Links House, a boutique hotel in Bowral, has a quiet grace and sits very happily in its charming skin. Alex Speed checks in and checks out for a night. Want to know what I think is the most underestimated and unattainable facet of modern life? Solitude. Trumpeted
Looking good after a timely and stylish refurbishment, the Bundanoon Hotel is well worth a visit for a family lunch, evening stay away or a full-on celebratory function. ESH booked in to get a feel for the new look. WORDS ALEX SPEED IMAGES ELISE HASSEY According to
This architecturally excellent house has a fascinating story to tell. ALEX SPEED shares its history, discovered while staying there in absolute luxury. Walk into the splendid Drawing Room at Bibury, and once you’ve picked your mouth up off the floor and taken in the finery, you
A night in the smartly updated Berrima Bakehouse Motel solved a decade long mystery very pleasantly. Many times over the years I’ve driven past the Berrima Bakehouse Motel and wondered. Often ferrying carloads of muddy children and dogs home to Moss Vale, still wet from swims
Luxurious surroundings, a sumptuous spa experience, and a cheeky cocktail or two make for a memorable overnight Highlands escape. IT’s a Thursday evening and the carpark is full as we pull into the grounds of the Gibraltar Hotel in Bowral. After a long day shooting, photographer
If you’re after a good dose of charm and atmosphere, a night out and a sleep in at the Burrawang Village Hotel is just the ticket. Part of my childhood was spent in sheep country in the central west of NSW. We lived in a one
Immersed in history and surrounded by sumptuousness, my night at Milton Park Country House Hotel & Spa was a welcome taste of the very good life. Situated at the end of a long winding driveway that allows time for anticipation, the five star Milton Park Country
Escape checks in for some beguiling charm, contemporary comfort and eclectic eating at this local Bundanoon landmark. There’s a mysterious energy about Bundanoon, I’ve heard locals say, that makes the stars align. Perhaps it’s the area’s ancient indigenous culture or the untamed vastness and majesty of
Escape Southern Highlands stays at a charming Georgian hotel and walks in the footsteps of some interesting Highlands pioneers. By all accounts, George Cutter was not a nice man. He was, however, an industrious one. A free settler from England, he arrived with wife Ann in
Escape Southern Highlands stays at a majestic hotel being lovingly restored to a new life. When Hotel Robertson opened in 1924 on six hectares of land looking out over the Jamberoo Escarpment, the press deemed it ‘one of the most luxurious in the Commonwealth’. It was the
