Short Breaks

Sometimes the finest travel experiences are right on one’s doorstep. This unique collection of tours is designed so that you can easily get away for a short, affordable and enriching travel experience in the company of like-minded others.

Gardens of the South Island

From Wellington to Queenstown

with Elizabeth Swane

26 November – 10 December 2023 (15 days)

Open for sale

The Brisbane Ring (Cycle I)

Brisbane

with Peter Bassett

30 November – 08 December 2023 (9 days)

Waitlist

The Brisbane Ring (Cycle II)

Brisbane

with Peter Bassett

07 – 15 December 2023 (9 days)

Waitlist

The Brisbane Ring (Cycle III)

Brisbane

with Peter Bassett

14 – 22 December 2023 (9 days)

Open for sale

Adelaide Festival 2024

Australia

with Phillip Sametz & Mairi Nicolson

01 – 07 March 2024 (7 days)

Open for sale

Orange Chamber Music Festival

Music, food and wine in Country NSW

with Andy Bromberger

07 – 11 March 2024 (5 days)

Open for sale

Weekend of Music in the Adelaide Hills

Australia

with Phillip Sametz

08 – 11 March 2024 (4 days)

Waitlist

Nights at the Sydney Opera House

La Traviata, Idomeneo and Gurrelieder

with Damien Beaumont

14 – 17 March 2024 (4 days)

Open for sale

Food and Wine of Northeast Victoria

King Valley, Rutherglen and Beechworth

with Peter Bourne

05 – 09 April 2024 (5 days)

Open for sale

Brisbane Ballet Weekend

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Queensland Ballet

with Donna Cusack

19 – 22 April 2024 (4 days)

Open for sale

William Morris in Adelaide

Australia

with Robert Reason

21 – 27 April 2024 (7 days)

Open for sale

Autumn Gardens of the Blue Mountains

Australia

with Christine McCabe

22 – 26 April 2024 (5 days)

Open for sale

Brisbane Weekend of Opera

Lucia di Lammermoor, Stabat Mater and Jessica Pratt in concert

with Christopher Lawrence

24 – 28 April 2024 (5 days)

Open for sale

Autumn Colours of New England

Tamworth, Armidale, Glen Innes and Tenterfield

with Elizabeth Swane

30 April – 07 May 2024 (8 days)

Open for sale

Canberra International Music Festival

Australia

with Stewart Kelly

01 – 05 May 2024 (5 days)

Open for sale

Autumn on the Monaro

Gardens and Historic Homesteads of the High Country

with Genevieve Jacobs

06 – 10 May 2024 (5 days)

Open for sale

Australian Festival of Chamber Music

Townsville

with Andy Bromberger

26 – 30 July 2024 (5 days)

ON REQUEST **Register Your Interest**

Sydney Opera Weekend

including Così Fan Tutte, Hamlet and Tosca

with Marshall McGuire

01 – 05 August 2024 (5 days)

Open for sale

Lands of the Saltwater People

Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair and Yirrkala

with Djon Mundine

08 – 15 August 2024 (8 days)

Open for sale

Gardens and Wildflowers of Western Australia

Forests, Flowers and Private Gardens of the South West

with Julie Kinney

03 – 12 September 2024 (10 days)

ON REQUEST **Register Your Interest**

Symphony of a Thousand in Perth

WASO plays the Mahler 8

with Phillip Sametz

12 – 15 September 2024 (4 days)

ON REQUEST **Register Your Interest**

Ancient Landscapes and Sacred Sites

Mungo National Park, Menindee Lakes, Mutawintji National Park, Broken Hill

with Alex McKay

09 – 15 October 2024 (7 days)

Open for sale

Gardens, Landscapes and History of North West Tasmania

Australia

with Mark Dickenson

20 – 28 October 2024 (9 days)

ON REQUEST **Register Your Interest**

Norfolk Island Kaleidoscope

History, culture, gardens and landscapes

with Glen Halliday

03 – 08 November 2024 (6 days)

Open for sale

Tasmanian Chamber Music Festival

Tasmania

with Christopher Lawrence

08 – 11 November 2024 (4 days)

ON REQUEST **Register Your Interest**

Die Walküre in Concert

Stuart Skelton with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

with Phillip Sametz

16 – 18 November 2024 (3 days)

ON REQUEST **Register Your Interest**