Sydney Morning Herald Traveller Awards highlight the resorts, hotels and destinations leading the way on sustainable travel including Luxury Lodges of Australia member, Mt Mulligan Lodge.

“Set under a spectacular 400-metre-high escarpment in cattle country marked with the ruins of old gold mining settlements, North Queensland’s Mount Mulligan Lodge, a member of Luxury Lodges of Australia, is a unique blend of cattle station (the pastoral lease includes 2000 Brahmin cattle on 28 hectares) and luxury nature-based retreat. The resort mostly runs on solar, with rainwater harvesting, composting, recycling and waste management as core sustainability practices. There’s a nose-to-tail philosophy in the kitchen, with butchery done in-house, and produce comes from the rich nearby Atherton Tablelands and seafood from the coast and river. Guests hike, swim in the reservoir or dash around the property in electric golf carts”.

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