I was on Tasmania’s east coast when Polestar launched its Polestar 5 Performance, and Sea Stacks Bicheno was home for the night. Self-catered luxury doesn’t get any better. It’s on a finger of land looking across Waubs Bay to the Tasman Sea, with water on both sides.
The electric front gate is a classy entrance, with the lodge pods and curved garages just beyond. The garages have a Zappi charger for each bay for guests with EVs, completely eliminating the need for galavanting. The immaculate grounds are crossed on raised boardwalks which link the pods so guests stay off the native plantings, and to give the local little penguins somewhere to live. I’m told the penguins were only metres away from us during the night.
The thrill was not that we didn’t see them but could hear them, it was that they were that and we didn’t disturb them.
Of the 14 units, 10 are two-storey pods, 2 are upstairs studios and 2 are ground-floor studios built for wheelchair access. The Scandi-style pods have one room per floor, with a half bath downstairs and a full bath up. The bath and basin look like the same granite seen outside as large boulders dotted across the estate. A large glass-topped light well above the bath means you can lie in it and look at the stars. The heated towel rails are a nice touch, and there is a scented candle and chilled rosé to enjoy either white taking in the bath-salted soak, or on the terrace overlooking the water.
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Linens are top quality, and instead of a fluffy white robe you get one woven from natural fibre. The timber inside and out is reclaimed, saved from destruction or landfill. The furnishings mix mid-century modern and Scandi pieces to match the design ethos of the site. I like that each pod feels secluded, has a view, but most of all, feels like home (if you happen to be one of ABBA).
There’s a full kitchen, with a breakfast to cook yourself and a bottle of wine in the fridge. Tea and coffee pods are provided, though a few sachets of hot chocolate would have been even better. The main room and the bedroom both open onto the outdoors through large sliding doors, and the bedroom door has a roll-out screen for balmy summer nights open to the bay. The blinds are electric, and the big glass doors have sliding curtains. The 2 rows of pods face the bay, so almost directly east or west if the sun was any indication.
The reverse-cycle heat pump AC works well, and there’s a sauna pod nearby.
Solar panels on site offset the power use, and huge water tanks capture rain that otherwise drains into the sea. Instead of hiding this all away, it is proudly shown off, adding to the eco-credentials. The owners bought Bicheno’s Silver Sands Resort in 2002. In 2018 they built 3 prototype Stacks at Denison, which still take guests, and the Bicheno build followed from those.
I was only there for a night, but I can recommend eating nearby. A few hundred metres away is Le Coq, a French bistro that’s is a fabulous find worthy of Cannes, with a sensational menu of local produce. Word has it the chef gathers and forages.
Polestar 5 Performance shots in the gallery were taken around Bicheno.
A night costs about $1,000, and bookings are at seastacks.com.au.
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Alan Zurvas is the founder and editor of Gay Car Boys, Australia's leading LGBTQI+ automotive publication. Before launching GCB in 2008, Alan's automotive writing was published in SameSame.com.au and the Star Observer. With over 16 years of hands-on car reviewing experience, Alan brings an honest, irreverent voice to every review — championing value and innovation over brand loyalty.
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