Potter Travel 2009 Day Tours

2010 DAY TOURS

BOGGY CREEK SHOW - THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2010
Today we visit the beautiful Tumbarumba Shire situated on the western side of the Snowy Mountains. We stop for morning tea from the coach at Gundagai before making our way to Glenroy Heritage Reserve for a special country lunch. This is home of the Pioneer Women’s Hut Museum, Glenroy Cottage Craft Shop and other fascinating heritage displays. After lunch we head to the Boggy Creek Show. An outstanding representation of Australia’s unique Mountain Heritage, the show combines all the skill of horsemanship, mustering, whip cracking, working dogs and sheep tricks with humour, a naughty kelpie and a stubborn mule. There are not many truly traditional family farms left in the High Country. The Boggy Creek Show reflects Australia’s iconic farming values and practices, ones that people from all around Australia and the world recognise and identify with. Enjoy the show, spectacular views of Mt Kosciuszko, Billy tea, cake and biscuits.
Member Cost: $98.00 per person. Non-Member Cost: $113.00 pp

MARY MaCKILLOP MUSEUM - MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2010
Renowned as a spiritual, cultural and hospitality centre, Mary MacKillop Place is unique in Australia. The museum opened in 1995 and celebrates the life, work and spirituality of Mary MacKillop and the co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph. Today we enjoy lunch at the café on site before we tour Mary Mackillop Place. Follow Mary’s life story (1842 - 1909) and celebrate the legacy of this pioneering women today through the new interactive exhibition “Mary’s Path to Sainthood” on a 90 minute guided tour. You will also have the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to Mary’s tomb in the Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel on site, visit Mary’s home Alma Cottage, and enjoy the Gift Shop. The Gift Shop offers a wide range of souvenirs, books and memorabilia relating to Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph. We have afternoon tea (included) before we head for home after our most interesting day out.
Member Cost: $95.00 per person. Non-Member Cost: $110.00 pp

COL JOYE "GOOD OLD DAYS CONCERT AT SYDNEY TOWN HALL" - MONDAY 11 OCTOBER 2010
Col Joye was Australia’s first "pop" star. He was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a No 1 Record Australia-wide, and the first Australian to reach the American Billboard charts, with "Bye Bye Love", followed by "Clementine", "Oh Yeah Uh Huh" and "Yes Sir That’s My Baby". He was the first Australian performer to have 4 consecutive hits. Recording with his brothers Kevin and Keith (who were part of Col’s backing band The Joy Boys), and as a solo artist, Col Joye enjoyed a string of hits beginning in 1959 and continuing into the 1960s on the local and national singles charts of Australia. He was an original member of Brian Henderson’s Bandstand television program and appeared regularly for fourteen years.
Member Cost: $110.00 per person. Non-Member Cost: $125.00 pp

NEWINGTON RAILWAY & ARMORY - THURSDAY 28 OCTOBER 2010
Something unusual and another “first” for Potter Travel. Today we head to Sydney to visit the Newington Armory. A special place - formerly the Royal Australian Naval Armament Depot (RANAD), it features over 100 heritage buildings of various ages and types, set amidst a 52 hectare riverside landscape of undulating hills and woodlands. Situated between the southern bank of the Parramatta River and the suburb of Newington - the former Olympic Village, the site is a restricted area with limited public access. The heritage buildings provide the Armory with a unique character, which is described through an award-winning heritage interpretation program, that can be viewed at the original 1897 gate house. Newington Armory reflects over 100 years of naval occupation and use, and in an even earlier life as part of the 1807 colonial land grant to the pioneering Blaxland Family. The Newington Amory Heritage Railway is a hidden gem for railway enthusiasts. This is a 610mm, two foot gauge network used to transport munitions around the former Newington Arms Depot. Today we have a real treat with a guided tour of both the Armory and a ride on the train! Lunch is included.
Member Cost: $120.00 per person. Non-Member Cost: $135.00 pp.

CHERRY TIME - FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2010 ** FULL WAITLIST ONLY
CHERRY TIME - MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2010 ** SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
Sweet cherries were named after the town where they were first grown, Cerasus, in Asia Minor (now modern day Turkey). The first recorded plantings of cherries in the Young District was in 1847 by Mr Edward Taylor in his home orchard at Burrangong. The “Rons Seedling” Cherry, Young’s Premier variety, was developed locally. Look out for Ron’s Cherries today as we feast our way around the district. First stop is Which Craft Coffee Shop for our Devonshire Morning Tea. Then we return to visit our original orchard, Cherry Grove where we spend time picking our own cherries, which we purchase at very reasonable prices. Lunch is at Wilders Bakery, who in 2009 celebrated their 60th anniversary! Afterwards visit Poppa’s Fudge Factory where you can purchase a huge variety of freshly made fudge, jams, relishes and loads of other local produce and see the jam being made in the kitchen. Afternoon tea is included. We “roll” back to Canberra after a great day. Our ever popular Cherry tour books out quickly, so don’t delay!
Member Cost: $84.00 per person. Non- Member Cost: $99.00 per person

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