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Australia

Discover A Land Down Under: Melbourne, Adelaide & Sydney

Program No. 22091RJ
Turn your world upside down on an adventure in Australia, where you will learn about iconic architecture, unique wildlife and the distinct cultures of Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.

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At a Glance

From koalas snoozing in gum trees to the vaulted “sails” of the Sydney Opera House, Australia is a land like no other. Journey from Melbourne to Adelaide to Sydney, getting a close-up view of exotic wildlife, experiencing magnificent coastal sights and learning about the rich indigenous heritage of Australia.
Activity Level
Keep the Pace
Walking for up to four hours a day. Walking up to five miles a day. Walking up to three miles at a time at a normal public walking pace over varied terrain. Standing at least three hours daily; climbing stairs (at times without handrails), getting on/off buses and boats, carrying own luggage. If you believe you require wheelchair assistance to get through an airport you are not fit enough to participate in this program.
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Small Group
Love to learn and explore in a small-group setting? These adventures offer small, personal experiences with groups of 13 to 24 participants.

Best of all, you’ll…

  • Journey the length of Great Ocean Road, one of the world’s greatest coastal drives.
  • Enjoy time to explore Melbourne and Sydney on your own during full free days.
  • Join an expert to explore the magnificent Sydney Opera House, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

General Notes

Program includes independent time to explore the city and several meals on your own. Your Group Leader will provide directions for self-directed excursions. Suggestions for free-time activities provided in preparatory materials. Give us a call to combine this learning adventure with select dates of "New Zealand’s Best: Natural Marvels and Cultural Heritage" (#22090) for even more learning in Australia and New Zealand! We will even pay your airfare from Queenstown to Melbourne, in addition to the one hotel night required in Melbourne between programs.
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Richard De Gille
Richard De Gille has recently retired after practising as a lawyer for the past 30 years. For the last 20 years, he was a partner of a large suburban legal practice in outer Melbourne. He holds degrees from Monash University in economics and politics, education and law. In his spare time he enjoys cycling, bushwalking, gardening and reading.

Please note: This expert may not be available for every date of this program.

