Victorian Heritage Celebration Oamaru 2021 - Presented by Operatunity

SPRING VICTORIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

We invite you to experience a 10 day tour which includes our own Oamaru Victorian celebrations plus Lake Tekapo, Mount Cook, McKenzie Country, Oamaru and Dunedin.

12 - 21 SEPTEMBER 2022

SPRING VICTORIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL 12 - 21 SEPTEMBER 2022 We invite you to experience a 10 day tour which includes our own Oamaru Victorian celebrations plus Lake Tekapo, Mount Cook, McKenzie Country, Oamaru and Dunedin.

Experience the Exceptional...

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Experience the amazing Victorian heritage in Oamaru. Dress up and step back in time to the Victorian era including steampunk, historic precinct, a Victorian Ball and Victorian garden party.

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Other musical events presented by our artists, including our welcome dinner with concert entitled Celtic Celebration, The Hills are Alive, a concert of great music theatre songs, The Magnificence of the Music Hall, complete with chairman, magni icent melodies and melodrama, Get Me To The Church On Time in a stunning 100 year old private wedding chapel, and a Victorian Soirée in historic Olveston House.

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All this with time in Lake Tekapo, Mount Cook, McKenzie Country, Oamaru and Dunedin.

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Escorted by the fabulous team of Susan Boland, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo and Paul Carnegie-Jones.

OUR ARTISTS FOR THIS TRIP

Susan Boland

Paul Carnegie-Jones

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Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua

Karl Perigo

MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2022 (D) - Sudima Christchurch (1 night)

THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B, L, D)

Highlights Include: • Free time on arrival to do some shopping in Christchurch.

Highlights Include: • Drive to Oamaru with a stop in Fairlie for early morning tea.

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Visit to Riverstone Castle with guided tour (by Dot depending on her availability) of the interior of this amazing castle, affectionately known as Dot’s Castle.

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Lunch at Riverstone Kitchen with time afterwards to wander the shops and gardens.

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Dinner at the Brydone Hotel.

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Evening Penguin Tour to watch the nightly arrival of penguins from their days’ fishing at sea from only a few metres away.

Welcome dinner with concert entitled Celtic Celebration presenting great ballads and fun songs from Ireland and the British Isles at the beautiful Cossar’s Wineshed.

TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B, L, D) Lake Tekapo - Peppers Bluewater Resort (2 nights) Highlights Include: • Visit to Geraldine with lunch at Barker’s Eatery, with a menu that incorporates products from the famous Barker’s of Geraldine ranges and local New Zealand artisan products.

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Church of the Good Shepherd special recital entitled Beautiful Songs.

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An introductory talk from the minister about the history of the church and its surroundings.

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Dinner at the hotel this evening.

- Brydone Hotel, Oamaru (4 nights)

FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B, D) Highlights Include: • Janet Frame House - a guided tour of 56 Eden Street, Oamaru where Janet Frame lived from the age of six until she left Oamaru after completing secondary school.

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Visit to Victorian Wardrobe - we pop into this famous shop to browse the largest and finest collection of Victorian styled clothing anywhere in NZ!

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Visit to Steampunk HQ , a futuristic version of 19th century Victorian England steam powered devices – the ‘world gone mad’ as Victorian people may have imagined it.

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We invite you to our own exclusive Victorian Viennese Masked Ball at the historic Oamaru Opera House. We enjoy a gourmet dinner, singing of famous Viennese music and waltzes plus dancing - a chance to dress up and enjoy our own

WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B, L, D) Highlights Include: • A sensory experience inside the Dark Sky Project Base, the Dark Sky Experience brings science, Maori Heritage and multi-media installations together in a “Big Bang” of awe and inspiration.

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Drive through the magnificent mountains beside lakes and surrounded by incredible scenery.

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Lunch at Old Mountaineers Cafe in Mt Cook Village.

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A chance to wander through the Sir Edmund Hillary Centre at Mt Cook.

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Dinner tonight: The Hills are Alive with music theatre songs including The Sound of Music, in keeping with the Southern Alps.

Church of the Good Shepherd, Tekapo

Riverstone Castle, Oamaru

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SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2022

(B, HIGH TEA, D) Highlights Include: • Opera house tour - our own exclusive look at the beautifully restored Oamaru Opera House.

