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Red Ochre to Red Wine 8 Day Tour - BCCT01

A fully catered eight day/seven night 600 kilometre classic road cycle tour through South Australia starting and finishing in Tanunda, the heart of the Barossa Valley. Transfer from start in coach comfort to commence your ride from the Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges.

You can elect to ride as much or as little as you please. Our support vehicle is always there for you. Average daily ride distance is 80 kilometres, with a maximum distance of 120 kilometres. All on sealed roads from the rugged Flinders Ranges to the lush Barossa Valley. Stay in the best available resort, motel and hotel accommodation. Be amazed at the ever-changing landscape and indulge in the local food and wine of South Australia’s Mid North, Clare and Barossa regions.

We supply support vehicles for you and your luggage, knowledgeable tour guides, mechanic. Good food, great wine, the best available accommodation, quiet roads, spectacular scenery – we’ve thought of it all. All you need do is bring your bike and be prepared to enjoy a true… new experience.

Day One - Tanunda to Wilpena Resort - five and half hours.
Depart Tanunda Weintal resort 9:00am and travel by luxury five-star coach to Wilpena Pound Resort in the Flinders Ranges. Arrive approx 2:30 pm. A picnic lunch is provided on the way. Wine and cheese tasting on arrival after the allocation of rooms. Scenic air-flights will be available. Take time for a stroll and take in the surrounding “bush”. Official tour launch and presentation dinner at 7:00pm in resort function room is included.

Day Two - Wilpena to Quorn 123 kilometres.
The ride from the “Red Ochre” starts today. Assemble for 9:30 am departure. Take time and admire the majestic ramparts of this ancient land as you travel south through native pine forests and across vast flat planes. Hawker, the next town is 52 kilometres south and is the lunch stop. It will be pre ordered and waiting for you. Enjoy the outback hospitality of this small town, and then continue south another 71 kilometres to Quorn arriving approximately 4:00pm. Explore the town and its history, have a coffee at the Austral with your tour friends before you settle in to your room. Dinner at the Austral Hotel at 6:30pm will be something you would not have expected in this small out-back town.

Day Three - Quorn to Melrose 98 kilometres.
Breakfast at the Austral Hotel, and then depart Quorn at approximately 9:30 am for a very picturesque 40-kilometre ride through Pichi Richi Pass to Stirling North. Lunch will be provided today. The next 24-kilometre stage we’ve called Roubaix. Not as bad as the French cobbles but it will give you a feel for the real thing and the view is splendid. After a brief drink stop and rest another 34 kilometres of good road with some climbing as you negotiate Horrock’s Pass. Take in the views over the gulf and then a very easy ride past centaury old river gums to Melrose at the base of Mt. Remarkable. Take a short bush walk or just relax at the hotel. Something different again for dinner at 6:30pm at the quirky Northern Star Hotel.

Day Four - Melrose to Jamestown 120 kilometres.
Today is another great ride. After breakfast at the Northern Star, be ready to leave at 9:30am for the first 55-kilometre stage. A 15 kilometre warm up before descending Pt. Germain Gorge, followed by a refreshment stop at the base to prepare you for the climb back up the gorge (it looks different going the other way). Then on to Wirrabara for well deserved lunch at the famous bakery. You won’t believe the selection on the menu. After lunch, 56 kilometres continuing through this beautiful country to Laura, the home of South Australia’s Golden North Ice Cream. Try some at the Laura Lolly Shop in the main street. Then onto Gladstone and past the historic gaol following the trans continental east-west Indian-Pacific Railway to Jamestown. Take time to reflect as you enjoy an alfresco drink at the Commercial Hotel when you reach Jamestown. Dinner 6:30pm tonight in the Commercial Hotel.

Day Five - Jamestown to Clare 125 kilometres.
Assemble after breakfast outside the Commercial Hotel and enjoy that last minute coffee before we depart at 9:00am for the 80-kilometre leg before lunch. Always changing countryside today from pine forest plantations to cropping and sheep grazing country, copper mines to wine country all in one day. Have a cappuccino or a latté at Spalding one of the last places you’d expect to find a coffee shop then stop for lunch at the historic mining town of Burra, once the largest town outside Adelaide. After lunch a very pleasant 40-kilometre ride to Clare. Relax, have a spa and enjoy the facilities at the Quality Resort Clare Country Club. Or maybe some wine tasting at one of the local wineries before dinner in the resort dining room at 6:30pm.

