3 Day Australian Tour
(Out in the Somme + Fromelles-Ypres + Bullecourt-1918 Victories)
Runs twice a week, starting every Monday & Wednesday.
3 Day Australian Tour combines our three Day Tours to follow in the footsteps of our Diggers across France and Belgium. The costly learning period of 1916 through to 1917, when the Australians made all take notice, ending with the charge to end the war in 1918.
3 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)
Itineray
- 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.
Day 3 – Bullecort - 1918 Victories (Wednesday)
Itinerary
- Depart from Arras at around 9.00 am.
- Visit to the Bullecourt battlefield.
- Visit to the Digger Memorial & Slouch Hat Memorial.
- Visit to the Australian 2nd Division Memorial at Mont-St Quentin.
- Visit to the Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne.
- Visit to the Australian 4th Division Memorial, Bellinglise. (weather permitting)
- Visit to the Riqueval Bridge.
- Visit to the St. Quentin Canal tunnel entrance at Riqueval.
- Visit to the American Cemetery at Bony.
- Return to Arras for the 6.00 pm conclusion of Tour.
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 3 Day Australian Tour runs twice a week, starting every Monday & Wednesday.