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Enjoy an Island getaway this Christmas

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Enjoy an Island getaway this Christmas!

Set off on a natural island escape to Heron Island to celebrate this Christmas with the whole family. Heron Island is a true coral cay located right on the Great Barrier Reef. Here you can swim straight off the beach to an endless garden of coral where the waters are teeming with fi sh and marine life.

Heron Island is offering the following exciting activities for all the family to enjoy this holiday season:

24 December – Christmas Eve
Bring the whole family and get into the Christmas sprit by joining us for Carols by Glow Light with the Heron island staff choir and Amazon Blue in the Pandanus lounge.

25 December - Christmas Day
Lunch
Celebrate Christmas Day by joining us for a Christmas lunch feast! See Santa arrive by boat as he hands out presents to the kids. Cost is $75 per person.

Dinner
At night, a Christmas buffet dinner will be served featuring your favourite Christmas carvery delights including roast turkey, chargrilled chicken and whole honey baked leg ham. Cost is $45 per person.

31 December – New Year’s Eve
6pm
Head off on the Farewell 2009 Sunset Cruise. Cost is $60 per person and includes cheese and wine. Please note that children are not catered for.

6.30pm
Enjoy New Year’s dinner in the Shearwater Restaurant. Cost is $45 per person for 2 courses or $55 per person for 3 courses.

8.30pm
Celebrate the last few hours of 2009 in style with the New Year’s Pirates of Capricornia themed event. Don’t forget to dress to impress.

In addition to the special festive activities, Heron Island is world famous for its fantastic scuba diving and snorkelling. Experience some of Australia’s best dive spots - more than 30 dive sites are available, half of which are only 15 minutes from the beach. Ensure you pay a visit to the Aqua Soul Spa, where you can relax and rejuvenate in delightful surrounds whilst experiencing a treatment.

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Whales spotted off Heron Island

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Making their first appearance this season, Humpback Whales have been spotted recently passing within just a few hundred metres off Voyages Heron Island, as they make their journey further north to warmer waters.

A pod of approximately 12 migrating whales have been sighted in the Wistari Channel treating guests and staff to a spectacular show from the beach and the island jetty.

The whale migration season is the ultimate time for families and nature lovers to visit Heron Island and get close to nature.

For a limited time only, guests staying four nights or more on Heron Island can have their breakfast, lunch and dinner included for FREE! And kids still stay and eat for free.

Wilson Island Award Nomination

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Voyages Wilson Island has been nominated as a finalist in the Best Eco/Wilderness Experience category in The Australian Travel & Tourism Awards 2008.

Located just 72km northeast of Gladstone, Voyages Wilson Island is the ultimate island getaway - think Robinson Crusoe, with a touch of style thrown in for good measure! This tiny five-acre coral cay accommodates a maximum of 12 guests, so as your boat draws up to the white soft-shell beach, you'll feel as if you've landed on your very own private island.

All six uber-chic tents are privately secluded, surrounded by pisonia and pandanus trees and affording stunning views of the Great Barrier Reef, with each tent boasting the luxuries of a hotel room but with the added bonus of being just metres from the beach. Explore the island on foot or check out the creatures of the sea from a glass-bottom kayak. Watch green and loggerhead turtles laying their eggs or hatchlings emerging.

A two-night package at Voyages Wilson Island is priced at $990 per person per room (based on a twin share occupancy) including, all meals, a selected range of premium alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and return launch transfers between Heron and Wilson Island.

Alternatively hire the island exclusively, with Voyages' Exclusively Yours packages. The perfect escape for six couples, Voyages Wilson Island is available exclusively from just $8800* for two nights, and includes sumptuous cuisine, a premium range of selected beverages and a selected range of activities.

Turtles set to Arrive!

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Heron Island and Wilson Island are preparing to welcome amphibian guests in the coming weeks with the arrival of the annual turtle nesting season.

During October, Green and Loggerhead turtles begin to arrive in the waters around Heron and Wilson Islands to commence breeding, many of which will have travelled from their nesting grounds up to 2,000kms away.

To celebrate the impending arrival of the turtles, Heron Island is offering guests two nights FREE! Stay six nights, pay for only four nights. The offer includes full buffet breakfast daily and many island activities including guided reef walks, snorkelling lessons and guided birdlife walks.

The STAY 6 PAY 4! Package is valid for travel from 20 October to 20 December 2008, and 21 January to 31 March 2009. Blockout dates apply from 21 December 2008 to 20 January 2009. Please contact one of our friendly consultants to book this special rate!

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