Eight hotels · six regions
Stay somewhere worth arriving at.
Eight hotels in some of Australia's loveliest places: the King Valley, the Mornington Peninsula, the Macedon Ranges, the western plains, the tropical north, a laneway in Melbourne and Fortitude Valley.
- Eight hotels · Six regions
- Garden-led · Kitchens that cook from the region
- Pet friendly · At the country hotels
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Eight hotels, six regions.
Five within two hours of Melbourne, one in the city, one in the tropics and one in Brisbane.
- Western PlainsQuandong House, Western PlainsEnquire
30 min from Melbourne
A bluestone homestead and a modern wing on the same estate, formal gardens and the group spa. Thirty minutes from Melbourne.
- Mornington PeninsulaSaltbush Hill, Mornington PeninsulaEnquire
90 min from Melbourne
A vineyard hotel on the Peninsula with a dining room that cooks from the hotel garden, and wine from the vines outside. Ninety minutes from Melbourne.
- King ValleyMarramvale King ValleyEnquire
3 hrs from Melbourne
Rooms among the vines, a cellar door, a pool and the valley's cheese and mustard makers nearby. Three hours from Melbourne.
- Macedon RangesFernmoor Lodge, Macedon RangesEnquire
50 min from Melbourne
A country-house hotel on wooded acres in the Macedon Ranges, a day spa and the group's conference rooms. Fifty minutes from Melbourne.
- MelbourneMarramvale Tallis LaneEnquire
Melbourne CBD
The city hotel: a laneway near the theatres, a rooftop terrace and a penthouse over the lane.
- Tropical North QueenslandCoralline, Far North QueenslandEnquire
25 min from Cairns
Beachfront suites with kitchens, a spa, a restaurant on the sand, and the reef and the rainforest within an hour. Twenty-five minutes from Cairns.
- Macedon RangesKettlewood Estate, Macedon RangesEnquire
40 min from Melbourne Airport
A working winery with rooms, a restaurant in the old stables and a chapel for weddings. Forty minutes from Melbourne Airport.
- BrisbaneThe Ardenne, Fortitude ValleyEnquire
Brisbane, Fortitude Valley
The Brisbane hotel: a rooftop pool and the Valley's bars and galleries at the door.
Rooms and suites
Rates are per room per night for the lowest rate in the next ninety days, room only unless the package says otherwise. Each hotel sets its own; the country hotels are quieter midweek, Tallis Lane is quieter at weekends.
Classic room
Sleeps 2 · 28 to 32 m²
from $249 a night
Deluxe room
Sleeps 2 · 36 to 42 m² · the better aspect
from $329 a night
Suite
Sleeps 2 to 3 · 50 m² and up · separate living room
from $449 a night
Tallis Lane penthouse
Sleeps 2 to 4 · 120 m² · rooftop terrace
from $1,200 a night
Vineyard villa, King Valley
Sleeps 2 to 4 · private deck among the vines
from $549 a night
Packages
Slow Escape
Two nights at Saltbush Hill, King Valley, Fernmoor or Quandong House with breakfast both days, a long lunch with wine from the region and a 2pm check-out on the last day.
from $698 for two nights, two people
Enquire about an EscapeFriday, 3pm
Arrive in the King Valley
Check in, a glass of the estate riesling on the deck, dinner at the hotel.
Saturday
The long lunch
A morning walk to the cheese makers, then lunch with the winemaker, four courses, four wines.
Sunday, 2pm
Leave when you like
Breakfast till 11, the pool till 2, check-out whenever that is.
Food and wine
The wine comes from the people who grew it.
The food comes from the region around you. Dining at Marramvale is not an afterthought; at Saltbush Hill it is the garden room, at Kettlewood it is a winery's own restaurant, at Coralline it is a table on the sand.
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the spa day
Coralline and Quandong House · from 60 minutes
An hour or a whole day at the spa: massage, facials, a hot-stone, the pool and the gardens. With or without a room.
from $195
Weddings
Ceremony, reception and rooms · 20 to 200 guests
A chapel at Kettlewood Estate, the lawn at Quandong House, the vines at Saltbush Hill and King Valley, the beach at Coralline. The planning team books the rooms for the guests too.
Proposal on request
Conferences and retreats
Day delegate and residential · 10 to 300 delegates
Residential conferences and board retreats at Fernmoor, Quandong House and Kettlewood Estate, with the whole hotel available for exclusive use.
Proposal on request
Dine and Stay at Saltbush Hill in April: the Deluxe room over the vines, The Garden Room for dinner, a bottle of the estate pinot. The best weekend we have had in Victoria.
Two nights in the King Valley, the long lunch on day two, nobody hurrying us anywhere. Walked to the cheese makers twice.
Spa day at Quandong House with my daughter. Homestead gardens, the pool, a ninety-minute massage. Lunch service was a little slow on a Saturday.
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