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Playing Tennis on Margaret Court Arena Look at our Seats at Etihad Stadium

Recently retired first MST Tour Bus at the MCG -2006 Melbourne Sports Tours bus#4 2009

Melbourne Sports Tours Tarago #3 2008

                               Morning Tea at Living Legends


Melbourne Cricket Ground Tour                                                         Albert Park Grand Prix Track- March 04

School Group at Flemington

Windy Hill - Glory & Fame Tour, July 2010

Link to our Surf Coast story with Tom Williams on The Great Outdoors 6/6/05

See this tour as featured in April '10 on the very popular Coxy's Big Break

TESTIMONIALS

GLORY & FAME / MT BULLER TOURS
" Just wanted to thank you for organising our recent tours. The Glory and Fame Tour was excellent and my son being a mad Bomber supporter really enjoyed the day...wanted to see the workings of an AFL club which is what was achieved (an added bonus it happened to be the Bombers). He was rapt to just get into the Club Rooms and to hold the premiership club. Had an interesting talk with Gary O'Donnell and another official from Essendon.
Simon, the guide was also excellent and we were fortunate enough to have the tour to ourselves.
Thanks also for organising Mt Buller again this year."
Dagnall Family WA, July 2010

"I would like to thank Simon and his driver for such a great "Glory and Fame" Tour. I loved every minute of it and will try and do the tour again in the future. I was impressed by every aspect of the tour, and Simon was very accommodating throughout the tour. It was so easy at the pick up location was ideal for anyone travelling to Mebourne. The Essendon club were also very helpful so I would highly recommend the tour to any Essendon supporter. - Sarah June '10

My family and I went on your glory & fame tour at windy hill on Saturday and absolutely loved it. I just wanted to let you know how much we really enjoyed going behind the scene into the rooms and of course meeting with a current player of Mark McVeigh was an experience I will not soon forget.
I will be recommending this tour, it was well organised and extremely informative. Our tour guide was Simon and he was amazing along with our driver. Please pass on my gratitude and both myslef and my family couldn't have had a better day.
Kind regards, Deandra" - June '10

SPORTS LOVERS TOURS

"I am writing to let you know how much we enjoyed the Sports Lovers Tour. We had a great time. Simon was a very good guide and made everyone feel like it was a personalised tour.
We will certainly recommend your tours to friends and family.
Thanks again, Denise, July 2010

I would just like to pass on my congratulations for a wonderful tour, my son and brother in law really enjoyed the mcg and my mother was raving about Flemington racecourse. We were all thoroughly impressed by the whole set up and our guide Simon was fantastic could not have asked for a better and nicer guy than Simon and he was so accommodating to our needs to was great. I will recommend your tour to everyone.

Once again congrats on a great tour.

cheers,

Bernadette, April 2010

My clients are absolutely rapt with the tour they had in Melbourne 5 February. Thank you very much for the time given to them. They have some wonderful memories and I am off to see their many photos at the end of the week.

Kind regards

Sue Fraser, Branch Manager, United Travel at the Mount, New Zealand

"Today my friend and I enjoyed a great tour of Flemington, MGC & lunch at Ethiad along with checking out lots of the sights of Melbourne with Simon. We would like to pass on to management our delight in having such a great tour guide as Simon. His information about all the sights as well as "typical" Melbourne things that Colleen and I as "Melbournites" had "forgotton about" was outstanding. He made sure everyone knew exactly what they were doing as well. I was lucky enough to have won the tour through my employer so I will be recommending your tours, especially with Simon to them." Faye & Colleen - October, 2009

"I was on the above tour with Simon last week and wish to compliment him on a great day out. He had a lovely manner. Remembered the names of each tour member. Asked questions of tour members to engage in dialogue. He was very knowledgeable across the board not like some guides I experienced in Melbourne recently. And he gave every impression that he enjoyed his work. That makes such a difference. Cynical tour guides are bad for everyone.
I want to thank him for his courtesy and"making my day".
Look forward to touring with your company and Simon again especially "Living Legends".
Barb - September 2009

"The MCG tour was amazing! We were lucky enough to meet Ron Barassi and Jim Stynes who just happened to be in a meeting there at the time, it was an added bonus for us seeing as though we are Melbourne supporters! We could have stayed in the museum for a whole day!"

