Tranquilo Beach House, Woolgoolga

Places to Stay

25 Aug

Peta Wilson invites you to experience her family’s beachside retreat – a luxurious, character-filled space that shares 13 acres of beachfront land with the friendly local wildlife. While here, Peta wants people to feel restored – to relax, heal, ignite a fire of energy and leave inspired. Designed with rooms to gather as a group and corners to curl up on your own, Tranquilo Beach House is the ideal place to get away from it all and enjoy this jaw-droppingly beautiful slice of the Coffs Coast.

Getting there

This magical beach house is just a 20-minute drive from Coffs Harbour airport. The big smoke, aka Sydney and Brisbane, are both a short 45-minute flight away and the friendly Tranquilo team is only too happy to arrange transport to and from the airport if needed. As for the New England regional folks who are ready and raring to hop in their car / ute / preferred mode of transport, head east and stop when you get to the ocean. All in all, we strongly recommend using some form of map as a guide above these instructions.

The story

Owner Peta Wilson personally selected the trees used to build the timber beach house from the Dorrigo timber yard – she can remember watching the Dorrigo mill cut them like lego pieces for local builder Eddie Broomfield to put together based on her own design, drawn by Queensland-based Logan Homes. It had been a dream of Peta’s to create a timber home by the ocean, a place that reminded her of her tree-filled, tranquil childhood in Papua New Guinea where her family could enjoy being together. The result is a unique, six-bedroom, seven-bathroom (including one fully accessible) beach house with mountain views on oceanfront acreage. What’s not to love?

The stay

There are a whole range of dreamworthy spaces for you to relax and recharge in at Tranquilo – whether that’s in one of the six spacious bedrooms, the reading room, the day beds, the saltwater pool, the spa or the infrared sauna. Feeling a little more active? Head into the garden to pick organic veggies, count the joeys in the kangaroos’ pouches and scrub up on your bird watching. If you can bear to leave the house itself, you can also walk to the local beach, head to Glenreagh to swim in the waterfalls at Scouts Falls, dine out at nearby Woolgoolga, go paddle boarding with Wajaana Yaam Adventure Tours or visit the world heritage rainforest area in Dorrigo.

The interesting bits

Not your ordinary beach house, Tranquilo comes with a fabulous concierge service. Would you like a private chef for a lunch or dinner party, or your entire stay catered? No problem. Want to put the pizza oven to good use? Ingredients delivered to your door. Keen for some musical entertainment while you feast? The band’s on their way. Ever wanted to experience a smoking ceremony with a local Gumbaynggirr-owned organisation? That can be arranged. As can a fresh seafood basket from Tranquilo’s fisherman friend Tony Want, private pilates and yoga classes and massages, as well as helicopter runs to the Solitary Islands or out to a rural cattle farm. Say the word, Tranquilo will make it happen.