Norfolk Island Convict & Culture Tour (Brisbane Roundtrip)

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Day 1 - Saturday 16 August 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.

Governor's Lodge - in a One Bedroom Cabin with Balcony including breakfast daily.

This evening, enjoy a group dinner at Governor’s Lodge.

Included Meals: Dinner

Day 2 - Sunday 17 August 2025 – Markets & Bounty Folk Museum

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! Visiting 100 Acres Reserve offers peaceful walks amid nature, wander to Rocky Point, home to an observations post during World War II - now a favourite fishing spot for locals.

T​his afternoon discover the amazing story of Norfolk Island in the quirky Bounty Folk Museum. This museum is a treasure chest of history, an Aladdin's cave full of fantastic collections, excellent learning resources and inspiring information stretching back to 1788. The Museum chronicles the history of the island and provides visitors with an intimate and informative glimpse into life on Norfolk Island during this time.

This evening, enjoy a group dinner at Governor’s Lodge.

Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 3 - Monday 18 August 2025 – Island Life Tour & Murder Mystery Dinner

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.

Step back in time for the evening to 1859 - 3 years after the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders in 1856. The scene is set on arrival as you will dine in Kingston's elegantly restored No. 9 Quality Row building (when available) while you help solve the mystery of 'Who Killed the Surveyor?'. You are the audience and the actors on this tour as the events unfold and the story is woven through a delicious 3 course meal. As a participant, taking the reins of the story is a fantastic way to become immersed in Norfolk's history in an entirely different way. (BYO Drinks)

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (BYO drinks)

Day 4 - Tuesday 19 August 2025 - History in the Making Tour, Island Fish Fry & Sound and Light Show

T​his morning travel through the World Heritage inscribed, Kingston and Arthur's Value Historic Area. Enjoy a short explanatory walk through the ruins of the old gaol. Visit an island home and see a demonstration of hands on crafts, such as shingle and rope making. View a private museum collection which includes unique Norfolk Island artefacts and learn how Pitcairn settlers made Norfolk Island their home.

T​his evening, get ready for a night of delicious food, live music and stunning views on Norfolk Island. The Island Fish Fry is a must do event for everyone visiting the island. 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 (cash bar drinks)

Day 5 - Wednesday 20 August 2025 – Free Time & Trial of Fifteen

E​njoy free time today to explore downtown Norfolk or perhaps visit one of the Tag along Museum tours (4 x Norfolk Island Museums Entry Pass)

E​arly evening you are an eyewitness to a courtroom drama as fifteen extraordinary characters step on stage to expose Norfolk's colourful and at times turbulent past. The testimony of those on trail reveals the story of Norfolk Island - Polynesian visitation, European discovery, convict misery and the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders. This highly successful play has been running for over ten years to more than 35,000 visitors. After the show head to the Bounty Bar & Grill for Dinner

Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 6 - Thursday 21 August 2025 – Island Culture Tour

E​njoy free time this morning to explore downtown Norfolk or perhaps visit one of the Tag along Museum tours (4 x Norfolk Island Museums Entry Pass)

E​xperience the culture and heritage of Norfolk Island's forebears! The arts of weaving, cooking, dancing and the Norfolk language were inherited from their mutineer ancestors and their Tahitian wives. Join for a cooking demonstration, a taste of traditional dishes, Tahitian dancing, and learn some of the Norf'k language the Islanders are so proud of.

D​inner this evening is at The Homestead, a 1930's island home that has been in the Menghetti family for over 37 years. The team pairs simple ingredients with the elemental technique of cooking over embers to enhance the contemporary dining experience. At the heart of the kitchen is the wood fueled Argentinian Perilla grill engineered by Kurt's dad. 

Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 7 - Friday 22 August 2025 – Cemetery Tour, Farm Tour & Progressive Dinner

Spanning over 200 years, the cemetery is one of the most important and unique cemeteries in australasia. A local guide will lead you through the gravestones and the stories, providing a unique and memorable experience.

T​his afternoon visit a local farm supplying seasonally grown fruit and vegetables to the marketplace, a palm nursery which is a state of the art nursery exporting palms to the world market. A stunning home garden with hydroponics where you will enjoy a cuppa as you wander around the property which is home to Bounty Mutineer Descendants. The farm tour travels to the Liqueur Factory and on the way to a liqueur tasting, call past the local mill.

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.

Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 8 - Saturday 23 August 2025 – Farewell

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

Included Meals: Breakfast & Light Lunch

Please note the above itinerary is subject to change without notice.

One departure: 16 - 23 August 2025

• $4,359 per person twin share
• $5,299 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.

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.

Luggage allowance on flight

• 1 checked bag 30kg
• 1 carry on bag 7kg

Norfolk Island has 4G coverage however at times you may not be able to use the Internet. Most accommodation properties have a “HotSpot” on their premises. HotSpots work similarly to wifi enabling access when you’re in wifi range. Additional HotSpots are located throughout town and at various places on the Island which will also provide you internet when in range. HotSpot cards are available from Norfolk Island Telecom and a variety of stores when you arrive on the Island.

Travel at 60 and supplier booking conditions apply.

• a non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is due within 7 days of booking.
• F​inal payment due no later than 30 April 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.