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29 April - 8 May - 2016
Just imagine, 10 days travelling inside a song
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about the OUTBACK CHOIR
For so many reasons The Outback Choir with
Jonathon Welch will lift your soul. It won’t
just be because the choir is conducted by
one of Australia’s leading choirmasters or
because of the grandeur of the setting sun
over Lake Mungo as we sing. It won’t just be
because of the feeling of ‘coming home’ that
you get from your days in the heritage towns
of Burra and Broken Hill and the Hahndorf. It
won’t even be the smell of lanolin in
Kinchega Woolshed that takes you back to
another time or the wonderment on the
faces of people to whom we sing; little
children at Menindee or farmers who gather
by the banks of the Darling River. It won’t
even be because of the exquisite food and
superb accomodation.
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It will be that all those elements work
together in harmony to elevate the
experience of nature, landscape and song,
shared selflessly with outback people.
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All this together will make The Outback
Choir something you will never ever forget.
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Just imagine, ten days living inside a song.
Itinerary
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The tour departs and returns ex Adelaide. The first section is
based in the South Australian heritage town of Burra. While
the primary focus is on building a working repertoire for the
performances ahead, there will be plenty of time to enjoy one
of Australia’s most interesting and picturesque towns.
Workshops will be held in local landmarks such as old
breweries, wool-sheds & the Town Hall.
** Cisco is a naturopath and yoga/meditation teacher who
will accompany us for the entire trip.
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Friday: 9am > Bus leaves Adelaide. Pick-up points TBA. Travel
to heritage town of Burra via Clare and Mintaro. 12pm >
Lunch at Mintaro. 2pm > Check-in to Paxtons Cottages
followed by trip briefing. 3 - 5pm > Workshop. 6pm >
Evening meal at The Black Sheep Restaurant. 7.30pm >
Workshop by the lake.
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Saturday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco.
8.30 am > Breakfast in quadrangle 9.30 - 11.30 am >
Workshop. 1pm > Lunch. 2.30 - 4.30pm > Workshop. 6pm >
Evening meal at local restaurant. 8 to 9pm > Presentation
from Raymond - ‘Travels of an Electronic Swagman’.
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Sunday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco.
8.30 am > Breakfast. 9.30am > Bus Pick-up for Seven Hills
Jesuit Winery. Lunch & workshops on the trail. 4.30pm >
Return. 5.30pm > Bus leaves for Duttons Trough for dinner.
Sing the sun down over the Goyder Valley. 9pm > Return to
Paxtons Cottages.
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Let’s hit the road in our luxury coach driven by Mr Wilson.
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Monday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco.
8.30 am > Breakfast. 9 am > Morning Workshop. 10.30 am >
Depart for Broken Hill. 1pm. Lunch on the road. 3pm > Arrive
Broken Hill and check-in to Royal Exchange Hotel. 3.30 - 5pm
> Workshop. 5.30 pm > Visit the Living Sculptures for
evening song and impromptu outdoor concert. 7.30pm >
Evening meal at local restaurant.
Tuesday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco.
8.30 am > Breakfast at hotel. 9.30 am > Morning Workshop.
11 am > Depart for Silverton. 1pm > Lunch and impromptu
concert. 3pm > Optional walk with local historian around
Broken Hill 6pm > Dinner at local restaurant. 7 pm > Concert
at local venue TBA.
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Wednesday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with
Cisco. 8.30 am > Breakfast at hotel. 9.30 am > Depart for
Bindara Station on the Darling River via concert at Menindee
School. 12 pm > Sing and luncheon at Kinchega Woolshed
2pm > Check-in at Bindara Station. 3pm > easy walk with
hosts around Station. 4 - 5.30 pm > rehearsal for evening
concert. 6pm > Dinner and concert for local farmers.
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Thursday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco.
8am > Breakfast. 9 am > Depart for for Mungo Lodge 2-3 pm
> arrive at Mungo and join local Aboriginal guide. Sing the
sun down over the ancient dunes. 6pm > Dinner at Mungo
Lodge followed by optional TALENT QUEST - Mungo’s got
Talent!
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Friday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco. 8am
> Breakfast. 9 am > Depart for Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills.
Big day of travel through the River Country. Frequent stops
and impromptu singing. 5pm > Check-in to Hahndorf Resort.
7pm > Dinner at local restaurant.
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Saturday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco.
8am > Breakfast. 9am - 1pm > Visit Hans Heyson Gallery …
stroll through Hahndorf … impromptu concert in Rotunda …
return to Resort. 5pm > Depart for Macclesfield. Technical
rehearsal at Macclesfield Institute. 7 pm > Final Concert. 8
pm > Celebratory Dinner at local hotel.
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Sunday: 7am > optional walk/yoga/meditation with Cisco.
8am > Breakfast. 9 am > Farewell sing and then check out.
10 am > return to Adelaide accomodation or airport before 1
pm.
**The itinerary is subject to change to reflect weather
conditions, road access and other factors.
what do I get?
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The workshop INCLUDES:
• daily workshops with Jonathon Welch
• 10 days/ 9 nights twin share accommodation [see
below for ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS]
• all transport in Luxury Coach.
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• all breakfasts, lunches plus dinner at Duttons Trough
and Bindara Station. **Lunch not included on final
Sunday.
• optional morning walks/yoga with Cisco & Raymond.
• tour to Seven Hill Jesuit Winery, Clare.
