Sightseeing Activities

An additional attraction for the prospective delegates and families is that Melbourne is an ideal tourist destination at the start of Spring as the city is filled with a Carnival atmosphere! The best way to see what is on offer for a tourist is to visit the tourism website.

To enable the people to get around, Special Seminar Tour rates have been negotiated with tour providers AAT Kings. Bookings must be made with AAT Kings directly and participants must mention QHES to obtain the discount rates. For bookings call Melbourne on +61-3-9663-3377 (24hrs) or within Australia 1800-334-009. Alternatively fax on +61-3-9663-3133 or email to austour@aatkings.com.au.

Alternatively, offerings can also be checked out at another internationally accessible sight seeing tours operator Australia Pacific Tours. They can be accessed by phone: +61 3 9277 8555, Fax: +61 3 9597 0687 or by email on info@aptours.com.au .

Examples of Tours operated by AAT Kings:

Example 1: Penguin Parade on Phillip Island (Tour Code: KB10)
Departs: 1.30pm DAILY Returns: 10.30pm or 11.30pm*
Adult: $59 Child: $49
See Port Phillip Bay and the prestigious bayside suburbs on your way to Phillip Island. Visit the Koala Conservation Centre, then observe the nightly ritual of the world famous Penguin Parade, as the little penguins march up the sand to their nesting places. Return to Melbourne via Cowes where you stop for dinner (own expense). (No photography allowed at Penguin Parade)
*Return time dependant on daylight savings.

Example 2: Puffing Billy, Healesville Sanctuary with Lunch (Tour Code: KB15W)
Departs: 8.45am DAILY Returns: 5.30pm
Adult: $70 Child: $46
Ride the Puffing Billy steam train into the Yarra Valley. Enjoy a two course lunch with complimentary wine and tea/coffee at the award-winning Healesville Sanctuary. Join a guided tour through the park and see kangaroos, koalas, wombats, platypus and emus, before returning to Melbourne.

Click for a pdf version of the AAT Kings brochure.