Sawyers Bay Shacks

Outside there is are decks on three sides of the shack, with barbecue equipment available, and the property is remote, with no public access for miles. It is, however, very well equipped inside. The kitchen has all the important cookware, utensils and dishes, as well as an oven, a stove top, a full-size fridge, tea and coffee-making equipment and a dishwasher. The beds have high-quality linen and bedding, the living area has a flat-screen television plus a DVD player, and if you want to curl up in with a book in front of the wood-burning fireplace, either indoors or out (the double fireplace is also on the outside deck area), there is a well stocked library.

Feel free to bring your pet, although notify the owners when you book, and Sawyers Bay Shacks have generously provided designated smoking areas. They haven’t forgotten little things like an ironing board, an iron and a hair dryer either. You can even make use of a crib for no extra charge, if you have an infant among the guests.

Your own private beach awaits you, recently nominated Australia’s Top Secret Beach by The Age. The main town of Whitemark is fifteen minutes’ drive away, the airport ten minutes and everything else on the island is no more than forty minutes in the car, so if you want to visit Furneaux Museum, Killiecrankie Beach or Strzelecki National Park, you won’t have far to go.