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The Australian travel landscape has come of age. This vast continent has seen the creation of a new breed of exceptional lodges and camps in some of its most beautiful and uniquely Australian regions. Australia now boasts a critical define the new Australian luxury and mass of experience-based luxury showcase Australia’s extraordinary properties to appeal to upscale diversity. There is particular focus on global travellers and adventure signature experiences that delve into seekers. Formed in 2010, Luxury the rich and diverse food and wine Lodges of Australia is a membership culture of Australia. Collectively, they association offering a collective voice represent a new style of distinctively There’s nothing like Australia for these lodges and camps. It is a Australian casual elegance and luxury. central point of reference for anyone The lodges are all about delivering for its sheer diversity of searching for high-end Australian a sense of place and connecting travel experiences. guests to their region. It is not about natural luxury experiences... The lodges in this collection are how much the same the lodges are, independently owned and operated. but how different, and how they But this is no ordinary hotel ‘group’. reflect the diversity and authenticity This is a collection of like-minded of the Australian experience – entrepreneurs, each passionate whether it be coastal, desert, reef, enough about a unique region of island or wilderness lodges, luxe Australia to invest deeply in creating outback camps, vineyard retreats or the kind of upscale but intimate culinary destinations. lodging and bespoke experiences The lodges are so much more they know sophisticated global than just a place to stay. These are travellers seek. destinations with great appeal for Each lodge has signature experiences the often time-poor, experience- and activities to showcase the special seeking travellers for whom time-out aspects of its region – pristine natural and a genuine, memorable, often landscapes, wildlife, indigenous life-changing experience, is the heritage, nature, food and wine and real luxury. more. It is these experiences that 2 3 Arkaba An ancient landscape moulded by millions of years of geological activity, the Nearest domestic airport: Port Augusta Ikara-Flinders Ranges offers some of Australia’s most striking outback scenery. Time to lodge: 75 minute drive Arkaba’s former sheep station turned thriving wildlife conservancy is home to Nearest international airport: Adelaide a wondrous variety of bird and wildlife. The real luxury at Arkaba comes in the Time to lodge: 5 hour drive or 1 hour privilege of sharing this spectacular 60,000 acre private conservancy with just private charter flight from Adelaide or 1.5 hours from Kangaroo Island direct ten guests. Number of rooms/suites: 5 Arkaba’s homestead pays homage to a rich pastoral heritage in a style that is Welcomes guests with rustically chic and utterly exclusive. The homestead’s five rooms provide an children 8 years and over oasis of comfort and style amidst a harsh and rugged landscape, where guests enjoy a taste of classic Australian country hospitality on a fully hosted, expertly Arkaba guided Wild Bush Luxury experience in the outback. Ikara-Flinders Ranges, South Australia Bush walks take you on a visible journey through time among creek beds Contact: +61 (0)2 9571 6399 riveted with seemingly immortal River Red Gums. Safari drives reveal craggy or [email protected] sandstone bluffs and the beauty of prehistoric mountain ranges. Track native www.luxurylodgesofaustralia.com.au/arkaba wildlife with one of Arkaba’s conservationists or take a walk with one of the WildBushLuxuryExperiences first inhabitants, the Adnamatna people, who have a connection with the land wildbushluxury that emanates long before any European explorers or settlers appeared. Take WildBushLuxury a scenic flight over the ancient ramparts of Wilpena Pound and the salt pans of Lake Torrens or embrace your inner explorer and Heli-Hike along the spine of Arkaba’s rainbow-hued Elder Range. Swag out under star studded skies on an overnight Heli-Swag experience or enjoy a sundowner drink atop your own mountain as the sun sinks behind one of the world’s most incredible land formations: Wilpena Pound. " The isolation and the presence of an expert guide ensures swift immersion in the fascinating ecology and human history of the ranges" Helen Anderson, Australian Gourmet Traveller 4 5 Bamurru Plains Bamurru Plains on the Mary River floodplains is Australia's answer to the Nearest domestic and international " An utterly remote, stunningly crafted Okavango Delta. These coastal floodplains are home to prolific bird and airport: Darwin wilderness lodge, Bamurru is... African- wildlife, with almost a third of Australia’s species present, whilst nearby Kakadu Time to lodge: 3 hour drive or style bush luxury. Built on stilts over the 30 minute scenic flight by light wetlands, Bamurru is state-of-the-art and Arnhem Land are the heartland of Australia's indigenous culture. This is aircraft or helicopter rustic with staff who can morph from the setting for a mesmerising Wild Bush Luxury experience. Number of safari bungalows: 10 Jeeves into Crocodile Dundee." Bamurru Plains offers one of Australia's richest wildlife experiences: tens of Tatler Welcomes guests with thousands of magpie geese mingle with kites, egrets, herons and buffalo on children 6 years and over the floodplain. Kookaburras, parrots, cockatoos and Agile Wallabies inhabit the fringing woodlands. Bamurru's expert guides offer exhilarating airboat Bamurru Plains trips on the floodplains, safaris by open-top 4WD vehicles, fishing trips, quad Top End, Northern Territory bike safaris, guided wilderness walks, crocodile-spotting river cruises and Contact: +61 (0)2 9571 6399 excursions to ancient rock art galleries in Kakadu. or [email protected] www.luxurylodgesofaustralia.com.au/bamurru Wake to the call of magpie geese and watch the parade of wildlife emerge from the comfort of your bed. Spot wildlife from six metres high in the WildBushLuxuryExperiences treetops from the ‘hide’, and sit back with a drink and enjoy the soft 'Wild Bush wildbushluxury Luxury' touches. The safari lodge and 300 square kilometres of surrounding WildBushLuxury country are exclusively for in-house guests, assuring a quiet, privileged outback experience. Bamurru’s team of passionate field guides focus on immersing guests in the story of the bush while the lodge provides a haven from which to closely connect with a unique Top End wilderness and with just ten safari suites blending seamlessly into the surrounding bush, you’ll forget there is an outside world. 6 7 " One explanation for the almost Edenic purity of Lord Howe... is that visitors are capped to a maximum of 400 at a time, a lucky 20 of whom get to stay at Capella Lodge Capella Lodge, an unexpectedly luxurious yet laid-back hideaway." Refreshingly off the radar, Capella Lodge is Lord Howe Island’s premium luxury Nearest domestic airport: Marion Hume, Time Magazine retreat.