Category Experiences

10 Mar

Helicopter in, Buggy out

Our guests and their luggage are transferred from their car to their tent in our little buggy, jokingly referred to as the Truffle Lodge Taxi, after one of the workmen made a sign out of a yoghurt container lid and attached it to the buggy – and because we like a good laugh, we decided […]

13 Feb

Tasmanian Weather

Truffle Lodge is a stunning property. It takes people’s breath away. One tends to take most photographs in the sunlight, when the colours are striking. But is it just as beautiful when it is raining, with an overlay of mystery that is enticing. This summer has had some record temperatures, with some days of extreme […]

29 Jan

Tasmanian Fresh Produce

One of the first things we noticed when we came to Tasmania, was the abundance of fresh produce. Every season has its specialties, but for me, nothing beats summer with cherries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, raspberries, figs …. just pick them, and eat them. Traditionally this bounty was preserved and bottled, and a lot of the […]

19 Jan

Our Resident Wombat

We knew that we had had a resident wombat because there was a large entrance to a burrow amongst the roots of a huge riverside gum at Truffle Lodge. But that was before the massive ‘Hundred Year Floods’ that we experienced in 2016, which ravaged our riverbank twice in as many months. The huge gum […]

15 Jan

Kayaking a favourite

By far the most popular activity for guests staying at Truffle Lodge is the evening kayak to spot platypus. Our river is full of platypus. Guests frequently see platypus …. well, that is to say they see a flurry of fur as they surface for a gulp of air, and then ripples and bubbles. Guests […]

3 Jan

Cool off at ‘The Beach’

We have several deep plungeholes in the river at Truffle Lodge. Guests love to sit on the river deck, dangling their feet in the river, or to totally immerse themselves on the rocky outcrop. But last year, after the floods, we discovered a sandy little beach, which had not previously been evident because it was […]

2 Jan

Vinyl Magic

There is a school of thought that claims that no matter how good the music, it always sounds better on good old stylus on vinyl. I don’t know about that, but I do know that our guests are loving playing all our old LPs from the 60’s on our retro record player. The oldies remember […]

2 Jan

Return to a Simpler Time

One of the things that guests really love about Truffle Lodge, is that it is a return to a simpler time. Guests often remember camping as children, swimming in a river, playing games. At Truffle Lodge we endeavour to bing that back by being deliberately unplugged, well partially at least, with limited mobile and no […]

3 Nov

Prestige carhire

Truffle Lodge is partnering with Overdrive to provide standard or prestige carhire options to our guests. We can arrange for a hirecar to be waiting for the guests at the airport, or at Truffle Lodge if they transfer by helicopter.

17 Aug

The nights are special at Truffle Lodge

Because of our situation in the Tasmania's country side, on a clear night we get treated to the awe inspiring spectacle of the night sky...