Bangalay in the Media

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Nautilus Marine Magazine

ON THE MENU: DESTINATION DINING.

December 2023 – January 2024 Issue.
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Travel Weekly

DELVING INTO LUXURY: A CONVERSATION WITH MICHELLE BISHOP.

A Conversation with Michelle Bishop, Founder and Proprietor of Bangalay Luxury Villas at Shoalhaven Heads.
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Sydney Morning Herald + Traveller

Six of the best hotels for a Sydney staycation this festive season.
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Travel Weekly

REVIEW: BANGLAY DINING’S CULINARY ARRAY TRANSCENDS THE ORDINARY.

Nestled in the pristine beauty of Shoalhaven Heads, Bangalay Dining offers a culinary experience that transcends the ordinary. Recently, Travel Weekly had the pleasure of indulging in their dinner and breakfast menus as part of our stay, and we’d encourage anyone with the time, to do the same!

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Travel Weekly

REVIEW: A LUXURIOUS ESCAPE AT BANGLAY LUXURY VILLAS SHOALHAVEN HEADS

Travel Weekly were recently invited to stay in the epitome of coastal luxury at Bangalay Luxury Villas, Shoalhaven heads.

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The Weekend Australian Magazine June 2023

The Shoalhaven region on the NSW South Coast has long been recognised for its extraordinary oysters. But for its restaurant scene? Not so much. That changed with the arrival of Bangalay Dining..

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Travel + Luxury June 2023

With its crystal-hued waters, quaint villages and increasingly sophisticated food scene, the South Coast’s appeal continues to grow.

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Chic and cosy in a coastal forest

The restaurant’s chicken liver parfait “cornetto” indeed looks like a cornetto, but is rich and creamy in a totally different way. Instant classic.

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7 best things to do in the Shoalhaven

For our money, this is the chicest digs in the ‘Haven. A series of Scandi-inspired pods all looking onto a verdant golf course and just a minute from the beach, they all come with cosy fireplaces and warm touches galore. Perfect for a romantic getaway or just treating yo self.

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Better Homes and Gardens – This luxury resort makes it possible to enjoy a holiday with kids in tow

There’s no need to wait until you arrive at Bangalay Luxury Villas for holiday mode to kick in. The magic really begins on the 2-hour drive from Sydney, when you’re treated to a visual amuse-bouche to whet your appetite ahead of your arrival.

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Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2023

A toast to Australia. Bucket list of the five must-visit restaurants in every capital city.

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Escape to the ocean: Where to eat on the NSW South Coast

Whether you’re staying in a caravan, cottage or luxury villa in Shoalhaven Heads, a visit to Bangalay Dining by the beach is a must.

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2023 Lookbook: 7 Outfits For Every Destination

Man of Many and Emporio Armani ventured to the beautiful Bangalay Luxury Villas to shoot the Spring/Summer 23 Emporio Armani Campaign.

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Signature Luxury Travel – Bangalay Luxury Villas review: seaside serenity on the South Coast

Get back to nature and indulge at Bangalay Luxury Villas, nestled in pristine bushland on the New South Wales South Coast. Blending authenticity, sustainability and style, this modern coastal escape will allow you to succumb to relaxation and serenity, without compromising on luxury.  

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Eat Drink Play – Bangalay Dining’s Oyster Dressing Recipe

Bangalay Dining’s Exec Chef, Simon Evans shares his Finger Lime Mignonette Oyster Dressing Recipe, just in time for silly season soirées.

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Lux Nomad – Suitcase Series: Michelle Bishop

This week we caught up with Michelle Bishop, the woman behind Bangalay Luxury Villas, to find out what she never travels without, her packing tips, and what her most memorable trip has been so far…

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Canberra Times – Bangalay Long Lunch

Start your weekend with a nice drive to Shoalhaven Heads and arrive at Bangalay Luxury Villas in time for the new Friday long lunch. Executive chef Simon Evans has a new spring menu which showcases amazing produce from the local area, complimented by wild foraged ingredients from the local beaches.

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South Coast Register – Bangalay Dining the best at Restaurant and Catering Awards for Excellence

The Shoalhaven’s own Bangalay Dining has brought home a win from the state-wide Restaurant and Catering Awards for Excellence. The fine dining establishment won their category of best restaurant in a hotel/resort at the awards ceremony in late September.