Emily, Dec 08

"I, being a sports mad fan, loved the tour. The tour guide was very informal and gave useful information about many different sports. My girlfriend enjoyed the tour because driving on the bus gave her the opportunity to see many of Melbourne's sites that otherwise we could not have. To finish the trip lunch at the Telstra Dome was delicious with a beautiful view, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. It was great how at the end of the tour our driver offered to drop us anywhere around the CBD. Overall it was a terrific experience." Christopher, Dec. 2008

"Just a quick thank you note – I won the Sports Lovers / Brewery Tour prize on Billy’s Wheel on SEN a couple of weeks ago and went on the tour today. I had a great time and would highly recommend the tour to anyone who loves their sport and who enjoys a “frothy.” Anthony was a terrific, knowledgeable and friendly guide.
Thanks again, Regards, Simon" September 08

"Dear Anthony & Kirstie
..a big thank you for the fantastic day and evening you provided for us last Friday. We had a thoroughly enjoyable day and i even think i am beginning to understand the concept of Aussie rules, maybe i'll start to teach it in my lessons at school!
The tour was well organised and highly informative, with so many venues covered we learnt so much and the day flew by.

The lunch at the Telstra Dome was great I only wish i was there when Johnny Wilkinson was kicking us to victory in the pool stages of the rugby world cup!

Thank you also for a superb night at the MCG the atmosphere was great and thanks for putting up with our random questions about the rules and which team to support!

We shall recommend it to anybody who we know travelling to Melbourne, we wish you and your business all the best for the future, and we hope to come back to the sporty city of Melbourne soon.

Many thanks once again

Liz & Ray" August 08

"I just thought I'd drop you a quick email now that we are home to say thanks for a wonderful sports tour that you took myself and my partner on (with Sam, Wednesday 16th July). We both had a wonderful time seeing the various sporting venues in Melbourne before doing the Neighbours tour in the afternoon which I enjoyed more than Colin!
The lunch at the Telstra Dome was good and such an excellent place to have lunch.
You can let Sam know that upon my return to the UK, he addicted me so much with that CD of footy songs that I have ordered the CD myself and I am waiting patiently for it to be delivered!
Thanks again, Tracy Collier, Aberdeen, Scotland" July 08

" I just wanted to say a huge thanks for booking us the Melbourne Sports tour we had so much fun! and I also wanted to say what an awesome tour guide Sam is ! he did a running commentary the whole way round between venues , very knowledgeable and funny !
My partner Kris thought he was great ...... Kris even bought an afl ball ( for Richmond Tigers Sam's favourite team ) which he has hardly put down since we have been home.
Awesome I will be recommending this to anyone going to melbourne :)
Kind regards,
Emma Wilkes, International Travel Consultant, Meridian Flight Centre" June 2008

"My family and I went on your sports lovers' tour (with the afternoon at the brewery)

The tour was great (apart from the rain, which we mostly somehow managed to avoid most of!) and we really enjoyed all of it.

We were chatting about the tour afterward, and thought we should give you some feedback.

Sam (our tour host) was extremely friendly and warm, knowledgeable and obviously loves his job and is passionate about it.

He made a point of calling us all by name the entire day, and involving everyone in conversation in a relaxed, easygoing way.

Sam made a good day into an excellent one, and we were very impressed.

We would all recommend this tour to friends.

Thank you again, Kelly" June 2008

"Just wanted to say thank you to yourself and Anthony for looking after us on the Sports Tour, as didnt get chance to do so yesterday.
Was nice to meet you and had a great day! The Neighbours tour was equally as fun..so shame you missed out on that one :)
Im def going to plan to come back over to Melbourne and tie in with seeing some AFL, the Races and a Tennis Match fingers crossed. You have a great City.
Thank you again and take care.
Tash" March 2008

" Thanks very much for the tour, it was a very enjoyable day and Anthony did a great job as tour host and has a great knowledge of Melbourne and its sporting history.
Will definately recommend the tour and hope we can get more bookings for you.
cheers, Rodney
Rodney Boyd
Qantas Holidays" March 2008

"I would like to thank you for an excellent tour of Melbourne's Sporting Venues on 19 Feb. Now when we are watching the Power beat ALL Melbourne teams at Telstra or MCG we can say.."we have been there". We went to Telstra on the Friday following our tour to see Essendon win over the Bulldogs.

We both were most impressed with your commentary on Landmarks of Melbourne whilst travelling between venues.

We have told friends in Adelaide to book with you when in Melbourne.