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Richard De Gille has recently retired after practising as a lawyer for the past 30 years. For the last 20 years, he was a partner of a large suburban legal practice in outer Melbourne. He holds degrees from Monash University in economics and politics, education and law. In his spare time he enjoys cycling, bushwalking, gardening and reading.
Visit the Road Scholar Bookshop
You can find many of the books we recommend at the Road Scholar store on bookshop.org, a website that supports local bookstores.
Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia
by Billy Griffiths
In this important book, Griffiths investigates a twin revolution - the reassertion of Aboriginal identity in the second half of the twentieth century, and the simultaneous uncovering of the traces of ancient Australia by pioneering archaeologists. Deep Time Dreaming is about a slow shift in national consciousness. It explores what it means to live in a place of great antiquity, with its complex questions of ownership and identity. It brings to life the deep time dreaming that has changed the way many Australians relate to their continent and its enduring, dynamic human history.
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
by Ken Simpson • Nicholas Day
A handbook and field guide to Australia's birds with 2,000 vivid color illustrations, each accompanied by a brief description and revised range map. This more compact seventh edition features 16 new or revised color plates, new maps and condensed information.
Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
Rory Stewart provides the introduction to this 25th anniversary edition of Bruce Chatwin's celebrated travelogue, which is as much about its gifted author - and the meaning of travel - as about the Aboriginal people and their ways of life. Chatwin transforms a journey through the Outback into an exhilarating, semi-fictional meditation on our place in the world.
Cotter: A Novel
by Richard Begbie
A strong story of banishment, displacement, and crucial first contact, Cotter tells of a moving friendship between two very different men, ultimately powerless against the forces of history.
Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia
by Peter Menkhorst • Frank Knight (Illustrator)
A comprehensive guide to 376 species of kangaroos, koalas, bandicoots, wombats, deer, seals, whales and other mammals of Australia featuring full color illustrations by Frank Knight. Third edition
The Turning, New Stories
by Tim Winton
These 17 overlapping stories, steeped in everyday life on western Australia, follow the fates of a handful of characters in a small coastal town outside Perth. Winton, short-listed twice so far for the Booker Prize, has published a string of memorable novels, children's books and stories, all richly set in the working class milieu of the sparsely populated coastal desert.
My Place
by Sally Morgan
In 1982 Sally Morgan travelled to her grandmother's birthplace, Corunna Downs Station in Western Australia. She wants to trace the experiences of her childhood andolescence in Perth in the 1950's. Through memories and images, hints and echoes begin to emerge and another story unfolds - the mystery of her aboriginal identity. Gradually her whole family is drawn in to the saga and her great-uncle, her mother and finally her grandmother tell their stories in turn. My Place is a work of great humour, humanity and courage.
Journey to the Stone Country
by Alex Miller
Betrayed by her husband, Annabelle Beck retreats from Melbourne to her old family home in tropical North Queensland where she meets Bo Rennie, one of the Jangga tribe. Intrigued by Bo's claim that he holds the key to her future, Annabelle sets out with him on a path of recovery that leads back to her childhood and into the Jangga's ancient heartland, where their grandparents' lives begin to yield secrets that will challenge the possibility of their happiness together.
Position Doubtful
by Kim Mahood
Since the publication of her prize-winning memoir Craft for a Dry Lake, in 2000, writer and artist Kim Mahood has been returning to the Tanami desert country in far north-western Australia where, as a child, she lived with her family on a remote cattle station. The land is timeless, but much has changed- the station has been handed back to its traditional owners; the mining companies have arrived; and Aboriginal art has flourished. Comedy and tragedy, familiarity and uncertainty are Mahood's constant companions as she immerses herself in the life of a small community and in groundbreaking mapping projects. What emerges in Position Doubtful is a revelation of the significance of the land to its people - and of the burden of history.
A Commonwealth of Thieves, The Improbable Birth of Australia
by Thomas Keneally
With drama and flair, novelist Keneally illuminates the birth of New South Wales in 1788, richly evoking the social conditions in London, the miserable sea voyage and the desperate conditions of the new colony. His tale revolves around Arthur Phillip, the ambitious (and bland) captain in the Royal Navy who would become the first governor of New South Wales. You may be familiar with Keneally as the author of the acclaimed work (made into an equally-renowned film) "Schindler's List".
In A Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson revels in Australia's eccentric characters, dangerous flora and fauna, and other oddities. As has become his custom, he effortlessly imparts much fact-filled history in this wildly funny book. Included at the end is a short bibliography. This book is published as "Down Under" in Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain.
The Tears of Strangers
by Stan Grant
A family memoir charting the political and social changes of Aboriginal Australians over the past 40 years.
Dark Emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture
by Bruce Pascoe
History has portrayed Australia's First Peoples, the Aboriginals, as hunter-gatherers who lived on an empty, uncultivated land. History is wrong. Using compelling evidence from the records and diaries of early Australian explorers and colonists, Bruce Pascoe reveals that Aboriginal systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia's past is required - for the benefit of us all. Dark Emu, a bestseller in Australia, won both the Book of the Year Award and the Indigenous Writer's Prize in the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.
Chasing Kangaroo
by Tim Flannery
An ode to the kangaroo in all their splendid diversity and oddity. Revisiting his early love of kangaroo fossils, Flannery weaves engaging tales of his adventures on the trails of marsupials past and present with his travels and encounters with eccentric scientists and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Aboriginal Art
by Wally Caruana
This well illustrated survey of Aboriginal art, ancient and modern, focuses on the spiritual and geographic sources of art and ritual traditions in Australia. It covers the range of art from all parts of the continent, including a chapter on the Wandjina rock art of the Kimberley region. The concise text is augmented by 187 well produced black-and-white and color illustrations.
True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
A powerful, daring novel, steeped in the colonial history of late 19th-century Australia. Outlaw, folk hero, thief and patriot, the Irish immigrant Ned Kelly and his clan figure large in the Australian mindset. Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel (his second after "Oscar & Lucinda") takes the form of a series of rough, captivating letters by the barely literate gang leader to his young daughter. Kelly was hanged in Melbourne in 1880, where his mother was also imprisoned.
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13 days
12 nights
20 meals
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DAY
1
Depart for Australia
In Flight
DAY
2
In Transit to Program, Crossing International Dateline
In Flight

Activity note: Those participants combining this program with program 22090 will be met at Melbourne Airport this evening after arriving on your flight from Queenstown and transferred in to the Melbourne Marriott Hotel. Participants combining programs 22090 and 22091 should please note that the accommodation tonight is booked on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Dinner is at own arrangements in Melbourne tonight.

