Lon Retreat & Spa – Australia’s Best Spa Retreat

on December 30, 2025

Lon Retreat & Spa is farm and former family home transformed into a luxurious coastal escape.

Lon Retreat & Spa sits high on a hill in Point Lonsdale on 250 acres of rural and conservation land, on the edge of the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.

Point Lonsdale is a 90 minutes drive from Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport and 40 minutes drive from Melbourne (Avalon) Airport.

Founders Claire & Rob Gemes renovated the sandstone farmhouse over eighteen months, opening Lon Retreat in 2018.

Claire’s family have lived and worked this land over seven generations.

Lon Spa offer therapeutic massages, restorative facials, body rituals, private mineral retreats, signature Subtle Energies & Vanessa Megan treatments.

With three unique treatment rooms that feature mineral water fed soaking tubs, steam rooms.

Their facilities include a Finnish sauna, magnesium-rich natural plunge, Swedish soak bucket, a communal fire-pit, relaxed designer lounges with breathtaking views to the ocean, lighthouse and coastal landscape.

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Ocean Goddess Ritual

210 Minutes | $585 AUD

This all-encompassing journey begins with a skin softening salt exfoliation and Pearl Infused Remineralising Mask enriched with active ingredients to regenerate skin cells.

Whilst cocooned, fall into a peaceful drift with a Subtle Energies cleanse, exfoliation, mask and scalp massage.

Your journey is complete with private steam, full body hydration and a facial massage using precious oils of rose and jasmine to restore sensory balance.

Inclusive of 90 minutes of Bathe, Sauna, Plunge in Lon’s Mineral Bathing and Contrast Therapy Space prior to your treatment.

Lon is your home-hotel, with seven luxury suites spread throughout the sandstone retreat including six 1-bedroom suites and one 2-bedroom suite.

Each suite individually designed with its own unique character inspired by its natural surroundings, combining earthy tones with contemporary luxury.

All hotel guests are able to enjoy their mineral pools and contrast therapy spaces throughout their stay.

Lon Retreat & Spa is an exclusive adult retreat available to 16 years and over.

Book Your Stay at Lon Retreat & Spa

Location

Lon Retreat & Spa

25 Gill Road
Point Lonsdale
Victoria 3225
Australia

www.lonretreat.com.au

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