March Northern Rivers of NSW

Our first short tour to this lovely part of the world marked the beginning of tours again after the COVID period. We stayed at the lovely Peppers Resort at Kingscliff and visited a range of lovely Gold Coast gardens, Tropical Fruit World, coffee plantation, macadamia plantations and of course some nurseries along the way. The first 2 days were incredibly wet with some flooding rains but the group got on well and found a way to enjoy each activity - umbrellas up! Good to be back on the road even if the trip marked 1 year since Vivien passed away. I know what that she would say - just get on with it and enjoy yourself....
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Tasmania in autumn colour - April 2021

Our autumn tour of Tasmania started and finished in Hobart with many interesting places along the way. The autumn colour in the gardens visited were stunning. We visited the Huon Valley and got a real feel for the local area with Andrew Smith from Willy Smiths apples giving us a look at their amazing enterprise. All the visits that we had were marked by the enthusiasm and friendsip of the people we met along the way. As well as gardens we visited wineries, chocolate places, took the Gorden River Cruise, Wineglass Bay cruise and the historic steam train ride from Queenstown into the rather wet cold rainforests of the area. All memorable. Our coach driver from Coal River Coaches was Linsdsay who did a great job and kept us on track and entertained. I especially want to thank the 21 travellers who made the trip a great one.

Northern Rivers May tour

Our second Northern Rivers tour was run over the last week in May. Beautiful weather and lush scenery along with some great gardens were the lasting impressions. As for the first tour we stayed at the lovely Peppers Resort at Kingscliff and visited a range of lovely Gold Coast gardens, Tropical Fruit World, Zendtfelds coffee plantation, the garden of the enthusiastic and wonderful Phil Dudman and of course some nurseries along the way. The Tweed River cruise was possible on this trip and was a great experience. The cruise was run by Tweed Escapes who did a a great job and are highly recomended. Thanks to the lovely group who made the trip fun to run!

Cairns and Port Douglas

South Australia 2021

Wattletrees first tour to South Australia was a great success! We started by travelling to Kangaroo Island via Adelaide, then to Victor Harbour and Adelaide staying in some lovely hotels and locations along the way as we then traveled to the Barossa Valley, Renmark and the Adelaide Hills. We used Grants Coachlines with our enthusiastic driver Tim Austin keen to make a mark. He did a great job. 
​Tour highlights included:
  • a lovely group to travel with
  • Adelaide tours and gardens
  • Barossa Valley gardens and wineries
  • Renmark Garden Festival
  • Murray River day cruise
  • Adelaide Hills staying in the heart of Hahndorf
  • Sophie Thomsons garden
  • Victor Harbour
  • Kangaroo Island for 3 nights

​We travelled north to Cairns and Port Douglas to enjoy a great week of visiting some gardens, the reef and some wilderness areas. We visited Paronella Park, Mamu skywalk, Mulgrave gardens, Cairns Botanical gardens, Kuranda up on the train and back on the Skyrail, a full day on the reef, Daintree National park, Daintree River cruise, the Botanical Ark and a wonderful Aboriginal walk in Mossman Gorge. The tour was with 24 people and 2 ring ins from further north. We will be back!











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