After a hearty breakfast at our hotel (included), we're straight off to yet another national park within the Great Blue Mountains World Heritage Area: the Kanangra Walls, of the Kanangra-Boyd National Park. An easy but refreshing walk along the valley ridge seamed with silver banksia, bright red mountain devils and white flowering hakeas offers unparalleled views across one of Australia’s most spectacular landscapes with its waterfalls, exposed spikes of ancient rocks and misty mountains. In the depths of the gorge, spot an Australian red cedar or the gorgeous flame robin. Or look up to see some soaring wedge-tail eagles.

Once we've made it back through the Australian woodlands of the Great Divide, we'll be following early stock-trade routes to descent from the Greater Blue Mountains towards so south, across the rolling hills of the Southern Tablelands. This is sheep country, with at it's centre: Goulburn and the Big Merino. But first we'll stop at the remote country town of Taralga

The Big Merino, built in 1985 is a monument to Goulburn and the surrounding district’s fine wool industry. Standing 15.2 meters high, 18 meters long and weighing 97 tones at the time of construction he is an impressive life-like model of Rambo, a stud Ram from a local property, “Bullamallita”.

In the hidden valley of Kangaroo Valley we experience yet another highlight of the tour: a close encounter with wombats in the wild! As most marsupials, these close relatives of the koala are active mostly early in the mornings or late at night, when they leave their undergrounds burrows to graze. Don't miss this unique opportunity to see this beautiful animal in its own habitat!

At Fitzroy on the edge of the Morton National Park, we marvel at one of the highest single drop waterfalls in NSW.

Leaving the enclosed Kangaroo Valley across the rolling green hills of the Shoalhaven country-side, we'll soon feel the sand between our toes as we walk along the beaches that bring us up close to resident dolphins, furry locals including possums and gliders, pelicans, new holland honey-eaters and rosellas.

Today's highlight: a dolphin-watching cruise (between May and November we may even spot a Humpback or Southern Right Whale on its seasonal migration).

After our close encounter with the aquatic wildlife of Jervis Bay, we take plenty of time to enjoy the very white sands of Hyams Beach and, our favourite, Murrays Beach - deep in the Booderee National Park. There's nothing like a dop in the crystal clear surf to wash off today's road dust. On the way back to our hotel at Vincentia, we'll make sure to include plenty of stops to observe the echidna's, swamp wallabies, bandicoots and eastern greys emerging from the bush.

The spectaculair plumes of water spouting out of the Kiama Blowholes - the largest in the world!

Spotting swamp wallabies of Minnamurra, the rare remnant rainforest that once reached throughout the Illawarra.

Not far from Jamberoo and the Minnamurra Rain Forest is the Illawara Flytop Walk - the 1.5 km treetop walk through the canopy of the beautiful warm temperate rainforest offers million dollar views over Shoalhaven and the Royal National Park.

The Sea-cliff bridge is a recent engineering wonder.

Take a selfie with the daring para-gliders throwing themselves taking off from Bald Hill Lookout

With the Captain Cook Highway and the Great Ocean Road, the Grand Pacific Drive is one of Australia's most spectacular coastal routes.

At dusk one has a good chance to see a black wallaroo between the giant gumtrees of the oldest national park in Australia.