New Byron Bay resort a lesson in how to do hippie luxe well
A collective of friends from the design, fashion and hospitality worlds have created a “kind of nature-shrouded adult playground, with all the luxury touches”.
I’m lying on the lawn listening to a series of crystal bowls being played by a striking Brazilian woman. It’s 7.30am at Sun Ranch, a hotly anticipated new eco-lodge set on 22 hectares of former farmland in the Byron Bay hinterland, and I’m experiencing the coastal ranch’s “lucky star ritual”, which also includes a cacao ceremony and breath-work class.
It’s designed to raise my vibrations before I head off for a wood-fired sauna and ice bath by the dam, then wander up to the hillside Pool Club for another type of “healing”: drinking margaritas in the sun.
Nina KarnikowskiTravel writerNina Karnikowski is a travel writer focused on sustainability, and the author of two books including Go Lightly: How to Travel Without Hurting the Planet. Connect with Nina on Twitter.
