EXPERIENCE AUSTRALIAN LUXURY FOR LESS
Experience Australian luxury for less - Luxury Travel Magazine
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Experience Australian luxury for less | |||||
| By: Lucy Jones, Issue 48 – Spring 11 | |||||
| Australia | |||||
| SEE THE FOOD CHAIN FROM PADDOCK TO PLATE WITH SOME OF THE COUNTRY’S TOP CHEFS. HIKE THROUGH RED DESERT, PLAY GOLF ON A TROPICAL ISLAND OR SUBMERGE YOURSELF IN A HOT TUB SET AMONG TREETOPS. LUCY JONES PRESENTS SOME SPECIAL DEALS FROM AUSTRALIA’S MOST LUXURIOUS PROPERTIES OFFERING UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES. | |||||
| GASTRONOMIC | |||||
| Get involved in the food process and visit local farms to see where ingredients are grown, sample local specialties direct from producers, taste wines at boutique vineyards and don an apron to cook alongside acclaimed chefs. | |||||
| CAPE LODGE | |||||
| This secluded, boutique lodge is set in its own vineyard in the heart of Western Australia’s Margaret River wine country. Surrounded by forest, lake and parkland it’s a short distance from the Indian Ocean. There are 22 rooms and suites, a five-bedroom private residence, a swimming pool and tennis court on the estate. The award-winning Cape Lodge Margaret River restaurant is run by Executive Chef Tony Howell who emphasises the use of fresh local produce in the daily changing menu. Sample Margaret River venison, Rottnest Island scallops and Fremantle sardines as well as local cheeses, fruits and vegetables. Meals are matched with premium wines from the Margaret River, including some rare back vintages from the specially designed temperature controlled wine cellar. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| The Cape Lodge Gourmet Retreat and Cooking School runs cooking classes for skill levels from kitchen novice to culinary master. Participants are in the kitchen with Howell from 3.30 to 5.30pm as he prepares the evening’s meals. The school also runs master classes and gourmet events throughout the year together with local winemakers, food producers and guest chefs. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$445 per night for a Garden View Room to A$2,400 per night for The Residence which sleeps three to five couples. | |||||
| Deals: Gourmet Retreat Package – save up to A$350 per couple. | |||||
| Includes: two nights accommodation, daily gourmet breakfast, one three- course a la carte dinner for two and Cape Lodge Estate wine tasting. Rates: For the entry level Garden Wing room pay A$980 midweek and A$1,100 weekends. | |||||
| Margaret River Gourmet Escape – save up to A$500 per couple. | |||||
| Includes: three nights accommodation, daily gourmet breakfast, one three course a la carte dinner for two, A$50 voucher for your second night in the Cape Lodge Restaurant and Cape Lodge Estate wine tasting. | |||||
| Rates: for the entry level Garden Wing room pay A$1,440 midweek and A$1,560 weekends. | |||||
| Getting there: Cape Lodge is around three hours drive south of Perth. | |||||
| capelodge.com.au | |||||
| LINDENDERRY AT RED HILL | |||||
| This boutique, 40-room hotel on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is modelled on a European country estate and set among 30 acres of gardens, lawns and vineyard. The rooms, gardens and public areas are filled with artworks, sculpture and antiques from the Lancemore Collection including works from Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan. The onsite Linden Tree restaurant is one of the prettiest on the Peninsula and serves food made from fresh local ingredients, matched with wines from the estate and around the region. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| The Lindenderry at Red Hill vineyard produces award-winning, single vineyard, cool climate wines including chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot rose and a sparkling pinot noir. The winery was awarded four and a half stars in the prestigious James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2011. Its 2009 chardonnay was awarded the top rating of five glasses and five other wines were awarded four glasses or higher. The Mornington Peninsula region is home to more than 50 cellar doors, a microbrewery, organic farms, dairies, local markets and seafood restaurants. Visitors can pick up a copy of the Mornington Peninsula Gourmet touring map from the local information centre and spend a day sampling local produce. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$280 per room per night for a Courtyard Room to A$496 per room per night for a Balcony Suite. Includes breakfast. | |||||
| Deal: Spring Escape | |||||
