Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Festival

Toowoomba Carnival of
Flowers Festival
WE DRIVE YOU
SINCE 1992
New Tour
With Ezi Drive Coaches
6 Days with Brian and Mary
Tour Date Thursday 15 – Tuesday 20 September 2016
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Pick from your home, transport to Toowoomba and return to your door step
(Sydney Metropolitan area only)
Luxury Coach Travel, Seatbelts and Restroom
All fully cooked breakfasts
Five three course Dinners at the motel
Lunch days 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6
Five nights minimum three star quality accommodation, twin share
All entry fees and guides as per itinerary
Escorted tour
Tour Highlights:
Lunch and Tour of Singleton Mercy Convent, reserved seating to view the Grand Central Floral
Parade, Driving guided tour of Toowoomba including visiting prize winning gardens with a
Local Guide, Picnic Point Park, Orchid Society, Price Winning Gardens, Beardies History
Museum, Mare and Foal Park, Ourimba RSL Club,
Tour Fee including GST:
Members
Non Members
Single Supplement
$1549.00 per person twin share
$1569.00 per person twin share
$295.00
Minimum loading 20 passengers booked and paid by Thursday July 2016
For information and bookings phone: 02 4774 9700
Website: ezidrivecoaches.com.au – Email: mary@ezidrivecoaches.com.au
Please note that the itinerary is subject to change without notice
PO Box BRINGELLY 2556
Lunch Dinner
Day 1. Thursday 15. September 2016: Home to Tamworth
We pick you up from home this morning and travel north along the M1 and New England Highway to
Tamworth. On the way we will be stopping for lunch and a tour of the beautiful Singleton Mercy Convent.
Here we will learn about the journey of the Sisters of Mercy from Ireland to the Hunter Valley. The Convent is
set in spacious gardens creating a unique atmosphere of peace and tranquility. After lunch we continue our
journey north through Scone passing by the many horse studs and farms in the district.
Overnight accommodation in Tamworth
B/fast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 2. Friday 16 September 2016 Tamworth to Toowoomba
This morning after breakfast we travel through Armidale and Glen Innes to Tenterfield, enjoying morning tea
on the way. We visit the Sir Henry Parkes School of Arts where Sir Henry Parkes delivered his famous
“Birth of a Nation” speech in 1889. Here we will enjoy lunch before a rendition of the speech by “Sir Henry”
himself. After lunch we travel over the Queensland border to Warwick on the Darling Downs passing by the
Jack Howe Memorial before setting into our accommodation
Accommodation for the next three nights is in Toowoomba
B/fast & Dinner
Day 3. Saturday 17 September 2016 Carnival of Flowers Parade
Today we start a City sights driving tour taking in a variety of tourist attractions. A drive through Picnic Point
Park where there have been 145 bird species recorded within the park’s natural bushlands. The park is
situated on a scenic peak of the Great Diving Range and has stunning view of the Lockyer Valley to the east,
the City of Toowoomba and farming lands to the west. After the opportunity to buy your own lunch in town,
there will be time to browse the stalls and shops prior to taking our reserved seats for the Grand Central
Floral Parade. It is the perfect position to view the various floats, full of flowers, marching bands, stilt walkers
and local cultural communities in traditional costumes.
Overnight accommodation in Toowoomba
B/fast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4, Sunday 18 September 2016 Gardens and Attractions
The Tour today is of the Prize Winning Gardens. Our guide will take us to the gardens both large and small
that have won an award in this year’s gardening competition. The competition is judged the week prior to the
Parade There will be an opportunity to purchase souvenirs and plants at most gardens. Our lunch today is
catered for by the Orchid Society. After lunch there will be time to view and purchase award winning Orchids.
Overnight accommodation in Toowoomba
B/fast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5 Monday 19 September 2016 Toowoomba to Tamworth
After breakfast we bid farewell to Toowoomba and return down the New England Highway to the Land of the
Beardies History Museum for a tour and lunch stopping for morning tea on the way. Occupying the original
Glen Innes Hospital, the Land Of The Beardies History House Museum and Research Centre showcases the
history of Glen Innes and District with exhibits in over 25 rooms and outdoor areas.
Overnight accommodation in Tamworth
Breakfast & Lunch
Day 6 Tuesday 20 September 2016 Tamworth to Home
We make a leisurely start to our tour back home to Sydney stopping for morning tea in Scone at the Mare and
Foal Park. Lunch today is at the Ourimba RSL Club before saying goodbye after a wonderful tour to the
Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba with Brian and Mary from Ezi Drive Coaches.
For information and bookings phone: 02 4774 9700
Website: ezidrivecoaches.com.au – Email: mary@ezidrivecoaches.com.au
Please note that the itinerary is subject to change without notice
PO Box BRINGELLY 2556