Hazeldean was settled by the Litchfield Family in 1865 - home to six generations of Litchfields, and to one of the largest and most progressive Merino & Angus Studs in Australia. www.hazeldean.com.au The present homestead was built in 1907 and had a major renovation in the 1930's by Professor Leslie Wilkinson,…

As many of our guests are already aware, our regular touring season is from October to April each year. As the situation with COVID-19 travel restrictions evolves, we are very hopeful that we will be able to run all of our scheduled tours for the 2021/22 season. We are in…

Day 1: Canberra to Wagga (L)  Cruise down the Hume for a morning tea stop in Gundagai and then on to Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory for a guided tour and lunch. We will view our first water tower art in Wagga, as well as the Cadell Place murals, which…

Come with us in Spring to experience the colour, the beauty and sensory delights of the best of both public and private gardens of the Central West and the Blue Mountains. With private guided tours and exquisite accommodation, this is sure to be a tour to remember! Please note that…

That’s right – we’re off to Dubbo again! Via Cowra, Canowindra, Parkes, Orange and Bathurst. Our 5 day, 4 night tour to the Central West at the end of November was such a hit, that we decided to do it again! On Day 1, enjoy a guided tour of Cowra…

Our first big ‘away game’ to the Central West went smashingly well! We're off to Dubbo! On our first day we had a lovely visit to Cowra, including lunch (with scones, jam and cream) at the Japanese Gardens, and a town tour taking in the Peace Bell, the POW Camp…

My dad and his wife live in an over 55s estate near Lithgow in NSW. Just around the corner from their villa is what is, in my opinion, the most beautiful garden in the estate. Lawn that is like carpet, copious numbers of beautiful flowering plants, and the best collection…

By George, I think we've got it! It's the  "COVID-19 No Plan" plan!! With things being so unpredictable this year (and with no end in sight to the unpredictability), we've come up with a 'plan' for the coming 2020/21 touring season... We are only scheduling 3 tours for the season.…

In early 2020, the stars aligned to give us a small window of opportunity in which to run our week long Snowy Mountains Adventure in conjunction with Liam and Alison of Connect Coaches in Gosford. And what a week it was….   Days 1 and 2 Liam and Alison drove…

Eucalyptus Pauciflora, or the iconic Australian Snowgum, was voted second favourite eucalypt of Australia in 2014 in a Twitter poll #FavEuc that included Chief Justices and Prime Ministers! After this summer’s devastating fires, I wanted to know more about how my first favourite eucalypt will be affected by our continuing…