Australia 2000 Travel

Australia 2000 Travel

The Face of Australia 2000 Travel ~ Karen Hardy Hodgson. Featured this month as Hour Detroit Magazine?s Faces of Detroit 2019

Australia 2000 Travel weaves a touch of Aussie magic into every Bespoke Luxury Journey, handcrafted for the discerning traveler seeking to explore Australia, New Zealand, and remote South Pacific islands from a unique perspective.

Australia 2000 Travel was established in 1992 by fifth-generation Australian Karen Hardy Hodgson, whose mission is to help travelers discover the South Pacific through a local’s eyes; experience the vibrancy of immersive travel during stress-free journeys tailored to include each person’s specific interests and desires; and take travelers beyond the beaten path, where lifelong memories of wonder are created.

Australia 2000 Travel stands alone with recognition by Tourism Australia as Michigan’s only Premier Aussie Specialist, by Tourism New Zealand as one of Fewer Than Ten North American 100% Pure New Zealand Life-Time Gold Specialists, by elite Luxperience as one of the Top Two-Hundred-Fifty Travel Designers in the World, and by Hour Detroit as Detroit’s Best Travel Agency.

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El Questro Homestead ~ Luxury in the Heart of the Kimberley

El Questro Homestead, an exclusive retreat cantilevered over the magnificent Chamberlain River, sits in stark contrast to Western Australia’s rugged Kimberley landscape.? Catering to the most discerning of guests, friendly staff provide the highest standards of service and gourmet cuisine.

KBD El Questro Homestead from above
Photo Credit to El Questro Homestead

Decorated with artifacts and antiques collected from Indonesia and tropical Australia, and surrounded by lush tropical gardens, the Homestead has a freeform swimming pool, spa, and a tennis court for the exclusive use of Homestead guests. Air-conditioned rooms have en suite bathrooms and private verandas overlooking the gardens and river. The fully inclusive cost covers gourmet meals, open bar, laundry service, road transfers and all El Questro activities excluding helicopter activities.

KBD El Questro Homestead Cockburn Range
Photo Credit to El Questro Homestead

After exploring hidden locations few have had the privilege to visit in this dramatic land of extremes, you have the opportunity to unwind and relax in a variety of unique ways. Soak away your cares in the thermal Zebedee Springs. Curl up under an ancient boab tree with a book, or simply join the local wallaby population and lounge in the shade.

KBD El Questro Homestead
Photo Credit to El Questro Homestead

Extravagance combined with rugged beauty awaits you. Contact us to include this remarkable destination in your once in a lifetime Adventure in the Lands Down Under.

 

 

Wild Bush Luxury in Western Australia

Photo Credit to Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef

Topping off our month of luxury outback accommodation is Western Australia?s Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef, an exclusive safari camp hidden in the white sand dunes of Cape Range National Park.

Nine spacious wilderness tents reside just feet from the water?s edge and the world?s greatest fringing coastal coral reef.?? Exquisite accommodation and hosting style exudes ?Wild Bush Luxury? and has been meticulously designed to expose?guests to the sights and sounds?that surround?each tent … a Red Kangaroo grazing amongst the dunes, the beautiful song of a Butcherbird or a Humpback Whale breaching just beyond the reef.

Contemporary Australian cuisine with hints of bush food and native produce are prepared daily by the onsite chef. Dinner is hosted against a back-drop of rich orange sunsets over the Indian Ocean and in the cool of the evening kangaroos and wallaroos appear from the bush for their evening graze.

Contact us to include?Sal Salis, one of?Australia’s?most remote and beautiful coastal?accommodations, in your customized, once in a lifetime journey Down Under.

 

Fremantle Street Arts Festival Astounds Crowd

Some of the world?s best street artists converge in Western Australia for the renowned Fremantle Street Arts Festival taking place over Easter weekend, April 7-9, 2012.

Pavement art, Freo Street Arts Festival
Photo Credit to abba-bazoo

Now in its 13th year, the annual family friendly event showcases some of the very best performers from around the globe who will amaze and astound the crowds with a variety of shows on Freo’s streets.

