It is sooo unpretentious. Noone tries to dress up, impress, talk about themselves all the time. One couple came in smart casual dress for dinner, but bare feet.
Since all meals are at tables for 2, and spread out, noone really cares what you wear. It is however very friendly because there are so few people, and people interact at other times and especially when there is an activity.
The place has so many spots to sit, relax, enjoy. The hammocks and lounges scattered along the beach, the 20+ lounges around the pool, the seats and lounges scattered in the various covered areas around the resort. There is a pool room with lounges and a big tv to watch movies that links to other spaces. The lovely table and chairs at the end of the wharf…. And so few people to use them. Easy to feel noone else is here.
From the time you arrive every staff member knows you by name. They all have time to chat, they seek you out to see if you have organised anything to do or anything they can help with.
We don’t know who the fairy is who comes to our room twice a day. Seems she knows when we go to breakfast and our room is totally serviced, even to washing the floor every day (it is sometimes a little damp when we return, that’s how we know). At night she comes whilst we are at dinner and fixes it up. We have never seen a housemaid trolley around – who is she? Where does she hide?
There are no keys, although Chrissy, the assistant manager said she could get us one. The only way onto and off the island is by helicopter or you hijack one of the boats. So doors are not shut – makes it easy.
We have wondered how they get supplies, the food, in particular. We thought maybe backloads on the helicopter. Staff say not much comes that way. They get a barge from Lucinda every 6 weeks for the big items, they try and grow as much as possible and then they trade with the fishing boats. One of the staff goes out to a fishing boat that maybe in the area and trades their prawns, fish etc, usually for slabs of beer and cigarettes. Pretty good arrangement. Helps to explain the barramundi yesterday at lunch and dinner in different forms. We also saw the flat bottom boat come in – apparently it brings the meat and seafood once a week from Lucinda. It also left with some empty gas bottles that presumably might come back full the following trip.
Paul enjoyed reading the wine list (even though we just drank the house wine, as did everyone else – which explains the type of people – not pretentious). His comment about the wine list was that it was mostly good Aussie wines. One of the staff said that the owner likes to promote Aussie.
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