Our Photo Competition 2023 was an outstanding success! We said we would love to see your photos of relaxing and enjoying the cottages, the animals, the stunning sunsets and sunrises, or any other aspect of your stay with us and oh my goodness we got a lot of entries and photos!
After completing the cabins, decorating them, and dreaming of what be, the Country Mile Escape story truly began. In Easter 2017 I welcomed our first guests to Country Mile Escape. I was excited to finally be open, relieved I had achieved the goal of opening, and nervous about what the guests would say as I hoped they saw my vision of offering a boutique secluded and tranquil luxury stay on a country property.
How it all Began
This is the beginning of Country Mile Escape story. I have lived here in the Canungra region most of my life,(why would you want to leave this beautiful area). After some years away, my husband Murray and I returned and purchased our overgrown 70 acres property in October 2006. Murray, my dad, and I (mainly Murray doing all the hard work with a chainsaw and a bobcat) took six years working every weekend and on yearly holidays, to clear all the scrub from the land and to create the place we call home today. We had our home professionally built, while we concentrated on creating the gardens and property that surrounds it.
Please know that since writing this post our road has been fixed, we can freely travel and we are open for business! We are all used to flooding in the wider Canungra district, but this situation was a little different. Queensland experienced an unprecedented rain event for 5 days. With what became known as a…
Well, we made it to the end of another eventful year, full of restrictions, lockdowns and other covid related issues. We have welcomed hundreds of lovely guests to our property during 2021 and as far as we can tell they all enjoyed themselves and like what we do. Phew! That’s a relief! We had to…
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