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Collectable print publication exploring unique & experience-led hotels, escapes, cabins, beach retreats & tiny homes in Australia & New Zealand.

Discover the stories behind unforgettable slow stays. For the conscious, curious traveller.

27/05/2026

This is what we mean when we say quintessential outback experience.

Not performative outback. Not boots-by-the-door cosplay. The real thing: wide skies, weathered beauty, red dirt, working-station character, and the kind of silence that makes the rest of the world feel very far away.

Set in regional Australia, this is a rustic cottage for travellers craving space, simplicity, and a deeper connection to the land. Set on a working sheep and cattle station in Queensland’s Southern Downs, the property offers three unique cottages, including romantic retreats for two and a family cottage, all shaped by heritage, privacy, and quiet country luxury.

It’s rugged, yes — but in the best possible way. Thoughtful, grounded, and deeply Australian. The sort of place that reminds you travel doesn’t always need a packed itinerary. Sometimes, it just needs a big horizon, a good chair, and absolutely nowhere else to be.

Find inside Stay Awhile Volume 05 as part of our Beautiful Stays Collection — a curated edit of boutique slow stays across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Save this for your next regional Australia escape.

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25/05/2026

And not because it’s cold. 🥶

We’re a slow travel print magazine exploring unforgettable stays and experiences across Australia & Aotearoa. Follow along if this is your kind of escape.

Slow down, Stay Awhile.

18/05/2026

Not every stay needs a check-in desk, a cocktail menu, or someone dragging a suitcase down the hallway at 11:47pm.

Some of the best boutique stays are found in the forest, beside the hills, in cosy cabins, off-grid retreats, and design-led escapes where the fire actually crackles and the silence does half the work.

Our next print volume is for lovers of slow travel, unique stays, nature escapes, and wildly good places across Australia and Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Stay Awhile Volume 06 “Wildly Human” coming soon.

Photographers in this series:
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14/05/2026

The problem with “hidden gems” is that everyone appears to have found them. The problem isn’t popularity. The problem is lazy travel language — and the way it can make us chase secrecy instead of substance. 
Because the best travel experiences don’t need to be hidden to be meaningful. They need care, character, context, and a real relationship to where they are.
 Learn how to find the signs in our May newsletter. Dropping tomorrow. Subscribe at the link in our bio.

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12/05/2026

Staying on a vineyard does something mildly dangerous to a person. Suddenly you’re swirling Sauvignon Blanc at 11am and discussing “notes” like you own land. Either way, this luxury slow stay has understood the assignment perfectly.

Set on a working vineyard in the heart of Marlborough wine country, the architecturally designed two-bedroom retreat was made for slow mornings and long afternoons that somehow disappear into evening wine on the deck.

Highlights:
▪️Coffees overlooking the vines
▪️Oversized bedrooms with private ensuites
▪️Vineyard bike rides
▪️Sunset bubble baths
▪️Expansive outdoor space

There are private walking tracks winding through the property, mountain bikes for guest use, and Marlborough Golf Course just down the hill for anyone inclined to swap wine tasting for a few holes. Though, given the region is home to some of New Zealand’s best cellar doors — plus the wild beauty of the Marlborough Sounds nearby — the real challenge is deciding where to start.

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27/04/2026

Sydney can be loud about luxury, but The Darling, thankfully, is not. It’s a rare luxury Sydney stay in Rushcutters Bay that feels completely tucked away.

Set opposite the Sailing Club, this art-filled designer home keeps its best secret quietly out the back: a lush courtyard with a heated magnesium pool, fresh flowers throughout, and the rare inner-city feeling of being gloriously out of reach.

Inside, it’s layered in detail. A velvet lounge and a designer kitchen with absolutely everything a budding chef could ask for. It also has a yoga room, private office, outdoor pizza oven, alfresco dining and basically enough considered corners for everyone to disappear beautifully.

Perfect for long lunches, group weekends, quiet mornings in the yoga room, or wandering across the road to the park and harbour.

The Darling is the perfect Rushcutters Bay holiday home you’ll want to keep to yourself.

22/04/2026

An island… off an island… off an island, from a bird’s eye.

There are private stays… and then there’s an entire island off the coast of Tasmania that you get to call your own.

A wildly secluded, design-led luxury stay with a Boathouse and Cliffhouse, Satellite Island sits just off the edge of Bruny Island, where the line between indoors and out melts away, and the only schedule is tide, light, and appetite.

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21/04/2026

Expressions of Interest are now open for design-led boutique stays to feature in print.

Stay Awhile is Australia & Aotearoa’s premier independent slow travel publication — published twice a year, made to be collected, and created for readers who care deeply about unforgettable stays and unique, local experiences.

A limited number of print and digital placements are available, with payment plans offered for selected partners. DM for consideration and to request more information. 🖤

19/04/2026

POV: you don’t just book trips, you curate them. A print magazine dedicated to discovering the best boutique stays and unique experiences across Australia & New Zealand, for those who travel for design, detail, and the feeling of a place.

Start your collection. The good stuff lives in the link in bio.

14/04/2026

In upcoming Volume 06, you’ll meet the family quietly shaping Australia Street in Sydney’s Inner West. Paisano & Daughters is the hospitality group co-founded by chefs Joseph Valore and Elvis Abrahanowicz, alongside their partners Sarah and Annabelle, and named for the seven daughters between them (all pictured together in slide three).

What began with a single venue in Newtown has grown into something far more layered: four cafes and restaurants, set side by side and across the street from one another, alongside three design-led, two-bedroom slow stays that sit above the precinct and blur the line between spacious apartment and boutique hotel.

Together, they’ve created more than a collection of places to eat and sleep. Over time, Australia Street has become its own small ecosystem, shaped by a family with a shared instinct for what draws people in and makes them want to stay awhile.

Read the full story in Volume 06, Wildly Human, coming soon.

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