Afternoon: A day is "lost" due to crossing the International Dateline.

DAY
3
Arrival, Orientation to Melbourne, Central Melbourne Walk
Melbourne
L,D
Melbourne Marriott Hotel

Activity note: Hotel check-in is from 2:00 p.m. Upon your arrival in Melbourne, as tap water is drinkable in Australia, you will be given a Road Scholar water bottle to use throughout your program. This item is yours to keep.

Morning: Welcome to Melbourne! Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, is the capital of Victoria, a state in the south-eastern corner of Australia. During the gold era Melbourne possessed great wealth and many of the city’s fine buildings were built during this period of prosperity. Its magnificent streetscapes and extensive parks and gardens provide an ideal setting for its many elegant buildings. In the past Melbourne was a larger business centre and city than Sydney and today the two cities continue a friendly rivalry. Both are cosmopolitan and multi-cultural and Melbourne has many strong ethnic communities from three major periods of migration including: Chinese and German (after the gold rushes), Italian, Greek, southern European (post-World War II) and, more recently, Asian. The designated group flights will be met by our driver service and participants transferred into our hotel. At 11:30 a.m., once bags have been dropped off and we are all together, we will hop aboard Melbourne’s famous tram system and commence our exploration of Victoria's capital. We will have an orientation to parts of the city on the way to our lunch venue. Those participants who have arrived in the city earlier or who are making their own travel arrangements should ensure that they are at our Melbourne hotel by 11:00 a.m.

Lunch: At a local public house, we have plated meals.

Afternoon: After lunch we will walk through the Royal Botanic Gardens and visit the Shrine of Remembrance, a National War Memorial of great significance to Melburnians. Our Group Leader will give us an overview, introducing us to Melbourne and the State of Victoria. We transfer to our hotel and check in with some time to freshen up before our Orientation session. Orientation. The Group Leader will greet everyone and lead introductions. We will review the up-to-date program schedule and any changes, discuss roles and responsibilities, logistics, safety guidelines, emergency procedures, and answer any questions you may have. We will review Covid-19 protocols and will adhere to local Covid-19 guidelines and requirements throughout the program. Your Group Leader will be with you throughout your program, providing information and leading field trips. Some meals will be buffets, others will be plated and served; and some we will order in advance. Beverages typically include coffee, tea, water, with other beverages available for purchase depending on location. Free time is reserved for your personal independent exploration. Evenings at leisure offer opportunities to make the program more meaningful and memorable through personal independent exploration, attending performances or other events on your own, or simply relaxing and making new friends among fellow participants. Program activities, schedules, personnel, and indicated distances or times may change due to local conditions. In the event of changes, we will alert you as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding. This program has been deliberately designed with full free days in both Melbourne and Sydney so as to allow participants to engage in activities on free days, without time constraints. The Group Leader will be happy to offer suggestions although we encourage research on your own prior to departure. You may need to book your activities well in advance.

Dinner: At the hotel, we will have a pre-ordered, plated, two-course meal. We will have "Welcome to Australia" wine with dinner tonight.

Evening: At leisure.

DAY
4
Lecture, Laneways, Phillip Island Penguin Parade
Melbourne
B,D
Melbourne Marriott Hotel

Activity note: Walking approximately 2 miles; flat, paved surfaces. The drive to Phillip Island is about 90 miles (140 kilometres), approximately 2.5 hours each way. Please note that tonight will be a late night - the penguins do not start to come ashore until dusk.

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: We will begin today with a lecture on contemporary Australia, touching on areas of interest such as health, education, and the political system. With our Group Leader we will then walk from our hotel through some of Melbourne's famously funky laneways. As we wander through the back streets and laneways, we will gain an understanding of how liveable Melbourne is and how the city interacts with its river. We have some free time in the late morning and early afternoon.

Lunch: At own arrangements.

