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CYCLING TOURS |
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Our tours have manageable distances for relaxed cycling, and include stops at
interest points, wineries, galleries and cafes. Our backup vehicle is
always there for resting cyclists and to collect your purchases of wine and art
works or other souvenirs of your memorable holiday. Gourmet Cycling in South
Australia
South Australia has long been recognized as the wine state of Australia. Much of this reputation is based on the wineries, large and small, of the Eden, Clare and Barossa Valleys, the foci of our five day tour. Now these areas have gained a high reputation for fine food as well. There is excellent local produce, award winning restaurants and cafes, and in the Barossa, a long tradition of excellent German-style food. There are also historic towns, National Trust properties and excellent craft galleries to visit as we cycle through picturesque rolling countryside, and along parts of the Reisling Trail, a disused railway which is now a cycle track between wineries. This is our top of the range cycling holiday in the food and wine centre of South Australia. The terrain is moderately undulating, the countryside beautiful, roads are mainly paved and there is a huge range of historic wineries producing outstanding red and white wines. We stay at beautiful heritage listed properties. Our support vehicle accompanies the tour group, collecting your purchases and allowing you to rest if you wish. The cost also includes premium accomodation, dinners in the best local restaurants, gourmet picnics in beautiful locations, guide, support vehicle and pre-booked wine-tastings.
Taste wines made at the historic Jesuit monastery at Sevenhills, in the beautiful Watervale and Polish Hill areas, and have lunch at a winery bistro. Visit Mintaro heritage town and the grand ‘Martindale Hall’ and ride along ‘The Riesling Trail’, a dedicated walking/cycling route along an old railway line linking award-winning wineries. Cost includes all transport, gourmet meals, accommodation, pre-booked wine-tastings and guide.
The region was settled by German immigrants in the 1840s and their traditions are still evident in the towns and in the culinary treats provided by bakeries, wurst shops, wineries and restaurants. The terrain is gently rolling and very beautiful. We visit wineries built like grand chateaux, and boutique winemakers. Tour historic Seppeltsfield and stop at galleries, museums and craft shops. Our evening meal is in one of the best Barossa restaurants. Cost includes all transport,
gourmet meals, accommodation, pre-booked wine-tastings, support
vehicle and guide.
The Great Ocean Road is one of the world’s great scenic highways. It has surf beaches, secluded coves, rain forests, tall eucalypt forests, waterfalls and lush farmland. There are famous landmarks like the Twelve Apostles and Loch Ard Gorge; pretty fishing villages at Appollo Bay, Port Campbell and Port Fairy; lighthouses and the shipwreck coast. We travel by bus from Melbourne to Torquay to start exploring this beautiful region and travel by bus and bike westwards to Port Fairy and the extinct volcano at Tower Hill. Our bus takes us northwards to the Grampians, an ancient sandstone range with wide valleys and huge cliffs. It is a floral paradise populated by kangaroos, koalas and colourful parrots, and there are some thrilling descents for cyclists. Cost includes all transport, accommodation, meals, entry fees, guide and support vehicle.
Cycle the best of this inspiring coastal road and really experience its diverse environments while learning about the area's rich maratime past. We visit historical lighthouses, walk in pristine rainforest and cycle into an extinct volcano. Our support vehicle will carry you up some of the toughest sections, allowing you to enjoy the spectacular descents Cycling is between Anglesea and Port Fairy. Return to Melbourne is via a scenic train journey. Included: All transport (ex Melbourne), accommodation, meals, entry fees, support vehicle and guide.
We traverse quiet roads to secluded coves, sheer cliffs and pristine beaches. We visit isolated lighthouses, Admirals Arch, the Remarkable Rocks, and walk among the basking Australian sea lions at Seal Bay. Fully accommodated in a farmstay where we go spotlighting for native animals. Cost includes all transport,
accommodation, meals, ferry, entry fees, support vehicle and
guide.
From Adelaide we travel to
the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Northern Flinders
Ranges where we take a day to explore this ancient and unique
outback landscape. We walk to isolated waterholes to spot rare
and beautiful yellow-footed rock wallabies and travel in a modified
four-wheel drive on the Ridge Top Tour, one of the most spectacular
and rugged tracks in the world. For three days we ride remote outback tracks thru national parks and station properties. Arriving at Iga Warta, we are guests of the Adnyamathana Aboriginal people. We take time to hear their creation stories (dreamtime), visit art sites and enjoy a traditional Aboriginal meal. Travelling southwards we explore Brachina Gorge and walk into Wilpena Pound. Take a scenic flight over this rugged landscape if you wish. We return to Adelaide via the Clare Valley wine region to cycle the Reisling Trail and sample excellent red and white wines. Included: All transport (ex Adelaide), accommodation, camping equipement, meals, entry fees, support vehicle and guide.
The Victorian High Country! The perfect place for a summer bike riding holiday.
The scenery is superb! There are true mountain panoramas and the alpine environment is delightful. There are tall alpine ash and sculptured snow gum forests, rolling alpine herb fields, snowgrass plains, ferny gullies and summer wildflowers. There are relics of the goldrushes and rustic huts of the pioneering mountain cattlemen. Our route takes in the Mt. Buffalo Plateau, Ovens Valley, Mt. Hotham to Omeo Road (downhill), Falls Creek to Mt. Beauty Road (downhill), and Tawonga Gap to Bright (downhill). We stay in hotels, cabins and ski lodges with luggage transported by our backup vehicle. Cost includes transport ex Melbourne, all meals, accommodation, entry fees, guide and support vehicle. |
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Picturesque
and gently rolling countryside, quiet roads and small wineries
making superb red and white wines make this an ideal cycling
area. 
Australia’s
largest and most famous wine region, the Barossa combines excellent
wine, fine food, beautiful scenery and a fascinating German
heritage. 
We
explore the high roads of the Alpine National Park, the Bogong
High Plains, and nearby valleys without long arduous climbs.
You cycle the long exhilarating down hill runs, the flatter
valley bottoms and High Plains traverses. Our vehicle lifts
you and your bike on the climbs. 