Anzac Day on Norfolk Island (Brisbane Roundtrip)

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D​ay 1 - 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 G​overnor'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.

I​ncluded Meals: Dinner

D​ay 2 - Wednesday 23 April 2025 - Island Life Tour

E​njoy 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.

I​ncluded Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

D​ay 3 - 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.

E​njoy a 2 course dinner at the hotel this evening.

I​ncluded Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

D​ay 4 - Friday 25 April 2025 - ANZAC Day

5​am - 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.

1​0:30am - 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.

1​2noon - Depart for Lunch at RSL later enjoy a game of 2up.

T​his evening enjoy a 2 course dinner at Hilli Restaurant & Wine Bar.

I​ncluded Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5 - Saturday 26 April 2025 - Guava Gallery, Pitcairn Island Village & Sound & Light Show

A​n 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.

T​his 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.

T​his 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.

I​ncluded Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

D​ay 6 - 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.

I​ncluded Meals: Breakfast

Day 7 - Monday 28 April 2025 -Glaas Bohtem Boets & Progressive Dinner

T​he morning is at leisure to relax or explore on your own.

E​njoy 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.

T​his 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.

I​ncluded Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

D​ay 8 - Farewell from Norfolk.

F​ollowing breakfast, enjoy some free time before a light lunch and a transfer to the airport to catch your flight home.

I​ncluded Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

P​lease note itinerary is subject to change without notice.

O​ne 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!

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.

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.