Rail Holidays Australia and Forresters Beach Probus Club presents The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers 19 to 24 September 2019 The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is Australia's longest running annual horticultural event and is renowned as a national spring icon. Carnival brings together horticulture, entertainment and gourmet foods in a unique culmination of spring celebrations, horticultural excellence and artistic diversity that remains unrivalled by any other Queensland event. From food and flowers, wine and watering cans to music and mulch - the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is blooming brilliance at its best. Take Diesel-hauled Train Ride from Toowoomba Station up through the ranges with an unmissable scenic journey to the prize-winning gardens of Spring Bluff. The warm welcome from the 'Acting' Station Master is a real song a dance! Grab a coffee and enjoy the morning at South East Queensland's prettiest railway station. The major highlight of the tour will be Australia's most unique Street Parade - the **Grand Central Floral Parade. Spectacular floats decorated with live flowers, fitting the chosen theme for the year, plus bands, marching groups and carnival characters. The Parade winds through the city and we enjoy it from a prime viewing location on reserved seating. We have the remainder of the afternoon to purchase lunch at one of the many stalls in the gardens and wander through Toowoomba, soaking up the Carnival atmosphere. Visit some of the private gardens that are open as part of the festival and the grand champion garden. Public gardens visited include Laurel Bank park. Other highlights include the famous Picnic Point iooJSroMt which provides an amazing view of the Lockyer Valley and Tabletop Mountain, also visits to the famous Cobb & Co Museum, Lawdogs Australia, Historic Glengallan Homestead and Rail Holidays Australia Po Box 1430 Bathurst 2795 All Bookings made through the Forresters Beach Probus Club Telephone: 02 63111128 mob 0418 337 263 *A11 prices and touring are correct at time of printing but are to change without notification. Travel insurance strongly recommended.. Conditions apply.
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Rail Holidays Australia and Forresters Beach Probus Club presents The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
19 to 24 September 2019 The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is Australia's longest running annual horticultural event and is renowned as a national spring icon. Carnival brings together horticulture, entertainment and gourmet foods in a unique culmination of spring celebrations, horticultural excellence and artistic diversity that remains unrivalled by any other Queensland event. From food and flowers, wine and watering cans to music and mulch - the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is blooming brilliance at its best. Take Diesel-hauled Train Ride from Toowoomba Station up through the ranges with an unmissable scenic journey to the prize-winning gardens of Spring Bluff. The warm welcome from the 'Acting' Station Master is a real song a dance! Grab a coffee and enjoy the morning at South East Queensland's prettiest railway station.
The major highlight of the tour will be Australia's most unique Street Parade - the **Grand Central Floral Parade. Spectacular floats decorated with live flowers, fitting the chosen theme for the year, plus bands, marching groups and carnival characters. The Parade winds through the city and we enjoy it from a prime viewing location on reserved seating. We have the remainder of the afternoon to purchase lunch at one of the many stalls in the gardens and wander through Toowoomba, soaking up the Carnival atmosphere.
Visit some of the private gardens that are open as part of the festival and the grand champion garden. Public gardens visited include Laurel Bank park. Other highlights include the famous Picnic Point iooJSroMt which provides an amazing view of the Lockyer Valley and Tabletop Mountain, also visits to the famous Cobb & Co Museum, Lawdogs Australia, Historic Glengallan Homestead and
Rail Holidays Australia Po Box 1430 Bathurst 2795 All Bookings made through the Forresters Beach Probus Club Telephone: 02 63111128 mob 0418 337 263 *A11 prices and touring are correct at time of printing but are to change without notification. Travel insurance strongly recommended.. Conditions apply.
Wallangarra Railway Station & Museum where the 2 states meet in the middle of the platform a significant Railway Station in the history of the railways.
Thu 19 Sept CASINO Depart Gosford on the morning XPT to Casino sit back and relax in your 1'̂ class seat watching the ever-changing scenery pass you by. Chatting with your travelling companions while enjoy lunch and dinner at your leisure and maybe even an evening drink you will be in Casino before you know it. On arrival, your local touring coach will be there to meet you and transfer us to our overnight accommodation.
