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Travel 14 days with skilled artists to exciting destinations, painting plein air and learning about Australia.
Following a two-day inside plein air fundamentals workshop with Jessica Henry, Daniel Hill Riedel and Graeme Stevenson, we will take you on an art adventure like no other. Visit and paint destinations like the Gold Coast, the Tweed Coast, Mount Warning, the Warrumbungles National Park, the Blue Mountains and of course Sydney!
Discover many beautiful locations to paint and practice your new plein air painting skills.
Day 1 Monday 18 Nov 2019
Activity: Arrive Gold Coast. Recover/ swim / beach
Stay Location: Coolangatta, Gold Coast Beach House Seaside Resort
Dinner: Welcome Dinner at Currumbin Surf Club
Introductions and trip overview overview of the trip
Day 2 Tuesday 19 Nov 2019
Activity: Plein Air Fundamentals with
Jessica Henry and Daniel Hill Riedel
Workshop 9-4pm
Stay Location: Beach House Seaside Resort
Lunch: delivered
Dinner: You choose
Day 3 Wednesday 20 Nov 2019
Activity: Plein Air Fundamentals with
Jessica Henry and Daniel Hill Riedel
Workshop 9-4pm
Stay Location: Beach House Seaside Resort
Lunch: delivered
Dinner: You choose
Day 4 Thursday 21 Nov 2019
Activity: Currumbin Sanctuary
Stay Location: Beach House Seaside Resort
Lunch: Currumbin Sanctuary
Dinner: You choose
Day 5 Friday 22 Nov 2019
Activity: Paint Wollumbin's green cauldron at the Tweed Regional Gallery
Stay Location: Peppers @ Kingscliff
Lunch: Tweed Gallery Cafe
Dinner: Sunset cruise Mount Warning River cruise
Day 6 Saturday 23 Nov 2019
Activity: Paint Crams Farm and visit the Tweed Valley villages
Stay Location: Peppers @ Kingscliff
Lunch: Sphinx Rock Cafe
Dinner: Mavises Kitchen
Day 7 Sunday 24 Nov 2019
Activity: Travel by bus 9 hours to the Warrumbungles National Park
Stay Location: Acacia Motor Lodge Coonabarabran
Lunch : Picnic lunch
Dinner : Acacia Motor Lodge Coonabarabran
Day 8 Monday 25 Nov 2019
Activity: Paint Warrumbungles National Park
Stay Location: Acacia Motor Lodge Coonabarabran
Lunch: Picnic lunch
Dinner: You choose
Day 9 Tuesday 26 Nov 2019
Activity: Travel by bus 5-6 hours to the Blue Mountains
Paint on sunset
Stay Location: Wentworth Falls Blue Mountains: Falls Mountain Retreat
Lunch: You choose
Dinner: You choose
Day 10 Wednesday 27 Nov 2019
Activity: Paint the Blue Mountains
Stay Location: Wentworth Falls Blue Mountains: Falls Mountain Retreat
Breakfast: Katoomba
Lunch: TBA
Dinner: TBA
Day 11 Thursday 28 Nov 2019
Activity: Travel by bus 2 hours to Sydney Paint Bondi Beach at Sunset
Stay Location: Adina Apartment Hotel Bondi Beach
Lunch: You choose
Dinner: Thanks Giving dinner
Day 12 Friday 29 Nov 2019
Activity: Visit the Rocks/ Sydney Harbour / The Opera House /ferry to Manly to meet the bus to go to Watson's Point and paint Sydney
Stay Location: Adina Apartment Hotel Bondi Beach
Lunch: You choose
Dinner: You choose
Day 13 Saturday 30 Nov 2019
Activity: Free day in Sydney
Stay Location: Adina Apartment Hotel Bondi Beach
Lunch: You choose
Dinner: Farewell dinner TBA
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
Walt Disney
