Norfolk Island Experience

This morning we meet at the Sydney International airport to board our flight to Norfolk Island. Flight Details: Sydney - Norfolk Island (times to be advised) Upon arrival we are transferred to our accommodation where we check in for the next 7 nights. Ahead of us is a wonderful week of Norfolk Island hospitality enjoying dinner and hot breakfasts every day. After check in and rest we gather for our first dinner on the Island. Scenic BBQ Dinner Tonight we enjoy a Scenic BBQ, this is an alfresco experience at a scenic location. We will have the opportunity to taste the local beef and dishes and will be serenaded by a local entertainer surrounded by Norfolk’s beauty.

Overnight: Paradise Hotel & Resort

Meals : Breakfast and Dinner

Discover Norfolk Island Tour This morning we get to discover the wonderful Island. Our guide will explain all of the Island’s history from Polynesian settlements many years ago to how life is today on Norfolk Island. We cover most of the Island and learn what it was like in the first settlement, during penal times in Norfolk Island and the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the famous Mutiny on the Bounty. Visit Kingston, Cascade, Anson Bay and the wonderful St Barnabas Chapel. After our morning tour, why not visit the Cyclorama, (own costs) a multi award winning Norfolk Island attraction. Cyclorama is an amazing 360 degree mural that vividly illustrates the journey of the Bounty aboard the HMS Bounty from England to Tahiti to Pitcairn Island and Norfolk Island. An experience not to be missed! Farm & Industry Tour While tourism is Norfolk’s largest industry, it is by no means its only one. On this tour, we will visit some of the many enterprises that sustain the community. These include raising meat producing sheep, market gardening, pig farming, manufacturing soft drinks and liqueurs, gardening and the export of Kentia seedlings. Who Killed the Surveyor Mystery Dinner The tour takes place in one of the original, elegantly restored Georgian houses at No. 9 Quality Row, on the beautiful Kingston foreshores. Go back in time and dine with the Chief Magistrate Frederick Young and his wife Mary. Frederick is hosting this dinner to honour His Excellency, Governor General Denison who is making yet another visit to the island. A young English surveyor from Sydney is found washed up on the cove southeast of Point Hunter. Dine on a 3-course dinner while you help solve the mystery of “Who Killed the Surveyor?”.

Overnight: Paradise Hotel & Resort

Meals : Breakfast & Dinner

Glass Bottom Boat (Depending on tide times) Christian’s Glass Bottom boat will take us on a cruise within the lagoon of Emily and Slaughter Bay. Norfolk Island has the second southernmost coral reef in the world and attracts a diversity of marine life. View varied species of coral and a wide variety of species of colourful fish as we cruise the crystal-clear pristine waters of the lagoon. Norfolk Today Tour Learn how Norfolk Islanders live in the 21st Century and the essential services that make life on a tiny South Pacific island possible. How do they bring petrol and gas on the island? Power their world? Deal with waste? Forecast the weather? Keep themselves informed and make a global contribution? This tour will make it all clear! We will visit parts of the island that few tourists ever see and meet the locals who make sure these daily miracles and services keep happening. This is a real behind the scenes experience, which shows the true workings on Norfolk Island. BBQ Dinner in Paradise! Enjoy a casual BBQ on the outside deck of “The Garden Restaurant and Bar”. 1856 The Untold Story On 8 June 1856 a total of 194 people, descendants from the Bounty, arrived on Norfolk Island from Pitcairn Island aboard the Morayshire. This consisted of 40 men, 47 women, 54 boys and 53 girls. They arrived in cold, wet blustery conditions, few had ever been to sea before, they were seasick, homesick and heartsick. The journey of 6,000km / 3,700 miles took five weeks. They arrived to a recently abandoned penal settlement set aside for the ‘worst of the worst’, it was full of ghosts, terrible stories and horrific memories. It was a large and frightening testimony of man’s inhumanity to man. The 1856 untold story will follow their journey within the World Heritage Listed Kingston area. This tour will bring the past to life with an audio aboard our touring bus, recounting stories of the families, where they lived and how they adapted to their new life on Norfolk Island.

