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from Cove magazine
LAID-BACK LUXURY
Welcome to 28 Degrees, a meticulously designed guesthouse in the heart of Byron Bay.
WORDS ANGELA ORAM
AN ESCAPE TO BYRON BAY has most of us drifting into a daydream of salty hair, casual clothing, locally made products and total relaxation … and that’s exactly what we enjoyed on our recent visit.
Hubby and I love our quick getaways to reset, reconnect and have a little adventure and we were thrilled with our newest discovery – 28 Degrees Byron Bay.
With only seven luxury guest rooms, this exclusive property offers privacy and the ultimate barefoot indulgence in the heart of the coastal community.
Founded by interior designer Deb Garske, this isn’t just a place to lay your head, it’s an experience you’ll be wishing you could take home with you.
“The ethos of 28 Degrees is quite simple,” she says.
“I set out to provide the perfect location for a slow living reset; a haven in the centre of Byron where everything is within walking distance but as soon as you walk through our doors you are transported to a sanctuary.”
Deb has certainly nailed her vision right throughout this amazing property.
We opened the door to our room and were instantly torn between sinking into the gorgeous Maker & Sons love seat or sliding into the plunge pool, heated to a perfect 28 degrees.
All the water in the pools and showers is run through the Grander treatment system, a process which softens and oxygenates the water. That, in turn, helps to detox and hydrate your cells.
There are no children and no TVs at the property, making it easy to enjoy everything the rooms have to offer.
A beautiful curation of books, Hale Mercantile linen bedding, Queen Bee beeswax candles and organic teas and local coffee all add to the experience.
I loved that every piece throughout the property had been thoughtfully selected and quite often had an interesting story behind it.
When you want to head out to explore, the bikes available for guests have you feeling like a local.
We loved our morning walks but cruising the coastline on two wheels was a great way to start the day and helped us work up an appetite.
Each guest is treated to a complimentary breakfast in the form of Deb’s homemade gluten-free Granola with seasonal fruit compote and organic yoghurt parfait style, paired with slow-filtered moonshine coffee or a selection of organic teas ... delicious.
In addition to offering the ultimate in relaxation, 28 Degrees is also focused on sustainability, supporting local and celebrating female business leaders.
Throughout the property, you will find products from selected local suppliers which support charity initiatives as well as ecofriendly touches including the use of non-toxic paint, Rubio staining on the floor, which is allnatural, and the Maker & Sons' couches that are handmade using 100% natural ethically and sustainably sourced materials.
After three days at this hidden oasis, we left relaxed, refreshed and feeling like we had found a new home away from home.
STAY & PLAY 28 Degrees Byron Bay is offering one lucky reader the opportunity to win a 3-night luxury getaway at this stunning property valued at $3,500*.
Prize includes: 3-nights accommodation staying in a private plunge pool room (1x King Size bed – sleeps 2) with a complimentary gourmet cheese platter and bottle of organic champagne on arrival plus 2x complimentary massages and a dinner for two at Italian staple Di Vino, Byron.
*Terms & Conditions apply. See page 18 for details.
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TRULY EXCLUSIVE
Chris Nixon unveils the cars we didn’t know we wanted.
WHETHER IT’S CALLED a four-door sports car or an SUV, Ferrari’s new Purosangue has proved there’s an appetite for a type of vehicle we didn’t even know we wanted.
And since its launch, Lamborghini and Porsche also have revealed some out-there new show-stoppers for the very wealthy.
As the mass-market automotive world, and ordinary motorists, swirl around issues such as rising petrol prices, shortage of supply and the high prices of electric vehicles we’re being swept toward, the super luxury-performance end of the business is charging along
Already you can’t get a Purosangue if you want one.
It sold out within weeks of debut and the Italian maker has put the brakes on future orders until it can catch up.
The lucky first Australian owners will not get their cars until Q3 this year.
This popularity is despite an Australian recommended price of $728,000.
With on-road charges and the inevitable expensive options, it’s easy to imagine this 12-cylinder road-burner could soak up a million dollars.
