All our guides were excellent. Really enjoyed...
Australia
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Aug 28 - Sep 20, 2026
All our guides were excellent. Really enjoyed the sailing cruise with David and the Barossa valley wine tour.
If I plan this trip again, I would make a few changes. I would still fly into Brisbane and stay three days and then go to Port Douglas. However, we ended up spending the night in Port Douglas, and then returning the next day to Cairns for a tour and then going back to Port Douglas again. There should be a better way to do this. Also, I would fly from Cairns to Adelaide and spend a couple of days there and then go to kangaroo Island. I would drive along the great ocean Road and spend time in some different cities. I would skip Melbourne and spend a few more days in Sydney. Also, when planning the wine tour, i would rather have gone to the white wine regions than the red wine ones.
Overall, the trip was amazing. We really enjoyed having the rental cars and being able to drive around and see stuff on our own. Somehow we missed part of the great ocean Road because we were following the GPS and not following signs for the great ocean Road. I think we would rather have stayed in Apollo Bay then Port Campbell although the apartment in Port Campbell was very nice. There’s not much in Port Campbell. We had a bad experience in robe, which is where I booked my own hotel that turned out to have mice. Never really saw anything in robe. I wish we’d had a little more time in Sydney.
Hotel Review
The Inchcolm had a lovely 2 bedroom suite with a sitting area and nice bathroom. The 2nd bedroom lacked a place to sit suitcases and a closet . The hotel had a nice small restaurant, a free continental breakfast and a free laundry . It was historically interesting because it had one spin a physicians office clinic and small hospital. The hotel is located close to the central train station but if one is walking, it can be difficult to get there because it’s a maze of little streets. Overall a charming little hotel.