Frl20Sept CASINO to TOOWOOMBA (B,L,D) After a hearty breakfast we set off for Tenterfield. Tenterfield is known as The Birthplace of Our Nation - Sir Henry Parkes' vision of a united Australia was presented in his famous Federation Speech at the Tenterfield School of Arts on 24th October 1889.lt is also home to the famous Tenterfield Sadler. At Tenterfield we will have a short break for morning tea (own expense). Continue to Stanthorpe and Lawdogs Australia which is Australia's first privately owned specialist dog training kennel that is open to the public to see puppies and adult dogs going through their law enforcement training and doing demonstrations of protection, detection and agility in a live sit-down show. Visitors can get up close and personal while seated behind a safety fence and be captivated as they see the dogs barking on command, developing their bite skills, training for future arrest scenarios, controlling suspects, finding hidden scent and working around agility equipment. See the dogs, hear their stories, share the training journey....It's an hour of education, excitement and entertainment you will never forget!!. On arrival in Toowoomba we drive to the famous Picnic Point Lookout which is perched on the edge of the Great Dividing Range and provides an amazing view of the Lockyer Valley and Tabletop Mountain. We check into our accommodation and settle in for the next three nights.
Sat 21 Sept THE GRAND CENTRAL FLORAL PARADE {B,L,D) This morning we make our way to Toowoomba Railway Station for your Diesel- train ride up through the ranges with an unmissable scenic journey to the prize-winning gardens of Spring Bluff (established inl867). The warm welcome from the 'Acting* Station Master is a real song a dance! grab a coffee and enjoy the morning at South East Queensland's prettiest railway station. Late morning board the train back to Toowoomba next we take a look at the Cobb & Co Museum which is part of the Queensland Museum. It traces the history of horse drawn transportation in Australia from old timber wagons, spring wagons, and bullock drays through to the Cobb & Co coaches and the elegant Victoria and a landau used by the Duke of Edinburgh when he visited the colony in 1876. Early afternoon, we make our way to our seats for Australia's most unique Street Parade - the Grand Central Floral Parade. Spectacular floats decorated with live flowers, fitting the chosen theme for the year, plus bands, marching groups and carnival characters. The Parade winds through the city and we enjoy it from a prime viewing location on reserved seating.
Sun 22 Sept EXPLORING TOOWOOMBA'S GARDENS (B,D) Today we spend the day making the most of Carnival time and exploring some of the Exhibition & beautiful prize-winning Private Gardens that are open during the festival. We'll stop the magnificent grounds of Laurel Bank Park to enjoy the festival atmosphere also our lunch stop (own expense) before heading to the Grand Champion Garden.
Mon23Sept TOOWOOMBA TO ARMIDALE {B.L,D)
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Rail Holidays Australia Po Box 1430 Bathurst 2795 All Bookings made through the Forresters Beach Probus Club Telephone: 02 63111128 mob 0418 337 263 *A11 prices and touring are correct at time of printing but are to change without notificaticHi. Travel inswance strongly reconainended.. Conditions apply.
This morning and we commence our journey south. Our first stop will be at the Glengailan Homestead & Heritage Centre for morning tea and a tour. After more than 70 years of decline and dereliction, Glengailan emerges from the ruins of the 1867 sandstone mansion as a unique heritage experience. Walk through time and re-live the Glengailan story from squattocracy to farmer settlement. An innovative interpretation allows Glengailan to evolve with time as old photographs and documents shed more light on life in what was once described as "the finest house in the colony". Our next stop is the Wailangarra Railway Station Cafe for lunch. Take 10 minutes to look at this little museum. This fascinating railway station tells the story of the rivalries between Queensland and New South Wales before the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. Inspect the building and register that the Wailangarra railway station was built astride the state border with a single island platform with one building, with the western side for the narrow-gauge line from Queensland and the eastern side for the standard gauge line from New South Wales. After lunch we make our way to Glen Innes and the Australian Standing Stones at (Martins Lookout. Continuing to Armidale our overnight stop and time permitting we stop at the Apex Lookout which offers views of the whole city.
Tue 24 Sept ARMIDALE TO SYDNEY (B) This morning we make our way to the station to board the New England Explorer for your journey back to Gosford. Sit back and relax reminiscing with your travelling companions the wonder experience of the last few days. Have morning tea & lunch at your leisure before arriving into Gosford at 3.20pm.
Rail Holidays Australia Po Box 1430 Bathurst 2795 Ail Bookings made through the Forresters Beach Probus Club Telephone: 02 63111128 mob 0418 337 263 * All prices aiid touring are correct at time of printing but are to change without notificatioa Travel insurance strongly recomniended.. Conditions apply.
