DISCOVER THE DELIGHTS OF PLANTAGENET

We require minimum 2 guests to make this tour worthwhile

Theme: Learn about the Plantagenet and adjoining regions, its early colonial past and first nation’s peoples, view stunning landscapes and experience meetings with local vignerons who promote some incredible award winning wines.

·       We start the day by travelling past the Silo artwork on the wheat silo at the Port before exploring a little of Albany’s unique offerings by travelling around the Anzac Centre, Fort and visit the Light Horse Memorial. This is situated near a high point on Mt Adelaide where you can enjoy the superb panoramic views of the surrounding landscape and seascapes including Middletown Beach and Emu Point. At the Convoy Lookout you will hear about Australia’s and New Zealand’s first contingent of 30,000 troops to WWI who were anchored in a large convoy of troopships in King George Sound (October 1914)

·       We drive past Middleton Beach and then stop to view the ocean at Emu Point where guests learn about Oyster Harbour. There is much to discover - the recovery programs for the sea grasses, the commercial farming and re-establishment of local oysters using an artificial reef system. Enjoy the estuarine birdlife as you learn about the history of the Kalgan River, the early French and British navigators, and finally as the meeting place for the Kalgan and King Rivers

·       We then travel via Lower King and Nanarup Road to view the Indigenous fish traps at Oyster Harbour. The local Indigenous Menang peoples of the Noongar nation trapped different fish species as a major food source.  You will see cultural sites over 6,000 years old

·       Our next stop is the Porongurup Range where morning tea is taken at a local winery. This country is famous for the stunning beauty of tall karri and open jarrah forests, unique eco systems and massive granite rocks. One of the five wine growing regions in the Great Southern, it is important for sheep, cropping and producing intensely flavoured wines 

 ·       Breathing in the beauty of views of the Stirling Range, we settle in for a tasting and morning tea before heading to Mt Barker to visit the Old Gaol, Police Station, Museum and the artwork.

·       Relax back as we travel along Albany Highway to Gilberts Winery for a tasting and lunch. Enjoy a glass of complimentary wine

·       Homeward bound we stop at the world’s largest Sandalwood Oil Distillery at the Sandalwood Shop which offers a range of essential sandalwood oil products. Enjoy a tour and afternoon tea surrounded in the intoxicating smell of sandalwood. The Sandalwood Oil Distillery is home of the ‘The  Cone, the Gong and the Bowl’ which offer health therapies and is a favourite with locals and tourists alike. Learn about the unique highly prized sandalwood industry which is harvested widely throughout Western Australia and exported to India, amongst other countries