Plan Your Trip

Planning your travel between Australia’s Luxury Lodges

Choose two properties below to plan your travel

Below you will find brief information with great 'from the source' tips about getting to or between any of Australia’s luxury lodges - an invaluable guide when planning a trip, and whether you book direct with your chosen destinations, or via your preferred travel specialist, the aim is to minimise time in transit, and maximise time experiencing our incredible destinations.

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Arkaba Station (SA)
2256 1401

Bamurru Plains (NT)
2216 1377 2924 1817

Cape Lodge (WA)
1931 1200 3511 2182 4107 2552

Capella Lodge (NSW)
806 501 3034 1885 2659 1652 1513 940

Lake House (VIC)
2002 1244 1496 930 3718 2310 2328 1447 2516 1623

Lizard Island (QLD)
1034 632 1437 893 1808 1123 2829 1758 1830 1137 1910 1187

Longitude 131° (NT)
1618 1005 2031 1262 3656 2272 1602 995 1943 1207 729 453 1919 1192

qualia (QLD)
1444 897 3667 2279 3044 1891 1515 941 635 395 3053 1897 2451 1523 2415 1501

Saffire (TAS)
2663 1665 2241 1393 1233 766 4573 2842 3336 2071 3457 2148 1784 1109 3654 2270 3861 2399

Sal Salis (WA)
515 320 2675 1662 2004 1245 2114 1413 670 416 2516 1563 1317 818 2103 1307 1197 744 2679 1665

Southern Ocean Lodge (SA)
1485 923 2718 1689 3706 2303 806 501 1441 709 1541 958 2196 1365 812 505 1761 1094 3978 2472 1842 1145

Spicers Clovelly Estate (QLD)
1377 856 2761 1716 3602 2238 752 467 1281 796 1651 1026 2147 1334 929 577 1597 992 3922 2437 1706 1060 165 103

Spicers Peak Lodge (QLD)
316 196 2561 1591 2202 1368 1905 1184 566 352 2291 1424 1278 794 1852 1151 1173 729 2785 1731 257 160 1590 988 1459 907

The Louise (SA)
2236 1390 1212 753 1884 1171 3994 2482 3030 1883 2508 1558 1213 754 2820 1753 3638 2260 1029 639 2461 1529 3294 2047 3275 2035 2468 1534

True North (WA)
1094 680 2979 1851 3251 2020 857 533 713 443 2114 1314 2060 1280 1437 893 997 619 3755 2333 1261 784 773 480 608 378 1048 651 3261 2026

Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa (NSW)

* Travel time is an approximate guide for planning purposes and includes usual check-in and transfer times, but is subject to transport operator timetables.

Notes for Using the “Plan Your Trip” Guidance

Transit times between various member lodges of Luxury Lodges of Australia have been estimated based upon logical connections available to the independent traveler. Times are simply a first approximation to what may be expected in a real situation and should be used only for general planning purposes. Individual travelers who are comfortable booking their own airline flights and rental cars will find that getting around Australia will be easy to plan and book, and arrangements will be as they would expect in any highly-developed competitive economy that cares for tourists.

As airlines regularly adjust schedules and routings, the information that was deemed accurate at initial publication may have subsequently changed, and certain of these transit times may be optimistic or not achievable in practice. Some lodges are closed for a part of each year, and some airline routings used for this table of transit times do not operate every day of the week. You are advised to check with the carriers and to obtain updated information from the respective properties before booking your travels.  Luxury Lodges of Australia Ltd assumes no liability for the accuracy of the information presented in this planning table.

In calculating the transit times and routings in this information, Luxury Lodges of Australia has presumed that starting time at the point of departure would not be prior to 6am and that arrival time at the destination would not be after 9pm. (Where this would have been required, the journey has been adjusted to allow an overnight stay in a logical major city along the route to the destination.)  In the vast majority of cases, transits can be accomplished with a normal mid-morning departure after breakfast and arrival will be prior to commencement of late afternoon guest activities and/or evening dinner. Where the transit indicates a driving segment, it is presumed the guest is operating a standard rental car, driving at posted speeds in normal weather conditions, without highway construction or other delays, and allows time for regular breaks.  Where guests wish to add sightseeing stops, detours or meal breaks, this should be taken into consideration to determine if connections remain viable. When a driving segment is followed by a flight segment, a minimum of 90 minutes has been allowed to turn in a rental car and check-in with the airline at a major airport (and 45 minutes at smaller regional airports).  Where airline connecting flights are indicated, only airlines allowing inter-line luggage connections have been considered, such that claiming and re-checking baggage at an intermediate airport has been avoided.

While Australia is a large country (about the size of the contiguous United States or the European Union), getting around is remarkably straightforward. Australians have a refreshing can-do attitude, highways are of good condition (some off-road driving is required to reach a few remote lodges), airlines are punctual and have excellent safety records, airports are clean and relatively easy to navigate and security procedures are smooth and proficient. Other than transcontinental flights between Perth with the east coast of Australia, domestic flights are generally of 1 to 3 hour durations. At the time of this writing, all four major domestic Australian airlines expect domestic check-in to be completed 45 minutes before posted departure time, which is generally sufficient to then clear security and have a leisurely boarding. All airlines have assigned seats, with most flights allowing online seat selection about 24 hours before departure (earlier for some club members and frequent flyers). Qantas and Virgin Blue fly primarily Boeing 737 aircraft domestically while Jetstar and Tiger Airways use predominately Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft. Regional airlines deploy primarily two-engine prop aircraft for short extension connections, while private flights are typically accomplished in single engine smaller planes. Major rental car agency counters and cars tend to be directly adjacent to airport terminals (Australia does not require passengers to endure the bus ride to the remote lot, except for some of the discount car hire firms.)

Several of the Luxury Lodges of Australia properties are sited in remote locations where it is best for them and for guests that the final leg of the journey to their property is provided by their local transport specialist. These will be spelled out in their booking conditions and the price and availability of these transport services will be clearly delineated.

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