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Your 7 Days of fun!
We want you to have an exciting time whilst in Australia, and what better way to start than to have 7 days of pre-arranged fun with a group of like-minded travellers?
Day 1: Arrival and Sydney tower welcome meal
After checking into the hostel you may want to catch up on a few hours of sleep, or head out into the city, or even to the beach! However, come the evening, we have an exciting night planned for you at Sydney’s Centrepoint tower! You’ll have dinner at the rotating tower offering stunning views of the city at night and then head onto a few of Sydney’s most poplar backpackers bars for a free drink in each!
Day 2: Free Time
Today is a free day for you to spend sightseeing, sleeping, shopping or whatever else takes your fancy! You won’t be lost for something to do, but here are a few ideas; shop at Oxford Street or Town Hall; wander down to Circular Quay and take a tour of the stunning Opera House; catch a bus to Coogee beach; soak up the atmosphere in some of the pubs at ‘The Rocks’, one of Sydney’s most charming areas.
Day 3: Hunter Valley Wine Trip
Today you’ll travel to Hunter Valley, a few hours drive from Sydney, famous for its vino! You’ll be given a behind-the-scenes winery tour and get to taste over 30 different wines (and Australian cheeses to accompany them) in at least 5 different wineries! For dessert choose from a selection of chocolates!
The day also includes entry to Australian Reptile Park where you will have morning tea with koalas and kangaroos and see other native Australian wildlife such as spiders, snakes, dingoes, wombats, platypus and not forgetting Eric the Crocodile!
Day 4: Surf Trip (Summer)/ Jet Boating (winter)
Surfing - at last, your chance to become an Aussie surf dude! You’ll have a 3-hour surf lesson where the experienced coaches will teach you how to catch your own waves, stand up and ride them all the way to the beach.
You’ll also have a tour of Sydney’s stunning Northern beaches, an area renowned for its unique chilled out atmosphere, and this includes a trip to the famous Palm Beach aka Home and Away’s Summer Bay – have a photo stop at the surf club and you may even get to watch them filming!
Jet boating - an exhilarating jet boat ride around Sydney Harbour. Your adrenaline will be racing as you experience fish tails, wave riding, power brake stops and incredible 270-degree spins. You’ll also see Sydney’s famous sites including the Opera House, Fort Denison, Rose Bay, Goat Island and of course the harbour bridge!
Upon your return to the hostel, you’ll go to Sidebar where there will be a free drink waiting for you!
Day 5: Beach BBQ
What better way to get a taste for the Aussie lifestyle than to spend a day at the beach? Relax, soak up the sun, practice your surfing and play games. Let us do the hard work and prepare you an all-you-can eat BBQ with sausages, burgers, salads and sauces! You’ll also get a free drink and we can of course cater for veggies.
Day 6: Zoo and pub crawl
Another day packed full of fun! You’ll start the day down at Circular Quay where you’ll catch a ferry to Taronga Zoo. The zoo is home to more than 2000 critters including many native Australian animals. You will also be able to hop on the sky safari cable car for great views of the whole zoo and surrounding area.
In the evening we’ll meet you at Wake Up hostel ready for the start of your guided pub crawl. You’ll visit 5 of Sydney’s best bars and clubs in the city, Coogee, Bondi and Kings Cross! You’ll get a free drink in each venue, a free t-shirt and a group photo so you won’t forget this fab night out.
Day 7: Sydney Harbour Cruise
For a leisurely day after your big night out we have arranged a Sydney Harbour cruise for you. Some of you may be heading off to other parts of the country after your week of fun, so this will be a great way to kick back, relax and soak up the sights of stunning Sydney and get some great photos of the Opera House and harbour waterways.
5-day Jackaroo / Jillaroo (cowboy/cowgirl) School
With this experience you spend 5 days learning the skills of reallife Jackaroos and Jillaroos (Aussie cowboys and girls). Staying at the Leconsfield Estate in Tamworth NSW, you are taught the day-today skills that are necessary to become a Jackaroo, including working with the horses or other animals, to using ropes and lasso, and other necessary outback skills… loads of fun in the outdoors.
