Well that was CLOSE!! we got the booking form and was about to pay the deposit when i got phone call from colours of oz saying that the tour was now cancelled due to parent company in oz "in trouble" :
now looking to go with http://www.freedomaustralia.co.uk/
any one used them ?

nobody has discussed them on the forum but hopefully someone here can help.
I altered your thread title by the way, to highlight it