75 GLENAYR FARM, MUDGEE, NSW
Leave your cares at the gates of Glenayr Farm – along with your wi-fi signal – for an off-grid glamping experience complemented by Mudgee’s award-winning food and drink offering.
THE SUN STARTS TO SLIP lower in the sky as we sit beside the light-dappled dam on Glenayr Farm (glenayrfarm.com.au) attempting to absorb the last of its warmth for the day. My partner and I are making our way through a guided wine tasting of some of Mudgee’s finest when two curious kangaroos appear on the other side of the dam. Stephanie Ross, owner of Exclusively Mudgee, pauses our tasting as we watch the pair cautiously nibble away at the long strands of straw-coloured grass that frame the dam. It isn’t long before our marsupial guests lose interest and bound off beyond our view. It’s a memorable introduction to our first night glamping on the 130-hectare working sheep farm.
This sprawling parcel of land is set in blissful seclusion, completely off-grid and solar-powered; I lost my wi-fi signal the moment we took the first bend in the winding, unsealed road up to the glampsite. But for all its seemingly rugged isolation, Glenayr is only a 25-minute drive from Mudgee and the world-renowned wineries that surround it.