Afternoon: We will have some time to explore on our own before returning independently to the hotel. We will then board our motorcoach bound for Phillip Island. En route, we will pause for a comfort stop at a site of interest.

Dinner: At a small-town bistro in San Remo near Phillip Island, we will have pre-ordered plated meals.

Evening: We will move on to Phillip Island Nature Park in time for the Penguin Parade. Here we can watch the gorgeous little penguins come ashore at dusk after their day out fishing. After viewing these wonderful creatures we will board our coach and return to our hotel and bed.

DAY
5
Free day in Melbourne
Melbourne
B
Melbourne Marriott Hotel

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: Free time to explore Melbourne.

Lunch: On your own.

Afternoon: Free time to explore Melbourne.

Dinner: On your own allowing you to sample the dining scene Melbourne is renowned for.

Evening: At leisure. Prepare for hotel check out and transfer tomorrow.

DAY
6
Motorcoach the renowned Great Ocean Road to Port Campbell
Great Ocean Road (Port Campbell)
B
Great Ocean Road Studios

Activity note: The drive from Melbourne to Port Campbell along the Great Ocean Road is about 225 miles (365 kilometres), approximately 5.5 hours. Walking approximately 2 miles in a series of short walks; flat surfaces.

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: We check out of our hotel early this morning and leave Melbourne bound for the Great Ocean Road, renowned as one of the world's most scenic coastal drives. En route we hope to see a myriad of local wildlife, the 12 Apostles, iconic surf breaks and waterfalls. We will witness locals and visitors alike engaged in from outdoor activities such as surfing, scuba diving and sea kayaking to arts, cultural and heritage attractions. We travel to the Great Ocean Road via Torquay and Bell's Beach, famous for the world surfing titles held there each Easter. We will pause and stand under the Memorial Arch on the Great Ocean Road where we will learn about the history of the Great Ocean Road - built mainly with picks and shovels by returned soldiers from WWI and dedicated to all those who died in battle. We will have a brief stop to [hopefully] view the koalas in the gum trees by the ocean at Kennett River. We shall admire the stunning coastline as we travel to Port Campbell. As we travel along the Great Ocean Road we shall also pass townships such as Lorne and Apollo Bay, favourite weekend-away destinations for Melburnians.

Lunch: We will pause in Apollo Bay for a lunch break. The cost of this lunch has been excluded from your program. Lunch is at own arrangements from your choice of the local cafes.

Afternoon: Our drive along the Great Ocean Road continues after lunch as we take in the stunning scenery and pause at locations of note. Time (and the vagaries of Melbourne's morning traffic) permitting, we will stop for a short walk at Maits Rest Rainforest Walk, the 12 Apostles and Loch Ard Gorge. We will also pause at the 12 Apostles Centre. Upon arrival, we will check into our accommodation. Following some time to relax in to our rooms, we can make our way down to the township of Port Campbell on foot.

Dinner: On your own to enjoy what you like.

Evening: At leisure. Prepare for hotel check out and transfer tomorrow.

DAY
7
Port Fairy, Budj Bim National Park, Mount Gambier
Naracoorte
B,L,D
William MacIntosh Motor Lodge

Activity note: We will have a series of short walks today over varied but reasonably flat terrain. The drive from Port Campbell to Naracoorte via Port Fairy, Macarthur and Mount Gambier is approximately 230 miles (370 kilometres), around 5 hours.

Breakfast: At accommodation, continental breakfast in rooms.

Morning: We check out and depart Port Campbell this morning. We travel first to the delightful little fishing village of Port Fairy where we will have a short walk along the coast. We reboard our motorcoach and head inland to visit Budj Bim National Park. Budj Bim, a long dormant volcano, is the source of the Tyrendarra lava flow which extends for over 50 kilometres. Budj Bim is recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is currently the only Australian World Heritage property listed solely for its Aboriginal cultural values. The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape features the earliest living example of aquaculture in the world, with a history of eel farming dating back over 6,000 years. Budj Bim is also significant as the state of Victoria's first co-managed national park. It is jointly managed by Gunditjmara Traditional Owners and Parks Victoria.

Lunch: At a local café, en route.

