AGO Holiday Planner 2026

community training, group hikes and competition in their own outdoor events. The adventure continues albeit a little closer to home. If you’re a lover of social media or glossy magazines you may have spied Esperance Chalet Village, with its vintage A-Frame chalets, restored shacks and cabins. The work of Fiona Shillington and her husband Matt, their story is almost that of a dramedy. Having built a corporate career in Sydney, Shillington on a visit to her childhood home, saw the down-at-heel village in need of TLC. The rest is history; with several years of spit and polish a destination stay was born. In a similar tale, winemaker Anna Martins and husband Alex, had spent years abroad and in Margaret River. As with many, the pandemic caused them to evaluate what they wanted from family life, returning to Anna’s childhood community. On the farm they now call home, close to the Cape Le Grand National Park they’ve built two adults only, off-grid, chalets. Design led; they’re picture perfect, like much of Esperance. Images to be pinned on a cubicle wall, a fridge door, or held in the mind as a one day I’ll get there dream.

TOP TO BO OM Lucky Bay, Hiking in Cape Le Grand National Park, Lucky Bay Brewing.

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