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Join your Travel Director for a Perth city tour and a stroll through Kings Park Botanic Garden overlooking the Swan River. Evening dinner with your Travel Director and travelling companions.

Meals: Dinner

Travel to Busselton to see the 1.8 km wooden jetty in Geographe Bay. Continue to the Margaret River region for a hosted tasting at Xanadu Wines, sampling its celebrated cabernet sauvignon and other varietals.

Meals: Breakfast

Visit Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse at the meeting point of the Indian and Southern oceans. Walk the Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk, suspended 40 metres above the forest floor among soaring tingle trees.

Meals: Breakfast

Free time in Albany. Optional Experiences include an ANZAC heritage tour, exploring Torndirrup National Park with dramatic rock formations and seasonal whale sightings, or a culinary excursion with tastings of local cheeses, fudge, chocolate, ice-cream, cider, wines and gins.

Meals: Breakfast

Travel via Stirling Range National Park, known for seasonal wildflowers, to Hellfire Bay. Join an Aboriginal guide for a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience, learning about the cultural history of the Wudjari people and the nature of this area.

Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

Head inland to Kalgoorlie to view gold rush–era streets and the Super Pit open-cut gold mine. Visit Hannans North Mine and see enormous haul trucks and loaders.

Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

See Wave Rock, a 110‑metre, rainbow‑hued granite formation shaped like a breaking wave. Meet local Sheenagh for a farm visit and insights into life on the land.

Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

Travel from the Wheatbelt to Fremantle, an energetic port city with heritage‑lined streets. Free time to explore at your own pace, perhaps visiting the Fremantle Markets.

Meals: Breakfast

Day at leisure in Fremantle. Optional Experiences include a guided tour revealing local haunts, or a ferry to Rottnest Island for quokka selfies and turquoise bays; Little Creatures Brewery is a popular stop.

Meals: Breakfast

Farewell Fremantle and depart.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s included

9 breakfasts and 4 dinners included, as per the Dining Summary and daily itinerary.
Deluxe coach travel for intercity journeys and touring as outlined.
Professional Travel Director and Driver accompaniment throughout the journey.
3-star hotel stays throughout the trip, with properties featured in the itinerary including Holiday Inn West Perth; Margarets in Town; The Dog Rock Motel; Comfort Inn Bay of Isles; Rydges Kalgoorlie; Wave Rock Motel; and Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - by Rydges.
Included sightseeing and experiences: Perth city tour and Kings Park; Busselton Jetty viewing; hosted wine tasting at Xanadu Wines (Margaret River); Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse; Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk; Aboriginal-guided MAKE TRAVEL MATTER experience at Hellfire Bay/Cape Le Grand National Park; Kalgoorlie Super Pit lookout and Hannans North Mine; Wave Rock and a hosted farm visit.

What’s not included

International or domestic flights to start in Perth and from the end in Fremantle are not included.
Australian entry visas (if required) are not included.
Travel insurance is not included and should be arranged independently.
Lunches and any meals or drinks not listed under Inclusions.
Optional experiences and activities at additional cost, such as Albany tours (ANZAC heritage, Torndirrup National Park, culinary tastings), Fremantle guided tours, and Rottnest Island ferry and activities.
Personal expenses such as laundry, souvenirs, and phone calls.

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Explore dazzling granite headlands and sugar-white coves on a guided encounter in Cape Le Grand National Park. At Hellfire Bay, meet your Aboriginal guide and learn how traditional knowledge reads tides, shells and plants along this luminous coast.

Hear Wudjari stories of Country and connection as turquoise water curls onto squeaky sand. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER experience deepens understanding of culture and care for place while revealing one of Australia’s most beautiful shorelines.

Witness the scale of Australia’s gold mining heartland from the Super Pit Lookout on the famed Golden Mile. Haul trucks move like toys across terraced walls, a vista that invites you to pause for photos and reflection on industry and landscape.

Continue to Hannans North Tourist Mine to stand beside colossal machinery and trace stories from the 1890s rush. Prospectors’ grit and modern engineering combine in a compelling snapshot of outback enterprise.

Marvel at Wave Rock, a 110-metre, rainbow-streaked granite cliff shaped like a cresting breaker. Run your hand along the rainbow-hued granite swell and capture its curves against the big-sky Wheatbelt.

