Group Touring

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Driver Commentary – Our drivers can provide expert commentary for all types of groups & destinations. Day trips and extended tours, with garden tours a speciality using the knowledge of our very own qualified Horticulturist – see Specialised Garden Tours for further information.

Eastern Australia Coaches prides itself on our policy of continually upgrading our fleet as it constantly evolves to meet the demands of passenger requirements, from the latest entertainment equipment to special wardrobe needs to keep uniforms neat and tidy whilst on tour for Band Performances & Eisteddfods.

Our most recent and impressive addition being a 52 seat Wheelchair Lift Equipped Scania Irizar, Luxury 5 Star Touring Coach which is capable of travelling with 2 wheelchairs and 48 additional passengers.

Touring is a breeze in our Luxury Coaches – easy access, comfortable seating, toilet & washroom on board, panoramic tinted windows to take in the sights, climate controlled for comfort all year round, large under coach secure luggage area, even hot water urns for a hot cuppa en-route!

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Destination Australia

Australia is vast and absolutely spoilt for choice on destinations to visit with your group! For over 45 years we have been helping groups see, experience and explore it for themselves and all this amazing country has to offer. Some of our more popular regions to tour over the years are listed if you need inspiration on where to visit next, new venues and destinations are always on the horizon, taking you there in comfort & style is our focus.

General interest NSW Multi day Touring – Mudgee & Gulgong, Central West NSW, NSW North Coast & Gold Coast QLD, Northern NSW, Canberra region, Sapphire Coast, Snowy Mountains during Summer is lovely, Lake Mungo National Park, the list is endless. Relaxing in the Hot springs in Moree, the “Dish” at Parkes, Temora aviation museum & Junee liquorice factory, exploring the Sapphire coast including whales at Eden & cheeses in Bega, dolphin & whale cruising at Port Macquarie & Port Stephens, fossicking for gemstones in Inverell or watching the sun rise over the most Easterly part of Australia at Cape Byron.

Wine Regions – NSW – Hunter Valley, Mudgee, Riverina, Cowra, Bathurst & Orange – with so many quality accommodation choices and a wonderful array of cheeses, olives, honey, chocolates, etc – to accompany the wines being available when visiting these regions, these tours have now evolved into a full weekend of indulgent yum for the senses!

Inter State wine regions we can visit include – South Australia- Barossa, Victoria- Yarra Valley, Tasmania- Tamar Valley and of course Western Australia- Margaret River.

National Parks & Historic Trusts – so may properties abound throughout Australia, where to start???

Floral Displays – Canberra Floriade, Jacarandas in Grafton, Hunter Valley Gardens, Southern Highlands, State & Territory Royal Botanic Gardens, Western Australian Wildflowers

Specialised Garden Tours

Our “in house” fully qualified Horticulturist, who completed his apprenticeship with the Royal Botanic Gardens, loves nothing better than to gather a group of likeminded people together, jump behind the wheel of a coach, go for a garden ramble and explore for a week!!

Cam also loves to create Garden Tour Packages to explore and share his passion with fellow garden enthusiasts and garden clubs throughout the year. Choosing the most interesting and beautiful regions and gardens for their seasonal splendour and incorporating them with local places of interest to create an experience to indulge the senses. These tours can vary from a day outing to an extended trip of a week or so, depending on the destination.

Garden Clubs from all over Eastern Australia choose to travel with us for their garden tours, visiting properties to enjoy the enormous variety of flora on offer. Many Garden Clubs create their own itinerary suitable for their members tastes – orchids, camellias, cherries, roses, irises, tulips – so many choices- and we can offer assistance to their organisers if they prefer, with ideas for side trips and timing to prepare a suitable travel itinerary making the most of their time on tour with us and maximising garden exploration and enjoying their trip. Allowing time to “stop and smell the roses” !

The Central West of NSW has some gems worth visiting such as Mayfield near Oberon and the Japanese Gardens in Cowra, NSW Southern Highlands has the Bowral tulip festival along with numerous Cool climate open gardens & plant fairs, the Central Coast of NSW has similar plant fairs and open gardens showcasing what can be achieved in the mild coastal climate. The Blue Mountains is rich in magnificent strolling gardens in the Upper Mountain townships of Leura, Wentworth Falls, Mt. Wilson and Blackheath with their Rhododendron Festival. Mt. Tomah of course is the Cool Climate home of the Royal Botanic Gardens and is open all year round so the visitor can soak up the ever changing vista of plants with the spectacular backdrop of the Blue Mountains. Head further north and the warmer climate shows off the Jacaranda’s in Grafton and the more lush & tropical styled gardens. Head south over the border and the High Country in Victoria has the brilliance of Spring & Autumn in Bright, well worth a visit!

Educational Tours - School Excursions

We work in close co-operation with Sydney’s most experienced and professional travel agents to ensure that School Groups travelling to such places as

Bathurst
Canberra
Snowy Mountains
Hill End
Minnamurra Rainforest
Blue Mountains
Sport & Recreational Camps
Dubbo & Central West NSW
South Coast
Southern Highlands
Sydney & surrounds…

Have the best possible itineraries, accommodation, travel times & maximum use of their days.

Of course day excursions to

Meet the animals at Taronga Zoo, the Reptile Park, Calmsley Hill Farm, Sydney Aquarium & Featherdale Wildlife Park are always a favourite.
History based excursions may include Parramatta, Harris Park, Rouse Hill, The Rocks, Sydney CBD, Mrs. Macquaries Chair, The Quarantine Station, Hartley, Tobruk, Australiana Village Wilberforce & The Hawkesbury.
Marine life & Coastal studies at Long Reef, Collaroy & Bondi are popular for a change.

Concert performances either local venues or for a big occasion at the Sydney Opera House, anywhere your class needs to visit we can help you get there, we use the Sydney Toll Road network to let you make the most of your day, by spending as much time as possible at your venue of choice, not sitting in the heavy Sydney traffic jams waiting to get there.

School camp transfers are easy with our large, secure under coach luggage spaces and 65 & 52 seat passenger coaches.

University Field Trips

Are a speciality of Eastern Australia Coaches. With our coach drivers having many years of experience travelling throughout NSW and over the borders for many lecturers and students from various University faculties. Catering to both large & small study groups to the isolated research stations, studying soils, farming techniques, koalas, forestry, irrigation, crops & fisheries on Private, Government or University run properties. There are just so many interesting destinations available to the Universities for their studies and there is always something new to learn, it’s easy to understand why our drivers really appreciate the opportunity to travel on these field trips.

Closer to home, there are Orientation days and day only programmes held throughout the network of University Campus’ which are based in the Sydney region which require transport for the students and lecturers between centres. The Hunter region for Coal & Viticulture, across the Blue Mountains for timber and soils, Central Coast, Water sampling, Salinity testing, the list goes on.