T’S ALL ABOUT A SENSE OF ARRIVAL as you pull up in an aqua taxi to spend the weekend on your own private island. This is luxury, Australian style: the privilege of exclusive access to unadulterated nature and being safe in the knowledge that your architect-designed digs are resting lightly in its midst. Picnic Island is a privately owned bolthole that lies within Coles Bay, framed by Freycinet National Park and with Wineglass Bay just around the corner. And while this means you’re on the doorstep of some of Tasmania’s