Nearby, meet Sheenagh on her working farm for candid insights into life on the land. Hear about seasons, resilience and community in this wide-open country, where red earth, salt lakes and silence define the rhythm of days.

Join a guided tour exploring Albany’s role as the final Australian port for departing WWI convoys. Visit the National Anzac Centre and memorial lookouts on Mount Clarence, contemplating letters, diaries and personal stories that bring service and sacrifice into focus.

Powerful exhibits and harbor views connect past and present in a moving encounter. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour, and subject to availability.

Explore dramatic Torndirrup National Park, where the Southern Ocean carves the coast into sheer cliffs and sculpted rock. Walk boardwalks to the The Gap and Natural Bridge, feeling the thunder of waves and cool salt spray as swells surge beneath you.

Learn about fragile coastal heath and keep watch for seasonal whales offshore. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour, and weather dependent.

Taste your way through the Great Southern on a curated grazing adventure. Sample regional wines alongside artisanal cheeses, chocolates, ice-creams and craft gins and ciders as local producers share their craft and seasonal specialties.

Cool-climate vineyards meet fertile farmland here, creating distinctive flavours shaped by ocean breezes and long growing seasons. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Walk the port city’s storied streets on a guided amble through sandstone facades and maritime lanes. Join a guided walking tour of Fremantle’s West End, hearing tales of seafarers, merchants and migrants as you pass historic terraces and lively waterfront corners.

Discover café-lined boulevards, music-filled pubs and civic landmarks that reveal a creative, independent streak. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Cruise by ferry to Rottnest Island, a car-free sanctuary laced with bike paths and coves. Explore at leisure, meet the island’s quokkas and photograph turquoise bays where white sand and seagrass shallows glow in the sun.

Swim, stroll or cycle between lookouts as you learn about Wadjemup’s maritime and military chapters. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour, with ferry times and activities subject to availability.

Explore the foreshore at the iconic Busselton Jetty, a 1.8-kilometre timber pier stretching into the blue sweep of Geographe Bay. Stroll the waterfront and pause for photos and reflection where sea and sky seem to meet.

Learn how this 19th-century structure became the Southern Hemisphere’s longest wooden jetty, supporting the region’s early maritime trade. Gentle sea breezes, lapping waves and long coastal vistas set a relaxed, nostalgic mood.

Taste the region’s celebrated vintages during a hosted tasting at Xanadu Wines, a long-established Margaret River estate known for elegant cabernet sauvignon and refined whites.

Gain insight into a maritime climate shaped by the Indian and Southern oceans and why this pocket produces a quarter of Australia’s premium wines. Swirl, sip and compare styles as your host brings the terroir to life amid vine-lined vistas.

Visit the storied Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, standing sentinel where the Indian and Southern oceans meet. Feel the salt air and watch restless swells, a rugged panorama perfect to pause for photos and reflection.

Later, experience the Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk, a remarkable walkway suspended 40 metres above the forest floor. Drift amid soaring tingle trees and listen to the wind move through ancient canopies in Walpole-Nornalup National Park.

Discover Western Australia’s capital on a concise introduction to its riverfront setting and green heart. Meet your Travel Director and join a guided panoramic tour that frames the city against the Swan River views before a hosted stroll through Kings Park’s Botanic Garden.

Hear how Perth grew from a remote Swan River Colony to a modern metropolis, while surrounded by native flora and fragrant eucalypts. Elevated lookouts reveal the skyline and water glittering below, a serene contrast to the city’s energy.

  • 4 Dinner (D)
  • 9 Breakfast (B)
  • Busselton: See the longest jetty in the Southern Hemisphere at Busselton
  • Kalgoorlie: Explore the mining town of Kalgoorlie including Hannans North Mine
  • Esperance: Discover the spectacular turquoise waters of Esperance
  • Cape Le Grand: Enjoy a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at Cape Le Grand National Park
  • Margaret River: Enjoy wine tasting in the Margaret River region
  • 3-star stays
  • Selected hotel dinners
  • Deluxe coach travel
  • Margaret River: Enjoy wine tasting in the Margaret River Region
  • Albany: View the tingle forest from Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk
  • Kalgoorlie: Explore the mining town of Kalgoorlie including Hannans North Mine
  • Wave Rock: Experience the geological wonder of Wave Rock

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