Thanks again for a great tour.

Ron & Marilyn Cocks" February 2008

"Thank you so much for making Monday possible for my wife Kelly and I. We had a great time and wonderful experience. It was one of the highlights of our four day stop over along with Spamalot and the Tennis Saturday night/Sunday morning. Again thank you for your efforts and hospitality.
Regards Anthony Rees" January 2008

"Just a quick note to say thank you and your team for providing a great tour experience for my clients.
The comments I have received back have been great.
The Escort was great and apparently a wealth of information not just on the sporting side of things but all general things as well.
Again thank you to you and your team for a fantastic tour.
Kind regards,
John Hanssen
Travel Broker / Cruise Specialist " October 2007

"...We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and will be telling anyone who is going to Melbourne to look you up.

The professionalism with which you conduct yourself, knowledge of your market and fun, easy-going manner are commendable. (I hope you look after your Wife in the same way :))

I will bring my husband to Melbourne next time and take in footy or cricket with you.

Thanks again. Continue doing what you are doing ..... continued success

Regards

Margaret Steadman" April 2007

"Would just like to thank you for a wonderful tour of the MCG, Flemmington and the Grand Prix track which we visited on our stay in Melbourne last week. We loved Melbourne and will definitely return one day to see more.
Can see why its the sports capital of Australia...will .certainly recommend your tour to anyone who is visiting Melbourne.
Thanks again!
Regards
Denise Clarke April 2007

"I did the tour 2 weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I am telling my sporting friends about it and feel sure that some of them will visit you when they can. Regards PatJury" April 2007

"Good afternoon.

I recently did the sports tour. (late Feb) Absolutely loved it and have been driving people crazy telling them about it. Could you please send me up a dozen brochures to give to people in this area who are going down to Melb soon? ( from Nthn NSW.)

Regards

Nancy Jones " March 07

"...It was a consensus of opinion from the media guys that Anthony was the best host by quite a margin." NZ Media Tour Oct 2006

"Just a short note to say thanks for your commentary and hospitality on our recent tour with you. Congratulations again on coming up with the idea for the business (I still can't believe that no-one else in Melbourne had thought of it - especially being the sporting capital of Australia).

We have already told some friends about your tour and are happy to spread the word up north. We will drop your brochure into the local travel agent as well.

Keep up the good work.

Regards The Firths " Aug 2006

"We were recently in Melbourne on a business conference and had the pleasure of being on one of your Sports Tours that was hosted by Anthony. Very enjoyable day with excellent commentary [along with some classical one - liners from Anthony].
Great morning and I would recommend it to anyone that I know heading to Melbourne looking to do something similar.
Many thanks
Tom Antonio
BankWest, Perth" July 06

"My Sister, daughter and I went on your Sports Tour on Tuesday 10th April while we were over in Melbourne for a few days shopping and sightseeing. Our Tour Guide was Anthony and I wish to pass on that he was excellent, he was friendly, relaxed, informative and passionate about sport. We had a fabulous time - love Flemington, especially love the Tennis Centre and enjoyed and were lucky to see the dismantling under way of the Grand Prix Track, and then lunch at Telstra Dome. I would absolutely recommend and already have, this tour to other friends. I am likely to come back with my husband and friends to the Grand Prix in the near future and would certainly come on the tour again.

Thank you so much to Anthony you were great.

Wendy Blackberry" April 2006

"To Melbourne Sports tours,

We just wanted to say how much we enjoyed our Sports tour with Anthony on Monday, we were given the tour as a 65th birthday present for Bill from his work, it was a fabulous idea, and Anthony was a great tour guide, we would recommend this tour to any sports lovers. Thanks for a memorable day.

Marje & Bill Ross. Korumburra. Victoria" Nov 2005

"Thank you so much for taking us on your fabulous tour last Saturday. I REALLY enjoyed it, as did all of the agents... Congratulations on such a great concept in touring .. it is a breath of fresh air.
Kind Regards,
Sharon Williams
Sales Representative
Great Aussie Holidays" Aug 05

AFL FOOTBALL with a local host - Testimonials

"Just wanted to say thanks to Anthony for the trip. The whole event was amazing; he gave us some (much needed) insight into the game and the rules, he kept us not only up-to-date on what just happened, he made it fun and was also a great host. I will be quite happy to recommend you to anyone who comes to Melbourne. Seeing an AFL game is a fun sporting experience. Seeing it when you understand it makes you feel like you\'re part of the city - it\'s phenomenal. Again, thanks!!" Kyle, April- 2010

