Join your guide and host Dr. Fred Smith, OSU professor emeritus, and be amazed at the cultural diversity and progresiveness of New Zealand’s and Australia’s cities. Enjoy the natural beauty of the New Zealand and Australian countryside, and the friendliness of the people. Thrill to New Zealand’s spouting geysers, native crafts, and pristine waters. Discover Tasmania’s expanse of protected forests and wildlands.

Learn about farm forestry, forest policy, forest practices, conservation, agriculture and ranching. Be impressed by the successful integration of forestry and agriculture. Interview growers, managers, colleagues and experts.

Friday,
Flight from US to Auckland, New Zealand. Flying across the international date line, the time is advanced one day. Overnight on airplane

Sunday,
Arrive Auckland. Proceed through customs and immigration. Reception by Anglatin Ltd.® And C R McPhail guides. Transfer to hotel visiting several important tourist sites. Check-in at hotel. Free time. City tour including Mt Eden, and panoramic view of the “city of sails”. Hotel check-in. Free afternoon. Evening dinner cruise of Waitemata harbor, sailing on “The Pride of Auckland”. Overnight Auckland

Monday,
Breakfast. Depart to Totorua. Visit a typical New Zealand dairy in the Hamilton region. Interview the owner. Group lunch at the dairy. Continue to Tauranga and Royden Downs. Tour Royden Downs, a 245 hectare agriculture and forestry property with 150 hectares planted to commercial forest, and conservation. Interview manager. Tour the property. Continue to rotarua. Hotel check-in. Free evening to enjoy the cultural sights and excellent restaurants. Overnight Rotorua

Tuesday,
Breakfast. Tour commercial deer farm. Interview owner. Tour the Agrodome, site of agricultural exhibitions. Group lunch at the Agrodome. Enjoy the farm show exhibiting the most interesting aspects of New Zealand agriculture. Continue to Te Puia and the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve and the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. See Maori carvers at work and visit the thermal reserve. The reserve has boiling mud pools and the spectacular Pohutu geyser. In the evening participate in the Maori hangi and cultural experience. Dinner included. Overnight Rotorua

Wednesday,
Breakfast. Travel through pine plantations and past dairy farms to the Orakei Korako Thermal Valley. Visit Huka falls. Group lunch in Taupo followed by a relaxing cruise on the lake. Optional trout fishing available. Visit typical sheep ranch and interview owner. Continue to Tongariro National Park. Hotel check-in. Group dinner at hotel. Overnight Tongariro National Park

Thursday,
Breakfast. Tour commercial forest and interview owner regarding management and environmental issues. Tour a native forest. Interview manager regarding conservation and diversity. Depart to Taupo. Free evening. Overnight Taupo

Friday,
Breakfast. Transfer to Auckland airport. Flight to Melbourne. Transfer to domestic airline. Flight to Hobart, capital of Tasmania. Redeption at airport by Anglatin and ANF Agritours. Guided tour of city and waterfront. Hotel check-in. Evening welcome program including overview of the Tasmanian forest industry and role of agriculture in forestry development. Overnight Hobart

Saturday,
Breakfast. Travel to Launceston. Visit private forest plantations and discuss harvesting techniques for native and introduced species. Visit the historic village of Ross. Group lunch at typical Tasmania farm. Conversation with farmers. Visit the Forest Eco Center at Scottsdale and inspect Tasmanian specialty timbers. Seminar on sustainable forestry production. Transfer to hotel and check-in. Overnight Launceston

Sunday,
Breakfast. Flight to Melbourne. Travel west to the Western District. Tour one of the larger farm-forestry operations. Talk with owner about his farm and forestry management plan. Group lunch. Meet with local landowners and discuss forestry practices and policy in the state of Victoria. Tour major Landcare project and see demonstration of forestry techniques. Return to Melbourn Free evening to explore Melbourne. Overnight Melbourne

Monday,
Breakfast. Travel north to Albury on the Murray River. Tour commercial plantation specializing in firewood production. Group lunch. Continue to Tumut in the Snowy Mountains. Tour Radiata Pine plantation. Interview manager regarding varieties, productivity and conservation. Continue to Tumut in the Snowy Mountains. Tour Radiata pine plantations. Meet manager and discuss forestry practices. Visit farm forestry operations and interview owners. Transfer to hotel. Free evening. Overnight Tumut area

Tuesday,
Breakfast. Travel to Canberra. Visit small and medium farm forests. Interview owners. Visit parliament house and Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Group lunch. Continue to Sydney. Visit commercial Radiata Pine and Eucalyptus plantations. Tour farm typical of the area. Interview owner. Visit cooperative project of Greening australia/Landcare Australia. Hotel check-in. Sydney Harbor dinner cruise. Overnight Sydney

Wednesday,
Breakfast. City tour of Sydney. Hotel check-out. Transfer to airport. Flight to the United States. (Arrival Wednesday because of recrossing the international date line)

*Specific sites and services shown in this itinerary are subject to change. Alternative sites r services will be similar

Services Included:
Ten nights in four star hotels
Eleven breakfasts
Seven lunches
Three dinners
Anglatin guide
Local technical guide
Ninteen touristic activities
Twenty five technical site visits
All services booked and reconfirmed
Ground transportation in air conditioned coach.
International and domestic coach class air transportation