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What a magical place. Less than 1.5 hours easy drive from Ballina airport, and you arrive in this luxurious venue.||We chose a spa bath cabin for three nights. 'Cabin' is a bit of a misnomer as these are very well appointed - air conditioning, fire place, very comfortable lounge, TV with streaming service, sound system, an excellent verandah with an outlook deep into the rainforest. The spa bath is huge, the bed is super comfortable. There are floor to ceiling glass walls in lounge room, bedroom and bathroom providing that amazing rainforest outlook from everywhere. The kitchen has everything you need if you bring your own food. We chose to have two dinners provided, and all breakfasts were provided, so we planned only some other meals. The provided meals were all excellent, and more than enough food (we had leftovers on both evenings and breakfasts).||From the moment of arrival till our departure four days later, we felt like we were in our own private rainforest. We knew there were other guests (staff told us it was busy), but we only actually saw two other couples, in passing.||We did some of the walks through the rainforest, relaxed in the hammocks over the creek , ventured over the orchard and marveled at the birdlife - the highlight were the bower birds although we couldn't locate any bowers they made, and in the evening ventured down to watch the glowworms - hundreds of them! We spent a few hours in the bar/lounge, sampling the cocktails (the strawberry daiquiris were terrific), playing a couple of games of pool, some ping pong, and just enjoying the ambience (there are so many books, board games etc, that it would be impossible to be bored here).||All the staff were friendly, helpful, efficient and discreet. Nothing was a problem for them, and each time they saw us, checked to make sure we weren't wanting for anything. ||This place is the perfect place to relax and unwind for a few days of romantic luxury. ||(This is our second visit - first was many years ago, and it was warming to see they'd kept the luxury feel, nothing seemed tired as can happen for some properties, and it appears the strong focus on actively managing the rainforest was evident everywhere)