Afternoon: We head next to Mount Gambier, South Australia's second most populous city. Built alongside a dormant volcano of the same name, the city is know for its volcanic landscape and crater lakes. We will visit Blue Lake, the city's most well-known, renowned for its cobalt blue water in summer. We continue on to Naracoorte and check in to our hotel. We will have some time to relax and explore on our own, with the remainder of the afternoon and evening at leisure.

Dinner: At accommodation.

Evening: At leisure.

DAY
8
Naracoorte Caves, Drive to Adelaide via the Coorong
Adelaide
B,L,D
The Terrace Hotel Adelaide

Activity note: There are some undulating surfaces in the caves The drive from Naracoorte to Adelaide via the Coorong and Meningie is about 250 miles (400 kilometres), approximately 5 hours.

Breakfast: At accommodation.

Morning: This morning we visit the World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves for an expert-led visit. We will be introduced to one of the caves in the complex, where we learn how the caves acted as pitfall traps, leading them to become one of the world's most important fossil sites. Our local expert will also take us through the Wonambi Fossil Centre. Here we understand exactly why the Caves were heritage listed. We leave Naracoorte and drive west to the coast.

Lunch: At a little local winery in the Mount Benson wine region, we pause for lunch and a guided wine tasting.

Afternoon: We reach the coast and drive north towards Adelaide, passing through the Coorong National Park. The Coorong surrounds the mouth of the Murray River, Australia's longest and, arguably, most controversial river. The Coorong is home to an area of wetlands of international importance. We pause in the seaside town of Meningie for a chance to stretch our legs and maybe grab a coffee or an ice cream. We hop back on our coach and head for Adelaide. Adelaide is a solid, gracious city: when the early colonists built, they generally built with stone. The city is bordered by the Mount Lofty Ranges to the east, and by gulf waters and long sandy beaches to the west. The Torrens River runs through the North Parkland and there are port facilities at Port Adelaide. The city was named for Queen Adelaide, at the command of her husband, King William IV and is the only freely-settled colony of Australia. Its people have embraced multiculturalism, providing a cohesive society on which to build the State. The draft of the Australian Constitution was prepared in South Australia, in the ballroom of St. Mark’s College’s Downer House. We have an orientation to Adelaide from our motorcoach en route to our hotel and check in to our hotel in time for dinner.

Dinner: At our hotel we have a pre-ordered, plated meal.

Evening: At leisure.

DAY
9
Adelaide Botanical Gardens, Flavours of the Bush
Adelaide
B
The Terrace Hotel Adelaide

Activity note: Walking approximately 3 miles; flat, paved surfaces; on your feet all morning.

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: By motorcoach, we transfer to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens this morning where we will meet our local expert for this morning's field trip. Our expert will lead us on the Gardens' bush food trail introducing us to native bush food stuffs and their importance to the Aboriginal people. We shall learn something of their harvesting and preparation. From here, we will be led to the Museum of South Australia. The Museum of South Australia is home to the world's largest collection of Aboriginal artefacts. Here, with our local expert, we will gain a further understanding of Aboriginal culture and art. The remainder of the day is free for you to explore the city of churches independently.

Lunch: On your own.

Afternoon: Free time.

Dinner: On your own.

Evening: At leisure. Prepare for hotel check out and transfer tomorrow.

DAY
10
Fly to Sydney, Sydney History, The Rocks, Sydney Opera House
Sydney
B,L,D
Novotel Sydney Darling Square

Activity note: The flight from Adelaide to Sydney takes about 2 hours 10 minutes. Qantas typically uses Boeing 737 aircraft on this route. Walking approximately 3 miles, undulating paved surfaces and stairs. Depending on the theatres available to visit, the Opera House guided visit involves between 150 and 200 stairs.

