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Southern Capitals - City Meets Bush (2027/2028)

5 days
From Sydney to Melbourne
5.0
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Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Guided in English
Group Size 20 - 48
All Ages Welcome
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Highlights

  • Cultural Immersion
  • Gold rush towns always come with stories about infamous bush rangers and love scandals. Hear them when you arrive in historic Beechworth.
  • Make Travel Matter
  • Walk with a guide through the galleries of Koorie Heritage Trust, a First Peoples arts and cultural centre at Federation Square.
  • Local Connection
  • Experience authentic farm life with local sheep farmer Craig Starr and his family at Gold Creek Station, a historic 400-hectare property.
  • World Class Nature
  • Travel through Victoria's High Country to Beechworth heritage town, surrounded by the majestic Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park.

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Sydney - Canberra
  2. Day 2 Canberra - Wangaratta
  3. Day 3 Wangaratta - Melbourne
  4. Day 4 Melbourne Free Time
  5. Day 5 Farewell from Melbourne
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What's Not Included

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Where You'll Stay

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Operated by

AAT Kings

Number of tours

373

Age Range

5 to 99 years old

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within 3 days

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Customer Reviews

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    Excellent
    5.0
  • Itinerary
    Excellent
    5.0
  • Transport
    Excellent
    5.0
  • Accommodation
    Excellent
    5.0
  • Food
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    5.0
  • 4.3
  • DW
    · January 15th, 2024
    All good, no problems
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    Trip date: January 2024
  • J
    · October 29th, 2019
    I loved every aspect of this guided holiday. Amazing tour guide and driver, easy way to travel in a luxury coach, porterage included, delicious food and a lot of insider knowledge from local experts in all areas you can't get from your guide books. Highly recommend!
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    AAT Kings commented on this review
    Hi Jess, thanks so much for sharing your wonderful feedback! So great to hear you enjoyed your holiday with us, and hope to see you on another one soon.
    Trip date: November 2018

Dates & Availability

5 days
Southern Capitals - City Meets Bush (2027/2028)
From Sydney to Melbourne

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