The May 2022 edition of Qantas’ Travel Insider includes a feature article on luxury lodge Saffire Freycinet on the east coast of Tasmania. Writer Kirsten Galliot experiences first hand that not even the rain can bring things to a standstill in this corner of the apple isle where time marches on.

“You find out what a high end retreat is made of in conditions like this…Patrick goes from table to table and seamlessly swapping cruises for indoor activities and reconfiguring the oyster experience. ‘We’ll bring the marine farm experience into Saffire Freycinet.’ he says with a smile. ‘We’ll have a marine biologist onsite. It’s a different experience but we do our best.’… The rain doesn’t dampen my spirits – or interrupt my plans to meet up with Mick Quilliam, a Palawa man and local artist.”

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