"Many thanks for the enjoyable evening yesterday. It was interesting to see how close the seats were to the pitch and, with the proximity to the benches, it was a different up-and-close experience (the sounds, skills, smells, shouts, and the masseurs!) that many do not get even when up in the stands." Neil, June - 2009

"What a game! This was by far the best booking we did in Melbourne. Our local host was fantastic and provided us easy to understand information. With the group size limitation, we couldn't help feeling like this was a private tour." Jeanne, USA, Sept 2007

"Our Hosts were fantastic. Anthony was able to very quickly get a feel for everyone's personality and adjusted his attention accordingly to make everyone feel realxed and comfortable. He was knowledgeable and friendly. Couldnt ask for more" Bryce August 2006

"I just wanted to say a big thank you to guys for our recent trip to Melbourne.
The guys and I had a fantastic time, the snow trip was awesome and was an experience I will never forget. It was the perfect weather!
The tickets for the footy could not have been better, thank you so much for sorting that out.
We are tempted to make this an annual event and will be certainly utilising your services for any further trips to Melbourne.
Once again, thanks for your assistance and your service.
Look forward to recommending you to all our friends and utilising you again in the near future.
Kind Regards
Nathan Barns, WA" September 2007

"I loved our time at the Footy. It was a favorite of mine and if we had Aussie Rules in the U.S. I would be a fanatic.

Have forwarded your info to the other agents and suggested adding it to anyone's visit to Melbourne.

Karen" June 2006

"I just wanted to thank you again for last month. It's hard to believe it's been that long after so many months in the planning. I'm slowly getting back to normal life, while planning my next trip to Melbourne. I can't tell you how much I didn't want to leave. While seeing 2 live footy games was beyond brilliant, it has spoiled me. Watching it on my tiny computer screen just isn't the same. But, any footy is better than no footy. When this trip is paid off and i can swing it, I'll definitely go back to Melbourne. i told Mom that next time we're staying over 2 weekends, so I can see more games! Thanks again and maybe we'll see you next time we're there." Lidsay Sitko June 2006

"Thanks again for a fabulous night out at the footie on Sat night... As I'm sure you could tell, t he whole group had a great time - especially the ladies - and there was still plenty of talk about it (and that bloody Adelaide song!) the next day...

Great product, great time had by all.... I'm also putting out a message in our daily newsletter to all our staff, personally recommending your product. Big call coming from a very non-sport person! Wendy." May 2006

"Just wanted to say thanks for a great time at the Aussie game when I was in Melbourne. I had a great time.

I was over in Melbourne on business by myself and I'm a huge American football fan. I love to try new things so I thought it would be fun to take in some of the local sporting events. I thought the idea of going with someone that new the rules and the game itself was a great concept. I didn't hesitate! It was the highlight of my trip and I would recommend it to anyone in Australia or traveling to Melbourne.
Anthony was a great host and we had a great time. Once back in the States,
I kept up with the games through the internet.
Thanks again for the great time.
Michael Paul" October 2005

"As a recent participant in Southern World's Virtuoso agent familiarization trip to Australia, I wanted to thank you for the fun afternoon at the MCG watching Richmond play Carlton. I confess my clue to cheer was when the black and gold pompoms were vigorously shaken, but the whole event was lots of fun and it was great to be outside that glorious afternoon after a long flight. Thanks very much for arranging it - including the meat pies and beer!

I'm very happy to recommend the services of Melbourne Sport Tours to our clients.

Thank you - and all the best,

James (Jim) W. Adams, CTC, DS" May 2005

"G'Day Anthony,

On behalf of our Southern World Famil Group, I want to thank you so much for providing us with a truly unique, Aussie experience. The "Aussie Rules" footie game was one of the highlights of our trip to Australia and we had many! Even though we were exhausted from our 15 hour flight the footie game, meat pie and liquid refreshments really charged us up and my team, the Richmond "Tigers" won!!!! yeah!!!

It was a great beginning to a fabulous week of information overload. It has taken a few weeks of being home to really assimilate all we learned about Australia. Thanks for the memories you created for us. I will recommend an "Aussie Rules" footie game to all my fun loving, sports enthusiastic clients.

Fond regards, Diane Colaizzi, CTC, DS" May 2005

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