Best Boutique Corporate Retreat: Spicers Peak Lodge, Maryvale, Qld
In warm cedar and bluestone, set on a mountain-framed plateau, Spicers Peak Lodge is an improbably gorgeous apparition in Queensland’s Scenic Rim. Its beauty isn’t just skin-deep, however. The intimate 13-room lodge goes the extra mile for a corporate retreat: there’s no extra charge for exclusive use so a group can have the run the 3200-hectare property for team-building hikes and mountain biking – and let’s not forget the tennis court, infinity pool, spa and billiard table. There’s a 16-person boardroom for when serious work needs to be done but the relaxed public areas, including a lounge with an open fire and the exceptional modern Australian restaurant, can be just as conducive to the strategy breakthrough. Spicers Peak Lodge
