In its 15th anniversary year, Ben Groundwater reviews Saffire Freycinet in Tasmania’s Freycinet region.

“This Tasmanian resort is one of the Luxury Lodges of Australia, and the sort of place with instant name recognition, even if you’ve never stayed there. The resort is also celebrating its 15th birthday this year, so it seems an ideal time to revisit an old favourite and see how it fares.

That view stays with you almost every step of the way at Saffire (as long as the weather is playing the game). It’s there when you wake up in the morning through floor-to-ceiling windows in each guest suite. It’s there as you have breakfast, via towering windows in the dining room, lobby and bar. It’s there during many of the resort’s included activities too, its nature walks, bee-keeping tours, Indigenous cultural activities and more.

All meals are included, from a la carte breakfast to degustation-style dinner. All drinks are included (except the top-end stuff), more than 90 wines, mostly Tasmanian, available by the glass. Your minibar, stocked with full bottles of wine and miniatures of local spirits, is included. Plenty of daily excursions are included, from visits to an oyster farm to tours of a local whisky distillery.”

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