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Spend 8 historical days at Norfolk Island including return flights from Brisbane!
Celebrating 110 years since Australian and New Zealand troops landed in Gallipoli, and 80 years since the end of World War II, Norfolk Island proudly commemorates this ANZAC Anniversary and extends a warm welcome to current and ex-service personnel, their descendants and all travellers .
Enjoy eight days of fully escorted tours and experiences on Norfolk Island. This dedicated over-60s holiday is timed especially around ANZAC Day, when you'll have the chance to join the tight-knit Norfolk Islander community for a particularly moving and beautiful dawn service while the sun rises at Emily Bay.
This comprehensive itinerary includes visits to Pitcairn Settlers Village, Colleen McCullough's home and Captain Cook's monument overlooking the 1774 landing spot with spectacular coastline views. There's also a varied range of tours including Wars of Change, Cyclorama, Sound & Light show plus Norfolk's famous "Progressive Dinner", where you can dine course-by-course across a series of family homes.
Departures & Pricing
One departure: 22 April - 29 April 2025
- $4,579 per person twin share
- $5,599 per person single traveller
Call today on 1300 414 198 to secure your booking!
Upgrades, transfers, accommodation and more can be quoted on enquiry — call 1300 414 198.
Itinerary
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Tuesday 22 April 2025 - Depart Brisbane - Norfolk Island
Flights depart from Brisbane International Airport. Arriving onto Norfolk Island, your group transfer will take you to your accommodation for the next 7 nights.
Check in Governor's Lodge - in a One Bedroom Cabin with Balcony including breakfast daily. The rest of the day is at leisure prior to a welcome dinner at the hotel.
Included Meals: Dinner
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Wednesday 23 April 2025
- Island Life TourEnjoy breakfast at the hotel and some free time to explore downtown Norfolk prior to lunch at the hotel.
Spend a delightful time touring Norfolk Island, gaining a true insight into the intricate nature of modern island life. Your guide will share the latest information on the island's ethnic groups, including the Norfolk Island indigenous language, and explain the eight original family groups, how their cultural traits are fostered, valued and maintained in today's daily life. Hear how and where islanders are born, educated, find work and careers, attend their various churches, are cared for in advancing years and eventually accorded free burial in a carefully tended community graveyard. Learn about how the island generates its electricity, gains its supply of gas, ships in petroleum products, food and the material needs of life. The making of roads, the maintenance of medical, health services and environmental issues are explained. How modern life is experienced in Norfolk Island is what this half-day tour is all about.
This evening embark on a journey back in time and be enthralled by the Commandants stories about the notorious Convict Settlements. Enjoy a special 3 course dinner menu of traditional English fare to compliment the theatrical setting.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Thursday 24 April 2025 -Colleen McCullough tour
This morning embark on the Colleen McCullough tour. Colleen McCullough is a world-renowned author of 24 books, and called Norfolk Island home for almost 36 years. She and husband, Norfolk Islander Ric Robinson, created a luxurious hideaway and created some of her most powerful titles in this much-loved sanctuary. Be escorted through her magnificent home “Out Yenna” and view a priceless collection of artefacts. If you have read her amazing books, you will love the experience of sharing the world of Colleen McCullough.
Come along on a tour which explains how the idyllic characteristics of Norfolk Island have been challenged and changed by the events of World War II. Your guide will explain the social impact when the major male component of the community joined the fighting forces and departed the island's shores for the duration of the war years. Have explained the equal impact of defense troops being posted to the island. Hear about the wartime construction of the Norfolk Island airport, the destruction of a mile long avenue of mature island pines and the loss of island homes, all to make way for the airport product. Tour some sites of the war machinery. Hear about equipment emplacements, radar stations, tented accommodation for troops and water supplier facilities.
Enjoy a 2 course dinner at the hotel this evening.
Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
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Friday 25 April 2025 - ANZAC Day
5am - An early start today for the Dawn Service conducted at Emily Bay, returning to Grosvenor's Lodge for Breakfast. Ex-Service and Veterans only are invited to the Olive for a Gunfire Breakfast.
10:30am - Norfolk Vets and family representatives assemble at the Officers' Bath for the march to Cenotaph and mid-morning service. Please advise at time of booking if you are ex-service or veteran and would like to participate in the march.
12noon - Depart for Lunch at RSL later enjoy a game of 2up.
This evening enjoy a 2 course dinner at Hilli Restaurant & Wine Bar.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Saturday 26 April 2025 - Guava Gallery, Pitcairn Island Village & Sound & Light Show
An amazing 360 degree panoramic painting provides a unique history of the Bounty Adventure and discover how the world's most famous mutiny created the Pitcairn and Norfolk communities.
This afternoon, you'll experience the history of the Pitcairn Island Settlers. Your guide will take you through the gracious original Bailey homestead. Completing your tour with an exclusive Norfolk Island film and complimentary refreshments.
This evening, be transferred to the RSL Memorial Club for Dinner. Nightfall at Kingston brings a different mood to the Convict Settlement. This stillness and the stars are just as they were before mankind arrived in 1788. However, with the dramatic use of real life sounds, theatrical lighting and costumed actors, the stillness is broken as you are taken through the horrifying decades of Norfolk Island's convict era.
Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
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Sunday 27 April 2025 - Sunday Markets, Botanic Gardens & Captain Cook Monument
Wander around the Sunday Arts and Crafts markets, located next to the Visitor’s Information Centre in the Bicentennial Complex. With live entertainment, food, and coffee, it is the place to be on a Sunday morning! Lunch can be purchased here at your own expense. Explore the Botanic Gardens and Captain Cook Monument prior to free time this afternoon.
