is the nature state of Australia . From its vibrant, small cities and breathtaking coastlines to its unique wild life, historic sites, wonderful wines and fresh local produce. Tasmania is the place to visit for a rejuvenating holiday.

The Outback

NSW's Outback is heritage towns & ancient landscapes, Vic & WA have the goldfields, Queensland's is the remote west with precious stones & fossils, SA is mountains & desert, saltpans & opals while NT's is Uluru-Katatjuta, Devil's Marbles & Kings Canyon.

Tiwi Island

The Tiwi Islands , just north of Darwin Australia are home to a unique indigenous culture, with its own distinct traditions and beliefs. Tours from Darwin allow visitors to experience the Tiwi heritage and cultural traditions

Top End

Served by a major international airport, with comprehensive tourist services and some of the best tourist attractions in Oz, Darwin is a great starting point for your tour of this awesome continent.

Townsville

Townsville, 1,359 kilometres north of Brisbane , packs heaps of experiences into one buzzing, sun-bathed city. Part of the 'dry tropics,' the city offers a lively nightlife and the pleasures of beaches, access to the Great Barrier Reef &, islands

Victoria

Victoria , the state located at the south-eastern tip of Australia . This compact state offers a vast range of experiences within easy driving distance, making it the perfect state for touring.

West Coast

Famous for its long days of sunshine, clearest blue skies, brilliant beaches and huge variety of landscapes and climates, Western Australia is the perfect year-round destination. Visitors can be assured of sun, easy living and awesome natural environment

Western Australia

Famous for its long days of sunshine, clearest blue skies, brilliant beaches and huge variety of landscapes and climates, Western Australia is the perfect year-round destination. Visitors can be assured of sun, easy living and awesome natural environment

Whitsunday Islands

The superb Whitsundays are scattered off Queensland 's coast and include Hamilton , Hayman and Daydream, gently sprinkled with resorts. Hire a yacht to cruise turquoise waters or stretch out on sparkling Whitehaven Beach , voted one of the world's top 3.

Wilpena Pound

From the air, Wilpena Pound resembles a lost world – you can imagine dinosaurs still wander the enormous, crater-shaped, natural amphitheatre, 11 kilometres by eight kilometres in size, lies at the heart of South Australia ’s Flinders Ranges .

Yarra Valley

Under an hour from Melbourne , nestled amongst the infinite shades of blues and greens, lie 55 of the world's leading wineries, and dozens of fine restaurants and romantic retreats.

 
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