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national Greypower mAGAZINE » june 2016
Scottsdale Tours’ personal touch makes your
escorted tour a fine experience
Scottsdale Tours is owned and managed by Andrew
and Lee Moore who run fully escorted tours for seniors
around New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific.
It’s a quality service which customers
expect and have been given for
more than 35 years. The husband
and wife team have a passion for people
and travel and are running a wellestablished
business.
Andrew says: “We run the business
with a personal touch and offer the things
which our customers like such as home
pick-ups and drop-offs, roadside morning
teas and going off the beaten track.”
As Lee says: “We love travelling so
what could be better than running our
own touring business? We’ll ensure that
our customers have the best time possible.”
Let the Scenery Unravel
with Twilight Travel
Small Group Tour Specialist
Taranaki Rhododendron Festival
Coach tour to Taranaki’s Garden Spectacular. A
variety of private festival gardens are visited.
Includes Pukeiti, Crosshills Garden and a night at
the Grand Chateau.
6 days departs 2 November 2016
Option from Wellington available.
Norfolk Island
Escape to Norfolk Island on a group tour & discover
the fascinating history and heritage of this peaceful
South Pacific paradise. Escorted tour includes daily
sightseeing activities and evening excursions.
8 days departs 11 September 2016
Wearable Arts - Wellington
Travel from Auckland by train, tour through the
Wairarapa to Wellington and fly home.
Limited places left - 5 days departs 26 September 2016
Cruise Auckland to Adelaide
7 night small ship cruise on the Astor, 3 nights
Adelaide and fly home.
Inner & outer cabins available - Departs 27 November 2016
Also: Wairarapa Garden Rambler
November 2016
Adelaide & Murray River
2 September 2016
All tours are escorted from Auckland.
Options from other regions available.
Twilight Travel & Tours
Freephone: 0800 999 887
www.twilighttravel.co.nz
Twilight Travel & Tours, an approved broker of the Travel Managers Group
IATA Accredited and Bonded
Upcoming tours include:
Samoa July 4 – 11, 2016
A wonderful escape where you can
immerse yourself in the beauty and culture
that is Samoa. A place of stunning
land and seascapes, glistening white
Boost in numbers for iconic Twelve Apostles
sand beaches, sheer cliffs that descend
straight into the Pacific plus we experience
the friendly nature of the Samoan
people. We spend five nights in Apia
on the main island and also have two
nights on the island of Savai’i. We go
on some fascinating trips around both
islands and also have plenty of time to
relax.
Rarotonga & Aitutaki July 18 – 26,
2016
A special treat as we stay in Rarotonga
and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands and with
a very relaxed pace of life, NZ money,
friendly locals and wonderful landscapes,
Australia's iconic tourist attraction,
the Twelve Apostles, has received an
unlikely boost in numbers with the
discovery of five extra limestone columns
hidden deep below the water.
The never-before-seen sea stacks, located
6km offshore from the Great Ocean Road
and 50m beneath the water's surface, have
been revealed during sonar mapping of the
seafloor off Victoria's southern coast.
Scientists are dubbing them the
"Drowned Apostles".
While the Drowned Apostles are smaller
in both size and number than their more
famous cousins, their existence alone is
remarkable given their defiance of normal
erosion rates.
It is understood to be the first time such
limestone stacks have been found preserved
in the ocean.
The discovery was made by PhD student
Rhiannon Bezore, Associate Professor David
Kennedy from the University of Melbourne's
School of Geography and Deakin
University's Dr Daniel Ierodiaconou, who
provided the high-resolution sonar data.
"Sea stacks are always eroding, as we
saw with the one that collapsed in 2005,
so it is hugely surprising that any could be
preserved at that depth of water," Associate
Professor Kennedy said.
"They should have collapsed and eroded
as the sea level rose."
Like the Twelve Apostles, the newest additions
would have once been part of larger
limestone sea cliff.
Ms Bezore, who made the initial discovery
in the sonar data, said they probably
date back 60,000 years.
"We had to check what we were seeing
because no one has seen stacks submerged
at this sea level before," she said.
Only a very fine balance can create sea
stacks, with rock needing to be soft enough
to erode quickly from a cliff but hard enough
to support a rocky pillar, Dr Ierodiaconou
you'll be entranced by both these islands.
See the jagged peaks, tropical jungle,
magnificent coral lagoons and glorious
white beaches as we experience all that
Rarotonga and Aitutaki have to offer.
Staying in two fabulous hotels, we're sure
you'll enjoy your beautiful surroundings.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR GREY POWER READERS
- Book on Samoa or Rarotonga and Aitutaki,
say you’ve seen our ad in the June issue and
we’ll give you a discount of $100 per person.
said.
Dr Ierodiaconou's sonar data was collected
using the latest advances in multi-beam
sonar technology and the team are continuing
to fill important knowledge gaps aboard
Deakin's $650,000 research vessel, "Yolla".
The data is part of a project to map the
reef estate in Victoria which supports commercial
fisheries for southern rock lobster
and abalone.
"We are only just starting to understand
the biodiversity value of these deep reefs
which harbour diverse invertebrate communities,
many unknown to science," he
said.
Ms Bezore presented the paper at the International
Coastal Symposium in Coogee,
Sydney recently.
The findings have been published in the
US-based Journal of Coastal Research.
A visit to the site by technical divers has
provided glimpses of the beauty of these
deep reef communities.
Almost every traveller wishes a tour to be
a golden opportunity to learn not only
about a country’s culture & history but
also to experience the delights of the local
food & wine while enjoying comfortable
transportation & other amenities to ensure
a completely stress-free holiday. This is
particularly true when you choose to use
Leisure Time Tours for your next holiday
whether it be around New Zealand or
across the world.
Contact us today for more information
0800 365 630
info@lttnz.co.nz
www.leisuretimetours.co.nz
2016 Tours
Tongariro Winter Wonderland - August
Springtime in the Wairarapa - September
Preservation Inlet Cruise - September
Wellington Wearable Arts - September
Lake Waikaremoana and Gentle Annie -
October
Tasmania - October
Marvellous Marlborough - October
Taranaki Garden Festival - November
Norfolk Island - November
Forgotten World - November
Christmas & New Year Tours -
December
Art Deco Weekend - February 2017
South Island Autumn Tour - April 2017
50538
Established since 1978, taking you where the others don’t go!
Fully escorted tours designed with seniors in mind
• Samoa 4 - 11 Jul
• Rarotonga & Aitutaki 18 - 26 Jul
• Heavenly Hervey Bay 5 - 14 Aug
• Kakadu Explorer 22 - 31 Aug
• Spring in Western Australia 8 - 19 Sep
• High Country Spectacular 23 Sep - 4 Oct
2016 Tours
• Wonders of Westland 10 - 19 Oct
• Taranaki Rhododendron
Festival 28 - 31 Oct
• Chatham Islands 12 - 17 Nov
• Norfolk Island 20 - 27 Nov
• Hokianga for Christmas 23 - 27 Dec
For our 2016 colour brochure or to make a booking, phone 0800 66 44 14