| Includes: one night accommodation, breakfast for two and a picnic hamper of wine, cheese and antipasti to enjoy in the gardens. | |||||
| Rates: from A$300 per couple per night. | |||||
| Valid: until 30/11/11. | |||||
| Getting there: Lindenderry is around one and a half hours drive south of Melbourne. | |||||
| lancemore.com.au/lindenderry/default-en.html | |||||
| SAFFIRE FREYCINET | |||||
| This super lodge on the east coast of Tasmania is surrounded by a thriving agriculture and aquaculture industry producing some of the country’s finest food and wine. Overlooking Great Oyster Bay in the Freycinet National Park, the lodge is designed using natural timber, stone and leather and uses Tasmanian products where possible. The region has a similar climate to the south of France and so specialises in cool climate wines like chardonnay, pinot noir and deep-layered sparkling wines. Crayfish, scallops and deep-sea fish are caught daily, native oysters are farmed in the clear water of Great Oyster Bay and the world’s first commercial mussel hatchery is nearby at Spring Bay. The lodge’s Palate restaurant specialises in degustation menus designed by head chef Hugh Whitehouse around the fresh produce available on the day. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| Guests can wade into the Freycinet Marine Oyster Farm to understand the wetland and marine environment where oysters develop and taste the Freycinet Pacific Oysters on the spot. They learn winemaking techniques at the local Freycinet Winery and sample wines including the gold medal-winning 2007 Freycinet Pinot Noir. For some take- home knowledge, Palate chefs run cooking demonstrations where guests can learn to create one of the restaurant’s signature dishes. The mixology masterclass in the Lounge is where you learn to perfect your martini-making technique. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$1,450 per night for a Deluxe Suite to A$2,450 per night for a Premium suite. Includes breakfast, lunch, complimentary mini bar and activities. | |||||
| Deal:Three Night Sojourn | |||||
| Includes:Rates: three nights accommodation in a Deluxe Suite; breakfast, lunch and dinner for two; mini bar and selected beverages; A$100 spa credit per suite; complimentary Oyster Bay Blast experience for two valued at A$220 and complimentary upgrade to a Luxury Suite pending availability. | |||||
| A$5,250 per suite. | |||||
| Valid: until 30/3/12. | |||||
| Getting there: Saffire is a two and a half to three hour drive from Hobart. | |||||
| saffire-freycinet.com.au | |||||
| SOUTHERN OCEAN LODGE | |||||
| A luxury lodge on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, Southern Ocean Lodge sits on a cliff top on a secluded stretch of coastline at Hanson’s Bay. The lodge houses 21 luxury suites, all with glass walls that offer up uninterrupted views of the Southern Ocean. An itinerary of guided island excursions is offered daily and included in the tariff. Executive chef at Southern Ocean Lodge, Tim Burke, has developed a locavore philosophy for the menu. All food and beverage ingredients on the menu are fresh and in peak season, sourced from local suppliers on Kangaroo Island and in South Australia. The menu changes daily and diners sample king crab salad, gnocchi accented with salty Kangaroo Island samphire and desserts flavoured with local lavender or Ligurian honey. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| Kangaroo Island is home to a flourishing food industry with small-scale producers offering olive oil, native jams, honey, cheese, yoghurt and wines. Fresh seafood is abundant and oysters, prawns, snapper, whiting and freshwater marron are local specialties. Southern Ocean Lodge works with tour company Exceptional Kangaroo Island which takes guests on a half-day epicurean adventure around the island to visit farms, dairies, bee hives, fishing depots and vineyards. Guests see marron in the breeding ponds at Two Wheeler Creek farm and get access to The Islander Estate Vineyard that is normally closed to the public. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$990 per person in a Flinders Suite to A$1,800 per person staying in the Osprey Pavilion. Includes all dining, open bar and selected experiences. | |||||
| Deals:Remarkable Retreat Four for Three – saves you up to A$3,800 per couple. | |||||
| Includes: four nights accommodation, KI Epicure hamper of gourmet products; two A$50 Southern Spa treatment vouchers. | |||||
| Rates: from A$2,970 per person for a Flinders Suite to A$5,400 per person for the Osprey Pavilion. | |||||
| Valid: for new bookings up to 17/12/11 inclusive. | |||||
