What a haven is The Log House, beautifully realised with ingenuity and flair: an old school bungalow adapted to boho cabin. Set deep into The Otways with arresting coastal drives in both directions, dense forest and lush dairy country to the interior, it was our snug retreat for a week at the end of big days exploring with our four kids: baby to highschooler. All loved it and were magnets to the bean bags, games drawers and air soccer table of the super fun bunk room and there was plenty of living space, pillow puffed couches and nooks to gravitate to, all well heated for a winter stay, as well as a generously resourced kitchen. Loved the sprawling lawn and outdoor space with strung lights and log stools and we were in raptures to spot one of the resident koalas in the beautiful gum gully behind the house. A super base to take in such a varied and whimsical surrounding landscape, favourites being: raw and stunning Johanna Beach; Loch Ard Gorge and the Twelve Apostles coastline, in all its ferocity, and the warmth of community at Port Campbell; The Fly, with its totally charming little kid enchanted forest and even more thrilling than expected for all ages canopy walk; Forrest, with its wonderful brewery lunchspot and General Store; Wye River, another great brekkie/lunch/grocery stop, and the drive through to Aireys Inlet (A la Grecque closed off season during our visit but one for another time) and Bells Beach to clap eyes on surfing folklore; inland to Timboon (ice cream, villagey feel) and wonderful Birregurra, where a coffee stop became unfinished business wanting to poke into all of the shopfronts and home of course to Brae. Loved.