
The collection
Featured evenings, lodges & curated itineraries.
A rotating selection from the current edition of the journal.
Lantern-lit homestead dinnerMulga & Mirror
West MacDonnell Ranges, NTA twelve-seat slow-fire table set inside a restored 1920s shearing pavilion, paired with small-grower Australian wines and a single, unhurried tasting menu.
From $4,850AUD · per evening · up to 12 guests
- Twelve guests maximum
- Six-course bush-larder menu
- Optional silent observatory hour
- Private 4WD transfer from Alice Springs
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Private casino-themed soiréeThe Velvet Hour
Flinders Ranges, SAA heritage woolshed reimagined as a discreet baccarat and roulette parlour for private parties — strictly social, no house, no stakes, professional croupiers and a tailored cocktail programme.
From $9,200AUD · private evening · 14–24 guests · Fri–Sat
- Social-only, no wagering of any kind
- Tailored cocktail and amaro menu
- Live jazz trio till midnight
- Hosted for groups of 14–40
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Astronomy supper clubSaltbush Observatory
Channel Country, QLDAn eight-course progressive supper that moves between a clay-walled dining room and a private dark-sky deck, guided by a resident astronomer and a Wirangu cultural host.
From $5,400AUD · per seating · 10 guests · cool season
- Resident astronomer in attendance
- Indigenous cultural narration
- Bortle 1 dark-sky certification
- Cool-season seatings only
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Architectural desert retreatIronwood Pavilion
Karijini, WASix suspended pavilions of weathering steel and linen, with a long-table cellar dinner and a late-evening gorge swim under floodlight and starlight.
From $18,600AUD · two-night immersion · 12 guests · twin share
- Six pavilions, twelve guests
- Western Australian cellar focus
- Guided gorge night-swim
- Helicopter arrival on request
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Itinerary · 4 nightsThe Drover's Card
Birdsville Track, QLDA four-night ribbon across the Channel Country built around long lunches at three remote stations and a private poker-night gathering in a restored Cobb & Co coach house.
From $14,800AUD · four nights · up to 8 guests · twin share
- Three station hosts, one route
- Social poker, no house, no stakes
- Private chef on every leg
- Late-autumn departures
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Cellar eveningLumen at Hartley's Run
Barossa edge, SAAn intimate twenty-seat cellar dinner in a converted ironstone stable, with a guest sommelier programme and a closing course served on the open verandah.
From $3,150AUD · per evening · shared table · 20 seats
- Twenty seats, single seating
- Rotating guest sommelier
- Verandah dessert course
- Year-round Friday & Saturday
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