A Peace Retreat - Gillies' Cottage
Yungaburra, Atherton Tableland
Far North Queensland
Are you seeking a Convenient, Comfortable, Quiet, Home-Away-from-Home in Yungaburra, on the cool Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland?
Working, holidaying, or visiting friends and relatives, guests need to to bring only their own food and toiletries.
This is a fully-functional, detached house with getaway spaces accommodating one to five people. There are two bedrooms, a dining room, an office on a spacious verandah and two bathrooms.
Local calls are free and internet connection is possible by prepaid wireless.
Linen is provided and there is a washing machine. The kitchen is fully equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, stove, crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils.
Yungaburra village has a greater concentration of heritage-listed buildings than any other place in Queensland.
A central location in Yungaburra puts world-renowned restaurants and shops within an easy walk of the cottage.
Yungaburra is one hour 15 minutes from Cairns domestic and international airports and 15 minutes from Atherton.
Centrally located on the Atherton Tableland, at 730 metres above sea level, spectacular landscapes are everywhere.
World Heritage-listed forests host rare wildlife and 240 bird species have been recorded on the Tableland.
Numerous rainforest walks are within easy reach. A display centre near Lake Eacham informs about efforts to conserve the rare rainforests.
Strolling the village is to enjoy the ambience. Engaging the locals is to absorb the history.
A Peace Retreat - Gillies' Cottage - is a hundred years old, built entirely with local timbers by David Gillies, then the local engineer.
Down on nearby Petersen Creek is a boiler built by David to steam pump water to the century-old Lake Eacham Hotel.
The Gillies Highway is named after David's brother, William, who initiated the Department of Main Roads in Queensland, was a long-serving Member of Queensland's Parliament and, for a short time, Premier of Queensland.
View across the garden
This is a fully-functional, detached house with getaway spaces accommodating one to five people. There are two bedrooms, a dining room, an office on a spacious verandah and two bathrooms.
Local calls are free and internet connection is possible by prepaid wireless.
Linen is provided and there is a washing machine. The kitchen is fully equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, stove, crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils.
Yungaburra village has a greater concentration of heritage-listed buildings than any other place in Queensland.
A central location in Yungaburra puts world-renowned restaurants and shops within an easy walk of the cottage.
Yungaburra is one hour 15 minutes from Cairns domestic and international airports and 15 minutes from Atherton.
Centrally located on the Atherton Tableland, at 730 metres above sea level, spectacular landscapes are everywhere.
World Heritage-listed forests host rare wildlife and 240 bird species have been recorded on the Tableland.
Numerous rainforest walks are within easy reach. A display centre near Lake Eacham informs about efforts to conserve the rare rainforests.
Strolling the village is to enjoy the ambience. Engaging the locals is to absorb the history.
A Peace Retreat - Gillies' Cottage - is a hundred years old, built entirely with local timbers by David Gillies, then the local engineer.
Down on nearby Petersen Creek is a boiler built by David to steam pump water to the century-old Lake Eacham Hotel.
The Gillies Highway is named after David's brother, William, who initiated the Department of Main Roads in Queensland, was a long-serving Member of Queensland's Parliament and, for a short time, Premier of Queensland.
ENQUIRIES
Phil and Katie Tandy
Phone: 61 7 40952373
Email: gables1@bigpond.com
5 Eacham Road, Yungaburra, Australia 4884
Phil and Katie Tandy
Phone: 61 7 40952373
Email: gables1@bigpond.com
5 Eacham Road, Yungaburra, Australia 4884
View across the garden
Main bedroom
Dining room
Lounge Room
View to the Lamb Range from a giant tree in the garden