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: We check out of our hotel and transfer by motorcoach to Adelaide airport for our flight to Sydney. Sydney’s stunning natural harbour forms the centrepiece of a dynamic city that has grown dramatically since its beginnings as a prison colony. Situated in the temperate area of Australia, Sydney is surrounded by National Parks and has a beautiful range of flora and fauna. It is Australia’s largest city with over 5 million citizens thriving in a multi-cultural society in a congenial climate. Sydney is dominated by Sydney Harbour, of which Port Jackson is only a small part. The city covers a large area, twice the size of London with half the population, and has large parks and sparkling sandy Pacific Ocean beaches, such as the well-known and very popular Bondi and Manly. Upon our arrival in Sydney we transfer to our hotel to drop off our luggage and put it in storage. Wielding our Transport NSW "Opal Cards", we then have an orientation to Sydney utilising public transport - Sydney's brand new light rail and a ferry around to Circular Quay. From Circular Quay we begin a walking exploration of The Rocks area giving us insights into Sydney’s colonial past. The Rocks was the area of Sydney first settled by the British and it has a fascinating history and wonderful sandstone buildings.

Lunch: In a historic building in The Rocks, we will have pre-ordered, plated meals.

Afternoon: After lunch, we continue our exploration of historic Sydney as we wander through The Rocks and across Circular Quay to the magnificent World Heritage-listed Sydney Opera House. Here we have an expert-led exploration of this truly wonderful, iconic building, a masterpiece of late modern architecture. There are five main performance spaces at the Sydney Opera House - the Concert Hall, the Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre (formerly the Opera Theatre), the Drama Theatre, the Playhouse and the Studio - and the availability of these spaces to visit changes from day to day. We then return to our hotel on the light rail and check in, with some down time before dinner.

Dinner: At our accommodation.

Evening: At leisure.

DAY
11
Free Day in Sydney
Sydney
B
Novotel Sydney Darling Square

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: Free time to explore Sydney.

Lunch: On your own.

Afternoon: Free time.

Dinner: On your own.

Evening: At leisure.

DAY
12
Harbourside Walk in Manly, Manly Ferry, Farewell Dinner
Sydney
B,D
Novotel Sydney Darling Square

Activity note: The walk from North Head down in to Manly is approximately 3 miles. It is on well-graded paths and boardwalks, although there is a short section across the back of a beach. There is a steep but quite short section of this walk prior to getting to the beach. You will need walking shoes, sun hat, water and suntan lotion.

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: We will board our motorcoach and travel across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and carry on to the Spit Bridge crossing Sydney's Middle Harbour. After crossing Spit Bridge and Middle Harbour, we carry on to the iconic harbour- and beach-side suburb of Manly. We drive up to North Head, on the northern side of the entrance to Sydney Harbour. We disembark the coach and walk out to Fairfax Lokout giving us outstanding views of Sydney Harbour and the Tasman Sea. From here we walk down past North Fort and a historic quarantine cemetery before we drop down to one of the little beaches that dot Sydney Harbour. We walk across the back of this beach and carry on around in to Manly. We arrive in Manly around lunch time and have the rest of the afternoon to explore at leisure.

Lunch: On our own.

Afternoon: Your Opal Card can be used on the Manly ferry allowing you the option to explore this beach-side suburb further at your leisure and to take the magnificent half-hour ferry ride back in to Sydney at a time that suits you. The ferry runs every 30 minutes so there is ample opportunity for you to split your time between Manly and Sydney as you see fit. We regather at the hotel in the late afternoon to review our program before dinner.

Dinner: We will walk around the side of Darling Harbour to a local restaurant. Here we will have a plated farewell dinner. We will have "Farewell to Australia" wine with dinner.

Evening: We will walk back to our hotel. You may wish to stay longer and explore some more of the vibrant harbourside Darling Harbour precinct as you wend your way back to the hotel independently. Prepare for hotel check out and departure tomorrow.

DAY
13
Program Concludes
In Flight
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Activity note: Hotel check out is by 10:00 a.m. If you are leaving later in the day, you will be able to store your luggage with reception.

Breakfast: Hotel buffet.

Morning: Our program concludes with breakfast. After breakfast, we check out of our hotel. Those participants who have booked their flights through Road Scholar will be transferred to Sydney Airport. If you are returning home, safe travels. If you are staying on independently, have a wonderful time. If you are transferring to another Road Scholar program, detailed instructions are included in your Information Packet for that program. We hope you enjoy Road Scholar learning adventures and look forward to having you on rewarding programs in the future. Please join our Facebook page and share photos of your program. Visit us at www.facebook.com/rsadventures. Best wishes for all your journeys!






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