DAY 1 | SUN 15 NOV (D)

Arrive Adelaide

Meet your Ross Tour Leader at Sydney Domestic Airport for our flight to Adelaide, or join us in Adelaide. Explore Adelaide Botanic Gardens this afternoon. Settle in to our hotel, then meet up with your travel companions for our Welcome Dinner this

evening in the hotel restaurant.

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Adelaide

DAY 2 | MON 16 NOV (B/L)

Anlaby Station

We are heading to the northern end of the Barossa Valley this morning to Anlaby Station, the oldest Merino stud in South Australia. Established in 1839, this pastoral estate once employed 14 gardeners! Anlaby continues today as a working property

breeding stud sheep and producing pure merino wool. Our private tour includes the shade house, glasshouse, walled garden, rose garden and terraced lawns. Soak up life on this fascinating property at lunch. We are heading through the Barossa Valley

this afternoon to Maggie Beer’s famous Pheasant Farm at Nurioopta. Taste Maggie’s famous wine and cheese and discover what a legend she is! Travel back to Adelaide with the evening at leisure for you to explore the many restaurants near our hotel.

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Adelaide

DAY 3 | TUE 17 NOV (B)

Tickle Tank

No photos could ever fully capture the wonder and whimsy of Irene Pearce’s ‘Tickle Tank’. Every inch is filled with colour and form, mosaics and sculptures; with careful planting to create a series of vignettes. Next a large country garden that was rescued

from a cow paddock! Hundreds of roses, iris, perennials, woodland with spring bulbs and ‘picking’ garden. Finish off the day at an award-winning garden and winery.

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Adelaide

DAY 4 | WED 18 NOV (B/L)

Al Ru Farm

Al Ru Farm at One Tree Hill is the legacy of Ruth Irving, a clever and passionate gardener. The garden is an exuberance of poppies, iris, perennials and roses. Walk through a wisteria arbour into a restrained formal white garden. Lunch in this beautiful

setting. Then, a 1 acre master piece of sustainable planting awaits with colour coordinated perennial borders, natives, succulents, cut flowers and a vegetable garden.

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Adelaide

DAY 5 | THU 19 NOV (B)

Carrick Hill

Carrick Hill is Australia’s most intact twentieth-century heritage house museum and garden. Roses play a large part in this historic garden with formal rose beds, and three separate rose gardens, one for Old Garden Roses, one for modern Hybrid Teas

and the third is devoted to Alister Clark roses. Next ‘The Cedars’, the home where Hans Heysen painted many of his famous landscapes. After a special high tea, we will visit the garden that has been recreated with the roses, zinnias and many of the

flowers that both Heysens loved to paint.

Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Adelaide

DAY 6 | FRI 20 NOV (B/L/D)

Adelaide to Kangaroo Island

Head south this morning to Cape Jervis and take the Sealink ferry across to Kangaroo Island, an unspoiled refuge, internationally famous for its pristine wilderness and wildlife. Kangaroos and Tammar wallabies wander across the island. Echidnas and

goannas scuttle in the undergrowth and koalas doze in the trees. Lunch at Emu Bay Lavender. Check-in to the Aurora Ozone Hotel overlooking Nepean Bay at Kingscote.

Accommodation: Aurora Ozone Hotel, Kangaroo Is.

DAY 7 | SAT 21 NOV (B/L)

Flinders Chase National Park

We cross the island to the rugged wilderness of the iconic Flinders Chase National Park. Spend the afternoon exploring the stunning coastal park with special note of the bush regeneration. The spectacular Admirals Arch and wind-sculpted Remarkable Rocks are just two of the outstanding landmarks we see today.

Accommodation: Aurora Ozone Hotel, Kangaroo Is.

DAY 8 | SUN 22 NOV (B/L)

Seal Bay

Begin the day at Seal Bay with incredible views of the extraordinary coastline and sea lion colony. This is the only place in the world where you can see these Australian sea lions at close quarters. You’ll be given unique insights into how these endangered

animals fish, surf, rest, interact with their pups and defend their territory. Lunch included today at Rockpool Cafe.

Accommodation: Aurora Ozone Hotel, Kangaroo Is.

DAY 9 | MON 23 NOV (B/D)

Coorong Cruise

We are heading back on the ferry to Cape Jervis, then on to Victor Harbour with time for lunch. An afternoon cruise from Goolwa to discover the Spirit of the Coorong, a magnificent wetland at the mouth of the Murray River. The long narrow Coorong

Wetland Lagoon complex stretches 100 kms from the Murray Mouth, separated from the Southern Ocean by a series of enormous sand dunes. Farewell Dinner included tonight.

Accommodation: Hotel Victor, Victor Harbour

DAY 10 | TUE 24 NOV (B)

Adelaide to Home

After breakfast, we will leave Victor Harbour to travel to Adelaide airport for our homeward flight this morning.