Tour Local

01/04/2026

Joanne Staindl-Johnson

01/04/2026

And there went March and what a month! : 2 annual tours written to include compelling events ie Ballarat Begonia Festival (City of Ballarat) and Gippsland Opera ‘s Opera by the Lakes.
Followed this up with 4 night tour to Sapphire Coast(stay Merimbula) - glorious at this time of year and always popular.
The pleasure was all ours to have a Probus Club from Regional Victoria stay in Pakenham from where we explored such places as Walhalla, Victoria and Phillip Island .
To top this off, we took 100 people to Werribee Open Range Zoo (3 one day tours).
And what would March in Melbourne be without a tour to the Melbourne Flower and Garden Show (twice)!!
It’s been lovely to meet new people and thank you to our returning passengers for trusting us with your leisure/ holiday time

31/03/2026

Are you looking for a lovely Sunday afternoon out - well, this HIGH TEA is being run by one of the groups that we have toured a lot with over the years and they are super lovely friendly people so we are just letting you know about this event.
We are not running a bus to it as we are already fully committed elsewhere so this is just a community notice!!
If you’re doing ring Marilyn, maybe just let her know that you saw this advertised here on our TourLocal page. 

09/03/2026

From Vietnam to Ballarat - showcasing huge variety of tours for 2026

09/03/2026

The week that was! 3 night trip to Vietnam for Joanne to learn some tips and tricks to help our upcoming Travellers to there to get the best out of their trip. Back home for two nights and then away on our annual Ballarat Begonia Festival (City of Ballarat) tour. Such is the diversity of the tours that we offer.

25/01/2026

Nearly Australia Day and I love it. I married an Australian and we choose this country to raise our kids - a choice between here and NZ- a tough choice because I loved and still do love New Zealand so much. But I never regret raising our kids here and I’m proud to be Australian.
I’ve also had the pleasure of taking tour Groups to so many places across Australia and the privilege of that has been never lost on me.
As for you, if you’re reading this then maybe you’ve been one of those passengers.
I’m sure you share the love of of Australia so let’s celebrate tomorrow by everyone reading this putting up a post of a favour te picture of somewhere you’ve been in Australia and maybe also if you have a fave song or piece of prose etc. and I will do my best to find that song or find the prose and post it onto here so that others can share the joy.
Shall we start the ball rolling with that famous and eternally loved #1 hit I am Australian
Happy Australia Day (for tomorrow)

Song by The Seekers

20/01/2026

For anyone of our passengers that has visited Fowles Wine with us over the years you may be interested in this update. Our hearts go out to these people who have always been so lovely when we’ve visited and we would encourage you to maybe buy a bottle online if you’re possibly able to just to show support for them at this tough time

17/01/2026

If anyone has been wondering what Ray has been up to. Well here he is doing what he does and putting in a smile on our face. If you think more people should see this wacky fella maybe just share this post - Ray would appreciate it.

26/12/2025

For all of you who have been saying “where’s Ray!”, well this is what he has been busy working on!

24/12/2025

From our home to yours. However you spend your day, may it have joy in it. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18AQ9Vvc3i/?mibextid=wwXIfr

19/12/2025

22/11/2025

We love staying with you and look forward to returning next year . South Pacific Resort Hotel