Our stay at Killala exceeded my expectations. Not only was the house more comfortable and well-equipped than I expected, the gardens were just incredible. It must be almost a full time job maintaining them. We stayed over Christmas and it was a very special time for our family, which we will cherish in our memories.
One thing that would be cool is if there was an idiot’s guide to bush walks in the local area. It was a bit overwhelming knowing the Otways are so beautiful and wondering where to start exploring them and which tracks are accessible near Killala so we wouldn’t necessarily need to take a vehicle.
If you are looking to stay somewhere right in nature I can not recommend Killala enough...as we drove up the dirt road to get there (which is pretty hair raising if you aren’t comfortable with heights, narrow roads etc!) we encountered a bird of prey swoop over the car with some poor creature in its mouth, rabbits and a koala running along the road.
The views over the hills and valleys are just beyond anything I have seen in Australia before. Sitting on the verandah looking over the hillside I felt like I was in regional Italy.
Thank you Mark for a very rich experience. We won’t ever forget it!