Tag ecoretreat

14 Dec

Luxury hotel near Hobart a unique glamping lodge

Blogger, Emma Shaw, was looking for a luxury hotel near Hobart. She wrote: Recently we were looking for somewhere special to celebrate our eleventh anniversary. We .. really wanted it to be somewhere where we could actually stop and relax for a moment. They were looking for ‘A little bit of peace […]

28 Jul

Tasmanian Lamb Truffles and Hazelnuts

Truffle Lodge is named after the truffle orchard on the property. It was one of the first truffieres established in Australia. When we purchased the property, the truffle orchard was a mess. Overgrown with blackberry, weeds and gorse, the orchard had been non-productive and untended for many years. It took many years to reclaim it. […]

4 Apr

Comparing other Glamping Resorts

I remember the reference to Rum Wadi in the movie Lawrence of Arabia, and I jumped at the chance to go there to stay in a Glamping hotel. Of course, my rationale is that I was benchmarking Truffle Lodge against yet another Glamping retreat, and indeed I was doing that. But just being in that […]

11 Sep

New meeting place and function tent is taking shape

The new meeting place and function tent is taking shape. The end alcove will house an old fireplace and be enclosed by old metal sheets.