Cairns Highlands Holiday Houses accommodation: Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat
Land Road, via Lake Echam, QLD
There is no denying that Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat is a “one of a kind” experience that you will remember long after returning home. Just 90 minutes from Cairns, this multi award winning retreat hosts 9 unique timber tree houses, nestled in the magnificent tropical highlands of North Queensland on 230 acres of private rainforest bordering World Heritage listed Wooroonooran National Park.
The property overlooks Mt Bartle Frere, Queensland’s tallest peak, with views no other property can match. Every treehouse is surrounded by rainforest and over 100 m apart to guarantee privacy.
The award winning property located on the Cairns Highlands is set on 230 acres of private rainforest. The property boasts 9 kilometres of hiking trails, with rainforest waterfall and streams. The tracks vary in grade from easy to average and in duration from 40 minutes to 90 minutes. At Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat on the Atherton Tablelands bird watching is a must, don’t forget to bring your binoculars along with you.
The unique Australian timber treehouses are set far enough apart to give you privacy without being secluded in a mountain hut miles from anyway. This magnificent property is ideal for all types of wildlife viewing especially the elusive platypus.
“Rose Gums” is named after the most prominent tree on the property the Rose Gum or Eucalyptus grandis. It is easily seen from the house because of its towering height and brilliant white trunks and branches. It can grow to 55m tall and 1.8 m in diameter. This tree typifies the Forest of the highlands of North Queensland.
Rose gums are important for a whole range of animal species. They are always hollow and they have huge branches at right angles to the trunk. The branches break off and provide wonderful dens for Gliders, Possums, Owls and Parrots. Lorikeets and Honeyeaters are abundant when the Eucalypts are in flower.
Accommodation Facilities
Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat has handcrafted pole and timber treehouses. All accommodation is fully self-contained from studio layout treehouses to 2 bedroom and 2 bathrooms treehouses.
Family treehouses cater for up to 6 guests. Children are very welcome. All the accommodation is very private.
All accommodation features a large spa bath, wood burning fireplace, self-contained kitchen, private verandah, convection microwave oven, 4 pot gas cook top, refrigerator, king size beds, Stereo/television/DVD/clock radio, games/magazines/bird book, covered carport, washing machine/dryer, all linen, complimentary breakfast hamper, BBQ.
Book direct by calling 1300 761 612
Rates per Night
| Season 1 | 21–Mar–08 to 31–Mar–09 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room Type | Persons | Rate | Max persons per room | |
| One Bedroom Treehouse | 1 – 2 | $275.00 | 2 | Book Now» |
| Two Bedroom Treehouse | 1 – 4 | $315.00 | 4 | Book Now» |
| Conditions: | Cancellation Fees Apply | |||
| Subject to Availability | ||||
| Final Payment due 30 days prior to arrival | ||||
Conference Facilities
The conference centre consists of a boardroom seating up to 30 delegates comfortably, a separate dining area and a large deck overlooking the rainforest just for delegates. There are also many break-out areas.
- Venue hire at only $250 per day
- A unique environment for up to 30 participants
- A fully equipped meeting room including Over head projector, whiteboard, flip chart, TV, Video & DVD, internet connection and telephone, lectern, power board and leads
- You can customise your conference /workshop to suit your needs
- Full catering for all diets in the onsite restaurant with stunning views adjacent to conference centre
- Luxury accommodation up to 34 guests
- Transport to and from the conference centre –car/bus/helicopter
- Break out facilities/team building area including unlimited rainforest walking tracks and creeks
- Flood lit full size tennis court
- Remarkable location to invigorate all attendees
The Animal Life
- 160 species of birds have been recorded. Your hosts Jon & Peta are keen naturalists and are more than happy to explain the uniqueness of this special place. Comprehensive environmental information is available in the treehouses
- Platypus inhabit the large rainforest creeks and are often seen. This unique Australian animal lays eggs in burrows beside the creek and also feeds the babies milk
- Even the occasional wild cassowary saunters through the forests at Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat. Cassowaries are only found in the rainforests of North Queensland and their conservation status is “endangered”. When rainforest fruits such as quandongs drop to the ground there are occasional sightings of cassowaries at Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat
- There is also other abundant wildlife species such butterflies & other unique insects, musky rat-kangaroos (Australia’s smallest kangaroo), large pythons and other snakes, turtles in the creek, even the occasional dingo howls in the distance
Awards
WINNER - Tropical North Qld Tourism Awards 2004, 2006, 2007 "Unique Accommodation"
FINALIST-Tropical North Qld Tourism Awards 2004 "Ecotourism"
FINALIST - Tourism Qld Award 2006, 2007 " Unique Accommodation"
'Advanced Ecotourism Accreditation'
Planet Safe Partner
AAAT 4 star
