wilderness retreat
rose gums
Welcome to Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat (award winning & advanced eco accredited) in the Cairns Highlands ecotourism. Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat is:
- An easy 80 minutes drive from Cairns & the marvellous Great Barrier Reef map
- Just 2 hours from Port Douglas and the Daintree rainforest
- Accessible in all weather throughout the year by conventional vehicle (see map)
- Jon & Peta Nott, your hosts, would like to share their property with you and will make your stay a very memorable one.
(The Beginning - read Jon & Peta’s story)
Experience a nature lover’s paradise for your holiday getaway:
- Enjoy living in a pole & timber treehouse in our cool tropical climate treehouses
- Wonder at our spectacular rainforest and mountain scenery
- Explore the walking tracks through our 230 acre property walking tracks
- Escape to total privacy with no sign of civilisation (not even another treehouse)
- Experience exotic Laos cooking by our in-house chef Mr Lee 7 nights a week.
- Discover platypus in our pristine rainforest creeks platypus
- Be amazed by the abundant wildlife including over 160 bird species bird list
- Really earn your carbon credits with tree planting at Rose Gums see Carbon Credits
Luxury Atherton Tableland accommodation is offered in a private rainforest setting
- All treehouses have fully equipped kitchens, large spa baths & wood fireplaces
- Reinvigorate yourself with pure spring water piped into your treehouse
- Enjoy dining at our own restaurant Mr Lee's Kitchen, a traditional Laos banquet. Open every night from 6-10pm.
Tour the ‘undiscovered’ Cairns Highlands (also know as Atherton Tablelands) and beyond by making Rose Gums your base to see: itineraries
- Volcanic crater lakes
- Waterfalls
- The Great Barrier Reef
- Undara lava tubes & the outback
- World Heritage listed tropical rainforest
- Unique caves
- Quaint country villages
- Rainforest aboriginal culture indigenous culture