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Kidspot – No, you don’t have to choose between your kids and a luxury getaway

Before kids, holidays were spent reading books by resort pools only moving to make my way through the sparkling waters to the swim-up bar for another cocktail. We’d have afternoon naps in the room before dinner and head out to eat whatever catches our eyes. These days, family trips are carefully-planned around kids’ club sessions and heavily-supervised trips to the pool. By dinner time we give in to ‘nuggets and chips’ because… holidays. But did you know you don’t have to choose between the two?

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Sydney Weekender – South Coast Flavours

For a perfect mix of Shoalhavens’s stunning natural environment, and the finers things in life- these guys have the balance just right! Bangalay Luxury Villas, in Shoalhaven Heads, comprises sixteen villas, which blend beautifully in their bush surrounds.

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Dirty Linen – Simon Evans (Bangalay Dining) and the importance of local produce

Simon Evans is executive chef at Bangalay Dining on the south coast of New South Wales, two hours from Sydney. Simon was steeped in the importance of local produce and foraging in his early cheffing jobs in Wales. When he moved to Australia a decade ago, he was determined to investigate the idea of Australian cuisine. Surely it didn’t mean lamingtons…

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2ST – Bangalay Dining was a winner at the 2022 NSW Australia Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards.

Shoalhaven’s Bangalay Dining was a winner at the 2022 NSW Australia Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence, taking home a WIN in the Restaurant in a Hotel-Resort Category. Business owner’s Michelle and Tom Bishop said, “It’s certainly been a tough couple of years, a trifecta of catastrophic fires, Covid-19 and floods has been a huge drain on us all. “So, to be recognised and take home a win in such a prestigious category reinforces that we’re doing something right, and we couldn’t do it without our amazing Bangalay Luxury Villas family.”

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Spooning Australia – A hidden oasis at Shoalhaven Heads

The food is undoubtedly Australian as it gets, not fish and chips or pies Australian, 5 Star Australian. Besides the dishes to the right Chef brought me a bonus course of some oysters served in finger lime that were epic! My favourite dishes would have to be the Emu Tartar and the Crab served on the bread base.
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Lux Nomade checks in to Bangalay Luxury Villas

The dark wooden boardwalk that flanks the row of architecturally designed villas in the quiet seaside town of Shoalhaven was designed to mimic the bush-shrouded beach paths that are quintessential to New South Wales’ south coast.

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The most beautiful places to stay on the NSW South Coast

The South Coast has been a beloved holiday destination for decades. Next time you go, pick from your holiday accommodation from the best of the bunch, according to Vogue Living. 

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A Heads above the rest

Most NSW residents look north to Byron Bay and Yamba when planning luxury beach getaways. But the south coast has plenty to offer, including one locally designed and owned resort with an exquisite onsite restaurant.

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Regional NSW attracts ‘super-luxe’ international tourists

Regional NSW is welcoming back international tourists for the first time in two years as businesses strive to attract wealthier, “super-luxe” tourists to help them recover from COVID losses.

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Halliday Wine Companion

Where to drink, eat and stay in Shoalhaven

Head to Shoalhaven in New South Wales for the beaches and bush, and stay for the wine and food.

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stellar Magazine Travel Review

5 unmissable new restaurants on the NSW south coast

Rightly or wrongly, Sydneysiders once associated the NSW south coast with meals like takeaway battered fish or blackened sausages on communal campground barbeques.

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Restaurant review

Bangalay Dining, fine dining by the beach

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Follow the food trail south

Is grazing platter-hopping a thing? If so, the South Coast is rapidly making an art form of it.

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Stays to soothe the soul

You don’t need summer weather as an excuse to spoil yourself. At these luxe lodgings, the surrounds are peaceful, all you require is within arm’s reach and the mood is set to “do not disturb”

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Mens Gear Review

5 eco-friendly resorts in Australia

Bangalay Luxury Villas, Shoalhaven Heads NSW.

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Mens Gear Review

Spend a weekend at the Bangalay Luxury Villas and come back refreshed and ready

To those who want to relax and escape from the stifling urban landscape, the Bangalay Luxury Villas might just do the trick.

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Illawarra Mercury Review

Hats off to popular Shoalhaven eatery recognised this week for Good Food Guide standard

Multi-hatted chef Simon Evans and the team at Bangalay Dining and Bangalay Luxury Villas at Shoalhaven Heads received a major boost on Monday with a Good Food review ranking the restaurant at hat level.

