Brilliant Travels is offering a series of deals to encourage Aussies to get their island fix.
Explore your own backyard by visiting one of Australia’s many islands including Fraser Island, North Stradbroke Island and Magnetic Island in Queensland, Kangaroo Island in South Australia and Rottnest Island in Western Australia.
Some packages offer 30 per cent off the normal price and there is the option to pay now to secure the deal and organise your dates later with travel permitted up until the end of June 2021 and further.
Visit www.BrilliantTravels.com.au.
Montville House: a luxuriously appointed stand-alone guesthouse.
Spicers Clovelly Estate in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland has launched Montville House, a luxuriously appointed stand-alone guesthouse, reflecting Clovelly Estate’s signature French provincial style.
Located in 22 acres of lush, landscaped grounds, Montville House offers six self-contained suites, each with its own distinctive character, and a marble-tiled ensuite including a freestanding limestone bath.
Montville House celebrates natural textures and materials, timber and cool white stone in bright, airy spaces with generous natural light. French doors open onto lush gardens, the interior is adorned with sophisticated floral prints, and restrained earthy and neutral colours reflecting the leafy surrounds.
Available for individual stays or for private group booking, Montville House adds to Spicers Clovelly’s existing 10 suites in the main guest house and the three-bedroom French Cottage.
Bed-and-breakfast rates for a suite in Montville House start from $589 per night per room, including a la carte breakfast for two at The Long Apron. Two-night minimum stays apply for weekends.
Visit www.spicersretreats.com.
Floating Sauna Lake Derby: seats up to 10 people.
A new generation is discovering the age-old rituals of the Finnish sauna — with a Tasmanian twist.
Find that hygge feeling in what is thought to be Australia’s only floating wood-fired sauna, Floating Sauna Lake Derby.
This traditional sauna offers visitors the chance to relax and connect with nature, and take a cold plunge directly off the pontoon into the fresh water of Briseis Hole, also known as Lake Derby.
Located in the mountain-biking town of Derby and designed by Tasmanian architect Jason Licht, the sauna seats up to 10 people in either public or private sessions, and is said to help mountain bikers recover quickly from a day’s ride.
Visit www.discovertasmania.com.au.
WA’s wildflowers: one of the greatest flower shows on Earth.
Australians are being encouraged to get out and explore one of the greatest flower shows on Earth, with Western Australia’s 2020 wildflower season underway.
A selection of guided and non-guided tours are available across the state, in line with seasonal blooming periods — which started in the Pilbara and is continuing into the Mid-West, Gascoyne, Goldfields and Wheatbelt.
After a slower start to the season, several species are now starting to appear in these regions following recent rainfall, including WA’s unique orchids, banksias, everlastings, wattle and wreath flowers.
By September, the season will reach Perth’s botanical gardens, nature reserves and national parks, including the iconic Kings Park and Botanic Garden, which showcases around 3000 of WA’s 12,000 species of native flora — 60 per cent of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
Visit www.westernaustralia.com/wawildflowers.
SeaLink’s Kangaroo Island ferry: a 45-minute ride.
Now could be the time to take the family and escape to Kangaroo Island with SeaLink’s ‘Kids Go Free Deal’ offering savings of up to $150 per family.
This offer allows up to three kids aged three-to-14 years to travel free on SeaLink’s Kangaroo Island ferry when accompanied by at least one paying adult and a vehicle from October 12 to December 9.
Kangaroo Island, Australia’s third-largest Island, is a 45-minute ferry ride from Cape Jervis and with hundreds of kilometres of quiet roads, open spaces, and adventure to discover, it is made for a self-drive family holiday.
Adults and kids will love the wildlife, spectacular coastal scenery, beautiful beaches, and adventure activities.
Visit www.sealink.com.au.
New Zealand’s majestic Milford Sound.
Crystal’s new relaxed and flexible booking terms for its luxury, all-inclusive ocean, river and expedition journeys are now available through Cruise Traveller.
Available until this September 2, Australians can book with Crystal through Cruise Traveller without any down payment, with a reduced deposit of 15 per cent (normally 25 per cent) required 90 days later.
Final payment deadlines for Crystal journeys have also been relaxed and 100 per cent refunds of deposits are now also available for cancellations prior to standard schedules, with administration fees waived.
Crystal itineraries are available till 2023.
Crystal’s ocean ships carry less than 1000 guests, its expedition vessels accommodate under 200 guests and their river ships carry fewer than 106 guests so travellers on any Crystal voyage experience the small-ship benefits of space, personal service, intimacy and relaxed sophistication.
The 17-night ‘Fireworks and Fjords’ package will see guests pampered with fine dining, attentive service, included beverages, Christmas dinner at sea — with carols and all the trimmings — and a New Year’s Eve party on Sydney Harbour.
Crystal Cruises and Cruise Traveller are offering travellers savings of up to $8230 per couple for bookings made by September 30, 2020.
Visit www.cruisetraveller.com.au or phone1800 507 777.
NOTE: Potential travellers should check the status of individual events and establishments with regard to the coronavirus outbreak.
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