| KI Dreaming – saves you up to A$1,733 per couple. | |||||
| Includes: four nights accommodation, Bollinger champagne on arrival, full day Exceptional Kangaroo Island private tour with guide and two A$50 Southern Spa treatment vouchers. | |||||
| Rates: from A$3,960 per person for a Flinders Suite to A$7,200 per person for the Osprey Pavilion. | |||||
| Valid: until 31/3/12 excluding 17/12/11-8/1/12 inclusive. | |||||
| Southern Sojourn Six for Five – saves you up to A$6,800 per couple. | |||||
| Includes: six nights accommodation, Bollinger champagne on arrival, two A$100 Southern Spa treatment vouchers and room upgrade (subject to availability). | |||||
| Rates: from A$4,950 per person for a Flinders Suite to A$9,000 per person for the Osprey Pavilion. | |||||
| Valid: until 31/3/12 excluding 17/12/11-8/1/12 inclusive. | |||||
| Getting there: Cape Jervis is a two-hour drive from Adelaide. From there board the SeaLink ferry with your car for the 45-minute journey to Kangaroo Island. | |||||
| southernoceanlodge.com.au | |||||
| SPICERS PEAK LODGE | |||||
| This boutique property in South East Queensland has only 10 luxury suites and two private lodges. The private lodges are so secluded they can only be viewed from the air. They each have outdoor infinity spas and fireplaces. The two-star Spicers Peak Lodge Restaurant, headed by one of the Netherlands’ acclaimed Master Chefs, Frank Meijer, was awarded Best Fine Dining Restaurant in the 2011 Tourism Queensland Awards. The restaurant serves up a seven-course degustation dinner including rare seared tuna with orange and olive oil sorbet, milk poached veal with roast fennel and porcini beurre blanc, and passionfruit semifreddo with fresh strawberries and Frangelico cream. The wine list focuses on the surrounding Granite Belt and Scenic Rim regions. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| The Granite Belt is regarded as the wine capital of Queensland with more than 40 vineyards in the area. The altitude means that the region experiences four distinct seasons, unlike much of Queensland, and this combined with the decomposed granite soil produces unique growing and ripening conditions. Most of the wineries are small and family-run, specialising in chardonnay, verdelho, shiraz and cabernet sauvignon. Visit in October for the Australian Small Winemakers Show and the Spring Wine Festival. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$1,190 per night in a Lodge Suite to A$2,490 per night in the Two-Bedroom Private Lodge. Includes all meals and beverages. | |||||
| Deals: Two night package – save up to A$200 per couple. Rates: for the entry level Lodge Suite pay A$2,180 per room during the week and A$2,780 per room on the weekend. | |||||
| Three-night package – save up to A$400 per couple. | |||||
| Rates: for the entry level Lodge Suite pay A$3,150 per room during the week and A$3,770 per room on the weekend. | |||||
| Getting there: The lodge is a two-hour drive from Brisbane Airport. | |||||
| spicersgroup.com.au/property/spicers-peak-lodge | |||||
| OUTDOOR | |||||
| Some of Australia’s most beautiful resorts are on the doorstep of pristine national parks, wildlife reserves and world-class sporting facilities. | |||||
| WOLGAN VALLEY | |||||
| Modelled on the Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa in the United Arab Emirates, the resort is 40 freestanding luxury suites and a carefully restored original homestead. The 36 Heritage Suites are designed in Federation style with private pools, decks, stone fireplaces and small native gardens. The three Wollemi Suites have two bedrooms, private pools and large verandahs. and the 410 square metre Wolgan Suite is a fully self-contained private lodge set away from the resort amidst landscaped gardens. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| The resort sits on the Wolgan Valley Reserve in the World Heritage Listed Blue Mountains. Guests have access to the team of Wolgan Valley Field Guides who can personalise an itinerary of activities in the surrounding national park. Two guided activities per day are included in the tariff. There are nature walks in the reserve itself, some with secluded swimming holes, or guides can drive guests to any of the walks in the surrounding Blue Mountains. Horse or mountain bike rides are tailored to guests’ abilities and involve either taking one of the short trails through the reserve or exploring more challenging terrain for a half day. Field guides also lead wildlife tours where guests can spot possums, wombats and wallabies and rare plants like the ancient Wollemi Pine. There are fresh water fishing spots within an hour of the resort and expert fishing guides to help you land a bass or trout. Heli-fishing trips to more remote locations can also be arranged. | |||||
