FROM THE YARRA VALLEY TO BENDIGO VICTORIA’S REGIONAL GALLERIES OCTOBER 16-23, 2019 TOUR LEADER: ROBERT VEEL

Overview The combined collections of Victoria’s Regional Galleries constitute one of the finest collections of Australian heritage and modern art. The story of these collections themselves speaks to a wider arc in Australian history, from colonial settlement and grazing, to the ambitions of new cities in the Gold Rush, and the revival of interest in regional centres as destinations for the cultural traveller. This 8-day tour takes you on a journey through Australian art, from the excellent modern art collections at Heide, TarraWarra and McClelland Sculpture Park, through the history of Australian art, from its early giants, such as von Guerard, Streeton and McCubbin and the unique new directions taken by artists in the 20th century, such as Preston, Boyd, Nolan, and Williams. Throughout the tour we complement gallery visits with travel to historic sites, such as the beautifully preserved Gold Rush town of Maldon and the Point Nepean Quarantine Station, and through inspirational landscapes: the rolling hills of the Yarra Valley, the temperate forests of the Dandenongs, panoramic coastline of the Mornington Peninsula and the uniquely Australian terrain of the gold fields. Each of these landscapes has been immortalised by the artists whose work we see in the galleries, providing further insight into the rich heritage of Australia’s art and history. Throughout the tour, we stay in hotels that combine the spirit of regional Victoria with modern comforts, and we round out the tour with fine dining in some of the region’s best restaurants.

Your tour leader Robert Veel is a cultural historian with over 20 years’ experience leading tours to Italy, the USA, Scandinavia and throughout Australia. He has a strong personal interest in the visual arts, architecture and music, and is a founding director of Academy Travel.

Robert holds a BA, Dip. Ed and M.Ed, all from the University of Sydney. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Sydney before a long stint at the University’s Centre for

Continuing Education, lecturing in Italian history and culture and working as Assistant Director. Robert’s historical and artistic knowledge stretches from the Middle Ages through the early 20th century. In Italy he has led many tours focusing on the Medieval and Renaissance periods. In the United States he likes to focus on the founding of the Republic and the Gilded Age of the early 20th century. In Scandinavia he is particularly interested in national identity and its role in Scandinavian literature, design and architecture. He has led more than 50 tours and designed many of Academy Travel’s most popular tours, including Sicily, New York, Rome and Venice residential tours, and our Scandinavia tours. More recently Robert led the first offering of Academy Travel’s tours to Tasmania and New Zealand.

FROM THE YARRA VALLEY TO BENDIGO Tour dates: October 16-23, 2019

Tour leader: Robert Veel

Tour Price: $4,170 per person, twin share

Single Supplement: $680 for sole use of double room

Booking deposit: $500 per person

Recommended airline: Qantas

Maximum places: 20

Itinerary: Yarra Valley (2 nights), Queenscliff (2 nights), Bendigo (3 nights)

Date published: May 2, 2018

Enquiries and bookings

For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Kathy Waldrop at ADFAS Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email kathy@academytravel.com.au

Tour Highlights

MODERN ART IN VICTORIA Victoria’s reputation as the ‘arty’ state is well founded, and we take in a number of its excellent small galleries. Enjoy visits to Heide Museum of Modern Art, founded by the Reeds and one of the best collections of Australian modernism, the Besen’s TarraWarra Museum of Art, and the McClelland Sculpture Park, funded for decades by Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.

BENDIGO AND BALLARAT Explore Australian history in Bendigo and Ballarat, and see how their gold rich citizens used their wealth to beautify their cities and endow them with rich art collections. Enjoy the two largest regional galleries in Australia, whose collections range from iconic works of Australian painting to decorative arts and excellent, special exhibitions.

HISTORIC SITES See the fascinating history of regional Victoria, from early colonial settlements on Port Philip Bay, to the graziers of the Victorian plains and the Gold Rush. Enjoy visits to the Point Nepean Quarantine Station, with nearly 50 heritage buildings, the beautiful gold rush town of Maldon, and stays in heritage hotels in Bendigo and Queenscliff.

DIVERSE LANDSCAPES The importance of the landscape to ideas of Australianness is reflected in the traditions of landscape painting that have developed in Australia. See the artists who shaped these ideas of Australia and experience Victoria’s landscapes, from the temperate forests of the Dandenongs, to varied coastlines, wool country and the rugged bush of the goldfields.

