Nowhere in particular to be.
A working estate at the head of the valley, with four self-contained cottages spread far enough apart that you will not hear the others.
From $240 a night
Four places to stay, and they are not variations on one idea.
One room for two people. A farmhouse with a kitchen worth cooking in. A stable block built for a group. A four-bedroom house at the top of the orchard. Pick by what the stay is for, not by size.
Ninety hectares, most of it left alone.
Hollowbrook has been a working property for a century and still is — there are cattle on the far paddocks, an orchard that produces more than anyone can use, and a creek along the bottom boundary that runs most of the year.
The cottages were farm buildings first. A dairy, a farmhouse, a stable block, and the house at the top of the orchard. Converting them meant keeping the parts that made them worth keeping — thick walls, big openings, concrete and stone floors — and being honest about the rest.
There is plenty to do. None of it is compulsory.
Trails from the back gate, a dam worth taking a boat to, a dozen cellar doors within half an hour, and a pub that does one thing properly.
Come and stay.
Tell us when and how many, and we will tell you what is free. Enquiries are answered within a day.