From conventional arts to hip-hop dancing combined with sidesplitting comedy, smooth dance steps exploding into highflying somersaults and acrobatics and a variety of non-traditional theatre performances?including juggling, miming, illusion and?improvisation result in an event full of hilarious surprises.

While you are in town, you will not want to miss the 20th annual Margaret River Wine Festival taking place April 13-15, 2012.? Check out our blog post for all of the exciting details then contact us to create the journey of a lifetime to explore versatile, yet exquisite, Western Australia.

20th Annual Margaret River Wine Festival

Through a wine glass
Photo Credit dicktay2000

Those with a penchant for fine wine will not want to miss the Margaret River Wine Festival taking place April 13 ? 15, 2012 in exquisite Western Australia.

With over 300 wines to discover, along with the finest in local cuisine, all set in the glorious natural setting of the Margaret River, festivalgoer?s are in for a culinary delight from start to finish.

Known for its Mediterranean style climate, the Margaret River vineyards are not affected by extreme summer?or winter temperatures.? Coupled with ideal humidity levels,?it is a supreme location for the growing of some of the most premium wines in the world.

This year?s festival celebrates the 20th anniversary of the annual event?and features?concerts, art exhibits, street fiestas, a long table feast wherein all-star chefs match culinary delights with delectable wines and a?vintage festival.??Do not?miss?the President?s Trophy cricket match followed by a 6 course Grand Degustation Lunch at Clairault Estate?s, and on the final day, the anticipated Vin Fete Petanque taking place at the Wise Wine Estate.

The festival offers entertainment for everyone from wine aficionados to nature lovers, from art enthusiasts to anyone with an appreciation of music.? Contact us to create the adventure of a lifetime to the GLORIOUS South Pacific and we will weave this festival, along with all of your dreams, into reality.

For a very different exprience in Western Australia, take the whole family and give it a go at the 13th annual Fremantle Street Arts Festival showcasing some of the very best performers from around the globe who will amaze and astound the crowds with a variety of shows on Freo’s streets.

Australia’s Capital Cities

Sydney ~ Copyrighted Image: Tourism Australia

SYDNEY

Since 1996 readers of Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure magazines have voted Sydney, the World?s Best City for sixteen years in succession.? Whether you visit for one day or a week, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy this cosmopolitan city with its impressive harbor foreshores, glamorous homes and coastlines dotted with jagged sandstone cliffs and golden beaches. With its Mediterranean climate, arcade shopping, restaurants, parks, gardens, museums, the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge – you will find Sydney a gem.

Adelaide ~ Copyrighted Image: South Australia Tourism Commission

ADELAIDE

The wine and festival capital of Australia, Adelaide in South Australia is one of the most vibrant, stylish and innovative cities you’ll ever visit. With rolling hills, pristine beaches, a lively nightlife, galleries, cafes, pubs, bookshops, fashion houses, antique stores, cellar doors and National Parks (all within Adelaide’s boundaries!), it’s a city you’ll want to come back to time and time again…

Brisbane ~ Copyrighted Image: Brisbane Marketing

BRISBANE

Brisbane, capital city of Queensland is Australia’s third largest city. It has been built around the Brisbane River that snakes its way through the downtown. Be sure to check out the Botanic Gardens and the unique Customs House that have become part of Brisbane’s heritage icons.

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Australian Beaches

The Australian coastline is approximately the same length as the circumference of planet Earth. Along this vast coastline you will find endless idyllic beaches.

BONDI BEACH

Sydney, Beaches, Bondi, Surfing at Bondi Copyrighted Image Tourism Australia

Bondi Beach in Sydney is one of Australia’s most famous beaches and one of the worlds most well known. It is quintessentially Australian; you will find bronzed bodies and lifeguards ensuring the safety of the many that flock to Bondi to surf in the local waters.

 

CABLE BEACH

WA, The Kimberley, Towns, Broome, Camel Rides, Cable Beach Copyrighted Image Tourism Australia

With 15 miles of turquoise Indian Ocean and dazzling white sands Cable Beach, in Broome, Western Australia is one of the worlds most beautiful beaches. Surely there cannot be a more enchanting means of watching the huge red sun sink below the horizon on the Indian Ocean than when riding a camel on Cable Beach at sunset.

