Southern Food & Wine Adventure 2024

Southern Food & Wine Adventure

19 September 2024 - 6 days Get off the beaten path!

from $3,090* pp twin | $3,690* solo

Southern Food & Wine Adventure – our annual culinary expedition takes a new turn as we head south to the borderlands of NSW and Victoria. Come with us to discover the restaurants, wineries, distilleries and producers that make this region so remarkable.

Visit Walla Park, an exclusive farm visit to learn about Wiradjuri culture, take in a shearing demonstration, visit Morgan’s Lookout and enjoy lunch featuring local produce and beverages. Visit Corowa where three locals bought an abandoned silo full of pigeon poo for $1 and turned it into an award winning whisky distillery.

Lunch at De Bortoli’s in Rutherglen? Absolutely! An afternoon cruise on Lake Mulwala? Yes that too!

We’ll even board the former ‘Spirit of Progress’ at Yarrawonga and enjoy stops to view the spectacular silo art on the way to Benalla. We’ll take in the surrounding countryside from Tallis Winery at Dookie and sample local wines over lunch at the Harvest Home Hotel at Avenel.

This tour goes way off the beaten path. Come with us – your taste buds won’t regret it.

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The Cruise Express difference

Unique and exclusive

We privately charter our heritage trains and our own carriages aboard the XPT, so you’ll travel as part of an exclusive Cruise Express group. We also visit some out of the ordinary places and travel on rail lines rarely, if ever, used by passenger trains. Our itineraries are unique and carefully curated to allow you more time in each destination. And with our experienced team of Cruise Express Tour Managers onboard, all the little details are taken care of. See more, do more, stay longer!

Package Inclusions

Departs 19 September 2024 - 6 days

• Daylight service in exclusive carriages aboard the NSW TrainLink XPT from Sydney Terminal^˜ to Albury
• Welcome drinks
• 1 night Albury accommodation at the Atura Hotel (or similar) with breakfast
• Exclusive visit to Morgan’s Lookout at Walla Walla
• Exclusive farm visit to Walla Park including Wiradjuri cultural talk, shearing demonstration and lunch featuring local produce and beverages
• Visit the Corowa Distilling Co. with tour and tastings
• 2 nights Yarrawonga accommodation at Sebel Hotel (or similar) with dinner on the first night and breakfast daily
• Visit historic Byramine Homestead at Burramine with tour and morning tea
• Exclusive tour and wine tastings at De Bortoli Rutherglen Estate including lunch with matched wines
• Exclusive afternoon Lake Mulwala cruise aboard PS Cumberoona with refreshments
• Travel on the Oaklands Branch – not normally open to passenger trains
• Exclusive heritage rail travel aboard the former ‘Spirit of Progress’ from Yarrawonga to Benalla
• Stops to view the silo art at St James and Devenish
• Exclusive lunch at Rye at Tallis Winery with matched wines
• 1 night Shepparton accommodation at the Quality ParkLake Hotel (or similar) with breakfast
• Visit Museum of Vehicle Evolution at Shepparton
• Exclusive lunch at Harvest Home Hotel at Avenel with local wine presentation
• Exclusive heritage rail travel aboard the former ‘Spirit of Progress’ from Seymour to Albury
• 1 night Albury accommodation at the Atura Hotel (or similar) with breakfast
• Exclusive farewell dinner at Miss Amelie Restaurant Wodonga with beverages
• Daylight service in exclusive carriages aboard the NSW TrainLink XPT from Albury to Sydney Terminal^˜
• Group coach transfers throughout
• Meals and beverages as indicated in the itinerary
• Cruise Express Tour Managers

^Passengers may embark / disembark at Campbelltown, Moss Vale, Goulburn or Yass Junction
˜Breakfast on the first morning will be served to passengers embarking at Sydney Terminal and Campbelltown only. Light dinner on the last evening will be served to passengers disembarking at Moss Vale, Campbelltown and Sydney Terminal only.

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Tour Fares

$3,090^* pp double / twin
$3,690^* solo

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