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The Good Life - Food, Fashion & Wellbeing
OK, a luxury retreat is what you're looking for...you've earned it, and by God, you'll have it!
Around Bellingen, you can find 5 star accommodation quality without the 5-star price tag. Think stylish country guesthouse, with all the romantic and rejuvenating trimmings to match a Noosa resort.
Once you've got your Dorrigo, Urunga or Bellingen home base sorted, it's time to get your little luxury getaway activities planned and booked. Don't stop at a massage and a few cafe stops when we can help you line up a full holistic treatment and cuisine that could make your eyes bulge.
For your Dining Pleasure...
We know what's on your mind at the end of your journey, and cafes around the Bellinger have a coffee to satisfy - along with some fine local tastes and flavours. You can take lunch at the Best Country Bistro in NSW, Relish, or treat yourself to the fine 'chef's hat' dining at Oak St.
If you have a taste for the fruit of the vine, try out Australia's most easterly winery, at Raleigh Wines, or challenge yourself to the exotic fruit wine palate of Waterfall Way Winery. Delve into the region's cuisine and produce and you'll find some treats - Dorrigo is one of Australia's top potato-growing turfs, and the local cheesemaker is swamped with orders. Bellingen has organics a-plenty - check out the extensive wholefood range at Kombu or the produce markets. Meanwhile on the coast, you'll find the sweet delights of The Honey Place along with retailers of your essential seafood fix.
Fashion & Fine Things
In the best tradition of Sydney's Newtown and Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, Bellingen welcomes individual expression and celebrates unique style. Don't be afraid to slip into a kaftan, give your Melbourne cup hat a second airing, or throw off your sandals and walk boldly barefoot into your favourite cafe.
The shops offer just as wide a selection so that you can step out in tracky daks and return fully coiffured and feeling sharp. Check out the modern designs in Bellingen Emporium located in the Hammond & Wheatley building, and among the nearby shops you can set yourself up with a full range of summerwear and accessories.
Wellbeing
Few places in Australia can match the range of holistic health professionals that the Bellinger boasts. First port of call in a rejuvenation break might be Alchemy or The Old Council Chambers in Bellingen, where a cluster of health practitioners offer services to soothe, heal and pamper.
To smooth away aches, pain or stress, you have a choice of acupuncture, kinesiology, homeopathy, naturopathy, shiatsu, osteopathy, ...you'll be ready for a real holiday in no time. Then it's time for some real pampering - perhaps a full body mud wrap, an infra-red spa, and a beauty treatment?
If some simple good health and nutrition is all it takes to keep you happy, drop into the wholefood store then book in for pilates, or a yoga session and be sure to take in plenty of fresh mountain air on the Dorrigo Plateau. That should keep you going until your next visit!
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