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Girls On Tour

Outback Queensland

is calling you!

GIRLS ON TOUR - WAY OUT WEST #2

Hi Friend, we've just returned from our first ever 'Girls On Tour - Way Out West' trip and what an adventure it was!

We nicknamed this trip WOW and WOW is an understatement!

We travelled by private 38 seater coach from Brisbane to Brisbane going out as far north-west as Winton and as far south-west as Eromanga with lots and lots in between. Check out our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=GirlsOnTourAustralia&set=a.4249312428454459 for photos and my daily blog to see what you can expect on your 17 day adventure. You can view these images even it you don't do Facebook.

We learned about many of these places as children in our Social Studies class but it was wonderful to see them with grown up eyes and appreciate the part they play in our history such as Leichhardt's Dig Tree, The Tree of Knowledge and the importance of the sheep, cattle and agriculture industries to our state and indeed nation.

We met some incredible characters and inspirational women along the way including Robyn at Charlotte Plains Station, a 70,000 acre sheep station run almost single handedly by her and Peieta, a 5th generation local at Cunnamulla who runs the Club Boutique Hotel as well as being involved in lots of other projects.

We sat around campfires under a canopy of a million stars and got up close and personal with those stars at the COSMOS Centre in Charleville. Soaking in the hot tubs of the Great Artesian Basin at Charlotte Plains was one of the highlights for all on the trip.

The dinosaur trail has to be experienced at least once in a lifetime and we should be proud of the contribution that Queensland and Australia is making to preserving this history.

Our first trip sold out quickly but there are still places available on the second tour departing 5th July. Unfortunately this tour is not being offered to residents of other states, only Queensland, due to the real possibility of border closures. I hope you'll join us!

Thanks for your ongoing support. Stay safe and keep your travel dreams alive. I'll leave you with this little saying shared by Merle on our recent trip.

“I'd rather hear it twice than not at all”. - Unknown ”

Happy travels, Judy.

Way Out West #2
Our first trip out west sold out very quickly and was a huge success! Our second tour is now open for bookings!

Departing Brisbane Ibis Airport Hotel on Monday 5th July, 2021 and returning Wednesday 21st July, this will be another wonderful Girls On Tour Oz Experience!!!

The cost includes 14 nights in twin share accommodation plus 1 night luxury ‘glamping’ at Mitchell Grass Retreat and 1 night ‘Shearers Quarters’ experience at Charlotte Plains Station. It includes entrance to all items shown on the itinerary, breakfast, lunch and dinner daily as well as most morning teas and some specialty dinners.

Join our outback adventure from Brisbane to Brisbane with stays in Biloela, Emerald, Longreach, Winton, Mitchell Grass Retreat, Eromanga, Cunnamulla, Charlotte Plains Station, Charleville and Roma.

We’ll also pass through many historic and important towns along the way including Blackwater, Eidsvold, Monto, Comet, Barcaldine, Quilpie, Stonehenge, Windorah, Eulo, Mitchell, Miles, Dalby, Toowoomba and so many more.

Some of the many included highlights are:

• Largest Van Gogh painting, Emerald
• Lark Quarry Dinosaur Stampede, Winton
• Age of Dinosaurs, Winton
• The Stockman's Hall of Fame, Longreach
• Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach
• Leichhardt's "Dig Tree", Comet
• Arno's Wall, Winton
• Gemfields, via Emerald
• Charlotte Plains Homestead
• Opal Altar, St. Finbarr's Church, Quilpie
• Thomson River cruise
• Smithy's Outback Dinner and Show, Longreach
• Dinner at the 100 year old 'Wellshot Hotel’, Longreach
• COSMOS Centre, Charleville
• The Cunnamulla Fella, Artesian Time Tunnel and Robbers Tree in Cunnamulla and so much more.....

We will travel by private 38 seater coach* and stay in motel accommodation, shearers quarters on a working sheep station and luxury glamping at the much sought after Mitchell Grass Retreat.
Visit our website for full details and to download brochure https://www.girlsontour.com.au/trip/girls-on-tour-way-out-west2-central-south-west-queensland-july-departure/

*if final group size is less than 15pax a smaller coach may be used.

Click here to register your interest and/or request booking details for Way Out West #2

Testimonial:
I think you would have gathered that I really, really enjoyed our trip outback. What a wonderful tour. Saying “Thank You” doesn’t seem enough. Everyday was a highlight for me, but my most memorable highlight has to be our unexpected dinner in the museum, because it was something that I had never even considered as something I would ever dream of wanting to do. But then I think of all the other things I enjoyed doing and seeing, made extra special by travelling with those incredible girls. Looking forward to what you come up with next, as there is still so much more to see just in Qld.
Cheers for now
Lorraine W
(Lorraine is pictured inside the engine of a Jumbo Jet at Qantas Founders Museum.)

Testimonial:
Hi Judy
Thank you!
That really doesn’t cover my appreciation of the WOW tour. It was so very special!
Sue, Hammond and your good self gave me a wonderful experience, ‘way beyond my expectations. You combined excellent organisation with superb professionalism and informative commentary, always with care and concern for your travellers - surely a rare accomplishment. Organised, yes. But never herded, never forced to participate, always free to make a choice.
I will certainly consider travelling with GOT again, you made it all so easy and stress free.
With my sincere thanks
Sandra (McLeod)
(Sandra is pictured here with her friend Lynn at Lark Quarry Dinosaur Stampede).

Testimonial:
Monday- Final Day of our Way Out West Tour, Roma to Brisbane. Morning coffee at McDonalds(back to civilisation), watching a crop duster over the cotton fields and lunch at Picnic Point in Toowoomba to finish off a wonderful tour. This exceptional tour with Girls On Tour-Women Only Travel run by Judy Polkinghorne and Sue McPherson Travel has been one of many great highlights and surprises day after day. These two ladies have thought of everything and more to make us travelling ladies comfortable, well fed, surprised and opened our eyes to the west of Queensland that we may never have explored ourselves. What a great part of Queensland it is, full of so many characters, especially some very strong women running businesses with very little staff. Girls on Tour-Woman Only Travel is very community minded and supports local communities along the way, great job Judy Polkinghorne
(Deb didn't escape the GOT birthday celebrations at Mitchell Grass Retreat)

Contact: Judy Polkinghorne
Phone: 0409 057 417

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