Eaglereach Wilderness Resort — Mountaintop Lodges, Vacy

Eaglereach crowns a ridge at Vacy with timber lodges and a view that runs to the Barrington ranges — a mountaintop wilderness village where wallabies own the lawns and wedges of eagles own the thermals. Guests rate it 4.4 stars across its Google reviews.

The stay

Lodges range from couples’ cabins to family houses, all high-raked timber and glass pointed at the valley. The altitude buys cool nights, big sunrises and phone reception just patchy enough to justify ignoring it.

Around Vacy

Paterson’s pub and the Dungog road are down the hill, the Hunter Valley’s cellar doors about 50 minutes south-west, and the Thunderbolts Way country toward Barrington Tops fills a day’s loop north.

Header image shows the surrounding Byron Bay region — see the property’s website for accommodation photos. Rates, availability and inclusions are set by the property.