WINE COUNTRY Enjoy some of Victoria’s premier wine regions, from the fertile hills of the Yarra Valley to the cooler climates of the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas. Enjoy vineyard lunches in the Yarra Valley and at Tahbilk, a historic winery operating since 1860 on the Goulburn River.

Detailed itinerary Included meals are shown with the symbols B, L and D.

Wednesday 16 October Heide

The tour begins at 2:00pm this afternoon, when we gather at Melbourne Airport (Terminal 1, baggage carousel number 3) to travel by coach to the Yarra Valley. On the way, we visit the Heide Museum of Modern Art. John and Sunday Reed, art patrons who transformed their acreage outside of Melbourne into a haven for writers and artists, including Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker, founded this gem of a collection in the 1950s. It is now one of the premiere collections of Australian modernism, with works by Nolan, Boyd, and Albert Tucker, and its sculpture garden has works by Anthony Caro, Anish Kapoor and Inge King. After our visit, we continue to our hotel in the Yarra Valley, where we relax and enjoy dinner together. Overnight Yarra Valley. (D)

Thursday 17 October TarraWarra and the Dandenongs

This morning, after a talk in the hotel, we visit the TarraWarra Museum of Art. This collection, founded by Eva and Marc Besen, is housed in a stunning modern space surrounded by the estate’s vineyards. The collection includes works by many of Australia’s most prominent artists, including Brett Whitely, John Olsen, Fred Williams and Rosalie Gascoigne, and the foundation is well known for its highly-regarded temporary exhibitions. After visiting the collection, we have lunch at a nearby vineyard. In the afternoon, we travel through the Dandenong Ranges, in whose temperate forests and secluded valleys artists such as Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts found inspiration for an emerging Australian landscape painting. In the later afternoon, we visit the National Rhododendron Garden, whose extensive plantings overlook this wonderful landscape. Returning to the hotel, we have dinner in the hotel. Overnight Yarra Valley. (B, L, D)

Friday 18 October The Mornington Peninsula

Today we explore the Mornington Peninsula, starting with a visit to the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, a private endeavour of the May family in the 1970s, which has been mostly supported through philanthropy – notably, the generous contributions over the decades by Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. The 16-hectare open-air museum displays over 100 large sculptures in park and bushland settings, including ground-breaking works by Inge King, Patricia Piccinini and Ken Unsworth. After our visit we continue touring along the eastern side of the Mornington Peninsula, enjoying the views across the vineyards, stopping for lunch, and admiring the dramatic coastal scenery. In the later afternoon, we visit Sullivans Bay, the site of the first European settlement in Victoria, and

Clockwise, from below: the road from Maldon to Bendigo; the temperate forests of the Dandenongs; view out across the Yarra Valley from TarraWarra; Heide Museum of Modern Art; John Kelly’s “Alien” at McClelland Sculpture Park; and the Gold Rush streetscape of Ballarat

Sorrento. We then take the ferry across Port Phillip Bay to Queenscliff, a pretty seaside town with views across Port Phillip Bay and Bass Straight. Evening at leisure. Overnight Queenscliff. (B, L)

Saturday 19 October Barwon Park and Geelong

This morning we explore the history of grazing in Victoria with a Barwon Park to tour the 42-room bluestone mansion built for the squatter Thomas Austin (who is generally thought to have introduced rabbits to Australia). The manor, now a National Trust estate, is perfectly indicative of the wealth acquired by the squattocracy in the 19th century. We then travel to Geelong, a city that has played a major part in the growth of the Australian economy as the main port of the Victorian wool industry. With the decline of the port and the revitalisation of the waterfront, however, the city is taking on a new role. Geelong Regional Gallery, part of a multimillion-dollar arts facility, has a strong collection, especially of works that highlight the region’s history, which we also explore at the National Wool Museum. Returning to Queenscliff, the later afternoon and evening are at leisure. Overnight Queenscliff. (B)

Sunday 20 October Ballarat

Ballarat, whose name is derived from indigenous words for resting place (Balla Arat), was established as a township in the 1850s, when 20 000 diggers turned up to exploit the newly discovered goldfields (and whose rebellion against strict licensing and heavy taxation shortly afterwards at Eureka shot the town to further prominence). Ballarat’s place in the birth of the national story was further enhanced in the 1880s when the citizens of the town established Australia’s first regional gallery as a way of providing access to art for the people on the one hand, and advancing the city’s status on the other. This morning, we visit the excellent collection at Ballarat Regional Gallery, which has works by almost every major Australian artist from the 1870s to the end of the 20th century. After a break for lunch, we continue on to Bendigo, stopping for an afternoon tea break at Maldon, a small Gold Rush town that has preserved much of its original architecture and feel. Evening at leisure. Overnight Bendigo. (B)

