Long Tide is the perfect place to stay to reconnect with yourself and your loved ones. It’s a very romantic retreat that is stylishly decorated with lots of thoughtful and personal touches and was incredibly homey, cosy and comfortable. A huge comfy king size bed was luxurious and a second queen size bed is in the very cute loft space. The kitchen is well supplied with cooking equipment and there’s a great BBQ on the balcony that we made use of. The wood fire with unlimited firewood was a highlight for us during the cold evenings. We also lived the bathroom with its massive rain shower head!
The location is beautiful - quiet and peaceful with plenty of interesting birdlife, a stunning view of the ocean and is closely surrounded by bushland.
Hosts Jackie and Dale live nearby on the property with their 3 friendly labradors and are warm, welcoming and generous hosts who are up for a chat, can give local recommendations for walks and food places but who also give you privacy.
It was easy to get to fabulous bush and coastal walks from Skenes Creek and we spent time on a couple of days driving along the Great Ocean Road to Lorne, Anglesea, Aireys Inlet and Torquay from here. Apollo Bay is the closest town which has pretty much everything you need including an excellent craft beer brewery. We also drove back up into the Otways from here for bush walks and to visit the various towns tucked away, including Forrest with another excellent craft beer brewery/pub which serves sensational food.
My partner and I spent just over a week at Long Tide and really wished we didn’t have to leave!