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Private costume maker and a look at some of the clothes worn in Victorian times. (To be confirmed)

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Our own garden party with high tea in the lovely Oamaru Gardens at the Rotunda. A chance to dress up and enjoy promenading through the gardens.

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The Magnificence of the Music Hall with dinner at the Opera House - our own exclusive evening event complete with costuming, singalongs, irreverent Chairman and acts. Come along dressed up for this too!

TUESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B, L, D) Highlights Include: • Drive around the coast this morning, with a chance to look at the Albatross hovering over the cliffs.

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Then back for a tour of the Castle and wander of the grounds at the historic Larnach Castle.

Following our tour we enjoy lunch.

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Our final event - your last chance to step back in time and dress up as we enjoy a guided tour of Olveston House followed by dinner and concert Victorian Soiree, a feast of Victorian and Edwardian ballads and silly songs.

WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B) Highlights Include: • Time to fly home today fulfilled with our heritage and fabulous music events.

SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B, L, D) Highlights Include: • A bit of time off this morning to catch your breath before we are off for lunch and tour at Totara Estate to see how the wheels of history rotated making this Victorian Estate so important to our history.

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Special gourmet dinner tonight at Teschemakers with Get Me to the Church on Time, songs of love, weddings and marriage in their stunning 100 year old private wedding chapel.

MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2022 (B, L) - Distinction Hotel, Dunedin (2 nights)

The Chapel at Teschemakers

Highlights Include: • Stop at Fleurs famous cafe for lunch on way out of Oamaru with a chance to walk down and look at the fabulous Moeraki Boulders rocks if you wish.

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Drive to Dunedin and then tour of Dunedin including Railway Station and the Otago Museum.

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Free time this evening to enjoy your own dinner and perhaps an early night after so many amazing musical events, dinners and evenings out!

The Drawing Room at Olveston House

The Opera House, Oamaru

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per person twin share Single Room supplement add $1,450 Initial Deposit on booking $900 Second Deposit due 1 March 2022 $1,500 Final Balance due: 1 July 2022 Deposits refundable (less costs incurred) prior to FINAL BALANCE DUE DATE. Itinerary details are subject to change, however any changes will be replaced with a comparable or better option.

THIS TRIP INCLUDES: •

10 day tour which includes 4 nights at the Victorian town of Oamaru, Christchurch (1 night), Lake Tekapo (2 nights), Dunedin (2 nights).

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Numerous special events including our Victorian Viennese Masked Ball, Victorian Garden Party, Victorian costume talk, Riverstone Castle tour and Riverstone Kitchen, tour to Totara Estate.

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Several private music events including our welcome dinner with concert entitled Celtic Celebration presenting great ballads and fun songs from Ireland and the British Isles, The Hills are Alive, a concert of great music theatre songs including of course from The Sound of Music, in keeping with our visit to the Southern Alps, The Magnificence of the Music Hall, complete with chairman, magnificent melodies and melodrama, Get Me To The Church on Time, a concert of songs about love, weddings and marriage in a stunning 100 year old private wedding chapel, and a Victorian Soirée, a feast of Victorian and Edwardian ballads, skits and silly songs in the ballroom at Olveston House.

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Numerous driving tours including Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, McKenzie Country, Oamaru, North Otago, Dunedin.

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Special experiences including penguin colony tour, Dark Sky Experience, tours to historic houses and tour of Dunedin’s historic sites.

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Meals included: All breakfasts, 6 lunches, 1 afternoon tea, 8 dinners.

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Escorted by the fabulous team of Susan Boland, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo and Paul Carnegie-Jones.

PLEASE NOTE: As our travellers are coming from all over NZ, air-fares are not included. At time of printing all Operatunity travellers are required to be fully vaccinated to enjoy our tours.

EASY TOUR This tour will suit people with a stick, but not a walker. You will be required to walk to get from place to place and stand in museums, but it is designed to be an easy tour with lots of times to rest, travel on a coach and walk easy leisurely distances.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION • • • Toll Free: 0508 886 489 email: travel@operatunity.co.nz | www.operatunity.co.nz PO Box 132 150 Sylvia Park, Auckland 1644, New Zealand

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All trips are subject to change but any changes will be of equal or greater value.

Deposits refundable until final payment date minus any costs incurred, or an administration fee of up to $300.

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