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Hi!

Welcome to This Barnes Life. We love to travel and explore this wonderful planet with our kids! We hope you find inspiration for your next travel destination :)

Halcyon House, NSW

Halcyon House, NSW

Cabarita Beach, NSW

Cabarita Beach is about 45mins drive north of Byron Bay and 45mins south of the Gold Coast.

This is by far my favourite hotel to stay in Australia!

Everything exudes luxury and quality. From the fresh produce at Paper Daisy (the restaurant) to the gorgeous pool area and the stunning rooms decorated by Brisbane-based interior designer Anna Spiro.

Anna Spiro… can you please come decorate my house!!!?!

Take a swim at the beach and pool, eat yourself stupid and then sleep like a king and queen on the comfy beds at night!

Halcyon house is part of SLH. Small Luxury Hotels has roughly 500 boutique luxury hotels around the world. They don’t disappoint. If you sign up to be a member of “invited” (it’s free!!!) you will receive amazing benefits such as

  • Automatic room upgrades when available

  • Discounted member rates

  • Continental Breakfast included

  • Free wi-fi

  • Early check in and late check out

  • and the best perk….A reward night voucher. After a certain amount of nights staying in SLH hotels you will receive 1 complimentary night at any SLH of your choice!!

Price wise, it’s a bit of a splurge, but it’s worth it, you won’t regret it! The staff are extremely friendly and helpful and if you don’t want to dish out a chunck of cash to stay overnight you can book Paper Daisy for breakfast lunch or dinner! The day spa looks incredible too… adding that to my bucketlist!

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We ate at Taverna for lunch which is close by in Kingscliff. It’s an AMAZING modern Greek restaurant.

What’s on the menu you ask!?? …..

Slow roasted lamb shoulder, confit onions, rosemary jus.

Byron Bay haloumi, bush honey, fresh rosemary

Fried local squid, seaweed, sesame, pink peppercorn mayo, lime

Burnt honey brulée, figs, macadamia & saffron biscott

Dark chocolate ganache, lemon parfait, black tahini, kafir lime foam…… and that’s just a teaser!! Here’s the full menu https://www.taverna.net.au/

You can check out Halcyon’s rooms and availabilities here https://halcyonhouse.com.au/

And this is the SLH website where you can join up to “Invited” https://www.slh.com/

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