Australia Tours

“Where the roads lead…”: A Literary & Artistic Journey from the Darling Downs to Fraser Island 2022

• with
• Susannah Fullerton, OAM, FRSN
• David Henderson

Journey through the Darling Downs, Lamington NP, Brisbane, Rockhampton & Fraser Island, to explore how the Australian landscape has exerted a powerful influence on Australian literature and painting. Read more

Art & Landscapes of Southern Queensland 2022

• with
• David Henderson

Visit artists’ private studios and fine galleries including HOTA & the William Robinson Gallery. Explore Lamington’s Gondwana Rainforest and World-Heritage Listed Fraser Island. Read more

Western Australia: Wildflowers, Wineries and Private Gardens of the South West – September 2022

• with
• Sabrina Hahn

Join Sabrina Hahn visiting some of Western Australia's best wineries, gardens and natural landscapes during the wildflower season.  Read more

Art, Gardens and Heritage Homes of South Australia: From the Clare Valley to the Coorong 2022

• with
• Richard Heathcote
• Margaret Heathcote

Travel with Richard and Margaret Heathcote on a journey from the William Morris collections in Adelaide’s museums and churches, to historic townships, beautiful homesteads and tranquil gardens. Read more

Western Australia: Wildflowers, Wineries and Private Gardens of the South West – Sep/Oct 2022

• with
• Stephen Ryan
• Sabrina Hahn

Join Stephen Ryan and Sabrina Hahn visiting some of Western Australia's best wineries, gardens and natural landscapes during the wildflower season.  Read more

“A Place of Special Value”: Literary & Artistic Travels in Victoria 2022

• with
• Susannah Fullerton, OAM, FRSN
• Shane Carmody

Learn about Victorian writers, past and present, familiar and unfamiliar, from literary expert Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia. Read more

Victoria’s Private Country Gardens and their Designers 2022

• with
• Sandra McMahon

Join Sandra McMahon visiting some of Victoria’s most beautiful country gardens and meet the owners and the designers who created them. Read more

Tasmania: Art, Spring Gardens, Cradle Mountain & Freycinet National Park 2022

• with
• John Patrick
• Romain Nugou

Join John Patrick visiting a range of private gardens, working farms, art galleries, gourmet restaurants and the world-famous Freycinet and Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Parks Read more

Tasmania: History, Art, Historic Homesteads & Gardens 2023

• with
• Richard Heathcote
• Margaret Heathcote

Explore Tasmania's rich history, art collections, historic homesteads, gardens and natural wilderness of Bruny Island, the World Heritage-listed Gordon River & Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair NP. Read more

Hobart, the Tasman Peninsula & Bruny Island: Architecture & Design 2023

• with
• Stephen Crafti

With architecture and design writer Stephen Crafti explore the very best of south Tasmania's contemporary art and architecture. Read more

‘Georgian Hobart’: Meeting History Face to Face 2023

• with
• Susannah Fullerton, OAM, FRSN
• Romain Nugou

Explore the literature, architecture, scenery and sites of Hobart and surrounds, through the lens of Georgian history, the era of the city’s foundation. Read more

Autumn in the Macedon Ranges with Stephen Ryan 2023

• with
• Stephen Ryan

Visit some of Mt Macedon's finest hill station gardens. In Clarkefield view historic Bolinda Vale, and Oak House gardens designed by Sam Crawford. Tour Simon Rickard's private garden in Trentham. Read more