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4 hours ago
1 min

Well, hello again world!

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,...

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Clare Shearman

Oct 21
1 min

Iso......

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 f...

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Clare Shearman

Sep 20
1 min

The labyrinth is built!

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

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Masks, curfews and lock-down at The Hermitage

Clare Shearman

Aug 7
2 min

Masks, curfews and lock-down at The Hermitage

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 t...

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Clare Shearman

Jun 29
1 min

Perspective

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 d...

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Clare Shearman

Jun 21
1 min

The Hermitage is open

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 ...

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Clare Shearman

Mar 17
1 min

Come and isolate yourself with us

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 be...

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Clare Shearman

Mar 1
1 min

Kookaburra

This beauty was the gift of the walk home from church today. It is a great reminder of the next job on the list, which is to spruce up o...

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Clare Shearman

Feb 19
1 min

'Blue Wren' gets a little makeover

Blue Wren, the cabin closest to the beach and furthest away from the house has had a little bit of a spruce up and is now ready for visit...

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Clare Shearman

Feb 6
1 min

What a welcome!

1st February saw the Shearman’s arrival in Shoreham with a lovely welcome from Brian. A mixed day for both of us. Sadness at our differ...

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jacobbeydler

Dec 10, 2019
1 min

Coming ready or not......

This time last year we were packing up to leave Treargel Retreats https://www.treargel.com and we wrote a post about waiting. As we writ...

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