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If you have visited our site before you will have noticed it has changed - a great deal - and hopefully you like what you see!

Each month we will be sending a newsletter out to those on our e-mail mailing list and the newsletter will also be posted here. If you would like to receive the newsletter directly into your in-box - great for picking up on our specials we are planning - please e-mail us.

David & Daniela welcome your enquiries and look forward to you visiting Witches Falls Cottages. Contact Us

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter July 2008

“Daffodils and Mountain Scarecrows”

 

The first signs of spring are here even though winter is still officially with us. The daffodils couldn't wait any longer and already greet our guests with their colourful display of flowers.
For those of you that enjoy beautiful gardens mark the first weekend in October in your diary to visit us as this is when we celebrate Springtime on the Mountain. For more information have a look on www.tmgc.org.au

Here is a picture, as promised, of our Scarecrow Witch - she even won the first prize as the best Creative Scarecrow! We are very proud and will leave her out in front of our entrance a little bit longer so you might get a chance to see her.

Kind regards
Daniela and David

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter June 2008

“We Won!!”

We are pleased to announce that on the 12th June we were awarded the winners at the Scenic Rim Regional Tourism Awards for New Tourism Operator/Development! Wow all our efforts in the renovations and our new implementations with our food menus and extra services have paid off with this acknowledgment. To say we are happy is an understatement!

David and Daniela at the Awards.

Winter is the time for snuggling beside the fire, getting reacquainted, soaking in a spa, even finally reading that book that has been beckoning and of course relaxing. For many of you, June heralds the end of the financial year – paperwork and more paperwork. Why not schedule in a break away and come and visit us up here on the mountain? David has stocked the wood pile to ensure your fires will stay burning! Our weekends are filling fast, however maybe a mid week escape may be fitting after all the formalities for the tax man are sorted.

On the local front, the Tamborine Mountain Scarecrow Festival will be held from the 27th-29th June. Many locals have been very busy stuffing straw and coming up with some crazy ideas so there should be some wonderful scarecrows around the mountain and we are looking forward to seeing the variety on show.
There will be a picture of our scarecrow in the next newsletter!

We would like to congratulate Sue Johnson who won the two night stay here at Witches Falls Cottages for attending a Bluedog Photography Weekend Retreat. Congratulations Sue! For more details on the Bluedog Photography Workshops and Retreats visit www.blue-dog.com.au

Kind regards
Daniela and David

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter May 2008

Take a breath – Take a break”

If you have been needing a reason to escape to our tranquil mountain then we have some wonderful news for you. We are very proud to announce we are now offering an exclusive massage and accommodation package – The Witches Falls Shell Package – the ultimate relaxation package for couples to feed the senses, body and spirit.

This package allows each couple to experience the unique Shell Massage. The massage uses a mix of reef shells including smooth cowries, deep orange scallop, large lions paw and delicate sun dial shells and starts with a scented Australian washed salt foot bath and includes an organic green clay and cucumber face mask, hot steamed towels, head and face massage and gift of Ripple lotion. It is simply divine! For more info visit our Rates page. Shell massages and any other massage or beauty therapy treatments offered by Ripple Massage are also available outside the package. For details visit www.ripplemassage.com.au.

Next month from the 27th-29th June Tamborine Mountain hosts its Scarecrow Festival. We are right on the trail and the weekend is promising to be one featuring much activity celebrating the illustrious scarecrow. We may even have one in our front garden as well!

Kind regards
Daniela and David

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter April 2008

 “Getaway in Autumn”

Slowly the nip of autumn is creeping into the air and here on the mountain our deciduous trees are starting to turn gorgeous shades of orange and bronze. We are seeing some brilliant sunsets at present – a perfect way to end the day. We have taken the picture below only two days ago, whilst we enjoyed a nice glass of wine at the lookout. It’s another great season to come and visit Tamborine Mountain. Why not come on up and sit by the crackling fire and enjoy a glass of our complimentary port. Sound enticing?

Those who read our newsletters regularly or even visited us since we have done the renovations know already that we installed a BBQ out in the private courtyard garden for each cottage.
Wether you order a BBQ Dinner Hamper from us or you bring your own BBQ makings, now you have the possibility to get fresh herbs from our specially planted herb garden!
In the last few weeks Daniela has been busy planting, with Basil, Sage, Thyme, Garlic and Onion Chives, Parsley, Mint and if you are lucky you may even find some strawberries. We will certainly extend the varieties of herbs over the next couple of months. What would you like Daniela to plant in the Witches Garden beds?