Monday 21 October Shepparton & the Goulburn Valley

Today we travel to Shepparton, in the Goulburn Valley. The town, although much less prestigious and much smaller than Bendigo and Ballarat, also owes its early development to the Gold Rush, and subsequently to farming and the railways that linked the fertile valleys of northern Victoria to Melbourne. We visit Shepparton Art Gallery this morning, which has a strong collection of Australian ceramics, as well as paintings, prints and contemporary Australian art. We then travel to Tahbilk, a historic winery founded in 1860 on the banks of the Goulburn River. Here, we enjoy lunch in its highly regarded restaurant,

tour the heritage buildings, and explore the wetlands by boat. Returning to Bendigo in late afternoon, the evening is at leisure. Overnight Bendigo (B, L)

Tuesday 22 October Bendigo

Bendigo’s history parallels Ballarat’s quite closely throughout the 19th century, with the discovery of gold in 1851 and the rapid development of the city in what would become the 7th largest goldfield in the world. As in Ballarat, the ambitions of the new townsmen extended to culture, and the art gallery was founded in 1887. The development of Bendigo Regional Gallery has taken a different course, however, especially following its recent expansion, its acquisition of contemporary Australian art, and its temporary exhibitions that are of an international standard rarely seen outside of Australia’s capital cities. This morning, after a talk we visit the impressive gallery, whose excellent collection ranges from historic paintings of Bendigo, through to the greats of modern Australian painting and contemporary art. In the later-afternoon, following a break for lunch and some time at leisure, we take a walking tour of Bendigo’s historic buildings, products of the Gold Rush that are emblematic of the citizens’ aspirations. Dinner at one of Bendigo’s fine restaurants. Overnight Bendigo. (B, D)

Wednesday 23 October Castlemaine and Departure

This morning we travel to the airport, stopping for an out-of-hours visit to Castlemaine Art Museum, whose collections are housed in a beautiful art-deco building. We continue to the airport, arriving at approximately 1pm, in time for mid-afternoon flights. (B)

Hotels For this tour, we have selected hotels that preserve the history of regional Victoria while providing modern comforts.

• Yarra Valley (near Warburton), Oscar’s on the Yarra (2 nights) www.oscarsontheyarra.com.au/

• Queenscliff, Vue Grand (2 nights)

http://www.vuegrand.com.au/ • Bendigo, The Shamrock Hotel (3 nights)

www.hotelshamrock.com.au/

Above: The Drover (1912), by Walter Withers, who won the inaugural Wynne Prize Below: James Edwin Meadows’ Sandhurst [Bendigo] from Camp Hill, (1886) at Bendigo Art Gallery, and cows resting by the driveway to Oscar’s on the Yarra, outside of Warburton

Tour Price The tour price is $4,170 per person, twin share (land content only). The supplement for a single room is $680 per person. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required to secure a place on the tour.

Tour Inclusions

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• 7 nights’ accommodation in selected hotels • All breakfasts and lunches and dinners as indicated in

this itinerary • Land travel by air-conditioned coach • All entrance fees to sites mentioned in this itinerary • Porterage of one piece of luggage at all hotels • Tips to local guides and drivers

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• Travel insurance • Meals not mentioned in itinerary • Expenses of a personal nature

Air travel OPTIONS The tour price quoted is for land content only. For this tour we recommend Qantas which offers flights into and out of Melbourne Tullamarine from most Australian cities. Please contact us for further information on competitive Economy and Business Class airfares.

Enquiries & bookings For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Kathy Wardrop at ADFAS Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email kathy@academytravel.com.au

Weather on Tour October is an excellent time to travel in regional Victoria, with average maximum temperatures of 20-22°C. It can still be quite cool at night, with an average overnight minimum of 8-10°C, so it is advisable to take a medium weight coat for the evenings. It is reasonable to expect some rain.

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This Grade One tour is appropriate for travellers in good health with good mobility. You should be able to comfortably participate in up to three hours of physical activity per day on most days, including walking at an easy pace, sometimes on uneven terrain, climbing stairs and standing in galleries. You should be able to: keep up with the group at all times walk for 2-3 kilometres at a moderate to slow pace with

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