Need to know
Rooms
Seven.
Check–Out
Before 10am. Check-in is available between 2pm and 5pm (guests planning to arrive after 5pm should contact staff for instructions).
More details
Rates include a DIY breakfast with gluten-free and paleo granola, yoghurt, house-made compote, coffee, tea and milk). Rates exclude a credit card surcharge (2 per cent for MasterCard and Visa, 3 per cent for AmEx).
At the hotel
Free WiFi throughout. In rooms: iPod dock, Bose bluetooth speaker, free minibar (with chocolate, nuts, local beer and soft drinks), tea- and coffee-making kit, linens by Hale Mercantile and Hunter Lab bath products. The Main Master and Main Classic Rooms share the lap pool, gourmet kitchen and living and dining area; they also benefit from free bar items in the main fridge, along with tea- and coffee-making kit in the main kitchen.
Our favourite rooms
The Main Master room is knee-weakeningly lovely, on account of its lashings of space and winsome views. The Plunge Pool Rooms are also a good choice for obvious reasons; each has an outdoor shower and its own deck and garden area. The beds used throughout are super comfy; bonus points for all the memorable in-room extras: pot plants, Hale Mercantile linen, Hunter Lab bath products and so on.
Poolside
The swimming pool within the main house uses a special, low-chlorine water system from Austria, called Grander Water Revitalisation. Water-babies can also get a liquid fix via one of the three Private Plunge Pool rooms.
Packing tips
No need to bring a beach bag or hairdryer: they’re provided.
Also
The guesthouse often runs workshops – miso-making, for example – and hosts artist residencies.
Children
To keep things relaxed and romantic, this guesthouse is only open to over-21s.
Sustainability efforts
The hotel uses earth-kind light bulbs and cleaning products; laundry is conscientiously done on-site; local, organic ingredients feature in the breakfasts; there are water tanks and low-VOC paint features on the building. Unused toiletries and food items are donated to the local Byron Bay community kitchen for the homeless. Floors star recycled French oak, finished with a low-toxic USO coating. The pools use an eco-kind water-revitalisation system.