Kind regards Daniela and David

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter March 2008

“Double Celebrations”

We are celebrating twice over this month!!
Firstly, Tamborine National Park is celebrating its 100th birthday! The Witches Falls section, right next door, was the first National Park declared in Queensland on the 28 March 1908 and the third in the world. Happy Birthday Tamborine Mountain!

Secondly our renovations are now totally complete and what a difference you will notice on your return!
Each cottage has a private courtyard with covered BBQ area - perfect for that romantic moonlight dinner under the stars. And then there’s the new bathrooms – the highlight a luxurious double spa featuring your own fern wall and full panelled glass wall leading to your own private rain forested garden while above, the glass roof lets you once again soak in the ambience as the clouds or stars float past you above.

Also we now offer BBQ hampers for dinner and along with our famed homemade bread and breakfast sourced from local suppliers we now present our luxury Champagne Breakfast for something very special!

We’d love to welcome you back - as a repeat guest we would like to give you a complimentary Champagne Breakfast with every 3 Night Booking made until the end of April 2008!
Come and celebrate with us!!

Kind regards Daniela and David

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter February 2008

“Remarkable Renos and Easter Escape”

How time flies – it seems we just have taken down the Christmas decorations and already the Easter Break is only a month away!

Despite the rain the renovations of our cottages are well and truly under way and looking terrific!
Each cottage has a new private courtyard garden with a covered BBQ area and an outside dining table for your romantic moonlight dinner or a relaxed breakfast accompanied by the local birds and the soft soothing sounds from your own water feature.

Enjoy some time in our new and very comfortable double spas – each with their own feature ‘fern wall’ - where you will feel almost surrounded by rainforest. The mood is enhanced by the dimmed lighting creating an incredible atmosphere - you can even watch the stars twinkling through the Rose Gums above!

The doors will be opening again on the 7th March 2008. We would love to welcome you back to see all our new fantastic transformations that we are sure you will agree make our cottages even better than before.

Kind regards Daniela and David

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter January 2008

'Lingering Lovers'

Now with Santa and his elves back at work after a busy Christmas rushing around the world filling all those Christmas stockings it is our turn to be busy bees. We will be closing the cottages after the Australia Day Weekend on the 29th January to the 28th February as we do some major renovations and that means we'll be closed for Valentines Day. But don't be alarmed! For newsletter subscribers next month we'll have a great special offer for you to come back and book in for a late Valentines get-away during March and another chance to visit us in the rainforest and see our new look! Why you don't surprise your lover with a Gift Voucher on Valentines Day?

For those who want to visit us in January before we close we still have availabilities! SPECIAL OFFER: Visit us midweek over the next two weeks and get a free bottle of wine from one of the local wineries with every two night booking OR stay for three nights and get the third night free!

The mountain has received much wonderful rain - our waterfalls are flowing, the birds are eternally happy and many of our rainforest plants are sending out spectacular flowers and new shoots. It is indeed a magnificent sight!

The lagoon is full in Witches Falls National Park!

We'd also like to let those know who are following the Bluedog Photography Retreats that since we won't be open during the February retreat we are donating a night's accommodation to those registering. Another fantastic chance to come back to our mountain and practice those photography skills! For more on the Bluedog Photography Workshops and Retreats visit: www.blue-dog.com.au

Kind regards Daniela and David

Witches Falls Cottages Newsletter December 2007:

‘Escape the Summer Heat with Witches Falls Christmas Special’

For those of you we haven’t met as yet, we’d like to take this opportunity to say hi from Daniela and David – we are the new owners of Witches Falls Cottages on Tamborine Mountain.

We are very happy with our new website and our new images we have been working hard to capture of this beautiful mountain environment – we’ll be updating these as we get out and about more discovering many of the mountains marvellous treasures.

Our newsletter is our way to keep in touch with you and bring you up to date with anything special happening on Tamborine Mountain or specials we may be having. Please feel free to pass it on to families and friends you think it may interest.

Did you know that on average the temperature on Mount Tamborine can be 4-6 degrees C. cooler than down at the bottom of the mountain or in Brisbane? And to wish you all a very Merry Christmas we’d like to offer you the chance to escape the summer heat by visiting us during January with a complimentary bottle of chilled wine from one of our local wineries. All you have to do is give us a call on 07 5545 4411 or e-mail us on chiefwizard@witchesfallscottages.com.au mentioning this offer from our newsletter when you book a two night stay.

Have a safe and Merry Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you to Witches Falls Cottages and Tamborine Mountain soon.
From Daniela and David