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EatDrinkPlay Review

A Weekend Away At Bangalay, Shoalhaven Heads

Immerse yourself in a luxury coastal experience on Sydney’s South Coast.

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Good Food Review

Shoalhaven Sensation

What’s especially good is that the experience ends up being a truly Australian one, without them shoving that sort of credo down your throat. It’s so much more powerful, after all, when you want to shove it down your throat yourself.

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Man of Many Accommodation Review

Bangalay Luxury Villas is Your Next South Coast Winter Escape

Winter is for cosy escapes, sitting around a fireplace, eating good food, and drinking red wine. And while there are many places around Australia you can easily do this, there are few that offer the same level of service, luxury, and style as Bangalay Villas.

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The Latch Out of Office

Collaboration

A South Coast town where community is everything.

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Qantas-Travel-Insider

Corporate Escapes

The COVID-19 switch to virtual work has seen a surge of interest in immersive executive retreats, such as Bangalay Luxury Villas in NSW.

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Wayfarer

Travel & Lifestyle

Guides to some of the world’s hottest destinations, hotels, cars, accessories and much more.

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The Latch Out of Office

Out of Office

Salt Bush Margaritas Are a Must at This South Coast Beachside Retreat.

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Shoalhaven Luxe Resort raises the bar with top-notch restaurant

The curated experiences on offer by Bangalay Luxury Villas are designed to show guests there’s more to the NSW South Coast than summer beach holidays – and then there’s the food.

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Coast is Clear

Between sand dunes and expansive bushland sits Bangalay Luxury Villas, a coastal getaway connected to its environment in more ways than one.

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Our Favorite Romantic Getaways In NSW

If you were planning to spend a few days on the coast of Shoalhaven with your partner, admire the picturesque scenery, reconnect and relax, you need to check out Bangalay Luxury Villas. Surrounded by pristine beaches and canopies of palms and blackbutt trees, these 16 self-contained modern villas are a dream come true.

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Wollongong’s Caveau closes as chefs move to Bangalay Dining

If the COVID-19 closure of Wollongong’s most celebrated and ambitious restaurant has a silver lining, it is that the skilled and quirky kitchen team from Caveau restaurant has taken its collective kitchen talent elsewhere.

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Ronnie Gorman – Bangalay Dining

Ronnie will be drawing on his valued and long-lasting relationships with many of Australia’s most renowned wine makers and distillers to further develop the wine experience at Bangalay Luxury Villas closely working with GM/owner, Michelle Bishop, and Bangalay’s new Executive Chef team, ex-Caveau owners Simon Evans and Thomas Chiumento, to create one of Australia’s must-visit coastal dining experiences.

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Multi hatted Caveau chefs bring their award-winning experience to luxury accommodation and fine dining venue Bangalay.

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Travel News

Just two hours from Sydney you can find Bangalay Luxury Villas, on the NSW South Coast. The luxe self-contained villas are perfect for Aussies to escape to.

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Your ultimate getaway guide to the NSW South Coast

My choice for a getaway within reach of a capital city? The NSW South Coast, where a string of some pretty spectacular places runs down the edge of the state, just a few hour’s drive south of Sydney.

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Review: Bangalay Villas

Whether you’re craving a romantic escape, a girls’ weekend or on the hunt for a family-friendly holiday spot, then a visit to Bangalay Villas is guaranteed to tick every box.

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The Stylish Bangalay Luxury Villas Is the Perfect Escape for Those Wanting an Easy Weekend Getaway From Sydney

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The Great Australian Lust List

From beach to bush, the playgrounds in our own backyard are opening up for business and -best of all- we’ve got them all to ourselves.

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11 jaw-dropping regional hotels for your next NSW road trip

Bangalay Luxury Villas is just two hours out of Sydney and features the pristine backdrop of Seven Mile Beach.

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Bangalay Luxury Villas, Shoalhaven Heads review: A truly restful retreat on the NSW South Coast

Bangalay Luxury Villas allow you to be snug and chilled at the same time.

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Going Places

From discreet boutiques and health retreats to lodges and treehouse-style accommodation, NSW is dotted with luxury places to stay. Carla Grossetti goes in search of it, from Byron Bay to the Blue Mountains and everywhere in between.

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Empty Esky’s Searchable Maps Will Sort Your Next Road Trip & Help Bushfire-Affected Businesses

Empty Esky, the initiative started after the devastating 2020 bushfire season wiped out tourism foot traffic for many regional areas, has geared back up now some states are allowed to travel locally.

