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Gullivers Sports Travel is an official licensed travel operator of the Cricket Australia Travel Office. Our 2025/26 NRMA Insurance Ashes Series ticket packages include the all-important guaranteed 100% official match tickets in Category C to the Test match in Sydney. CATO License Number CATO2526/050.
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Follow the England side around Australia with 10 nights' 4★ hotel accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis. This tour includes a stay in Sydney over NYE.
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A highlight of many a Gullivers trip, our popular Gullivers cricket evening will be back in Australia. Past guests have included Jonathan Agnew, Phil Tufnell, Jim Maxwell, Sir Alastair Cook, Steve Harmison, Graham Gooch and many, many more. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a unique insight into the game.
To ensure you have the best possible experience on tour, you will have a dedicated Gullivers Tour Manager escorting your tour group in Australia - our Tour Managers are knowledgeable cricket fans, supported by an on-site operations team and UK based office team that has vast experience of working in Australia.
Included in your 2025/26 NRMA Insurance Ashes Series package is some Gullivers merchandise to help you support the team in Australia.
To ensure that you can enjoy and experience Australia to its fullest, whether you are looking for adventure thrills or sampling local food and drink, we will have a range of optional excursions for you to add into your package so you are only paying for what you want!
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Gullivers Sports Travel have been touring to Australia for the Ashes since 1982. We have followed England around the globe for all formats of the game, from the T20 World Cup's in Australia and the West Indies, to the CWC in India, and of course the red ball side in New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa and beyond. Our team are passionate cricket fans, experienced in travelling to cricket destinations with fans on escorted tours.
Gullivers Sports Travel have been touring to Australia for many years for supporters trips to major events such as The Lions, Summer Tours and of course for the Ashes. The 2025/26 NRMA Insurance Ashes Series marks Gullivers' 11th tour Down Under, and promises to be our biggest and best yet. Since our first Ashes tour in 1982, we’ve perfected the art of creating unforgettable, well-organized experiences for sports fans. Whilst it will have been 8 years since travelling fans have been in the crowd since the last Australian Ashes we have been touring Australia more recently, with trips to the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup and the upcoming British & Irish Lions Tour in 2025. We’re ready to make the 2025/26 NRMA Insurance Ashes Series one for the history books.
Gullivers Sports Travel is fully ABTA bonded, and ATOL protected when flights are included. This offers you financial protection and means that you can relax and book your trip safe in the knowledge that your booking is fully protected with a reputable tour operator.
Make your own way to Sydney, where you can check-in to your hotel for 10 nights on a bed and breakfast basis.
This evening the group will get together with the Tour Manager for Welcome Drinks. Get to know your tour group and tour manager, reminisce on past tours and trips and share the excitement of The Ashes!
Meet with your Tour Manager and the rest of your group and enjoy a drink together. It's a great chance to get to know each other and have a relaxed start to the tour.
Where better to enjoy New Year's Eve than in Sydney? You are free to make your own arrangements and see in the New Year however you wish. We will be offering a couple of options at an additional cost - coming soon.
We will be offering a couple of options for New Year's Eve - details coming soon!
Enjoy 3 full days at leisure in the stunning city of Sydney.
Home to the iconic Harbour Bridge, Opera House and stunning coastlines, the city of Sydney is a destination that surely features on every adventurers bucket-list. With three full days at leisure there is plenty to be enjoyed in the city itself or if you are keen to get out on the water a ferry ride over to Manly offers some great views. Bondi Beach is a train or bus ride away and the wonderful Bondi to Coogee walk is worth the steps, equally a train ride takes you out to the Blue Mountains and some fantastic scenery.
On Saturday night, enjoy the Gullivers Cricket Evening as we get together with friends from the cricketing world to hear the inside track on the England team, the series, and the game in general.
NRMA Insurance Sydney Ashes Test is the final of the series! In Sydney, it's easy access to the SCG using the new city tramway, walking, or bus. The tramway or bus is also free with your match ticket.
The Sydney Cricket Ground is one of Australia's oldest and most prestigious sporting stadiums.
A 5 day ticket is included in your package. Days 1-4 in the category listed. Should the Test go to the fifth day, day 5 will be a General Admission ticket.
