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St Jerome’s offers boutique luxury camping accommodation on the rooftop of Melbourne Central, one of the city’s busiest shopping centres.
The hotel is home to 21 spacious canvas bell tents, each fitted out with trimmings such as a queen bed, premium linen, split-system heating and cooling, a tablet loaded with movies, plus a stocked esky with beer and cider.
Guests wake to 360-degree city views, plus a delivery of complimentary breakfast and coffee.
On-site amenities include 24-hour reception, a general store serving as the bar and communal area for campers, nine amenity-units with toilets and showers, and a new infrared sauna.
Kakadu National Park will host one of Australia’s largest gatherings of bird watchers and nature lovers during its annual Bird Week from October 1-7.
Whether it is graceful sea eagles ‘fishing’ on Yellow Water Billabong, or the remarkable ‘Jesus Bird’ seemingly walking on water, or local favourites such as the Jabiru and the tiny, but vividly beautiful, Kingfisher birds, Kakadu is one of the country’s most spectacular location for lovers of exotic birds.
One of the best places to view Kakadu’s immensely rich and diverse bird life is on Yellow Water Billabong, at Cooinda. Yellow Water Cruises and Kakadu Tourism will be offering visitors exceptional opportunities to get close to Kakadu’s rich bird life during the special week.
Cooinda Lodge and the Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel are both offering 15 per cent discounts off normal rates during the week.
Phone 1800 500 401 or visit www.kakadutourism.com
Mountain Whispers is offering savings of $80 on all four of its Blue Mountains B&B properties — Leura Rose Cottage, Strawberry Patch Cottage, The Gatsby and Varenna — during August and September.
Rates start at $367 per night (two-night minimum stay) and include complimentary champagne and chocolates.
Phone 1300 721 321 or visit www.mountainwhispers.com.au
A 90-year-old train and a 21st-century cruise ship will take travellers to renowned wine regions in Victoria and South Australia next March as part of Cruise Express’s ‘Voyage to the Vineyards’.
The hosted six-day tour from Melbourne to Adelaide includes visits to Victoria’s Goulburn Valley and South Australia’s Barossa Valley, a day trip on a heritage train and a special wine-paired lunch aboard the 2600-passenger Golden Princess.
The five-night ‘Voyage to the Vineyards’ tour is priced from $1890 per person twin-share, including 11 meals.
Phone 1300 764 509 or visit www.cruiseexpress.com.au
Metro Hotel Ipswich International has released a ‘Family Getaway’ package priced from $175 per night, with kids under-12 staying and eating for free.
The package includes apartment accommodation, full buffet breakfast for two adults, plus complimentary wi-fi and car-parking, and is valid for stays until December 31.
Ipswich offers plenty for visitors this spring, including a Lego exhibition at Ipswich Art Gallery, the Story Arts Festival of Children’s Literature, a spring-loaded-trampoline park, the Ipswich Nature Centre in Queens Park, and the Queensland drag-racing championships at Willowbank Raceway.
Visit www.metrohotels.com.au