• tour with Aboriginal guides at Mungo Lakes
• all National Park and Living Sculptures entrance fees.
• organised performances and concerts.
• surprises you will just have to take my word for.
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It EXCLUDES:
• airfares to and from Adelaide.
• evening meals except as indicated above.
• alcohol.
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About Jonathon Welch AM
Composer - Vocal Arranger - Singer - Author - Choir Director Workshop Leader - Speaker
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There simply isn’t room in this brochure to list the talents and
awards of Jonathon Welch. Suffice to say he is one of Australia’s
leading choirmasters, singers and composers. He has appeared
on stages all around the world and in numerous documentaries.
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All this can easily be accessed from JONATHON’S WEBSITE and
it makes for fascinating reading.
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What might not be apparent from reading the biography are the
other set of skills and talents that make Jonathon so ideal for
The Outback Choir. Jonathon Welch was inspired to work with
people from the streets. In community theatre and in The Choir
of Hard Knocks, Jonathon brought music and opportunity to
people who struggled with life. He sees music as part of what
knits us together as a society. This makes him a great guy as
well as a great talent.
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It is this deeply human trait that will lend power and empathy to
The Outback Choir as Jonathon directs our singing to outback
farmers; to Aboriginal children; across glorious landscapes and
to whomever is within hearing at both our formal and
impromptu concerts.
The TEAM
Raymond Hawkins - Tour leader - Writer - Photographer - aka
The Electronic Swagman
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After decades leading walks and workshops all over Australia
Raymond took up a life of modern travelling troubadour, an
electronic swagman, blogging and writing to an international
following. He is currently on a major trek - The Big Walk - from
Sydney to Alice Springs, crossing much of the country we will
travel on The Outback Choir, collecting and telling stories and
shooting a documentary.
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Those stories, and contacts made on the walk, will deepen the
experience of our journey as we travel through country that
Raymond has experienced from the road.
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Trevor ‘Cisco’ Kennedy is a registered yoga and meditation
teacher as well as being a practising naturopath. He brings a
peaceful humour to the journey with his morning yoga/
meditations/walks. Just don’t tell him I mentioned that he is also
a massage therapist.
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Mr Wilson owns Clare Valley Tours and goes simply, like a
Dickensian character, by the name of Mr Wilson. I know his first
name but I’m not telling you. As well as all the professional
driving skills and his luxury coach, Mr Wilson was a wool classer
for a couple of decades and brings that knowledge of rural
Australia to the Outback Choir.
FOOD NOTES
Each breakfast is either catered or provided by the hotel/motel.
Lunches are prepared and presented smorgasbord style each day.
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Two evening meals, one at the outback station of Duttons Trough
and the other at Bindara Station, are provided. The remainder are
at recommended local restaurants.
We will assist in transport to and
from restaurants although most are
within easy walking distance of the
accomodation.
ACCOMMODATION NOTES
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All dietary requests such as gluten
free, lactose free etc. are catered
for.
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COACH
NOTES
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The coach is very
comfortable, has great
open windows and has an
onboard toilet.
We ask that you restrict
your luggage to one small
back pack. Only kidding,
but we do ask that you try
and keep luggage to a
minimum and have day to
day gear like jacket and
camera in a day pack.
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Do remember it will be
chilly at this time of year.
Prizes will be given for the
most minimal luggage
while the largest might
also draw a prize.
Despite entering small communities in outback
settings we have arranged wonderful
accomodation. The accomodation will be twin
share, sometimes in two bedroom cottages:
• Paxtons Cottages: stone cottages surrounding a
quadrangle in the centre of town - single
supplement available.
• The Royal Exchange Hotel: art deco in the
outback - right on Argent Street - fantastic
accomodation. Single supplement available.
• Bindara Station on the Darling River: now this
gets tricky but will be a highlight of the week.
The accomodation is described as clean,
authentic, with fresh paint and great beds. We
will be spread throughout the Homestead and
renovated Shearers Quarters but we strongly
suggest that you experience a swag and sleep
under the stars. Single supplement tricky unless
you opt for a swag.
• Mungo Lodge: Wonderful contemporary
accomodation on the edge of the World
Heritage Mungo Lakes. Single supplements
limited.
• Hahndorf Resort - two bedroom and single
bedroom cottages. Single supplement available.
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** I would ask that anyone wishing to purchase a
single supplement should call Raymond to discuss
exactly what is available in different locations.
Mobile - 0414 929768
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BOOKING & PRICE OPTIONS
It is anticipated that The Outback
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For that reason it is advised
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Numbers strictly!limited to 30 guests.
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FULL PRICE - $3,500 p.p. !
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EARLY BIRD PAYMENT IN FULL BEFORE APRIL 30 - 2015 -
$2,990 p.p. LIMIT OF FIVE PEOPLE
GROUP OF FIVE to NINE PERSONS- $3,350 p.p.
GROUP OF TEN PERSONS or OVER - $3,250 p.p.
LIMITED SINGLE SUPPLEMENTS AVAILABLE - $1,000 p.p.
Please call to discuss conditions applying to single supplement.
** Names for Group Bookings must be presented in one booking.
** Secure your place with a non-refundable deposit of $800 p.p.
except for Early Bird full price option.
CLICK HERE TO BOOK
CONTACT DETAILS
Raymond Hawkins 0414 929768
www.electronicswagman.com.au
www.facebook.com/theElectronicSwagman
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