Big Boys Toys
Reporter: Mel Symons
Who says the Big Toys are only for the boys?
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Hook up with Extreme Driving in the Hunter Valley for a full day of Earthmoving Fun! You’ll learn to use a range of earthmoving machinery – every boy’s dream (and girl’s!)! And after a day on the land, relax and pamper yourself at one of the Hunter’s finest boutique hotels.
Extreme Driving - Big Boys Toys Earthmoving Experience
The Earthmoving Experience is your chance to experience a little of what it takes to drive big machinery.
The course begins with an instructional session on basic control of the machines. Then you’ll be taken to the wide open cleared area of the track, and taught how to drive all of them.
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The earthmoving experience gives you the opportunity to move levers, pump pedals, lift buckets and move earth from one location to another!! You get the chance to be the road builder, the block leveller and the real earthmoving dude, or dudette…
First up is the excavator, which is a machine that is designed for moving earth from the front and then from the back. You’ll move earth from 360° around and go and place it in a big truck and take it away.
Then it’s onto the backhoe, followed by the bobcat. Find out what makes these bobcats lift their bucket, empty their bucket and slide sideways as they so often do!!
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More Information
Extreme Driving – Big Boys Toys Earthmoving Experience The Big Boys Toys Earthmoving Experience is $595 per person including all equipment, buffet lunch and morning tea. Tours run from 9.30am to 5.30pm and bookings are essential.
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Prices correct as at 16/02/08
tonic hotel – Hunter Valley
tonic is small and private. Only 8 secluded guest rooms await. King sized beds, crisp white linen, goose down doonas, indulgent bathrooms with heated floors … think Bali… think soaking in the bath… think huge showers and double sinks … aahh!
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Breakfast at tonic is a do it yourself affair. You’ll find your fridge stocked full of all the goodies that you’ll need to have a sumptuous three course breakfast with gourmet coffee and specialty teas.
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More Information
tonic hotel 251 Talga Road, Lovedale Telephone: (02) 4930 9999 Rooms on the weekend at the tonic hotel start from $395 per couple per night. |
Prices correct as at 16/02/08