Western Front Tour 2015

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1 Frank Taylor s Australian Military History Tours trading as KOKODA TREKS AND TOURS PTY LTD ACN "We Show The Way" ABN Australian Travel Agent s license Number 9TA LAGA COURT, STIRLING, WESTERN AUSTRALIA PHONE & FAX: (08) ITNL: MOBILE: Office: kttadmin@amnet.net.au kokoda@arach.net.au Website: Western Front Tour 2015 As at 24 Sept 2014 final confirmations on detail in content may be adjusted if required ITINERARY Day 1 Arrival Sunday 17 May 2015 Gather at Roissy. Overnight stay Day 2

2 Monday 18 May Bus pick up, transit to Ypres. Settle in hotel, Suggest Flanders Fields Museum visit. Menin Gate Ceremony. Day 3 Messines and Mines Experience Tuesday 19 May Spanbroekmolen crater. Messines Church Freckleton VC memorial and Hitler painting NZ Memorial pill boxes and view of Messines attack Irish Tower Prowse Point, Mud Corner, 1914 Truce plaque Messines, battlefield visit J Carroll VC site Bethlehem Farm East Cemetery, 44th Bn connection Messines, battlefield visit - 48th Bn area near Huns Walk Messines, battlefield visit 12 and 13th Bde attacks Lunch stop at Hooge Crater and Museum visit Hill 60 Day 4 Menin Road and Passchandaele Wednesday 20 May Menin Road and Hellfire Corner Ypres, battlefield visit - Glencorse Wood and Nonne Bosschen attack Ypres, battlefield visit - Polygon Wood attack 5th Division Memorial and Zonnebeke Five Lunch at Café de Dreve Passchendaele, battlefield visit

3 Tyne Cot visit Day 5 Thursday 21 May Langemarck German Cemetery visit Bruges visit FREE TIME Day 6 Friday 22 May Merris or Poperinghe (if necessary) Armentieres Nursery Sector visit, Bridoux Salient Black Anzacs Fromelles, battlefield visit Cobbers Memorial, VC Corner Lunch at Fromelles Pheasant Wood Cemetery and Hitler Bunker Drive to Peronne and check in. Suggest Historial visit. Day 7 Pozieres Experience Saturday 23 May Lochnagar Crater visit. Pozieres Trench, battlefield visit. 11th Bn attack 1st Division Memorial and site of K Trench visit Pozieres, Windmill battlefield visit. 7th Brigade attack Mouquet Farm, battlefield visit, scene of O Meara VC Lunch at Le Tommy s Thiepval Memorial and shop visit

4 Irish Tower Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial visit Hebuterne, battlefield visit. 16th Bn defence Day 8 Winter 1916 & Bullecourt Sunday 24 May Delville Wood AIF Burial Ground visit The Maze, battlefield visit 28th Bn attack Stormy Trench, battlefield visit scene of Harry Murray VC Lunch in Bapaume Bullecourt Church Bullecourt, battlefield visit. 12th Brigade attack zone Jacka and German officer scene Bullecourt, battlefield visit. 4th Brigade attack zone Australian Memorial Noreui, Bullecourt, battlefield visit. Lagnicourt/Boursies, battlefield visit. scene of Lt Pope VC Day 9 German Offensive Monday 25 May Albert Museum visit Dernancourt, battlefield visit Morlancourt, battlefield visit Lunch at La Boisselle 3rd Division Memorial

5 Red Baron scene visit Sailly Laurette, battlefield visit Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial visit Villers-Bretonneux, battlefield visit Adelaide Cemetery and Victoria School Day 10 Hamel and Amiens Experience Tuesday 26 May Hamel Australian Memorial Hamel, battlefield visit Site of Axford VC and Dalziell VC actions Amiens, battlefield visit - Site of Gaby VC action Gaby VC Cemetery visit Site of McCarthy VC action and 11th Bn Lihons advance Afternoon in Amiens FREE TIME Day 11- Breaking the Hindenburg Line Wednesday 27 May 2nd Division Memorial Mont St Quentin, battlefield visit. Hindenburg Outpost Line, battlefield visit. Last 11th and 16th Bn attacks Le Verguier, battlefield visit. Scene of Woods VC 4th Division Memorial Lunch at Ricqueval Somme American Memorial. Scene of 44th Bn last attack Beaurevoir Line, battlefield visit. Scene of 28th Bn last attack

6 Estrees, scene of Wark VC. 32nd Bn last action. Maissemy German Cemetery if time permits. Day 12 Thursday 28 May Relocate to Roissy Overnight stay. Friday 29 May Back to Home airports (Australia) or optional extension ( Paris etc ) Details costs and inclusions see outline 2015 Western Front Tour Cost may adjust to major fluctuations of the Australian Dollar to the Euro MEDICAL & FITNESS Not all hotels, conveyances, sites and attractions we will be visiting on this tour are handicap friendly. If you have any disabilities, which cause you to require physical assistance of any kind, please advise us in writing at the time of initial inquiry before booking. Inquiring clients with mobility disabilities or limitations need to discuss their participation on this tour. Fitness and agility must enable participants to climb in and out of tour coaches, climb and descend stairs, and do some walking to commentary positions several or many times every day. In some cases a travelling companion organised by the participant and totally responsible and able at all times for the effective mobility assistance required, may be sufficient. Discussion is welcomed, but the final decision as to eligibility rests with the tour operator with the best interests of all involved in mind. Clients are also need to advise and discuss with us any medical condition which could impact on their welfare and ability to participate fully for the duration of this tour. An approval to participate letter from a registered medical practitioner may be required, and a competent

7 travelling companion organised by the participant to be responsible for the monitoring and all assistance which may be needed. CATERING All breakfasts and most lunches. Our included lunches are set menus in country cafes and restaurants. Dinners are self pay and choice. Both Peronne and Ieper are well served with good quality cafes and restaurants which offer great opportunities to experience local life. TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS Your passport must be valid and have at least 6 months before expiry on your entry date to France. Extract from Australian Government s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Smart-traveller information site: Australians seeking to enter countries that are parties to the Schengen Convention are advised that only the country you plan to visit can provide up-to-date and accurate information about its specific visa requirements. Travellers should contact the nearest High Commission, Embassy or Consulate of the countries they plan to visit well in advance of travel. Generally, Australian tourists planning to spend less than a total of 90 days within a 180 day period in the Schengen area do not require visas for countries which are parties to the Schengen Convention. The following countries are parties to the Schengen Convention: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. It is important to get your passport stamped when entering the Schengen area. The absence of an entry stamp from the initial Schengen port of entry could result in a fine or create difficulties during subsequent encounters with local police or other authorities throughout the Schengen area. A number of changes were approved in June 2013 to entry arrangements under the Schengen Convention. From 19 July 2013 you may be refused entry to the Schengen area if you have less than three months validity

8 remaining on your passport from your intended date of departure from the Schengen area. See the revised Regulations for further information. For full details on requirements for Australian passport holders for approval to enter on arrival please refer to the information provided by the Australian Government. Planning Assistance Please contact us for assistance with organising this tour if outside the calendar dates shown. It is part of our folio of tours available for operation given minimum numbers and calendar compatibility. We can assist with packing suggestions for climate and activity requirements; plus help with accommodation for nights outside of operation of the programme.