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The fountain bed bathroom deck inside Mistere Spa and Retreat, Tweed Valley.<\/p><\/div>\n
We make our way up a steep and windy road and \u2013 arriving at Mistere Spa and Retreat<\/a>, set up high in Urliup 10 minutes from the centre of Murwillumbah \u2013 hear\u2026 nothing. Silence. Air. Relaxing in record time is easy here; civilisation feels so far away.<\/p>\n\n Mistere, named after the continual mist that sits on Mount Warning, features three self-contained luxury villas nestled high among the trees, surrounding a lake and alongside a waterfall. You can’t help but relax here; a sculptural fountain in the main lake feels like a meditation tape on repeat. The aim here is to disconnect. Done.<\/p>\n\n Each villa features a kitchen, views either out to Mount Warning or overlooking the lake, and all the comforts of a luxury hotel. The several sculptures on the 50-hectare property add an air of mystery to the already serene environment, and each villa is completely private \u2013 making it very easy to switch off from everything.<\/p>\n A visit to the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre<\/a> is a must. The modernist building offers panoramic views over the Tweed River. The Margaret Olley Art Centre, is a re-creation of Margaret Olley\u2019s home studio in Paddington, Sydney, featuring over 20,000 household items which she used a subject matter for her artworks. It\u2019s an intriguing view into her life as an artist and how her home was left when she passed away.<\/p>\n Producer Gerard \u2018Buck\u2019 Buchanan from Buck\u2019s Farm<\/a> was the first in Australia to harvest finger limes native to the land he has run for 40 years. His finger limes and other exotic products such as aniseed myrtle and Japanese Yuzu fruit, service the restaurants in the area, such as Paper Daisy at Cabarita Beach; the farm even supplied renowned Noma chef Ren\u00e9 Redzepi on his last visit to Australia. A visit to his farm is like an outdoor museum of exotic fruits.<\/p>\n\n Other places to visit for produce include Tropical Fruit World<\/a>, where you can see and taste over 500 varietals of exotic fruits from around the world and the Murrwillymbah Farmers\u2019 Market<\/a>, open Wednesdays, which showcases the best produce from the region; allowing you to sample it and meet the producers.<\/p>\n Burringbar, a town south-east of Murwillumbah may be small in size but is big on flavour. The area incorporates a tea dispensary and cafe, Fallen Leaf<\/a>, which has an onsite practising herbalist, Ash Hill. Ramble around Heaths Old Wares<\/a>, a rabbit warren of eclectic vintage pieces that regularly services the film industry and many a stylist. Nearby is Tweed Valley Whey Farmhouse Cheeses<\/a>, a small family-owned artisanal dairy farm; stop off for a tasting whilst admiring the 100-plus herd of cows.<\/p>\n Take a full-day tour of Tweed\u2019s historic villages with Mount Warning Tours<\/a>, stopping Uki and Tumbulgum. Pop into the Art Post Uki<\/a>, a working post office and newsagency that also features a coffee house run by the post (and coffee) master Garry Wall and a small art gallery run by local artist Susan Kinneally. Have a peek at the pink coffee roaster out the back, she is pretty.<\/p>\n The tour will also take you to the charming town of Tyalgum; stop in at Flutterbies Cottage Cafe<\/a>\u00a0for a nostalgic step back in time. A few doors down, the heritage-listed Tyalgum Community Hall hosts a selection of concerts, plays and musicals during the year including the Tyalgum Music Festival each September. Visit\u00a0tyalgumfestival.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With a secluded retreat designed for maximum relaxation, a fantastic regional art gallery and next-level produce enriched by volcanic soil, the picturesque northern NSW region known as the Tweed deserves your attention. The Tweed, as it’s affectionately known by locals, is an area on the NSW north coast that encompasses Murwillumbah, Kingscliff and Burringbar, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":191264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"article.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[1446],"tags":[903,4542,5474,5515,1905,6990],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBuild a gallery and they will come<\/h2>\n
Sample the produce first hand<\/h2>\n
Visit Burringbar<\/h2>\n
Let someone do the driving<\/h2>\n
Historic towns<\/h2>\n