This is an ideal opportunity if you have an interest in horses and if you want to witness how life exists in the genuine Aussie outback.
Experiencing the true outback is a rare opportunity, especially with all the tourist developments commercialising “the bush”. The outback ranches, however, will always retain the true Aussie nature and spirit of the Jackaroo.
What's Included:
- 4 nights’ accommodation on the training ranch
- All tuition and skills lessons
- All meals
During your time at the ranch you will be taught:
- Horse riding (saddling the horse and swimming with horses)
- Mustering
- Throwing a lasso
- Shearing a sheep
- Fencing and Yard Building
- Natural Horsemanship
In the evenings you can enjoy beer and wine whilst sat around a campfire with friends from all over the world eating real Aussie tucker. Prepare for “back to basics”!
5-day Surf School adventure
On this trip you get to live the surfer’s dream of freedom, travel, good waves and good times. You spend 5 days travelling between Sydney and Byron Bay, stopping along the way at some of Australia’s most pristine beaches.
Your transport is the luxury surf party bus, which will take you to your destinations in style, many of which will be off the “conventional” backpacker route.
The full surfing tuition covers all abilities from beginners to advanced, and the full accredited instructors will make sure that you are standing and riding those waves. On top of this, they will pass on the skills of paddling, wave selection and ocean knowledge, as well as many other hints too.
All equipment, transport, accommodation and meals are included. The trip is an absolute dream, as you ride the waves by day and party by night.
OZ Experience Bus Pass from Byron Bay to Cairns Once you’ve finished at the surf school your “Strewth” bus pass kicks in, allowing you to travel between Byron Bay and Cairns, seeing the main sights of the amazing East Coast, such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsundays, Airlie Beach and Fraser Island. It’s a hop-on, hop-off pass which allows you the freedom to jump off wherever you like and stay for as long as you like before hopping on the next bus and carrying on.
Not only that, the “Oz Experience” buses like to take you to out-of-the-way places en route, showing you areas of natural splendour and adding local stories and legend, to teach you more about what makes Australia a fantastic place.
2 weeks Conservation Volunteer Australia
There are opportunities to volunteer all over Australia in every single state – choose from 10 locations in both busy cities and outback towns.
The Australian Environment is a precious resource and needs looking after. Most Australians live in or near cities, so we need volunteers to join in and help. It is likely that there will be Australians on your project but you will also be mixing people from all over the world.
Most of the projects exist in areas that are “off the beaten track”, so you will get to live and spend quality time in areas of Australia that other travellers and tourists don’t get to see.
Also, most of the work you are involved in helps to keep these areas pristine, preserving them for future generations, so it’s productive too.
Throughout the entire placement, all your accommodation and meals are included. You live in shared accommodation specifically built for the volunteers and you get plenty of free time in the evenings to enjoy a few drinks. Most of the volunteers are travellers like you, so you get to meet many new people.
The most popular destinations are in Queensland, due to its year-round climate, which book up well in advance. If you choose to do your project there, we would need to decide as soon as possible.
Your Thailand stop over
Bangkok Stop Over
You can choose to have your stop over either on your outbound or your return flight. Upon arrival at Bangkok airport, you will be met by a guide who will take your accommodation by air-conditioned bus for a 2-night stop over. Once there you can relax and explore this amazing and vibrant capital.
2-night stop over includes:
- 2 nights accommodation and breakfasts
- Meet & greet at the airport
- Transfer by air-conditioned bus
- Travel and tours information available from the hotel office
Facilities:
- Large & friendly hotel with moderate facilities. Relax in the outdoor pool, play some snooker or have a few drinks in the in-house bar or restaurant
- Situated just 10 minutes from the famous backpacker street Khoa San Road in the Banglamphu area.
- Plenty of things to visit near by including shops, bars, cafes, markets, temples and the beautiful Royal Palace.
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