| Standard rates: Heritage Suites from A$1,950 per room per night including all meals, non-alcoholic beverages, selected alcoholic beverages and activities. | |||||
| Deal:Spring Renewal – save up to A$1,330. two nights accommodation with all inclusions, a take-home Taste of Wolgan Gourmet pack or a Timeless Spa Pamper pack and a 60 minute spa treatment per person for stays from Sunday to Thursday. | |||||
| Includes:Rates: Getting there:Heritage Suite from A$2,900 per room. | |||||
| Wolgan Valley is around a three-hour drive from Sydney. | |||||
| wolganvalley.com | |||||
| HAMILTON ISLAND YACHT CLUB VILLAS | |||||
| Some of these three and four storey villas are set directly on the waterfront with uninterrupted ocean views a short distance from the Hamilton Island Yacht Club and Hamilton Island Marina. The villas were designed by Walter Barda and the grounds landscaped by Jamie Durie. The four- bedroom villas have spacious open-plan living areas, kitchens with Miele appliances, air conditioning and a private golf buggy for guests’ use. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| Tee off on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef at the Hamilton Island Golf Club, Australia’s only island championship golf course. Designed by champion golfer Peter Thompson the par 71 course is on neighbouring Dent Island and the holes are strung across ridges and through steep valleys to create a world-class course with stunning views in every direction. Bushwalking trails across the island lead to high lookouts with views over the Whitsundays and down to secluded beaches. You can also negotiate some of these forest trails on quad bikes. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$1,600-1,850 per villa per night. | |||||
| Deals: Stay seven nights or more and receive a 10 per cent discount on the total price of the stay. Children aged 12 and under eat free with their parents at selected restaurants on Hamilton Island including the Reef View Hotel’s Pool Terrace Restaurant, Manta Ray Café, Steakhouse and Sails Restaurant. | |||||
| Getting there: Transfers from Hamilton Island airport to the villas is included in the tariff. | |||||
| hamiltonisland.com.au/yacht-club-villas | |||||
| WATER | |||||
| From one-of-a-kind reefs for snorkelling to a fleet of luxury water toys, these are the most luxurious places to get wet. | |||||
| CAPELLA LODGE | |||||
| Capella Lodge sits above the tiny Lover’s Bay beach on Lord Howe Island, 700 kilometres east of Sydney. The lodge has clear views over the Pacific Ocean from its position at the base of Mounts Gower and Lidgbird. Capella has only nine suites and is styled as a luxe beach house with washed wood, organic finishes and floor to ceiling windows bringing the outside in. Lord Howe Island is just 11 kilometres long and barely two kilometres wide at its widest point. It is World Heritage Listed with around 75 per cent of the island permanently preserved as a marine park and subtropical rainforest. The island is encircled by the world’s southernmost coral reef, created 700 million years ago by a massive volcanic eruption. Only 300 residents live permanently on the island and visitor numbers are restricted to 400 at any one time so it shouldn’t be too hard to find a spot in the water all to yourself. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| Snorkel or scuba dive with a mix of temperate and tropical marine life through an underwater topography of trenches, caves and volcanic drop offs. Famous Lord Howe dive sites include Malabar Range, the Admiralty Islets and Ball’s Pyramid, the world’s largest monolithic sea rock. Take a glass bottom sea kayak around secluded bays, surf the waves at Blinkie’s Beach or go deep-sea fishing for kingfish, yellowfin tuna, wahoo or marlin. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$650 per person per night for a Capella Suite to A$1,350 per person per night for the Lidgbird Pavilion. Includes breakfast, three-course dinner with wines, non-alcoholic drinks and airport transfers. | |||||
| Deals: Lord Howe Luxe Stay Seven Pay Six – save up to A$2,660 per couple. | |||||
| Includes: seven nights accommodation including one free night, Bollinger champagne in suite on arrival, two A$50 Capella Spa treatment vouchers. | |||||
| Rates: from A$3,900 per person for a Capella Suite to A$7,200 per person for the Lidgbird Pavilion. | |||||
| Valid: until 17/12/11. | |||||
