Travel deals: Fiji, Brisbane, Tasmania, New Zealand
Castaway Island is offering maximum flexibility on stays up to March 2023 while Brisbane’s Emporium Hotel South Bank is wishing guests a good night’s sleep.
The land of nod
Brisbane
Emporium Hotel South Bank has teamed with a sleep guru for a trio of Wellness Retreats. Stay overnight in a River City King Suite and take part in a workshop on sleep habits with Shea Morrison, co-founder of The Goodnight Co. The package covers tips on sleep routines, a 60-minute remedial massage, personalised sleep tracker, healthy breakfast, valet parking and more.
Fine print Available May 2, June 13 and September 19; $765 a person or $1135 for two, twin-share.
Island idyll
Fiji
There’s plenty of flexibility for future bookings at Fiji’s idyllic Castaway Island. A Luxury Escapes offer at the all-inclusive private island allows for cancellation up to 14 days before departure, with 100 per cent credit and the option to buy now and choose dates later when international travel feels more secure. Includes high tea for two adults and snorkelling excursion for a family of four.
Fine print From $2999 a bure for travel until March 31, 2023.
Into the wild
Tasmania
Corinna Wilderness Experience in Tasmania’s Tarkine region has three-night stays in a Queen Eco Retreat Cottage that include daily breakfast packs, one dinner pack, daily coffee and a bottle of wine. The pristine destination is popular with nature lovers, who come to bushwalk and spot the likes of quolls, Tasmanian devils and wedge-tailed eagles.
Fine print Available May to August this year; from $700 twin-share.
Sound advice
New Zealand
Heritage Expeditions has launched four new voyages in Fiordland on the 18-guest expedition yacht Heritage Explorer. Ranging from five to 10 days, the itineraries visit Milford and Doubtful sounds plus lesser-known waterways. The longest voyage delves into the region’s gold-mining, whaling and forestry past, with the chance to spot native birds, seals and dolphins.
Fine print All of the Fjords from $NZ6400 ($5920) a person; July 14-23.
IN THE NEWS
Wild Bush Luxury, which runs the Maria Island Walk in Tasmania plus Arkaba Conservancy in South Australia and Bamurru Plains in the Northern Territory, has been bought by adventure tourism entity Experience Co. Charles Carlow, who founded the luxe company in 2006, will stay on in the business. Experience Co offers activities such as skydiving and reef tours from Cairns to Melbourne and Queenstown.
The work of acclaimed artist Bruce Munro, whose Field of Light installation at Uluru has been an enormous success, will be on show at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne. The exhibition will be the first museum showcase of his work in Australia; from June 12 to October 17.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is encouraging midweek stays with savings of 50 per cent on selected campgrounds and discounts of 25 per cent on cabins and cottages. Included in the offer are Cape Byron’s Assistant Lighthouse Keepers’ Cottages and the Gloucester River campground at Barrington Tops National Park; for travel to September 16.