Overnight: Par

Colleen McCullough Home Tour Colleen McCullough, world renowned author of 24 books, called Norfolk Island home for almost 36 years. She and her husband, Norfolk Islander Ric Robinson, created a luxurious hideaway and maintained their privacy to ensure that Colleen had the perfect environment for her writing. Some of her most powerful titles were created in this much-loved sanctuary. We are escorted through her magnificent home to view Ric and Colleen’s priceless collection of artifacts gathered on their travels all over the world. This is a glimpse into the life of a modern day literary icon. Experience the world of Colleen McCullough, author of “Tim”, “The Thornbirds” and “Morgan’s Run”. Norfolk Island Culture Tour An immersion in Norfolk Island’s rich cultural heritage. Learn about the rich history from the first Polynesian settlement, through to the Mutiny on the Bounty. The settlement of Pitcairn Island with the 12 Tahitian foremother’s and the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanderson Norfolk Island in 1856, the whaling days, World War II, through to life today. See a Tapa beating and weaving demonstration. Hold history in your hands, with relics of the past. Fish brining and smoking demonstration with tasting and much more. Commandant’s Dinner Imagine dining with a Commandant! This factual yet fun dinner theatre is the newest interactive show to hit Norfolk Island. The Commandant’s Dinner is a “must do” for our Norfolk visit! The cast of actors will take us on an entertaining journey back in time. Be enthralled by the Commandant’s stories about the notorious convict settlements on Norfolk Island and how the convicts were treated through punishment and reform. Listen to a chilling recall of one of the infamous rebellions. Marvel at how the Commandant’s and their families adapted to life in a Norfolk Island penal colony, recreating a little piece of England in the Pacific. Explore their great challenges, impressive successes and shameful secrets. The Commandant’s Dinn

Breakfast Bushwalk

We rise a little earlier today to discover the incredible scenic beauty of Norfolk Island’s natural environment on a relaxing and informative guided one hour bush walk. Learn about the unique ecosystems and endemic flora and fauna. Following our bush stroll we enjoy a well-deserved hearty breakfast within the park. Taste of Norfolk Our Taste of Norfolk Tour takes us to a bee keeper’s home where we will view flow hives, learn about the fascinating local honey bees, and view their incredible flight path to their hives. Next stop is a beef and dairy farm where we will learn about supplying milk to make local cheese and fresh milk for the market place. Our hosts will also give us a taste of local beef sausages. Our last visit will be a cooking demonstration where we see a traditional yorlor stone which came from Pitcairn Island on the Morayshire in 1856. Have a yorlor on the stone to create green banana fritters flavoured with local honey. Sit back, relax and enjoy! Progressive Dinner to Island Homes Tonight we are collected from our resort to experience a wonderful evening together. The Progressive Dinner is legendary, and a fixture on Norfolk Island itineraries. The perfect way to get a taste of the real Norfolk lifestyle. Relax and enjoy home cooked food, bursting with the goodness of fresh island produce, chat with our fellow diners and soak up stories of our island hosts as they share their passion for their island home. 3 Courses - includes complimentary glass of wine with mains. Overnight: Paradise Hotel & Resort

Meals : Breakfast & Dinner

Gardeners Delight Tour This personalised tour will take us on a journey behind the scenes to experience a market garden complete with a flower garden and an orchard. A secluded old Island home surrounded by the most amazing gardens, these gardens are irrigated by a hand dug well which was dug in the convict era. The next stop is the labour of love garden which is inspirational. We will also visit the picturesque gardens with amazing views. Morning tea will be served at scenic location. 2 Course Dinner at the Hotel tonight.

Overnight: Paradise Hotel & Resort

Meals : Breakfast & Dinner

Our day begins with a delicious buffet breakfast at the resort. Pitcairn Settlers Village Experience the proud Heritage of the Pitcairn Island Settlers. Our guided tour will include the gracious original Bailey homestead & gardens including a stroll through the barn dairy and out buildings. Visit the museum filled with items of nostalgic and historic interest and see the oldest working forge in the South Pacific. Also included is a visit to an ex New Zealand Army hut with war – time memorabilia. Complimentary refreshments are included. Baunti Island Fish Fry This evening we enjoy one of Norfolk Island’s most famous dinners - the Island Fish Fry. We will have an eagle-eye view of the tiny crescent-shaped beach and the magnificent spread of ocean stretching to the far horizon. It’s the most glamorous picnic we will ever attend! Scrumptious fresh, local fish is prepared the local way and accompanied with a range of seasonal island dishes including those passed down from Polynesian fore-mothers. This extends even to dessert. Our feast kicks off with entertainment with a local singer and Tahitian-style dancers. The Island Fish Feast is something that we will remember as a highlight of our Norfolk tour.

Overnight: Paradise Hotel & Resort

Meals : Breakfast & Dinner

Our final buffet breakfast will be in the resort restaurant. We are transferred to the airport where we check in for our flight home. On arrival into Sydney we say farewell to our fellow travellers and take home countless memories of a great week in Norfolk Island with Trade Travel.

Flight Details: Norfolk Island - Sydney - Melbourne (times to be advised)