Kittawa Lodge is Tasmania’s Best Kept Secret

So far as Tasmania and secrets and techniques go, it might take a neighborhood (me) to confess that we’ve many. There are all the time a handful of eating places, bars and lodging experiences in every city we locals wish to preserve below wraps. However that being stated, the favored spots are all the time common for a cause. The reality is, we simply have so many nice companies within the hospitality and tourism sector that you may be spoilt for alternative. Why, you could surprise? Properly, Tasmania’s financial system is closely reliant on tourism. So after we host a customer, we be certain that to do it effectively. And when you’re in search of the most effective of the most effective in Tasmania, Kittawa Lodge on King Island is about pretty much as good because it will get. Oh, and did I point out it is nonetheless a reasonably quietly saved secret?

Kittawa Lodge, an Oasis in Tasmania

I’ll forgive you when you’ve by no means heard of Kittawa Lodge. Tasmania’s latest luxurious lodge has solely opened to the general public just lately and it is tucked away on the serene King Island, a small island positioned off the North West coast. It is only a brief 30 minute flight to succeed in King Island from Wynyard, or you may as well board a flight from every of Tasmania’s major cities, Hobart or Launceston.

When you arrive on the island you’ll quickly see how simple it is to loosen up. The locals are pleasant and largely preserve to themselves, so it feels pretty simple to mix in (even when everybody is aware of you’re an out-of-towner!) However the tempo right here is typical of island life – stress free and straightforward going. It ought to come at no shock, then, that almost all of Kittawa’s company up to now hail from busy Sydney or Melbourne, keen to flee the rat race.

Discovering the magic of King Island

There aren’t any main points of interest on King Island however simply being right here is cause sufficient. The air is recent, the ocean breeze is balmy and the tempo of residing is very easy to adapt to. That being stated, there are many lovely seashores to go to and a handful of locations to cease in your journey. However the great thing about King Island is much less about doing and extra about being. You’ll see what I imply whenever you arrive.

If you’d like just a few pit stops to your arrival, these are some highlights we discovered from our keep:

King Island Dairy – Free cheese tastings and an awesome cease to replenish on native produce (by which I imply extra cheese)

Seal Rocks – Dramatic cliffs and tough seas. An awesome spot at sundown.

Cape Wickham Lighthouse – Australia’s tallest lighthouse and an exquisite spot up North.

Disappointment Bay – Something however disappointing! A good looking seashore for dawn.

The Rooms at Kittawa Lodge

After a day to sight see across the island, we checked in to Kittawa lodge round 2:00pm. This was an awesome excuse to see extra of King Island as quickly as we arrived, as a result of we quickly realised that Kittawa Lodge is a type of locations you don’t wish to depart after you have arrived!

There are at the moment simply two lodges on provide, with plans to broaden sooner or later. Every lodge is outfitted with all of the wizz bang home equipment like a Nespresso machine and dishwasher, however there is no tv in sight (reduction!) As a substitute you possibly can excuse your self from the day by day routine and tune out to tune in.

Every lodge is outfitted with a full kitchen, massive eating desk, ample seating within the lounge space and a wooden hearth for these cool evenings with the ocean breeze. There is additionally central heating all through the room so you possibly can relaxation assured you’ll by no means go chilly – and when you do, simply throw a go browsing the fireplace and relax to observe the (nature) present exterior.

There are an abundance of wallabies on the property who make for nice leisure. You’ll typically see them exterior the room munching on grass, coming proper as much as the window in an inquisitive trend. A spotlight of our keep was seeing them go to our toilet window whereas within the tub and if the size of keep was something to go by, I believe they liked it simply as a lot as we did!

Non-public In-Room Eating Expertise

In the event you do only one factor throughout your keep at Kittawa Lodge, make it the personal in-room eating expertise. This is an optionally available additional so as to add to your keep and dare I say essentially the most memorable a part of our go to. The house owners of Kittawa Lodge, Nick and Aaron, had been made for hospitality. And regardless of having very completely different roles on the lodge, each of them felt important to the expertise.

All through your days at Kittawa Lodge you’ll inevitably meet each of the house owners, who’re integral to the success of the lodge. Having had a imaginative and prescient when visiting some years in the past, the pair packed up their lives and careers in Sydney to make a life-style change. And whenever you style a few of Nick’s candy creations (the sticky date is a stand out!), you’ll begin to surprise if he might need a future profession in baking.

However when it got here to the personal eating expertise, this is when Aaron really took centre stage! With Italian heritage that is most demonstrated in his masterful lunch and dinner creations, Aaron’s love for meals is really a spotlight of your keep. And when the personal eating expertise promised foraging for herbs alongside the seaside, I knew it was a night we couldn’t move up.

The 4 course meal included a scrumptious blue cheese beetroot starter, adopted by Aaron’s well-known gnocchi as a beneficiant entree. Then got here the principle course – meat for my boyfriend and a vegetarian creation for myself, with Aaron all the time being too joyful to accommodate dietary necessities. This was all completed off with a chocolate orange torte – really the right meal!

Oh and the way about that bath!

You’ll be able to’t go to Kittawa Lodge with out taking a day by day dip in your stone bathtub tub. Not solely are the views spectacular, however they’re additionally typically frequented by the native wallaby inhabitants. And if you’re something like me (an avid wildlife lover), you’ll profit from this! The trick is to time your bathtub instances at numerous components of the day for the complete expertise. An typically marshmallow pastel sky is a delight within the morning time, however a setting solar over the ocean is unforgettable.

E book your keep

I totally loved my time at Kittawa Lodge on King Island. A lot in order that I’m telling everybody I do know to ebook a keep whereas they’ll! The lodge is turning into more and more common, particularly as Australian borders stay closed and extra of us are searching for out escapes throughout the nation. And definitely if you’re in search of an unique escape with out leaving Australia, this could be it.

Rooms are at the moment priced $880 per room, per evening.

Meals packages and personal eating experiences are optionally available extras.