We finally got the tour itinerary confirmed. We will be leaving on December 3rd and coming back on December 12th. Here is the confirmed itinerary (hopefully no last-minute changes again) :
3/12 - Leave on Emirates flight (3:00pm Singapore time)
Arrive at Melbourne (1:00am Melbourne time)
Take Skybus to city, walk across to the inn, check in and snooze.
4/12 - Meet our cousin, city tour, get day trip tickets.
5/12 - The Melbourne Great Ocean Road day trip.
6/12 - Wake up at 5:00am (Melbourne time), take Skybus to Jetstar Terminal, domestic flight to Launceston (6:35am Melbourne time)
Collect vehicles and drive to Cradle Mountain via Deloraine, Sheffield
Enroute : Breakfast
Honey farm at Chudleigh
Raspberry farm and Cheese factory at Elizabeth Town
Sheffield murals
Check in at inn, lunch, Take Dove Lake walk
7/12 - Leave for Burnie in the morning via Moina
Enroute : Gunns Plains Caves at Preston Falls
Penguin Town
Check in at inn, lunch
Drive north-west to Wynyard, Table Cape for Tulip farm and Stanley for The Nut
Return to Burnie for dinner
Penguin Observatory, West Beach
8/12 - Leave for Launceston in the morning via Devonport, Grindelward
Check in at a villa in Prospect
Lunch in city, shopping, Cataract Gorge
Strawberry farm at Hillwood in Tamar Valley
Bridestowe Lavendar farm at Nabowla, near Scottsdale
Back to Launceston for dinner
9/12 - Leave for Hobart in the morning via Midlands highway
Enroute : Barilla Bay Oyster Farm at Cambridge
Check in at inn at Sandy Bay
Lunch in city
Hobart City sight-seeing and shopping
Mount Wellington
Cascade Brewery
Travel north to Cadbury Chocolate Factory at Claremont (YES! YES!! YES!!!)
Dinner in city
10/12 - Salamanca Market in the morning
Travel north-west to Mount Field National Park, Russell Falls
Travel south : Houn Valley sight-seeing
Cherry orchards
Apple orchards
Mushroom farm
Rose garden
Jams factory
11/12 - Leave for Port Arthur early morning via Sorell
Check in at a resort in Nubeena
Tour Port Arthur historic site (Port Arthur was the first prison colony to be set up in Australia, so I must really find out where the last remaining prisoners got extradited to before the place was closed)
12/12 - Sight-seeing and shopping around Port Arthur and Hobart
Enroute back to Hobart : Salmon farm
Tassellated Pavement, Tasman Arch, Devil's Kitchen, Blowhole
"Doo-Town"
Sorell fruit farm
Richmond Bridge
4pm (Hobart time) leave for Hobart Airport, return vehicles, check-in
Jetstar flight to Melbourne (5:15pm Hobart time)
Emirates flight to Singapore (8:30pm Melbourne time)
Arrival in Singapore (1:00am Singapore time)
Wow... what a trip! But it is the type of trip I fancy, something laid back, with lots of sight-seeing, fresh air, rest and relax, plus a bit of shopping. Hopefully the weather will not get too unpredictable. I do not wish to bring the wrong clothes again like what happened in Sydney three years back.
Anyone wants any olah-olah from Tasmania?
3/12 - Leave on Emirates flight (3:00pm Singapore time)
Arrive at Melbourne (1:00am Melbourne time)
Take Skybus to city, walk across to the inn, check in and snooze.
4/12 - Meet our cousin, city tour, get day trip tickets.
5/12 - The Melbourne Great Ocean Road day trip.
6/12 - Wake up at 5:00am (Melbourne time), take Skybus to Jetstar Terminal, domestic flight to Launceston (6:35am Melbourne time)
Collect vehicles and drive to Cradle Mountain via Deloraine, Sheffield
Enroute : Breakfast
Honey farm at Chudleigh
Raspberry farm and Cheese factory at Elizabeth Town
Sheffield murals
Check in at inn, lunch, Take Dove Lake walk
7/12 - Leave for Burnie in the morning via Moina
Enroute : Gunns Plains Caves at Preston Falls
Penguin Town
Check in at inn, lunch
Drive north-west to Wynyard, Table Cape for Tulip farm and Stanley for The Nut
Return to Burnie for dinner
Penguin Observatory, West Beach
8/12 - Leave for Launceston in the morning via Devonport, Grindelward
Check in at a villa in Prospect
Lunch in city, shopping, Cataract Gorge
Strawberry farm at Hillwood in Tamar Valley
Bridestowe Lavendar farm at Nabowla, near Scottsdale
Back to Launceston for dinner
9/12 - Leave for Hobart in the morning via Midlands highway
Enroute : Barilla Bay Oyster Farm at Cambridge
Check in at inn at Sandy Bay
Lunch in city
Hobart City sight-seeing and shopping
Mount Wellington
Cascade Brewery
Travel north to Cadbury Chocolate Factory at Claremont (YES! YES!! YES!!!)
Dinner in city
10/12 - Salamanca Market in the morning
Travel north-west to Mount Field National Park, Russell Falls
Travel south : Houn Valley sight-seeing
Cherry orchards
Apple orchards
Mushroom farm
Rose garden
Jams factory
11/12 - Leave for Port Arthur early morning via Sorell
Check in at a resort in Nubeena
Tour Port Arthur historic site (Port Arthur was the first prison colony to be set up in Australia, so I must really find out where the last remaining prisoners got extradited to before the place was closed)
12/12 - Sight-seeing and shopping around Port Arthur and Hobart
Enroute back to Hobart : Salmon farm
Tassellated Pavement, Tasman Arch, Devil's Kitchen, Blowhole
"Doo-Town"
Sorell fruit farm
Richmond Bridge
4pm (Hobart time) leave for Hobart Airport, return vehicles, check-in
Jetstar flight to Melbourne (5:15pm Hobart time)
Emirates flight to Singapore (8:30pm Melbourne time)
Arrival in Singapore (1:00am Singapore time)
Wow... what a trip! But it is the type of trip I fancy, something laid back, with lots of sight-seeing, fresh air, rest and relax, plus a bit of shopping. Hopefully the weather will not get too unpredictable. I do not wish to bring the wrong clothes again like what happened in Sydney three years back.
Anyone wants any olah-olah from Tasmania?
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