Yarra Valley
13 & 14 October
The Post-Conference technical tour is planned to be a two day coach trip to Victoria’s Yarra Valley Region. This overnight tour includes site visits to a number of dams in the region, accompanied by breathtaking vistas and memorable experiences including local food, wine and hospitality.
The tour coach will collect you from the Sofitel at 8:30am and visit the following destinations on Day One; Sugarloaf Reservoir, a private wine tasting and two course lunch at De Bortoli Winery Estate and then on to Maroondah Dam, before arriving at the award winning Healesville Country Club for dinner in the Pavilion and overnight accommodation.
The following morning you will depart the Healesville Country Club for Upper Yarra Dam and then on to O’Shannassy Dam enjoying a packed lunch from the Healesville Country Club on the way, before returning to Sofitel Melbourne on Collins in the early evening.
This is a technical tour balanced with excellent recreational activities that all participants are sure to thoroughly enjoy.
Delegate – $795.00
Accompanying Person – $695*
*Accompanying person price based on shared accommodation with a registered delegate.
Draft itinerary below:
Day One
- 08:30 – 09:50 Sofitel to Sugarloaf
- 09:50 – 11:20 Morning tea followed by Sugarloaf Dam tour
- 11:20 – 11:50 Sugarloaf Dam to De Bortoli Winery Estate – Dixon’s Creek
- 11:50 – 12:20 Wine tasting at De Bortoli Winery Estate
- 12:20 – 13:50 Lunch at De Bortoli Winery Estate – Dixon’s Creek
- 13:50 – 14:30 De Bortoli to Maroondah Dam
- 14:30 – 16:00 Maroondah Dam tour
- 16:00 – 16:20 Maroondah Dam to Healesville Country Club
- 16:20 – Arrive Healesville Country Club – dinner and overnight stay
- 18:30 – Club BBQ Dinner commences
Day Two
- 09:00 – 10:15 Healesville Country Club to Upper Yarra Dam
- 10:15 – 11:45 Upper Yarra Dam tour
- 11:45 – 12:20 Upper Yarra Dam to O’Shannassy Dam (with a contingency plan of Silvan Dam pending conditions)
- 12:20 – 14: 30 Packed lunch at O’Shannassy Dam followed by tour
- 14:30 – 17:30 O’Shannassy Dam to Sofitel On Collins (including refreshment stop)
- 17:30 – Arrive Sofitel On Collin