What comes to mind when you think of Christmas Gift Shopping?
Big crowds to push through?
No parking?
Screaming children…..and they’re not even yours?
If all of this sounds too much, then why not get a nice coffee, sit back in your favourite chair and fire up the PC or Laptop, type in www.GiftItNow.com.au, and start Christmas shopping with thousands of great gift ideas for under the Xmas tree without even having to to leave your living room!
If you’re looking for Christmas gifts, a great idea areTheme Park Passes on the Gold Coast, including the Super Pass. As a Christmas gift, the Super Pass will entitle you to 28 days worth of UNLIMITED entry to popular Gold Coast Theme Parks such as Warner Bros MovieWorld, Sea World and Wet ‘n’ Wild for one low price – ideal for the holidays when you have time off!
Running out of Christmas gift ideas? What about a Hot Air Balloon rideover the Yarra Valley in Melbourne, or Australia’s most iconic city Sydney? Or a even Scenic Flight over the Great Barrier Reef?
Gifts for guys? Presents for men? We’ve got them covered, from Skydiving in Cairns to V8 Hot Laps or Hang gliding in Byron Bay.
Want to spoil that someone special with a romantic gift under the xmas tree? Have you thought of a Swan Valley Wine Tour in Perth, a romantic Dinner Cruise in the vibrant city of Melbourne, or calm Gondola Cruise down the Noosa River on the Sunshine Coast, or a relaxed coach tour through Cradle Mountain National Park from Launceston?
There is so much to choose from! Go to Gift It now now to find your perfect online Gift Experience, and buy a gift voucher online knowing there are no additional fees or charges. *Remember to put the recipients name in the customer details section and not your own. We are also here to help, so if you have any questions let us know!
Merry Christmas from the team at Gift It Now!
Whether you’re a local or a first time visitor, a visit to the Eureka Skydeck is an absolute must. Experience the awe inspiring view from the Southern Hemisphere’s highest viewing platform, then be thrilled as you are projected a jaw dropping 3 metres outside the building and suspended 300 metres above ground in a glass box with ‘The Edge’ experience. It’s the only place in the world where you can experience this from an observation deck!
After Eureka Skydeck, make your way to the award winning Melbourne Aquarium to witness Australia’s only sub-Antarctic King and Gentoo penguins play in their icy home. Be amazed by the 2.2 million litre Oceanarium that features a fish bowl viewing area to make you feel as if you are underwater as you watch the sharks, stingrays, turtles and hundreds of fish swim past.
Or, if the top-notch attractions aren’t for you, then you can’t go past a tour of Melbourne – by bicycle! Explore Melbourne’s grooviest streets, parks, shops, cafes, hidden laneways and multicultural neighborhoods. Experience real Melbourne hospitality and sample some gourmet treats on this leisurely ride with a local guide. The perfect way to start any Melbourne visit!
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While the Yarra Valley is a fantastic place to visit no matter what the time of the year, it’s in spring this most picturesque region truly comes to the fore. While it’s the valley’s cool climate that helps make its wines so special, visitors and locals alike do welcome the warmer spring weather! The days are also longer and the activities on offer many and varied.
Explore, Discover & Experience the Yarra Valley with Melbourne’s specialist wine tour company.
- Experience a Day Tour in the Yarra Valley – a fun day tour, departing daily from Melbourne.
- Or for something a little special be taken away by our expert guides on a Deluxe Tour – a tour of the Yarra Valley Wineries in luxury and style with food and wine.
Book your Yarra Valley or Mornington Peninsula Wine Tour today on Experience Oz.
In Melbourne, you can…
See the CBD on guided bike, walking and Harley tours, on river cruises, by horse drawn carriage, and while on gourmet, shopping, or botanical gardens tours. You can also roam the CBD on the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant, or take sightseeing coach tours of the city and environs, such as along the stunning coastline of the Great Ocean Road, the Otway Ranges, the vineyards and scenic lookouts of the Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley, seeing the famous fairy penguin parade at Phillip Island, and Australian and exotic wildlife at Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and Werribee Open Plains Zoo. Tour the major sporting venues, dive with sharks at Melbourne Aquarium, see unusual sea life on kayak, Scuba and snorkelling adventures, and take an extreme view of Melbourne from the Eureka Skydeck
- Treat yourself to a free tram ride around Melbourne, getting on and off as often as you like on its circle trip that lasts about 30 minutes.
