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Relax, refresh and rejuvenate with a specialised five night Yoga and Wellness Escape at O’Reilly’s Lost World Spa between 12 – 17 September, 2010.

Kick up your heels at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat's 'Back to the Bush' Weekend, 27th – 29th August, 2010.

O'Reilly's will celebrate everything great about the country lifestyle - enjoy some toe-tapping, knee-slapping good old fashioned fun with traditional Aussie bush dancing and bush poetry, or experience the taste of the country with true blue bush tucker.

Gold Coast real estate agency, Net Property Group (NPG), and ecotourism icon, O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, have joined forces with renowned charity Rosie’s ‘Blanket Appeal’ to help keep the homeless and people who require assistance in keeping warm this winter.

As the weather cools down, things are heating up at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat with an array of exciting events planned for this Autumn and Winter.

O’Reilly’s are taking the gourmet dining experience to new heights with the opening of their unique new dining deck later this year.

Friday the 13th may be unlucky for some, however with the luck of the Irish behind them, good things came in threes for the O’Reilly family at the Queensland Tourism Awards last week, with one win and two finalist nominations!

Let the kids go wild at O’Reilly’s this school holidays! With over 80 years of experience raising three generations of family members on the mountain, the O’Reilly family are experienced at providing quality family entertainment.
Discover more about Australia's remarkable wildlife and come face to face with some of these amazing creatures at O’Reilly’s new ‘Wildlife in the Rainforest’ show.

Come face to face with cold-blooded creatures at O’Reilly’s new animal awareness show.

The O’Reilly’s ‘Reptile Encounter’ show features a range of native Australian snakes including three out of the top 10 most venomous snakes in the world, plus a variety of monitors, lizards and turtles. Afterwards, a ‘chat and pat’ session gives you the chance to get up close and personal with some of these fascinating creatures, under the watchful eye of their experienced handlers.

After pioneering ecotourism in Australia over 80 years ago, O’Reilly’s has been recognised for their achievement by being named in the Top 50 Ecolodges of the World by US National Geographic magazine.

As O’Reilly’s marks a year since the soft opening of its luxury Mountain Villas development, and celebrates final completion of the project with the recent launch of the Lost World Spa and Conference Centre, a rare opportunity remains to secure peace of mind through a safe lifestyle investment in torrid times.

Nature nurtures at O’Reilly’s new Lost World Spa, which is set to take relaxation and rejuvenation to new heights, 1km above sea level - offering the ultimate world of pampering and rejuvenation set amidst the World Heritage listed rainforest and spectacular beauty of Lamington National Park.

Hutchinson Builders have taken out the top award for professional excellence in Queensland at the Australian Institute of Building awards, for meeting the unique construction challenge of building O’Reilly’s new luxury Mountain Villas in an isolated location, on a steep hillside, surrounded by World Heritage listed rainforest.

Professionals and amateurs alike will capture World Heritage listed Lamington National Park in its best light as O’Reilly’s annual photography week heralds the start of a winter season that will bring new warmth and well-being to guests with the long-awaited opening of O’Reilly’s Lost World Spa.

After one of the wettest summers on record the Lamington rainforest is at its lush and luxuriant best to welcome the change of season and a new program of activities at O’Reilly’s from birdwatching to photography, along with a menu that warms up as the weather chills.

O’Reilly’s has introduced an exciting new activities week for those who like things wild – Wildlife Week (20-26th January) will focus on a range of native species, making it the ideal way to celebrate what it means to be an Aussie.

Floodwaters have caused a weekend of havoc at O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards, ripping out all of its Semillon vines destroying the 2008 crop, inundating the wine cellar and lapping at the floors of the historic homestead. Amazingly however the Chambourcin vines on the other half of the vineyard escaped major damage and will be scheduled for harvest in the coming weeks.

Perched a kilometre above sea level in the lush rainforest, O’Reilly’s offers the ultimate summer escape from the heat and the crowds, and a chance to help cool the planet while you relax and unwind.

The only way to improve on World Heritage has been to build world-class, and as the O’Reilly family prepare for the initial opening of their 48-villa luxury eco village, they can reflect on perhaps their most ambitious achievement yet, in a proud 90-year history amidst World Heritage listed Lamington National Park.

On cue as the warmer weather arrives the buds have begun to burst and O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards has become a sea of green and the perfect place for a picnic.

Spring will truly be a season of awakening for O’Reilly’s with the $34 million Mountain Villas development set to open up a new level of luxury ecotourism for the Gold Coast hinterland and usher in an exciting new era for the pioneering O’Reilly family, just as nature itself springs into new life.

Welcome falls of 36mm have put the rain back into the forest around O’Reilly’s just as the beauty of Lamington is set to spring into life, while the perfectly timed precipitation will encourage early spring growth on the vines at O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards, where 44mm fell.

Budding and experienced photographers can now capture the beauty of the rainforest and the diversity of wildlife at O’Reilly’s all year round, with one day and weekend workshops being run by wildlife photography experts Trekabout Photography Workshops, in response to a growing interest in nature photography.

O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards is set to launch its first Verdelho, appropriately bottled in honour of Vince O’Reilly, a man who made warm hospitality his life’s calling for more than 40 years, until his death in 1999.

As the temperatures dips, the welcome is always warm at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat and Canungra Valley Vineyards with winter heralding fine new wines, wonderful walks, crackling fires, comfort food and special activities – all the ingredients that saw O’Reilly’s win Best Deluxe Accommodation at the Queensland Tourism Awards.

Tradition will meet modern conservation as O’Reilly’s works with researchers to establish a best practice model for feeding wild birds that will show the way for bird feeding in backyards across Australia.

There aren’t too many holidays where you get to bring home your own artworks as mementos, but O’Reilly’s annual Artist is Residence Program (July 15 –20) gives participants just that chance to record their time away in watercolour, charcoal or acrylic.

Ecotourism pioneers O’Reilly’s have teamed up with innovative water recycling company EcoNova to cut water consumption by up to 85% per guest at their rainforest retreat, even while expanding accommodation with the new Mountain Villas, a 48-villa development.

Eco-tourism pioneers O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat have capped off celebrations for 80 years of serving up nature with legendary hospitality, taking out the Deluxe Accommodation award at the Queensland Tourism Awards in Brisbane last night and being named as a finalist in the Ecotourism category.

O'Reilly's has always had a strong environmental philosophy but by choosing earth's choice from ENERGEX the eco-friendly retreat is going even 'greener'. By purchasing 20% of its electricity from green and renewable sources such as solar, wind, hydro and biomass, O'Reilly's is saving...