| Kentia Dreaming Stay Four Pay Three – save up to A$2,650 per couple | |||||
| Includes: four nights accommodation including, Island-inspired BBQ lunch pack with premium wine and A$50 Capella Spa treatment voucher. Sophisticated Solo Bonus: solo travellers pay only the twin share rate. | |||||
| Rates: from A$1,950 per person for a Capella Suite to A$3,600 per person for the Lidgbird Pavilion. | |||||
| Valid: May-September 2012. | |||||
| Getting there: Qantaslink flies direct from Sydney to Lord Howe Island. Return flights start from around A$1,000 and take around two hours each way. | |||||
| http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/qantaslink/global/en#jump0 | |||||
| LIZARD ISLAND | |||||
| Australia’s northernmost island beach resort, Lizard Island is 240 kilometres north of Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef. The island is a national park with 24 powder white beaches and a lagoon. There are 40 rooms and suites including the Pavilion, a completely private luxury suite with 270-degree views of Anchor Bay, Osprey Island and Sunset Beach. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| The island is surrounded by a fringing reef so there are plenty of scuba diving and snorkelling spots directly off the island. There’s a purpose built dive boat to take guests to the Outer Reef, a 50-minute trip from the island. This section of the Great Barrier Reef is renowned for its water clarity and variety of coral and marine life. The famous Cod Hole on Ribbon Reef 10, around an hour from the island, is home to huge potato cod, wrasse and red bass that are always eager to be fed by the divemasters. From September to December black marlin, sometimes weighing up to 1,000 pounds, are found in the watersaround Lizard Island. Fishing trips to catch mackerel, queenfish, trevally, tuna and mahi-mahi from the Inner and Outer Reefs can be taken on the resort’s luxury vessel. The resort chefs will serve up your catch when you return to shore. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$1,444 per night for Anchor Bay Rooms to A$3,186 per night for the Pavilion. Includes all meals, fine wines and champagne | |||||
| Deal: Romance Package. | |||||
| Includes: five nights accommodation, free return flights for one person from Cairns to Lizard Island, champagne and chocolate strawberries on arrival, one hour Indulgent Spa Treatment per person and gourmet picnic on your own private beach by speedboat drop off or private motorised boat. | |||||
| Rates: from A$3,899 per person. Valid: for sale 1/9/11-31/12/11 for travel 1/9/11-30/3/12. | |||||
| Getting there: From Cairns, Hinterland Aviation operates twice daily flights to Lizard Island taking around one hour. Prices start from A$578 per person return. | |||||
| lizardisland.com.au | |||||
| QUALIA | |||||
| This adults-only resort is on the secluded northern tip of Hamilton Island. Each of the 60 pavilions is surrounded by tropical bushland and faces the water for uninterrupted ocean views. The pavilions feature polished wooden floors, floor to ceiling windows with wooden louvres and private sundecks. Some of the pavilions have their own plunge pools. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| Qualia guests can choose between paddle skis, kayaks, windsurfing boards and two 16-foot hobie catamarans when they take to the water. You can enter the water directly in front of the resort on Pebble Beach. The Qualia team provides sailing lessons and yachting advice. Guests can charter the resort’s luxury motor yacht Atomic for a half or full day cruising around the Whitsundays, or be dropped off at a secluded beach with a picnic and a two-way radio for a day of private swimming, snorkelling and sunbathing. There’s diving and snorkelling from directly in front of the resort or at some of the surrounding islands. Guests can take a helicopter or seaplane to Reefworld, a floating pontoon on the Outer Reef for water activities. You can spend the night on the pontoon for a champagne sunset and a night dive. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$950 per night for a Leeward Pavilion to A$3,000 per night for the Beach House. Includes breakfast, all non-alcoholic beverages, a golf buggy, chauffeur service, airport transfers and non-motorised watercraft. | |||||
| Deals: Honeymoon Package – save A$1,645 | |||||
| Includes: seven nights accommodation including one free night, bottle of French champagne on arrival, poolside dinner for two at Pebble Beach Restaurant one evening, sunset cruise on the Atomic with canapés and beverages. | |||||
