Beautiful stays

places worth
staying for.

My own stays, places I've actually been and the ones worth planning a trip around. For now, let's start somewhere close to home.

Start with Orange
Golden autumn leaves beside Lake Canobolas in Orange

Hosted by Jen

stay awhile.

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Stay Awhile living room with fireplace and open-plan kitchen

Orange, NSW

stay awhile, Orange

A light-filled four-bedroom home for slow mornings, long lunches and wine weekends with the people you actually want to spend time with.

  • 4 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 8
  • 2 bathrooms
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Places I've been and recommend

not another accommodation directory.

Jen sitting on a gate with dramatic skies in regional New South Wales

Hosted by Jen

places with a real connection.

Jen’s own stays get the fullest story: the home, the destination and the weekend around it.

Canvas camping stay glowing at night in Bonny Hills

Stayed + recommended

beautiful places she can genuinely speak to.

Future stays can earn a place here when there’s an actual experience, story or reason to recommend them.

Jen celebrating on a balcony overlooking the ocean in Yamba

Trip-worthy

sometimes the stay is the reason to go.

The collection can grow around feeling and occasion, not just a long list of properties.

Vineyard landscape in Orange, New South Wales

Start with Orange

a weekend worth driving for.

Cool-climate wine, good food, four distinct seasons and my home base. Orange is the first place where I’ll recommend stays and destinations.