This venue is set in an incredibly picturesque green valley right on the Great Ocean Road with stunning ocean views. It used to be a monastery and beautiful old wooden furniture is still in the rooms and dining hall. We loved our stay, comfortable room to sleep, communal toilet not far away from the room, beautiful huge communal dining hall and games room. We enjoyed playing table tennis, boardgames, sitting in front of the fireplace and getting to know some of the other guests. There’s a large fridge to store food and fascilities to heat up/cook food. Things that I would love to see improved would be shower - the shower cabin was icy and it took ages for water to heat up, bring your bath robe and thongs, but once it heated it up it was fine. And also providing milk, ground coffee etc for guests would be great. There was a little bit in the fridge left, but not clearly marked if it was for communal use. But overall stunning out of the way location and great experience.
Also, print out your reservation the venue itself has great 4 reception, but we had no reception 10mins after Lorne until getting to Sugarloaf and had to rely on our intuition to find it. It’s not hard, it’s right off the main road. Thank you for a great stay!