Q Station Retreat

Q Station Retreat is the Accor hotel refurbishment of the former North Head Quarantine Station in Manly. I hear they run ghost tours of the place, which I put out of my mind when we came to stay with the whole family for a wedding.
There were a lot of us — so we booked up several of the 3 bedroom cottages. It’s worth noting that although you can sleep 6 adults in the place, they will only allow 1 car per cottage, which is a massive pain when trying to organise everyone and their small children. They do have a shuttle bus to help with transferring around your luggage, but it’s not ideal when you have a house full of toddlers and babies. After the wedding we had one driver ferrying people back and forth and they got cranky with us about the number of cars reporting to the one cottage, although it was the same car doing repeat trips.
The cottages themselves are heritage style (read: old) but they do the job. We weren’t here for luxury accommodation. The pillows and mattresses are atrocious and probably haven’t ever been replaced since the fit out. I couldn’t imagine sleeping here for more than one night.
The views are lovely and we did enjoy being able to walk to each other’s verandahs to catch up.
Not somewhere I’d ever stay again by choice or as a couple, but if you’re in town for a wedding at this or nearby venues like Milestones, it’s a good option.