LEAVE THE OFFICE at lunchtime, mind racing with to-do lists and shoulders assuming their usual position: tensed. Within an hour my partner and I are driving through Royal National Park, south of the CBD, heading for the tucked-away village of Bundeena. Flanked by the bush, the ocean rising into view on my right, I take a breath. When we reach our home for the next two nights, swinging open the gate and blinking in the view, I take a deeper exhale. Built on a clifftop overlooking Port Hacking, Simpson Cottage affords privileged guests a private audience with some of the most spectacular coastal views around. A 150-year-old sandstone cottage lovingly restored to levels of coffee-table-book poise, this