| Rates: A$5,700 per room for a Leeward Pavilion. | |||||
| Getting there: The five-minute transfer from the airport to the resort is included in the tariff. | |||||
| qualia.com.au | |||||
| SAL SALIS NINGALOO REEF | |||||
| Sal Salis is a luxury safari camp in the Cape Range National Park sand dunes in Western Australia. The nine wilderness tents are metres from the water’s edge on the Ningaloo Coast, the world’s newest World Heritage Listed Area. The tents are designed to be open to the elements and, while not five-star hotel rooms in the desert, they offer creature comforts like comfortable beds, ensuite bathrooms, plush linens and attentive hosts. Unlike many fringing reefs, the Ningaloo Reef starts straight off the beach and stretches nearly 20 kilometres out to sea, covering a total of 5,000 square kilometres. It is home to 500 species of fish, 220 species of coral and 600 species of mollusc, all within metres of the shore. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| Between April and June each year, Ningaloo is one of the few places in the world where visitors can swim with whale sharks. Year round you can dive and snorkel with manta rays, dolphins, anemones and clown fish and the area is a major breeding ground for hawksbill, green and loggerhead turtles. Paddle a sea kayak to more remote areas of the reef, or from April to August take a full-day wildlife cruise from Sal Salis to spot dolphins, rays and humpback whales. | |||||
| Standard rates: A$730 per person per night including all meals and beverages and daily scheduled activities. | |||||
| Deal: Book three nights at Sal Salis and receive the fourth night free. Save A$730 per person. | |||||
| Rates: A$2,190 per person twin share. | |||||
| Valid: 1/11/11 – 15/3/12 | |||||
| Getting there: SkyWest Airlines flies daily from Perth to Exmouth. Flights start from A$159 each way and take around two hours. Sal Salis is around two hours drive from Exmouth Airport and transfers can be booked with the property. | |||||
| salsalis.com.au | |||||
| SPA | |||||
| Daylesford has been Australia’s spa country since the 19th century, and it is still the best place to experience luxe accommodation, indulgent treatments and that legendary mineral water. | |||||
| LAKE HOUSE DAYLESFORD | |||||
| This 33-room luxury hotel sits on the shores of Lake Daylesford in six acres of private garden. Guests choose from Lodge Suites surrounded by private terraces or courtyards, Waterfront Rooms with balconies overlooking the lake or Waterfront Suites in prime positions on the edge of the lake. For more privacy, The Retreat is a secluded luxury country house within the grounds with two-bedrooms, sunny terraces, open fires and a private check-in at its own gated entrance. The two-hat Lake House Restaurant uses produce from the property’s kitchen garden and small organic farms in the area to present a seasonal menu with almost everything made fresh in house. | |||||
| Experiences | |||||
| The Hepburn Springs area is famous for its water. The region is home to half of Australia’s known active mineral water outlets and they have been drawing crowds since the 1860s. The water is rich in magnesium, calcium, silica and other minerals and is used in hydrotherapy pools, distilled into spa products or simply drunk by the glass. There are more than 100 therapists and health spas within a five kilometre region. The award-winning Salus Spa at the Lake House has eight treatment rooms including private tree houses and a couples suite with an open fireplace. The spa menu includes detox programs, hydrotherapy treatments using the effervescent water and facials and body scrubs using natural minerals. Their signature treatment is the Private Treetop Mineral Spa: relax in a private circular tub filled with 100 per cent mineral water in a secluded treetop cabin. | |||||
| Standard rates: from A$566 per night for a Lodge Room to A$606 per night for a Waterfront Suite. Includes dinner and breakfast. | |||||
| Deal: Three Night Escape. | |||||
| Includes: three nights accommodation in a Waterfront Room or Suite, breakfast daily, an a la carte dinner in the Lake House Restaurant on one evening and A$25 per person towards a spa treatment at the Salus Day Spa. | |||||
| Rates: from A$577 per person. Getting there: Daylesford is a 90-minute drive from Melbourne airport | |||||
| lakehouse.com.au | |||||
| Getting there: | |||||
| Virgin Australia flies to all of these destinations or the nearest departure point from Australian capital cities and most major regional centres. | |||||
| virginaustralia.com | |||||
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