For bookings, please telephone the U3A office (9821 0282)
to express your interest in participation.
BOOKING POLICY
All tours fees are payable at the time of placing reservation.
Payment is due 21 days prior to tour date, unless stated otherwise.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations more than 21 days prior to the scheduled departure incur a $5 administration
fee per person.
Cancellations 21 days or less prior to the scheduled departure time - no refund due.
Two years ago we boarded the traditional ferry
boat, the Blackbird, of Lakes Entrance fame, to
venture downstream. This year we shall cruise
upstream to retrace the early history of
Melbourne's development. The popular excursion
is being repeated due to high demand. Upon
disembarkation, join members for lunch at the
Happy River Cafe (own expense), nearby on the
river.
Cost: $15 per person
Time: Boat departs at 10.30 am sharp returning 2 hours later.
Where:Footscray on the western side of the Maribyrnong River.
Melway reference 42 E5.
Proceed to the end of Wingfield Street to access the River. There is a new name for the end of Wingfield Street in the latest Melway, which is called 'Salt River Place'. The river ferry is 100 yards to the end of Salt River place.
Transport: Own arrangements [ample parking]
Meals:Optional lunch at own cost at the Happy River Café located 200 metres
south of the boat mooring area.
Maximum: 28 participants
This is the first historical walking tour, in a series of walking tours, to be offered over the next three years. Travel in comfort by train from Melbourne to Bendigo and our Hawthorn U3A member, guide
and historian, Norm Fary, will conduct an informative and entertaining insight into early Bendigo.
A second tour will be held in October 2012.
COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES
ARE ESSENTIAL.
Cost: Tour is free of charge, however public transport is at own expense.
Train:Schedules subject to change however as a guide:-
Depart Southern Cross station 9.15 am (check on big LCD screen for platform number)
Arrive Bendigo station 11.20 am
Departs Bendigo station 4.02 pm
Tour Departs: Bendigo rail station 11.20 am
Where: U3A Hawthorn at Sinclair Avenue, Glen Iris (bus)
Maximum: 25 participants
Indulge yourself! Experience the high life while
viewing trucking magnate Lindsay Fox's amazing collection of more than 50 prestige vehicles collected over a 20-year period and housed in the historic Queen's Warehouse. The $15 million collection is guaranteed to capture everyone's imagination.
Cost: $8 per person
Time: 10.30 am sharp with duration of tour 1 -> 1.5 hours
Where: 749-755 Collins St, Docklands (corner Batman Hill Drive and Collins
Street) Melway 2E H7
Minimum: 25 participants
For further queries, please contact Joan Harding or Collette Flynn [phone numbers are in your December 2011 Newsletter].
Excursion Co-ordinator: Joan Harding