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WHITEHAVEN BEACH

Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Islands, QLD Copyrighted Image Tourism Whitsundays

With its whiter than white silica sands and crystal clear water Whitehaven Beach is one of Australias most beautiful beaches. It is the ideal Australian beach in the Whitsundays to enjoy a secluded champagne picnic on the beach, swim in the sparkling water and if you are particularly lucky to be visited by the hungry goannas. Perhaps climb Hill Inlet to see a school of stingrays below in the azure water of their breeding ground. Exquisite Whitehaven Beach can only be reached by boat or your privately chartered light aircraft.

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Australia’s National Parks

Victoria

Port Campbell, Dreamtime 2013, Melbourne, Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road ~ Copyrighted Image Tourism Australia

Between 1918 and 1932 the spectacular Great Ocean Road was constructed using the labor of Australian soldiers newly returned from the First World War. While traveling along this dramatic winding road you will pass through Port Campbell National Park and discover The Twelve Apostles, rock structures soaring from the swirling waters of the Southern Ocean and one of Australias most recognized natural features. If you would rather not drive this demanding road we have the perfect guide for you who will show you the awesome sights, fill you with the local history, stand with you on cliffs that are over 200 feet tall while you gaze at rock stacks up to 130 feet tall. Along the way he will introduce you to the locals.

Northern Territory

NT, Aboriginal, Rock Art ~ Copyrighted Image Tourism Australia

Kakadu National Park, located 160 miles east of Darwin, in Australias Northern Territory is the largest National Park in Australia and has been awarded a World Heritage listing. Adjacent to Kakadu National Park lies a vast subtropical savannah that has been described as a national treasure trove depicting ancient human occupation and a pristine wilderness area hosting myriad ecosystems and wildlife inhabitants. The Aboriginal association with the land is constantly on display in Kakadu National Park where richly descriptive rock paintings from 50,000 years ago depict events of the distant past. Let us send you to this ancient area where your hosts, Max Davidson’s passionate devotion to the area and its people has developed into a relationship of trust and respect with the traditional owners. Their association has resulted in an unchallengeable, in-depth knowledge of the history and traditions of the area.

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Australian Outback

ARKAROOLA – SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Yellow Footed Wallaby at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges Copyrighted Image Tourism Australia

Arkaroola is a 380 square miles privately owned wildlife sanctuary in the rugged Northern Flinders Ranges just to the east of the Gammon Ranges National Park in South Australia. The surrounding area includes spectacular arid zone mountain terrain, picturesque gorges, water holes and wildlife unique to the area. It is a truly fascinating region with dramatic, ancient hills where some of the rocks are estimated to be older 1,000 million years and marine fossils are being found from 600 million years ago giving proof to the fact that our Outback was once an inland sea.

BROKEN HILL – NEW SOUTH WALES

Broken Hill, NSW, Copyrighted Image Tourism Australia

People used to say that you would find Broken Hill beyond the Darling River on the edge of the sundown, as if there was nowhere further to travel in Australia.

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Perhaps it was the feeling of being confronted by an unspeakably vast space that looked like an inland sea rolling into the sunset. The desolate landscape surrounding Broken Hill is like driving towards a painting of soft mauve and sage hues. Is it any wonder the city has become known as a Mecca for artists? It is there that the magnificent clear blue skies and the magic light are much loved by film makers from Mad Max 2 to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

It is in Broken Hill that the big red kangaroos will run one hundred and twenty five miles in a night chasing a thunderstorm, and the unique Sturt Desert Peas bloom in dark red soils. The Tower Mulloch heaps around Broken Hill represent billions of dollars spent on mining that drove the economy of a fledgling nation. In this historic city it is easy to be reminded of the struggles of the pioneers. What greater adventure can there be than to travel to the Australian Outback via the Indian Pacific train where our special guide will meet you at railway station when you arrive in Broken Hill. You will be taken on a journey through the national parks to discover the Outback and the opal mining area of White Cliffs. There will be time to noodle for opals as you walk around in the old field At Lightening Ridge you will discover the true meaning of the word remote Here people live in houses built under the ground to escape the extreme heat of the Aussie sun.

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