Meg North is a Brownell travel advisor and an Australia travel specialist on a 2 week journey through Australia! Read below for an update on her journey's thus far:
It is now Tuesday morning here at Burrawang West Station. We have had blast over the past week--it is hard to believe we have experienced so much of the great continent of Australia! After our time here we will be flying to Sydney for a short stay and then headed home. I must say I am nowhere near ready!
Last week after an incredible experience at Faraway Bay, we flew to Adelaide in South Australia on Wednesday and spent a night in the Hyatt Regency. The hotel was lovely, situated over the River Torrens, with very comfortable accomodations and welcoming staff.
Thursday morning we got on our transfer to Flinders Ranges and toured the Barossa Valley enroute, and did site inspections of both The Louise and Atrium. The Barossa Valley is a beautiful wine region, with abundant vineyards for producing delicious wine!
The Louise is situated in the heart of the wine country, and is completely luxurious. They only have 15 suites and offer a very intimate experience with all the amenities of home. They are known for their restaurant, Appellation, and of course their wines!
Atrium is a private vineyard residence--only one party or 6 guests at a time! This is an experience unlike any other-completly private, overlooks the entire valley and set under a canopy of eucalpt trees. We really enjoyed getting to check it out.
We arrived Thursday afternoon at Angorichina Station--our home for the next two days. Angorichina is in the Flinders Ranges--a unique landscape made by an ancient seabed that is now full of wildlife, and interesting rocky landscape. We spent time wildlife watching, seeing aboriginal rock art and walking in the bush. The red landscape is really remarkable to see. The station itself is beautiful-somewhat of an oasis. A real highlight was seeing the outback sheep station that has been at work there for 4 generations!
On Saturday we made our way back to Adelaide and flew to Kingscote, Kangaroo Island and were taken to Southern Ocean Lodge. Kangaroo Island is Australias third largest island and it is full of incredible wildlife and area to explore! The lodge is extremely luxurious and beautiful. It is situated on a cliff, looking over the Southern Ocean and the wilderness. We did not miss a beat here and enjoyed everything from walks along the cliff to visiting a colony of sea lions and watching kangaroos!
After two nights at Southern Ocean Lodge we came here to Burrawang West Station, which is our last stop before Sydney and saying goodbye to our friends from Outback Encounter. Burrawang is a completely different feel and I am looking forward to experiencing more of it today. It is located in Central New South Wales and is a fully operational cattle station--producing Burrawang Beef. The terrain is full of beautiful pastures. The accomodations are boutique lodges--all creatively and luxuriously appointed and the dining is fabulous. Very relaxing way to close out our trip, but still plenty to explore!
We will head home at the end of the week--what an adventure it has been!
1 comments:
Hi I accidenatlly found your site....how did you miss our fav place Thorngrove Manor www.slh.com/thorngrove???
You missed something really magical
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