Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat

Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat Award winning boutique accommodation set in tropical rainforest on the Cairns Highlands 🍃 We are just 90mins from Cairns.

Secluded in the rainforest of the Atherton Tablelands, Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat is home to 12 treehouses, all with total privacy suitable for honeymooners and families alike. All treehouses feature full kitchens, luxury baths, fireplaces, laundry facilities and balconies. Guests can explore the 9kms of walking trails from their doorstep to pristine rainforest creeks where platypus reside. Disc

over a charming waterfall, abundant wildlife such as the endangered Cassowary, the smallest kangaroo in the world and over 160 bird species.

15/06/2026

Crater Mountain Coffee is one of those local places you'd never find if someone didn't tell you. Consider this us telling you. Drop in for a bag or book a farm tour, it's worth every minute.

Ask us for directions when you check in.

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11/06/2026

Just 90 minutes from Cairns, the Atherton Tablelands feels like a different world entirely. 🌿

Waterfalls, rainforest walks, crater lakes, rolling green hills and wildlife at every turn, this is one of Far North Queensland’s most special regions, and Rose Gums sits right in the heart of it all.

Explore by day, then return to your treehouse in the rainforest to slow down, switch off and simply take it all in.

Dad’s on the school run. 🌿Southern Cassowaries are one of the most ancient bird species on Earth, and Rose Gums is one o...
09/06/2026

Dad’s on the school run. 🌿

Southern Cassowaries are one of the most ancient bird species on Earth, and Rose Gums is one of the few places in Australia where you may encounter them wild and on foot.

A quiet reminder that this rainforest still belongs to nature.

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Winter in Malanda was made for two.Crisp days around 22°, nights that drop to 10°. Cold enough that the fire isn't a nic...
08/06/2026

Winter in Malanda was made for two.

Crisp days around 22°, nights that drop to 10°. Cold enough that the fire isn't a nice-to-have, it's the whole point.

While the coast is still sweating, the Tablelands are shifting into something quieter. Cooler. A little more intimate.

Limited availability left.

Book your romantic escape today: https://www.rosegums.com.au/

04/06/2026

It was here long before any of us, and it'll be here long after. 🌿

The Cathedral Fig has stood in the rainforest for more than 500 years, growing up to 50 metres tall and quietly witnessing centuries of change.

Just a 30-minute drive from Rose Gums, it’s one of the Atherton Tablelands’ most extraordinary natural wonders.

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Bag down. Shoes off. Forest on.This is the moment the week starts to dissolve. Green through every window, a deck that o...
02/06/2026

Bag down. Shoes off. Forest on.

This is the moment the week starts to dissolve. Green through every window, a deck that opens straight to the rainforest, and absolutely nowhere you need to be.

Pack light. We've got everything else.

01/06/2026

You drive up here for the view. You stay for the silence.

📍 Millaa Millaa Lookout, Atherton Tablelands.

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This is what 4pm looks like when you've made a good decision.
28/05/2026

This is what 4pm looks like when you've made a good decision.

26/05/2026

From up here, you remember how small your inbox actually is.

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25/05/2026

It's the season where we stare blankly into a fire and it solves all our problems.

No agenda. No phone. Just crackling wood & cool mountain air.

Autumn at Rose Gums hits different.
Book the fireplace. We'll handle the rest.

Availability is limited: https://www.rosegums.com.au/

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324 Land Road
Malanda, QLD
4885

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