Aspiring influencers posing for photographs on the stairs at Raes. Bumper to bumper traffic on Ewingsdale Road. Zero dinner availability at Bang Bang. Baking pavements and stifling humidity. Ah, summer in Byron Bay!

Just five kilometres out of town, however, in the lush hills of Coopers Shoot, it’s an entirely different world. Up here, birdsong and mooing cows is as raucous as it gets. Halfway along the road from Suffolk Park to Bangalow, hidden behind a magnificent Illawarra flame tree, sits Lo Scoglio, a two-storey Italian-style farmhouse that’s a mix of monastic and modern. Making you ponder: How long has this been here?