Included Meals: Breakfast
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Monday 28 April 2025 -Glaas Bohtem Boets & Progressive Dinner
The morning is at leisure to relax or explore on your own.
Enjoy a light lunch at Castaway Norfolk Island, home to the island’s only craft beer brewery, for a light seasonal lunch with fresh and local produce, meats and seafood. Enjoy one of the hand-crafted local beers, a cocktail, or a wine on the deck overlooking Mt Pitt.
Meet Donald and George from Christian’s Glaas Bohtam Boets after lunch as you are transferred from Castaway to your afternoon’s nautical adventure! Board your vessel to begin the quest of knowledge about Norfolk’s unique marine life. Once you have walked the plank with the mutineer descendants, you will find yourself over the reef in less than a minute! View beautiful coral gardens and tropical fish inside the calm crystal waters of Norfolk’s lagoon. Donald and George will provide full interesting commentary on this environmental tour, and you should be prepared for a touch of Norfolk Island humour on this two-hour boat ride.
This evening enjoy a 3 course progressive dinner - visiting different Norfolk Island family homes. A fun night and a great way of meeting locals and sampling island dishes.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Farewell from Norfolk.
Following breakfast, enjoy some free time before a light lunch and a transfer to the airport to catch your flight home.
Included Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Please note itinerary is subject to change without notice.
Inclusions & exclusions
What’s included
- Return economy airfares to Norfolk Island with Qantas (ex Brisbane)
- Return Airport Transfers
- 7 nights in a One Bedroom Cabin with Balcony
- Daily Breakfast, 4 Lunches & 6 Dinners
- Hilli Restaurant Dinner
- Sunday Session at Salty's (dinner own expense)
ANZAC DAY EVENTS
- ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Emily Bay
- Government House Breakfast
- ANZAC Day March
- ANZAC Day Lunch at the RSL Club
TOURS & ATTRACTIONS
- Island Life Coach Tour with Island-style Lunch
- Military Museum Tour & RSL Club Dinner
- Commandant's Dinner & Show
- Colleen McCullough Home Tour
- Wars of Change Tour
- Cyclorama Tour
- Sound & Light Show
- Progressive Dinner - 3 course dinner at different island homes
- Christian's Glass Bottom Boat Cruise
- Entry to Pitcairn Settlers Village with guide
- Sunday Markets Visit
- Botanic Gardens Visit
- Captain Cook Monument & National Park Visit
Not included
- Travel insurance
Accommodation
Governor’s Lodge is a serene retreat of 55 individual units, set in 12 acres of landscaped sub-tropical gardens dotted with majestic Norfolk Pines. Down each joyously named laneway you will spot flowering hedges dotted amongst the smiles of other holiday makers from their verandah’s.
Centrally located, within easy reach of the island’s best dining and shopping, only a stone’s throw from popular landmarks like Kingston and Emily Bay, this property has everything you need for your Norfolk Island holiday.
Common questions about this voyage
Fitness to Travel: A reasonable level of fitness is required for some activities provided in this package, including embarking and disembarking of aircraft which may be by stairs on the tarmac. Other examples include (not limited to) embarking and disembarking coaches, vehicles, boats, jetty or beaches. It is your responsibility to advise any mobility constraints at time of booking.
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Send us an enquiry and a consultant will be in touch, or call 1300 414 198 for personal help choosing a departure.
Terms & conditions
Read the operator’s full booking conditions
Travel at 60 and supplier booking conditions apply.
- a non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is due within 7 days of booking.
- Final payment due no later than 03 January 2025
*All prices are indicative only and subject to change at any time without notice. This tour is not a guarantee departure. Minimum numbers must be reached for the tour to go ahead. Full refund will only be provided only if minimum travel numbers have not been reached and the tour cannot go ahead. Any specific rooming, seating or dietary requests are welcomed, however not guaranteed. While every effort is made to provide correct information at the time of publication, the itinerary is subject to change for unforeseen circumstances at any time. Conditions, amendment and cancellation fees apply. Travel insurance is strongly recommended.
Supplier Cancellation Policy:
- In the event a traveller cancels off a tour the following fees apply prior to departure:
- 130 days or more prior to departure, loss of deposit, unless minimum numbers are not met.
- Less than 130 days prior to departure, 100% of the tour package price.
Flight departs from the international terminal. It is recommended to arrive at least 2 hours prior to departure. Photographic ID such as an Australian Driver Licence or Proof of Age card, is required (including for children). Passports are not required when travelling from Australia, but are recommended.
Includes:
- 1 checked bag 30kg
- 1 carry on bag 7kg
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Our Social Getaways are small-group holidays designed especially for over-60s Australians who want the freedom of a great trip without the work of planning every detail. A Travel at 60 host travels with the group, the operator handles the logistics, and you get to focus on the bit that matters — the people, the places, and the stories you'll bring home.
Open to solo travellers too. Many of our travellers book on their own and find their feet quickly in a friendly group of like-minded Australians. Reduced single-supplement options are available on most departures — ask one of our consultants and we'll talk you through what's offered on this trip.
- A friendly Travel at 60 host — an Australian face on the ground, looking out for the group from day one.
- Curated local guides & boutique suppliers — the same operators we'd book for our own families.
- Real itineraries, not whirlwind tours — comfortable transfers, breathing room, and the “off the beaten track” stops the big bus tours skip.
Want to talk it through? Call 1300 414 198 7 days a week, Queensland time, and one of our consultants will walk you through it.
— The team at Travel at 60
