Featured in SATC’s Best Winter Getaways | A Luxury Farm Stay on the Fleurieu Peninsula
There aren’t many stays like this. That is how Merilli1885 was described in South Australian Tourism Commission’s Best Winter Getaways, and it is a line that stayed with us. Not because it is bold, but because it is true.
Set quietly in Currency Creek on the Fleurieu Peninsula, Merilli1885 has never been about doing more. It has always been about doing less, properly. Slower mornings. Longer lunches. Evenings that stretch out beside the fire with nowhere else to be. Winter simply makes that feeling unmistakable.
A Luxury Farm Stay Near Middleton, Port Elliot and Goolwa
The neighbours have hooves. The hills roll out in every direction. Life here moves at its own pace, and you tend to follow.
This is not a place built around an itinerary. It is a place that invites you to step out of one. You might wake to soft light over the paddocks, coffee in hand, still in your robe. You might spend the afternoon by the Cheminée Philippe fireplace, watching the weather pass through. Or take the short drive to Middleton, just seven minutes away, for a walk along the coast before coming back to the quiet.
Port Elliot and Goolwa are just beyond. Coastal walks, good cafés, a change of scenery when you feel like one. The balance finds itself. Farm and sea. Stillness and movement. Space to choose, or not choose at all.
A Winter Getaway in South Australia, Designed for Slowing Down
There is a tendency to escape winter. At Merilli1885, it becomes the reason to stay.
Rain on the windows. Firelight in the evenings. Baths that take their time. The kind of cold that makes returning inside feel like a reward. The outdoor firepit is back in place for long evenings under the stars, adding another layer to winter nights on the Fleurieu.
Everything slows, and in that slowing, something shifts. You often arrive needing rest more than you realise. You leave lighter, without quite being able to point to why. Somewhere between the silence, the landscape and the rhythm of the farm, things recalibrate.
Private Luxury Accommodation on the Fleurieu Peninsula
Seven horses live on the property, and you are welcome to hand-feed them each morning with carrots we leave out for you. There is a mare expecting a foal in January, and the working cattle paddocks are never far from view. Horse lovers will feel particularly at home, though this stay is for anyone who needs to step away from the pace of daily life.
The cottage has been put together with care, down to the linen and bedding, the kitchen stocked and ready, breakfast provisions waiting. The fire is lit. You are not asked to plan your stay. Only to arrive.
A Romantic Getaway in South Australia
For couples, Merilli1885 offers something that is increasingly hard to find: uninterrupted time. No other guests. No shared spaces. Just the two of you, a working farm, and winter doing what it does best. Some guests book for an anniversary. Others simply need a reason to stop. Either way, it tends to be the kind of stay that gets talked about long after.
Plan Your Winter Escape to the Fleurieu Peninsula
If winter has been on your mind, this is what it could look like. Book direct via the link below and experience the Fleurieu Peninsula, slowed right down, just minutes from Middleton, Port Elliot and Goolwa.