> > by Rachael Oakes-Ash
You know a resort is remote when it’s only accessed by boat or helicopter. Paradise Bay Eco Escape in the Whitsunday archipelago features ten waterfront bungalows on a pristine rainforest bay in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park surrounded on all sides by rugged wilderness.
ECO-CREDThe entire retreat relies on solar power, natural gas and collected rainwater. The Paradise Bay ‘Water Farm’ collects rainwater in thirty six tanks and any waste water is treated and recycled on the resort’s garden. Carbon emissions are offset with 1500 hectares of virgin bushland in the Northern Territory and 44.5 hectares of local farmland being reverted to native forest.
ROMANCE FACTOR
Catamarans, high speed ribs and kayaks built for two whisk couples to secluded bays daily for languid time in the sun and sand.