Check out of your hotel this morning and say your goodbye's before making your own onward travel arrangements. We hope that you head home with some fantastic lasting memories and new friendships formed from a special trip to Australia.
| Venue | Category & Location |
|---|---|
| Sydney | Category C - Level 1 Mid-Wicket |
| A 5 day ticket is included in your package. Days 1-4 in the locations listed above. Should the Test Match go to the fifth day, day 5 will be a General Admission ticket. Ticket locations and descriptions are provided by Cricket Australia and are subject to change and amendment until venue maps are finalised by Cricket Australia. | |
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The Sydney Cricket Ground is one of Australia's oldest and most prestigious sporting stadiums. Perched on the doorstep of Sydney Harbour, the majestic stadium has played host to many of the country's most enduring moments including great triumphs and agonising defeats.
Rydges Australia Square has been designed with functionality and comfort in mind, offering guests great amenities such as a flat screen tv, espresso machine and premium bathroom products in every room. Nestled within Sydney's CBD, this hotel is close to key tourist attractions and transport hubs, making exploring the city easy. Enjoy a meal at the hotel's French-inspired on-site restaurant, Petit-Flot, which provides a seasonally inspired menu which is sure to impress.
Welcome in the New Year on an unforgettable NYE cruise aboard the iconic Sydney cruise.
Watch the aquamarine colours of Sydney's iconic landscape give way to the warm orange hues of sunset as you set sail through Sydney Harbour past many of the city’s iconic landmarks. Enjoy a 4-course dinner* at water level, bottomless Chandon, live music and the spectacle of the iconic Sydney NYE fireworks display.
Please note the cruise departs at 19:30pm from King Street Wharf No.1 Darling Harbour. It is recommended to check in at least 20 minutes prior to departure.
Dress code: Smart & Stylish, collared shirts for men
Inclusions: 4 course dinner, live music, cruising of Sydney Harbour, view of the Fireworks
Excludes: Transport from hotel, premium alcoholic beverages, outside decks or other levels
Important information: The cruise requires tables to be booked as minimum of 2 people however, we are exclusively inviting single travellers the opportunity to book without a supplement! Please note this is subject to meeting an even number of travellers on your selected deck and therefore we will pair you on a first come first serve basis. Please let us know if there is another traveller you wish to be specifically seated with at time of booking if not booking together.
A pair of window seats can be guaranteed at £59pp extra (table of min 2 only booked together) – please contact us to add this on.
*Please let our team know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements
Start Time: 19:30
End Time: 01:00
Welcome in the New Year on an unforgettable NYE cruise aboard the iconic Sydney cruise.
Watch the aquamarine colours of Sydney's iconic landscape give way to the warm orange hues of sunset as you set sail through Sydney Harbour past many of the city’s iconic landmarks. Enjoy 5-course dinner*, dining on the second highest level, selection of premium wines and craft beers including bottomless Chandon, live music and the spectacle of the iconic Sydney NYE fireworks display. You also have access to most of the outside decks.
A pair of window seats can be guaranteed at £59pp extra (min booking of 2 together)
Please note the cruise departs at 19:30pm from King Street Wharf No.1 Darling Harbour. It is recommended to check in at least 20 minutes prior to departure.
*Please let our team know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements
Dress code: Smart & Stylish, collared shirts for men
Inclusions: 5 course dinner, live music, cruising of Sydney Harbour
Excludes: Transport from hotel. Star Deck Access
Important information: The cruise requires tables to be booked as minimum of 2 people however, we are exclusively inviting single travellers the opportunity to book without a supplement! Please note this is subject to meeting an even number of travellers on your selected deck and therefore we will pair you on a first come first serve basis. Please let us know if there is another traveller you wish to be specifically seated with at time of booking if not booking together.
A pair of window seats can be guaranteed at £59pp extra (table of min 2 only booked together) – please contact us to add this on.
Start Time: 19:30
End Time: 01:00
Welcome in the New Year on an unforgettable NYE cruise aboard the iconic Sydney cruise.
Watch the aquamarine colours of Sydney's iconic landscape give way to the warm orange hues of sunset as you set sail through Sydney Harbour past many of the city’s iconic landmarks. Enjoy 6-course* degustation menu paired with Penfold’s bottomless premium wines, dining on the exclusive highest level. With access to all premium spirits, wines and beers including bottomless Chandon, enjoy live music and the spectacle of the iconic Sydney NYE fireworks display. You also have access to outside decks including the exclusive Sky Deck.
Please note the cruise departs at 19:30pm from King Street Wharf No.1 Darling Harbour. It is recommended to check in at least 20 minutes prior to departure.
