High in the hills, travel indulgence worthy of a bygone era

An Adelaide icon from the 19th century now shares its grounds with a new property fast gaining it’s own reputation for fine hospitality – Sequoia Lodge.

Carolyn Beasley

Dec 8, 2021 – 5.00am

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icture this: It’s January 1859 and a horse-drawn carriage approaches a grand summer house. The couple inside are relieved to arrive, having navigated the steep, rough Summit Road from Adelaide. The cooler temperature at this elevation is welcome, especially for the lady. She’s dressed in her finest bonnet and an unwieldy, ballooning skirt with a wire petticoat, her waist cinched by a whalebone corset.