 Spicers Peak Lodge |
Grazing cattle need pampering and lush pastures to produce their best. People, too, respond well to such bucolic calm; all the more so, in today’s tough times. Two premium properties in the sub-tropical hill country of southeastern Queensland’s Scenic Rim produce premium-grade beef and dairy milk, whilst hosting sublime retreats for Homo sapiens. City-dwellers can recharge their batteries – and graze on nature’s finest – within a scant hour or two of metropolitan Brisbane.
In the rugged, lushly fertile region where the Great Dividing Range meets the Darling Downs in southeastern Queensland, Hidden Vale and Spicers Peak are two associated - but quite different – boutique resorts, each based on a working cattle property. Gourmet cuisine is a feature of each property.
The history of Old Hidden Vale Station extends back to the early nineteenth century, and the property continues to produce high-grade Wagyu beef for the Japanese market. Reached by a steep, winding road, Spicers Peak is a private mountaintop lodge, surrounded on all sides by forested slopes and cloud-brushed peaks. More images
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