*Please let our team know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements
Dress code: Smart & Stylish, collared shirts for men
Inclusions: 6 course dinner, live music, premium drinks package, cruising of Sydney Harbour, all outside decks
Excludes: Transport from hotel.
Important information: The cruise requires tables to be booked as minimum of 2 people however, we are exclusively inviting single travellers the opportunity to book without a supplement! Please note this is subject to meeting an even number of travellers on this selected deck and therefore we will pair you on a first come first serve basis – if there is an uneven number we will contact you. Please let us know if there is another traveller you wish to be specifically seated with at time of booking if not booking together.
A pair of window seats can be guaranteed at £59pp extra (table of min 2 only booked together) – please contact us to add this on.
Start Time: 19:30
End Time: 01:00
Experience the breathtaking 360-degree panoramic views of Sydney, whilst scaling the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge on BridgeClimb’s original Climb experience. Feel on top of the world as you journey along the upper arch to the peak of an Australian icon, soaking in the stories from your expert Climb Leader and the sights of the Harbour and the City skyline that surround you.
Highlights & Inclusions
If climbers are 75 years of age, or older, they can Climb with a BridgeClimb Certificate of Fitness signed by their GP. Please ask our team for a copy of this form and bring it with you on the day. (Please note the Certificate of Fitness must have been completed within the last three months prior to your Climb date).
Excludes: transport from hotel
Start Time – 10:15-11:35 (duration: 3 hours)
Please note this tour is subject to minimum numbers being met.
Watch the aquamarine colours of Sydney's iconic landscape give way to the warm orange hues of sunset as you set sail through Sydney Harbour past many of the cities iconic landmarks. Enjoy a 3-course menu* during this 2-hour circuit which will take you past the natural beauty of this fantastic city.
Please note the cruise departs at 5pm from King Street Wharf No.1 Darling Harbour. It is recommended to check in at least 20 minutes prior to departure.
*please let our team know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements
Dress code: Smart Casual
Inclusions: 3 course dinner, live music, up to 2 hours cruising of Sydney Harbour
Excludes: Transport from hotel, drinks
Start Time: 17:00 (approx.)
End Time: 19:00 (approx.)
Please note this tour is subject to minimum numbers being met.
Discover the Ultimate Blue Mountains experience, designed to showcase the best of this UNESCO World Heritage site. You will be picked up from (or very close to) your hotel and return via a ferry ride on the famous Sydney Harbour where the tour concludes at Circular Quay. From here make your own way back to your accommodation at your own leisure.
The tour makes stops at the Blue Mountains township of Glenbrook, Elysian Rock lookout, and Echo Point where you’ll witness the iconic Three Sisters rock formation and learn about Aboriginal legends. From here, venture on to Scenic World to experience the thrill of the Scenic Railway, the world’s steepest passenger railway. Glide above the rainforest canopy on the Scenic Skyway and enjoy panoramic views of the Blue Mountains on the iconic gondola. Embark on a guided walk through the rainforest to learn about unique flora and fauna before your visit to Katoomba Cascades Waterfalls to stroll along the boardwalks and viewing platforms. Lunch can be purchased at the lovely township stop of Leura where you can walk the tree-lined streets and wander into in the iconic boutique shops. The final stop of the day is a visit to the renowned Sydney Zoo where you can get up close with some of Australia’s most beloved creatures. Your adventure ends with a serene ferry ride back to Sydney under the iconic Harbour Bridge.
*please let our team know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements
Start Time: 07:00 (approx.)
End Time: 18:30 (approx.)
Inclusions: hotel pick up, drop off at Circular Quay harbour off ferry
Excludes: lunch, drinks, gratuities
Please note this tour is subject to minimum numbers being met.
Experience the breathtaking 360-degree panoramic views of Sydney, whilst scaling the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge on BridgeClimb’s original Climb experience. Feel on top of the world as you journey along the upper arch to the peak of an Australian icon, soaking in the stories from your expert Climb Leader and the sights of the Harbour and the City skyline that surround you.
Highlights & Inclusions
If climbers are 75 years of age, or older, they can Climb with a BridgeClimb Certificate of Fitness signed by their GP. Please ask our team for a copy of this form and bring it with you on the day. (Please note the Certificate of Fitness must have been completed within the last three months prior to your Climb date).
Excludes: transport from hotel
Start Time – 10:15-11:35 (duration: 3 hours)
Please note this tour is subject to minimum numbers being met.
