2 Day Australian Tour

2 Day Australian Tour

(Out in the Somme + Fromelles-Ypres)

Runs twice a week, starting every Monday & Thursday.

2 Day Australian Tour combines our two most popular day tours to cover the top-to-bottom of Australia’s action across the Western Front..

Day 1 - Out in the Somme heads south of Arras through the rolling hills and valleys of the Somme. Pozieres, Le Hamel, Villers-Bretonneux etc... Where 100 years on Australians are still proudly remembered by the local communities.

Day 2 - Fromelles-Ypres takes you north, the morning spent at Fromellles before crossing the border into Belgium. The afternoon we venture onto the ridges of the Ypres Salient, the path of the Australian action of 1917. A relaxing dinner in the old town of Ypres prepares us for the emotive Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate. A fitting way to finish a two day visit following Australian footsteps on the Western Front.

2 Day Australian Tour

Day 1 - Out in the Somme   (Monday / Thursday)

Itinerary

• Depart Arras around 9.00 am.
• Visit to the Newfoundland Memorial Park and walk through real WWI trenches.
• Visit to the British National Memorial to the Missing, Thiepval.
• Visit to the Wind Mill Site & Tank Memorial, Pozieres.
• Visit to the Australian 1st Division memorial and Gibraltar Bunker, Pozieres.
• View and consider the killing fields of Mouquet (Moo Cow) Farm.

• Visit to the Lachnagar Crater.

• Lunch is near Lachnagar Crater.
• Visit to the Australian 3rd Division Memorial.
• View the Somme River near Sailly-le-Sec.
• Visit to the Australian National Memorial & Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.
• Visit to the Sir John Monash Centre.
• Visit to the Victoria School & Franco-Australian Museum, Villers-Bretonneux.
• Visit to the Australian Corps Memoria, Le Hamel.
• Return to Arras for the 6.00 pm conclusion of the Tour.

Day 2 - Fromelles-Ypres   (Tuesday / Friday)

Itinerary

• Depart from Arras around 9.00 am.
• View the former Mass Grave site, Fromelles.
• Visit to the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.
• Visit to the Australian Memorial Park and Cobber’s Statue, Fromelles.
• Visit to the all Australian VC Corner Cemetery.
• Visit the Official 1914 Christmas Truce site, Belgium.
• Visit to Hill 60.

• Lunch is next to Polygon Wood.

• Visit to Polygon Wood and the Australian 5th Division Memorial.
• Visit to the Passchendaele Museum.
• Visit to the Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Cemetery.
• Enter into Ypres via Menin Gate.

• Dinner is in the old town of Ypres.

• Attend Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate.
• Depart for Arras at around 8.30pm.
• Arrival in Arras at around 9.30pm.

All tours are based in the old town of Arras. We can recommend accommodation in hotels or guest houses our clients have happily stayed at. 

Pick-up/drop-off is at your accommodation in Arras or at the train station.

The above itinerary may be varied based on the wishes/consensus of the Tour Guests travelling on any particular day.

Customised Tours are available for these locations upon request.

All prices quoted are in Australian dollars.

The 2 Day Australian Tour runs twice a week, starting every Monday & Thursday.