Destination
A destination for all seasons
A year-round destination, Kangaroo Island has a climate as dynamic as its scenery – from season to season the island yields fresh perspectives.
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Breakfast
Breakfast is a relaxed affair in the restaurant, guests take a table along the windows and witness the morning unfold along the sweep of coast stretching as far as the eye can see. A two-step menu includes help-yourself artisan cereals, pastries, fresh fruit and cured meats while an a la carte menu features hot breakfast items from the kitchen: think free range eggs and local bacon, or blueberry pancakes!
Lunch
After a morning filled with walks and wildlife, or simply spent relaxing with a book or with a treatment in the spa, appetites are up for lunch. A three course menu offers a choice of seasonal treats and is designed to be both light and satisfying, a perfectly planned ‘elegant sufficiency’. If the weather is fine and warm, guests can enjoy an alfresco lunch on the terrace overlooking the ocean; in cooler, moodier weather, it’s more fun to watch from inside!
Dinner
Dinner is served in the restaurant, as the light falls and the view turns inwards. The menu may be a four course selection with choice, so as guests create their own epicurean adventure at each meal, or the chef’s tasting menu, a carefully-crafted degustation combining the freshest seasonal flavours and leading guests on a gastronomic charter of the region’s finest produce.
Our Cellar
In keeping with the Baillie Lodges Culinary Philosophy, a diverse selection of Kangaroo Island and South Australian wines and beers has been hand-selected to pair with each seasonally changing menu. Alternatively, guests can choose their own bottle from the convivial open bar or help themselves from the walk-in cellar.
Open bar
Especially at sunset, guests gather around the Great Room’s open bar, which offers premium wines, craft beers and top shelf spirits, including Baillies 9 wild gin and the local honey liqueur. Staff are on-hand to assist with mixing a cocktail or making a suggestion, and sunset drinks are served each evening to allow guests to mingle and share the day’s discoveries.
Walk-in cellar
The generous at-home feel at Southern Ocean Lodge means guests are free to peruse the selection of premium South Australian wines on offer in the walk-in cellar, and choose whichever they like to take to the table. The cellar wines are chosen by Lodge Manager John Hird, with many only available at the state’s cellar doors. The experience is a virtual winery tour of South Australia, all in one glorious location.
In-suite bars
Every suite has a complimentary in-suite bar, which includes daily-replenished local treats, as well as South Australian loose leaf tea and an espresso coffee machine. Guests can relax after a day’s adventures with cheese, nougat or chocolates, as well as soft drinks, juice, wine and beer.
Understated elegance and attention to detail coupled with sensational service and wonderful food and wine… I cannot imagine anything better. The staff were wonderful. I have never experienced better anywhere in the world and I have been lucky to travel extensively. The lodge will be my new benchmark by which any future accommodation and service will be measured.Tony, Australia January 2019
Southern Ocean Lodge is all about getting lost in the wilds without sacrificing one iota of comfort.Tatler Travel Guide December 2018
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Experience
Unforgettable encounters
A personalised itinerary of guided adventures or 'signature experiences' is included in the tariff, allowing guests to encounter abundant wildlife in the island's ‘zoo without fences’.
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Lodge
Our Luxury
A stay with Baillie Lodges is about the connection with the landscape, its culture and wildlife, a celebration of superb regional cuisine and luxurious lodgings to sink into at the end of the day.
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