Australia’s most spectacular landscapes come
with ine dining and exceptional hospitality.
Pack hiking boots and a sense of adventure.
LODGES
RESORTS
W
edged in bushland
between Coles
Bay and The
Hazards on
Tasmania’s east coast, the 25-year-
oldFreycinet Lodgehas emerged
from an extreme makeover. Nine
glass and timber coastal pavilions,
shaped like the granite rocks around
them, have been styled and finished
by a crack project team led by
Tasmanian tourism entrepreneur
Brett Torossi, who owns Avalon
Retreats. With king beds, alfresco
bathtubs – a Torossi signature –
and separate living and sleeping
pods, the accommodation frames
the lodge’s outstanding views
of Coles Bay. Later this year,
six Hazards View pavilions (four
one-bedrooms and two doubles) will
open along with the resort’s top spot,
a wheelchair-accessible suite in the
main lodge with the best views in
town (freycinetlodge.com.au).
Facing of across Coles Bay,
Sairecaters to adventurers in
20 luxe suites and pavilions, who
can choose to pull on hiking boots PHOTOGRAPHY ALASTAIR BETT (FREYCINET LODGE) & JAMES GEER (SOUTHERN OCEAN LODGE)