Advice appreciated - place to stay on honeymoon

TrueDub

Hi all,

Myself & the soon-to-be-wife are planning on heading to Oz for our honeymoon, flying out of Dublin on 01/01/2013, and staying for most of the month.

I'm asking here for advice on one specific aspect of our stay:

We'll land in Sydney either late on the 2nd or early on the 3rd on January, having been through our wedding, a couple of after-parties and then the wedding of some very good friends on the 31/12. Yes, I know this is nuts, thanks.

So we'll be wrecked, and are looking for a place to stay, either in/near Sydney, or a short flight away (possibly around Cairns). The ideal place would have:

Beachfront
Quiet rooms (cottages preferably, but no shacks-on-stilts)
Really good restaurants/dining options
A nice bar
A pool (herself doesn't like swimming in the sea)
Excellent service
Little to no wildlife (I'm aware that this is optimistic)

My dream place is a cottage on the beach, with a private pool, a short walk from some top-class restaurants in the same complex, with a nice bar.

Price is not an enormous consideration, but we're not made of money, so we can't go too mad.

The plan for the 3 or 4 days we'll be there is to sleep, recharge batteries and generally recover from the weddings & flight.

If anyone has any recommendations for somewhere like this, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks

Cooperspale

http://www.hayman.com.au/
Or any of
http://www.portdouglas.com/accommodation/port-douglas-luxury-resorts.html

You would be hard set to find cottage type accom in Sydney, most of it is apartments by the beach

TrueDub

Cooperspale wrote: »

http://www.hayman.com.au/
Or any of
http://www.portdouglas.com/accommodation/port-douglas-luxury-resorts.html

You would be hard set to find cottage type accom in Sydney, most of it is apartments by the beach

Thanks Cooperspale, appreciate your advice.

barefoot

You might find something nice around Palm Beach or that area....
http://www.stayz.com.au/consumer/accommodation/nsw/sydney/palm-beach?view=list
http://www.stayz.com.au/31406

amybabes

Hamilton island is pretty amazing!

Batgurl

Um...Cairns isn't really a short flight away? It's like 3-4 hours?

For everything you are asking I would suggest a short (30mins) flight to Byron Bay. Yes it has a reputation for being a party town but if you stay somewhere like The Byron at Byron (5-star) or similar it's like the fancy side of Ibiza (luxury and relaxing).

Otherwise a 2/3 hour drive West of Sydney will have you in the Hunter Valley. Beautiful wine country with some amazing properties. I've stayed in the Sebel Hunter Valley and can thoroughly recommend it.

Have a look on Wotif.com. That's your best bet to get an idea of properties in Oz, however you are looking a bit early but no harm finding out what you would like and then keeping an eye out cause that site does Flaming Wotif deals which can sometimes be up to 50% off regular rates.

Anything else, just ask!