Depending on viewpoint, the Purosangue could be described as a sports car, wagon, crossover or SUV.
But we haven’t seen anything quite like it before and Ferrari insists understandably on ‘sports car’ to distinguish it from the pack of SUV offerings among its top-end rivals.
Its price certainly places it in an exclusive segment and drew a few gasps when it was revealed with the first example Down Under at a major Ferrari promotional event in Sydney.
Over three days, flocks of Ferrari owners, celebrities and enthusiasts visited Royal Randwick racecourse for the lavish Universo Ferrari display, appearing for the first time outside Ferrari’s hometown of Maranello, Italy.
Queenslanders did not miss out, however.
A cavalcade of more than 50 privately-owned Ferraris joined an event called the Ferrari 75th Anniversary Tour, which embarked from the Gold Coast and ended at Royal Randwick.
This included many late-model Ferraris – Romas, 296 GTBs, 488s of all kinds, 812s, 599, F8 Tributo, SF90 Stradale and Spider and Portofinos.
On its five-day journey, the experience took in luxury resorts, great food, a hillclimb event near Port Stephens and other optional activities including golfing, hot-air ballooning and wine tasting.
It's rare in Australia to see such cars on long interstate trips and their appearance en masse on the Pacific Highway was a spectacular sight.
Exclusivity doesn’t come much more ‘exclusive’.
Meanwhile in Brisbane, Lamborghini fired up its own impressive assets to launch its upgraded showroom in Fortitude Valley, as one of its top international directors pulled the covers off the new Huracan Tecnica coupe.
The end of the pure-petrol super sports cars may be still some way off but it is definitely coming, so enthusiasts are mindful that the likes of the Huracan (and Purosangue) represent a shrinking opportunity to own the last of the classic models.
Lamborghini is already on the path to electrification.
The visiting Director, Asia Pacific boss Francesco Scardaoni Scardaoni, confirmed the next new models will be hybrid-powered, with full battery EVs as the third stage of the electrification transformation due before the end of the decade.
The last of the current model line, the Tecnica, is expected to land here in 2024 just as Lamborghini releases an all-new Huracan with a hybrid-boosted engine that thankfully will retain its V10-cylinder format.
Production of the fabulously-exciting V12 Aventador ended recently after 12 years as Lamborghini’s flagship model and its replacement early next year will be the first to showcase the manufacturer’s self-developed hybrid system.
This alone will be a confident breakthrough for the increasingly profitable Lamborghini, which theoretically has available many existing power alternatives among its stablemates in the vast Volkswagen Group.
Lamborghini owners with family-carrying responsibilities will be pleased to hear Mr Scardaoni report the Urus SUV – the company’s only V8 product – is also scheduled for the fuelsaving hybrid treatment and that an all-new, four-seat (but still two-door) Lambo will appear around 2028.
And before they ask, a smaller, less expensive SUV sibling to the Urus is not on the cards, he says.
One thing is certain: No matter what engine is in the back, future Lamborghinis will continue to be outrageously styled, outrageously colourful and outrageously fast. RAMBO LAMBO BUT what can top all this activity in the meantime?
Of course, a car you absolutely must have – an off-road Lamborghini Huracan.
Lamborghini caused a sensation when it unveiled the Huracan Sterrato at the recent Art Basel international art fair in Florida and, once again, a sellout for this exclusive machine is likely even before the first of 1499 examples drives off the line this February.
No price has been announced.
An off-road Lambo?
Yes, thanks to raised ride height, underbody and side protection, periscope-style air intake, extra LED lights, Bridgestone Dueler tyres (like your LandCruiser wears) and all-wheel drive with a Rally mode managing the transmission and V10 engine.
But the seeming insanity of a super sports coupe that will shift along a dirt road like a Dakar Rally racer – just the thing for Australia’s wealthiest farmers? – makes sense when you know that Porsche, the most pragmatic of manufacturers, is also building its own desert-storming version of the 911 coupe, called the … Dakar. >>
