You know it's time to "get away" when you don't have time to "twitter" and the normally super friendly Jack Russel slinks away when you're in the room. You're telling the kids to shut up and go to their room, and they're not even your own kids....you get the picture...
I not only needed a holiday, It had to be somewhere with the therapeutic and recuperative properties capable of resurrecting the socially dead (My wife's words)...oh and a marriage to save...no pressure!!
It was in this context that I heard about the Bower at Broulee on the magnificent South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. My wife thought it a good idea that nobody would be able to come into contact with me for a few days, so the seclusion offered by the opulent cabins, called Bowers, was perfect.
Nestled in a forest of majestic Spotted Gums was the perfect sanctuary to revive my people skills. Then, hopefully the holiday would begin. As it turned out the night we arrived was an evening of character building cold. Our very thoughtful hosts, Mark and Suzie Berry, had laid on and cranked up a log fire and we sat in the sumptuous spa watching the moon. The curmudgeon I had become of late (Think of Stephen Fry without the funny bits...) was reluctantly almost enjoying himself.
I jumped out of the spa and said to my wife, "Shhhh...here that??? She said "no!"
"Exactly" I said, That's the sound of peace and quiet......"
It wasn't to last though , because we were interrupted by the tiny strange sound of a Sugar Glider whistling past our front deck as I did one of my obsessive audits of the Milky Way to make sure nothing was missing. They are a local marsupial ...Think of a possum that has taken up hang gliding in the dark...now try getting insurance for a hobby like that!!!
We watched the apparently timid little fellow with a hand held spot light provided in all the cabins to study the abundant wildlife. The Bowers have huge tall glass windows so it feels like you are in the forest, not in a building. The inside is 5 star luxury including the white robes, slippers and Egyptian Cotton sheets.
None of the Bowers are near each other. There are excellent walks around the 100 acre property and the Berries were very helpful in answering my many questions about the wildlife.
Our hosts bent over backwards without being at all intrusive...had food brought in at our request and after 2 days according to my wife, I was ready to be presented to the world again, well maybe a small village. We extended our stay to a week and explored the gorgeous coastline and idiosyncratic Mogo...Great Zoo! Inside of which,only a week earlier, I would have made an interesting attraction in one of the more tightly secure enclosures, being poked at with a stick at by beastly children. Amazing what a few days in a perfect hideaway can do for the worst of us.
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