Australia + Sydney 8-Day Welcome Week

You will meet your group and guide on Monday, so you need to be in Sydney by Sunday night. No matter the day or time you land, your airport transfer will take you to the hostel where you can relax before an incredible week ahead.   Want to arrive a few days earlier to get over your jet lag or explore on your own? Sunday night is the first night of accommodation included in the tour, but if you want to book any extra nights, just let us know and we’d be happy to arrange it for you!

Today you will meet your guide and your new Australian travel family. How exciting! After getting to know each other, we’ll help you get your bank account, SIM card and Tax File Number organised so you can start to explore Sydney stress-free! Taking you through the city on foot, we’ll show you why Sydney is such a charming city, and why travellers absolutely love it. Your Instagram will be the envy of all your friends by this evening! We’ll end our first day together with a welcome dinner at one of Sydney’s most iconic venues. 

Sure, travelling is about seeing the iconic landmarks, but we also want you to experience the city from a local’s perspective. Australia is home to the world’s oldest continuous civilisation, so we’ll spend the morning learning all about it with our own private Aboriginal Cultural Tour. After taking a good look at the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, we’ll explore suburbs popular with Sydneysiders. What better way to start than by embracing Sydney’s bar culture with our own private cocktail-making class! After that, we will treat you to dinner at a local hot spot, where you can try food from an incredible range of delicious cuisines.

Rise and shine, we’re going on the road trip of a lifetime! After passing through Australia’s first National Park for a short explore, you’ll witness some breathtaking lookouts and coastline scenery as we drive along the Sea Cliff Bridge to our destination: surf camp! After lunch, we’ll suit up for an afternoon surf lesson, a quintessential Australian experience. Afterwards, while we’re all still sun-kissed with salt water in our hair, we’ll take in the sunset and argue about who was the best in the water!

It’s been wow up to now, but today is truly special. After breakfast at surf camp, we’ll be back on the road as we head to the stunning Jervis Bay area, famous for a couple of things: dolphins, and the whitest sand in the world! Yes, that’s right, you’ll be spending the morning on a boat watching these majestic creatures jump alongside you. Afterwards, we’ll organise some great beach games to get the good group vibes going.

Now it’s time for some adulting (in the best way) by thinking about what’s next on your Australian adventure. Do you want to travel up the East Coast? Sleep under the stars in the Outback? Get a bar job or start farm work straight away? We’ll have two presentations: one on employment and one on travel, covering everything you need to know to make the most of your time in Australia. Once we’ve finished, it’s back to doing what we do best – ticking that Aussie bucket list. Next stop Bondi Beach! You’ll have the whole afternoon to explore, try to find the Bondi Rescue team, sunbathe, and swim!

It’s time for our one-on-one work and travel sessions! After taking in the presentations from Friday, today is your chance to ask all your questions. We understand every traveller is different so that’s why you’ll sit down with one of our work and travel experts so they can provide individual support and give you every bit of help putting together your personal Australian adventure. By the end of your appointment, you will be feeling more confident and excited about what is to come, meaning it’s time to celebrate. How? A Bar Crawl, of course, for your final night with your travel family.

Take today to look back on what we hope was one of the best weeks of your life. You’ve left your comfort zone, seen and experienced new things, made amazing memories, and, most importantly, you now have new mates for life. We’ll fire up the barbecue and enjoy Sydney’s beautiful skyline for one last time as a family while we reflect on this amazing city and how much better it was to experience it all together. I’m not crying, you’re crying!