- Visit Federation Square, Melbourne’s meeting spot in the CBD. Be amazed at what you see! While you are there, visit the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, dedicated to the movie, from the earliest hand cranked projectors to today’s electronica.
- The National Gallery of Victoria houses an impressive collection of art and antiquities, housed under a magnificent stained glass ceiling, worthy of a trip just to see it.
- Choose between a trip to the Mornington Peninsula, and Yarra Valley, visiting wineries, and seeing splendid bay side and country scenery. Alternatively, travel past Bell’s Beach to the Great Ocean Road to see nature’s sculptures in the Twelve Apostles.
Three coach tour operators offer several tour options to visit cellar room tastings at the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula vineyards, which are a short distance from the Melbourne CBD.
Visit some wineries and experience day tours to other destinations. Tours through the Yarra Valley stop at Fergusson Winery for lunch. One tour also includes cellar door tastings at Dominique Portet Winery, and Domaine Chandon, maker of one of Australia’s best sparkling wines. A tour along the Mornington Peninsula stops for cellar door tastings at the boutique T’Gallant Winery and Tuck’s.
Catering to younger, budget priced travellers, Down Under Day Tours operates two tours through the Yarra Valley, both stopping at Fergusson Winery, one also stopping for a taste of Domaine Chandon bubbly.
Another way to visit a vineyard is by hot air balloon. Global Ballooning flights land for a champagne breakfast at Rochford Wines. How romantic!
So, which tour suits you?
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Swim with wild Dolphins and Seals or enjoy the view from on board! Your chance to explore the rich, diverse waters of Southern Port Phillip Bay on a fascinating 4 hour boat tour.
 View Dolphins from the boat or jump in and have a swim! Located in Queenscliff, Sea All Dolphin Swims is sure to be the experience of a lifetime!
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Experience Oz welcome’s a Tour With Taste. Exclusively private Yarra Valley boutique wine tours individually tailored just for you.  Your professional wine host specialises in providing a unique opportunity for wine enthusiasts to visit small boutique wineries meeting with wine makers and the ability to learn more about the Yarra Valley wine region. We are passionate about showing you the best the Yarra Valley has to offer in fine wine, dining, art, wildlife and beautiful scenery in comfort and style. Book here
Want to experience Hot Air Ballooning in Cairns, Port Douglas, Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Sydney or Melbourne? Hot air ballooning originated in France in the 1780’s. Its popularity quickly spread among the intrepid, enabling them to explore, landing here and there to meet the natives. To ward off thirst, those early balloonists naturally took one or two bottles of drink with them, champagne of course, to enjoy in flight, no doubt with other delectable goodies from the picnic basket.
However, in those days, balloon handling was agricultural compared to today’s standards, and landings even more adventurous. Indeed, sometimes landings were quite haphazard affairs, often in farmer’s fields, often entangling or demolishing trees, fences and gates, and disturbing crops and causing disharmony, if not panic and stampedes among the animals. In fact, due to the regularity of haphazard landings in farmer’s paddocks, those bottles quickly became offers of goodwill to pacify the irate land owners; to apologise and, indeed, to even convince them, and the gathered local citizenry and clergy, they were not devils incarnate, arrived from hell above!
And so a tradition was born that is practiced with exuberance today. However, these days the intent is not to appease and convince the natives of their origins and goodwills. Instead, today champagne is enjoyed to toast and celebrate the happy occasion with crew and fellow passengers, after a successful flight and hazardless touchdown.
You can enjoy a balloon flight and a champagne breakfast at any of our locations from Port Douglas to Melbourne. See our other blog “Flying with a hot air balloon”, select from our listings or contact us to discuss your options. When booking we will advise your transport arrangements and pickup and return times.
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