The Cliffs Retreat

Following Clare's appointment as Director at Heart of Life Centre for Spiritual and Pastoral Formation, Artie will now be managing...

Are you ready to return to the world? This is the question we are asking us ourselves here at The Cliffs. At the end of this last 11...

The Invitation from Peter Martin, on the cusp of COP26: We have received this invitation because of the thrice weekly meditations hosted...

~ The Cliffs ~ Millenia of continual waves and tidal flow gently eroded solid rock again and again crashing storms winds blowing...

We are sad to advise of the death of Clover one of our four chickens. Clover had been getting slower and increasingly lethargic over the...

I have been meditating via Zoom at 8.30am on Monday and Friday mornings with a small group of 'lovers of the place' run by the...

We were delighted to receive this poem from Pat Walsh having attended our open day back in February. Thanks so much Pat. Some things...

The advantage of the clocks going forward is that we didn't have to be up quite so early to capture the stunning sunrises this weekend. ...

"Clare and Artie Shearman now offer a ministry of retreats and spiritual direction at The Cliffs retreat in Shoreham. Twelve months...

Well here is something we never thought we would need to do! For the official opening, blessing and book launch next Sunday we are...

We would love you to join us at a much awaited opening blessing of The Cliffs Retreat after its transfer from the Missionaries of the...

An early Christmas visitor at The Cliffs. We very much look forward to seeing you soon too. Every blessing for peace and joy this...

See the link below - you will need to act quickly to take advantage of this offer but it will give you 5 days worth of retreat at The...

This is us today. We are back, we are open, we are ready to welcome you to The Cliffs after 140 days of lockdown. The sun is shining,...

How is your Iso? Have you loved it or loathed it? How are you feeling as things free up a bit? Have you moved closer or further away...

Our lockdown project is going well. Artie has been very busy! . We have uncovered and cleared some of the original paths in the garden...

With Melbourne (and Shoreham) in Stage 4 lock-down (obligatory masks and evening curfew) we are closed for at least the next 5 weeks. I...

With low tide at less than a meter this weekend, we walked out to the furthest rock on the beach to see what we could see. Things look...

We are happy to announce that our third cabin, The Hermitage is now open for business. We have made a few small changes and we welcomed...

Kookaburra has now had its spruce up and is ready for occupancy. These are very strange times and you may feel that this could be the...