Day Six - Clare to Tanunda 120 kilometres.
Some excellent scenery today as we travel 88 kilometres through the Clare Valley via Mintaro, Auburn and Marrabel to our lunch stop at the Wheatsheaf Hotel at Allendale North just outside Kapunda. After lunch the 32-kilometre ride into the Barossa Valley will take your breath away. We ride through Nuriootpa the major commercial centre of the Valley, past small wineries and winery giants to Tanunda and the Weintal Resort. Dinner tonight at the Weintal Resort 6:30pm.

Day Seven - Tanunda to Tanunda 65 kilometres.
A more leisurely ride today with a taste of red wine. After breakfast, and a later 10:00am start, we take in some of the beauty of this region. A short 60 kilometre exploring the Barossa Valley riding part of the Tour Down Under course through manicured vineyards then returning to Tanunda for lunch at Turkey Flat Vineyards for some real Barossa food and wine. The afternoon is then yours to do some exploring of your own or just relaxing. Tonight we take you out to dinner. Our final dinner and special presentation in the Miranda Winery Cellar Restaurant, you will be coached to and from the event so you can indulge in some exquisite food and wine. We have some surprises for you too. Pick-up 6:00pm and return 10:30pm.

Day Eight - Tanunda to Tanunda 55 kilometres.
Our last day. After last night probably a later and slower start - we aim to be on the road by 10:00am.We have a shorter ride, but there is a slight catch….Menglers Hill! Today we give you panoramic views of the lush Barossa Valley plus the natural beauty of Kaiser Stuhl National Park and of course quiet roads. A late morning coffee stop at Angaston’s Company Store where you can buy some local produce. Then return to Tanunda to wind up the tour at the Chateau Tanunda Winery.

Celebrate. You earned it.
You’ve ridden the 706-kilometre Red Ochre to Red wine Tour.

Operates: 23 September 2006, 14 April 2007, check our website for Spring 2007 dates.

• From AUD $2,590.00
• Tour - All Inclusive

A Sense of the Barossa 1 or 2 Day Tour - BCCT02

A Sense of The Barossa will be just that, a guided tour of the Barossa sampling the delights on offer both visually and gastronomically. Tours can be trimmed to one day but we would encourage a stop over in one of the many bed and breakfasts in the Barossa to thoroughly enjoy the two-day experience. We can be flexible and can tailor a tour to suit your interests and riding experience. Visit the wine makers of the Barossa, from the very small family boutique wineries with loads of old world charm to the large and famous names like Jacobs Creek. Take a guided tour of the historic Seppeltsfield winery and enjoy this beautiful setting. Our guides will show you some of the history of the Barossa, the original German settlements and the grand English homesteads as well as the natural beauty that surrounds. As with our extended tours, we can also arrange transfers from Adelaide at an additional cost. You may bring your own bike if you choose. All inclusive price per person per day AUD220.00.

Operates: Thursday to Monday by arrangement.

• From AUD $220.00
• Tour - All Inclusive

BCCT Tour Down Under 8 Day Tour - BCCT03

Ride the Tour Down Under… over 600 kilometres… test yourself. Get to feel like a pro rider… see the action.

Want more than just The Challenge Tour? Want to get close to the Tour action and get to feel like a pro rider? Maybe you think you could have been a pro rider? Well why not see how good you still are. Ride all the road stages of the 2009 UCI Pro Tour Down Under just like the pro riders. We ride the stages the same day before the race, the same route, the same climbs, and the same sprints. Test yourself and compare your times with theirs. With our support you will feel like a pro. You will be at the stage finish each day to enjoy the excitement as the pros fight for that elusive win.

As part of the official Club Tour you will view the racing from privileged VIP viewing areas. Attend the exclusive Legends` Night Dinner. Check out the Tour Village and meet the pros. You will stay in the in the heart of Adelaide close to the Tour Village, restaurants, cafes and nightlife.

Be part of all the excitement. Ride the route. See race starts, Sprints, King of the Mountain`s and view the race action as it unfolds plus take in some of South Australia`s best food, wine and scenery.

Limited to only 20 riders. You will have to get in early for this opportunity.

Departs: Adelaide, 18 to 25 January 2009.

• From AUD $2,530.00 to AUD $3,280.00
• Tour - All Inclusive

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