LON RETREAT
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
THE PERSONALITIES
Ocean gazers. Natural hot spring lovers. Ceramic collectors. Writers in retreat. Couples escaping the city. Locavores with a love for linen.
MOMENTS
Mineral-rich soaks with sea views. Wandering the clifftop trails in morning fog. Reading in a window seat as waves roll in. Discovering Australian art and ceramics throughout your suite. Watching the light change over Port Phillip Bay.
BEST VISITING MONTHS
Lon Retreat welcomes you year-round, each season offering a different pace and palette.
March–May: Crisp skies and quiet beaches make for perfect walks and warm soaks.
June–August: Watch wild weather roll in from the sea, then warm up in the mineral spa. Slow, moody, and utterly restorative.
September–November: Spring brings wildflowers to the dunes and clarity to the coastline.
December–February: Long golden evenings and salty swims—Australian summer in full swing.
COST
WHY STAY
Perched on a private clifftop farm overlooking the Southern Ocean, Lon Retreat offers understated luxury rooted in land, sea, and stillness. The retreat has just seven suites, each named after a cloud, and each designed to tune you into the rhythms of nature. The interiors are soft and grounding: natural fibres, local art, hand-thrown ceramics, and weathered timbers. It feels like a private home, curated with care.
The soul of the property is the onsite natural mineral spa, fed by ancient underground springs. This isn’t wellness-as-performance—it’s deeply elemental. Water, warmth, rest. No screens, no noise. Just you, the horizon, and the sound of the sea.
WHY WANDER
Lon Retreat sits at the gateway to The Bellarine Peninsula, one of Australia’s most fertile and flavorful regions. Spend the day tracing the Bellarine Taste Trail, stopping at over 50 local farms, vineyards, distilleries, and olive groves. Sample fresh berries in season, sip coastal wines in low-lit cellars, or wander through citrus orchards and kitchen gardens.
Just beyond the retreat, Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park offers a different kind of nourishment. Swim, surf, snorkel, or simply explore the tidal rock pools where sea stars and anemones dwell. The coast is wild and generous—every curve of the road opens up new views and fresh air. Whether you paddleboard at sunrise or take the long way home past clifftop lookouts, every path here leads you back to nature.
INDULGE IN
Breakfast hampers filled with local sourdough, eggs, and seasonal fruits. A fully licensed honesty bar with small-batch spirits and regional wines. The spa offers clay wraps, sea salt scrubs, and rainwater rinses—treatments guided by geology and place.
GETTING THERE
Just 90 minutes from Melbourne, Lon Retreat feels far removed from the city’s buzz. You’ll drive past farm fields and salt marshes, arriving to a private gate and open skies.
WILD INITIATIVES
The Lon property has been farmed by the same family for over 100 years. Today, it’s managed with regeneration in mind—dune protection, indigenous planting, and low-impact design. The spa uses mineral water sourced from beneath the land itself. Natural materials, local artisans, and conscious sourcing shape every corner. This is slow hospitality with a deep sense of place.
*Images property of Lon Retreat, Nikole Ramsay and styled by Pip Interiors