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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.

08/01/2026

Part of our Beautiful Stays Collection in Volume 05, this off-grid coastal cabin sits high on the Kapiti Coast with views that don’t ask for your attention — they take it.

Welcome to Tunapo Escape. Kapiti Island anchors the foreground, the South Island drifts on the horizon, and on clear days Ruapehu and Taranaki show off. It’s the kind of outlook that makes televisions feel unnecessary.

Set on a family farm near Paekākāriki, this design-led tiny house was born from a much-loved lookout long before the cabin existed. Days here are slow: breakfasts on the deck overlooking the Tasman Sea, afternoons drift by with vinyl spinning near the fire, and evenings often end in the outdoor bath as clouds roll past.

The Escarpment Track begins just steps away, while Paekākāriki’s beaches, cafés and bakeries sit close enough to tempt — though staying put is entirely the point.

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29/12/2025

Have you read our 25 Tiny Homes To Book Digital Mini Mag yet? Because fair warning… it won’t be around forever.

Inside: design-led tiny stays, wildly beautiful locations, and the kind of places that make you consider selling everything and downsizing immediately.

Our next Mini Mag is loading, which means this one may quietly slip into the archives. Subscribe to our newsletter and we’ll send it straight to your inbox — free, no tiny strings attached.

Click the link in our bio or comment “minimag”.

27/12/2025

What happens when you cross queen Lucy Feagins with a humble fibro beach shack?
You don’t get a precious show pony.
But you do get — relaxed, nostalgic, wildly considered and refreshingly un-try-hard.

Tucked beside Blairgowrie’s back beaches, this Mornington Peninsula slow stay feels beautifully designed without feeling styled. Custom cabinetry, handmade furniture, layered art and ceramics sit comfortably within the original bones of the shack. No ego. No excess. Just very good taste.

Close to the Peninsula’s wild coastline, hot springs and village cafes — yet private enough to feel like your own world, Silvermoon is for families and friends who love quiet architecture, hate fuss, and believe the best luxury is space, calm, and proximity to the ocean.

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25/12/2025

Merry Christmas! If you’re having a quick little hideout from today’s chaos — same. 🎄

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Stay Awhile, Christmas Edition:
1. Stay Awhile was built for people who secretly hate hectic holidays.
2. We believe the best trips aren’t packed… they’re pared back.
3. Our idea of luxury? Space. Design. Nature. Culture. And really good sheets.
4. Many of our favourite stories start with “we nearly didn’t go…”
5. Stay Awhile started as a feeling long before it became a magazine.
6. If a place makes you exhale the moment you arrive, we’re interested.
7. We believe slow mornings are a personality trait.
8. Every issue is made slowly, intentionally, but with a bit of a coffee buzz. Balance, right?
9. We think holidays should restore you — not exhaust you.
10. This isn’t just a Christmas thing. We’ll still be here when the decorations come down.

Hope you’re having a beautiful day with loved ones.

22/12/2025

This beautiful beachfront holiday home is pure summer nostalgia.

For 25 years, the owners made their family memories here — sandy feet in the hallway, dogs on the verandah, kids growing up between tides and sunburnt summers in Nelson Bay. Today, they’ve opened the doors so others can add their own chapter.

Expect four bedrooms, three bathrooms, shelves stacked with books and collectables, a garden grown slowly over decades — and a welcome that feels genuinely thoughtful (local produce, good coffee, handwritten notes included).

Mornings often come with dolphins drifting past the deck. Days can be spent kayaking, SUP-ing or wandering your private stretch of beach, before heading out for hikes at Tomaree Headland or long lunches at Bannisters and Cheeky Dog Bar. Or — the real luxury — doing absolutely nothing at all.

Fifty Five is a slow stay by the sea worth savouring.

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08/12/2025

The perfect gift for slow travellers and design lovers alike. It’s the last week of receiving 25% off our Full Collection (Volumes 01–04) + free delivery.
📦 Australian delivery is guaranteed before Christmas if ordered by next Monday 15th.

For the person who has everything except a library of boutique escapes, give them something they’ll keep long after the Christmas leftovers are gone. The Stay Awhile Full Collection is the ultimate gift for design-obsessed travellers, slow-travel dreamers, and anyone who spends Saturday nights googling “tiny cabins near me.”

These are the magazines that feel like a book. They sit on coffee tables, spark conversations at dinner parties, and occasionally start debates over which coastline has the best sauna. Each issue is filled with original stories, slow travel inspiration, design-led boutique stays, hidden cabins, dreamy tiny homes, wild retreats, floating saunas, and the kind of interiors that make you rethink your own space.

🎁 Christmas Special:
✨ 25% off the Full Collection
✨ Free shipping across Australia
✨ Order by next Monday for guaranteed Christmas delivery

*NZ friends you still score the discount, we just can’t promise Santa’s shipping speed.

Slow travel looks good under the tree. Shop now at the link in our bio. www.stayawhilemag.com

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05/12/2025

When was the last time you were truly off-grid?
No phone reception, no wifi, just the sound of the waves crashing before you and nobody for miles.

Mount Camel Beach House was on my bucket list even before starting Stay Awhile Magazine — and it didn’t disappoint. I was lured by wild coastline, sun-soaked mornings, desert vibes, and that eerie, delicious feeling of being completely unreachable.

The luxury here is space. Space to think. Space to wander. Space to be unreachable. Space to remember what matters when the world stops trying to contact you.

28/11/2025

Fancy a sauna with an ocean view?
Perhaps an outdoor fire pit…or a kitchen, dining and living room that all stare straight at the sea?
There’s nowhere that doesn’t have a view at this architect-designed coastal escape in Bicheno — because Cooinda on the Beach is, quite literally… on the beach.

Every room feeds you a front-row seat to Waubs Bay — from morning swims and dolphin-spotting to chef-ready long lunches with that endless horizon as your backdrop. It’s the kind of stay that presses pause on real life and replaces it with sea air, slow days, and barefoot living.

If ‘beachfront luxury’ is your love language, bookmark this slow stay!

Proudly part of our Beautiful Stays Collection in Volume 05. Stay Awhile

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26/11/2025

For the first time ever, the Stay Awhile Full Collection is on sale — four beautiful volumes exploring slow travel, design, and boutique stays across Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa.

Save 25% on the current Full Collection Set (Volumes 01-04). Now $99 AUD with free shipping Australia-wide (and flat-rate half price shipping in NZ).
 Discover thoughtfully written stories & stunning photography, It’s the perfect gift for the travel lover (or your coffee table). 
🎁 A limited holiday offer — Shop the Full Collection at the link in our bio.

Shot 📷 at Idle Lakehouse.

25/11/2025

Part of our Beautiful Stays Collection in Volume 05, this sustainable farmstay escape on the Murray is a deep exhale in boutique form.

Meet — a design-led, eco-friendly retreat set on a working avocado farm along the Murray River in NSW. Think recycled materials, seamless indoor–outdoor flow, thoughtful lines, and views that make you forget where your phone is (in a good way).

Slow days look like wandering through orchards, sipping wine by the firepit, and sinking into those quiet corners where the countryside does its magic. For couples, families, or anyone craving a sustainable stay that blends modern design with grounding, feel-good calm — this is your sign to get lost among the avos in style.
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You can find our full Beautiful Stays Collection in Volume 05 ‘The Senses Issue’ & at the link in our bio.

Slow Down, Stay Awhile. ✨

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