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The best ways to holiday here this year in NSW

Do an empty Esky tour of Shoalhaven, NSW

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Travel Destinations

Inside a food-focused luxury retreat south of Sydney

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TransTasman Bubble

How to plan a foodie trip to Sydney, Australia

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Hotel News

Local stays and getaways across Australia

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This week’s wrap is a bit like fairy bread, which is not to say that it’s been sprinkled with hundreds and thousands, but that you have to be an aussie to appreciate some of it.

Shoalhaven’s Bangalay Luxury Villas are open with new experiences

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En-Route To: The NSW South Coast

Find complete serenity at Shoalhaven’s Bangalay Villas.

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Shoalhaven just became our next foodie must-do, and here’s why

These are the dining experiences you can’t miss.

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It’s Finally Time to Travel – Yay! (Where to Go in NSW)

It seems like forever since we have been able to leave home, but government restrictions on travel around NSW have lifted. It’s time to explore our own gorgeous state – and spend our money here.

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Bangalay Luxury Villas; the NSW beachside stay we have all been waiting for.

Two hours from Sydney, and just 40 metres from famed Seven Mile beach, Bangalay Luxury Villas offer the quintessential Australian beach holiday.

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Plan A Winter Beach Escape At These Luxury South Coast Villas

If you, like us, can’t wait to get out and explore all that NSW has to offer come June, and you’re also in need of a little post-iso R&R—some seaside air even—Bangalay Villas at Shoalhaven Heads should be top of your list.

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The Top Luxe NSW Accomodation To Book Once Travel Restrictions Are Lifted

With holiday travel restrictions to be lifted from June 1, it’s time to start planning your next NSW escape.

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The best travel deals as NSW coronavirus restrictions lift

Luxury tourism operators are seeing an increase in inquiries as people seek out more private holiday experiences.

Bangalay has privacy – a huge advantage in the post-COVID-19 world. Its stunning villas are tucked behind the beach in natural bushland and offer the quintessential beach town experience.

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Back for Seconds

Bangalay Luxury Villas sits on the edge of Seven Mile Beach and the Shoalhaven Heads Golf Course. Each villa has its own kitchen so you can feast on treats that you pick up on your travels. At Bangalay, [former] head chef Brent Strong [served] some of the most inventive native-focused food in NSW.

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Southern Charm

Head to the NSW South Coast for a getaway with a feel-good factor

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Escape to Your Country

If you prefer your rural escape free of chintz, reserve a spot at Bangalay Luxury Villas, Shoalhaven Heads. The 16 private one and two-bed self-contained bungalows are architecturally designed and decorated in a breezy coastal style. It’s a peaceful (and grammable) retreat from reality.

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Design Destination Shoalhaven

With rolling green hills only seconds from pristine beaches, this pocket of the Shoalhaven boasts luxe accommodation, a thriving food and wine scene and more design and homeware stores than any interior aficionado could hope for.

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After the Fires

With the end of this devastating fire season in sight at long last, we highlight how to help affected regions in their recovery efforts by visiting and discovering – or rediscovering – our own backyards. Base yourself at Bangalay Villas, next to Seven Mile Beach National Park at Shoalhaven Heads, for lazy days at the beach, fine dining and forays to the charming town of Berry and beyond to Kangaroo Valley.

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Shoalhaven: 6 of the area’s most delightful spots to support after the bushfires

Bangalay Luxury Villas is a collection of private villas with golf course or garden views. The on-site restaurant, Bangalay Dining, showcases local produce including oysters, beef and native Australian ingredients.

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Land of milk and honey: a gourmet South Coast adventure

For somewhere to stay, the newest venue is Bangalay Luxury Villas, run, designed and built by Michelle and Tom Bishop, who have perfectly captured the beauty and relaxed atmosphere of the Australian coast. Bangalay’s 16 self-contained private villas nestle against the sand dunes of Seven Mile Beach, blending effortlessly into the natural surrounds. There’s no need to go far for food either, thanks to onsite restaurant Bangalay Dining, under the helm of former chef Brent Strong. Oysters, flathead, local beef, native herbs and flora (think eucalyptus, Geraldton wax and banksia) mingle thoughtfully on the menu.

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Project Evolves Into Change Of Pace

For Evolve Building Group’s Tom and Michelle Bishop, Bangalay Luxury Villas are an award-winning testament to their exceptional design and building techniques – and an opportunity to get back to the region they love.

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