Visit Victoria’s new pop-up accommodation experience is underway

Visit Victoria’s new pop-up accommodation experience is underway

Bookings are now open for a night with Stella the Stargazer: Visit Victoria’s newest limited-edition off-grid accommodation experience.

Hitting the road in late 2022 and early 2023, the activation will see Stella – a uniquely Victorian ‘tiny home’ – set up shack in three Victorian regions for 8-weeks apiece.

The first activation will take place at Blue Gables vineyard in Maffra, with Stella popping up among Central Gippsland from 14 October 2022. Stays two and three will see Stella set against the coastline of the Great Ocean Road in February and March followed by the sandstone mountains of the Grampians in April and May, with more details to be revealed.

To bring the activation idea to life, Visit Victoria partnered with Port Fairy-based design and manufacture business, Ample, who specialise in transportable buildings. Ample recruited a team of local artisans to build the structure.

The pop-up is designed to inspire visitors to turn off digital screens and embrace nature. Despite it sitting off the grid, travellers who love to cook on holiday won’t be disappointed by their options. Stella’s kitchen is centred around a woodfire that also functions as a hotplate, with glass sliding doors that open out onto a modular deck with a firepit.

Many measures were taken to reduce the carbon footprint of the construction process, including repurposing corrugated iron, Victorian hardwoods, and old pieces of steel from a demolished rural farm shed in Penshurst, Victoria.

As well as lessening the environmental impact, these materials provide an authentic aesthetic designed to be distinctively Victorian, paying homage to the ‘Aussie shed.’ Interior items from crockery to bedding will be sourced from Victorian designers and manufacturers.

Check out some pics of Stella the Stargazer and its locations below:

Stella the Stargazer pop-up (render)

Blue Gables Vineyard – Gippsland location

Blue Gables Vineyard – Gippsland location

Blue Gables Vineyard – Gippsland location


Featured Image: Stella the Stargazer render (Supplied)

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