Idyllic setting ... nature surrounds DULC's light-filled cabins.
Kay O'Sullivan is surrounded by sounds and sights of nature in this pure hideaway.
The whole point of going bush is to get among it,which is why if you are heading for the Grampians then DULC Holiday Cabins is worth considering.
DULC is less than five minutes drive from Halls Gap,the de facto capital of the Grampians,which bustles during the peak tourist seasons.
The "treehouse".
But once ensconced in a cabin on the two-hectare property,you would swear you are in the depths of the Australian bush. All you can see are trees and shrubs. All you can hear are birds chirping and those trees and shrubs rustling. Which is no accident. The owners,Pru and Simon Farrer told me they ignored well-meaning friends who said the foliage should be trimmed to show off the southern face of the Grampians ridge. Their rallying cry to the architect? Save the trees.
My cabin is both rustic and funky,two words I've never used in the same sentence before. But that's the best description I can come up with for the combination of rough sawn timber,polished concrete and black leather sofas.
It's virtually one room with a well-equipped bathroom and wide deck off it. It doesn't feel small because from every vantage point,even from the bathtub,you are surrounded by bush,courtesy of great panes of glass.
Eat while enjoying the greenery.
The bedroom is at the opposite end of the sitting-cooking area,cleverly delineated and partly hidden by a bookshelf housing a gas log fire and a television. If you tire of gazing at the wonders of nature,the flat-screen television swivels around.