There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles over the coast in the days before Christmas — the sound of summer arriving. For our guests, it’s a season with a rhythm all its own: the same stretches of sand, the same long lunches, the same homes, returned to year after year.
Ask around and you’ll hear it again and again. A family who has spent every New Year’s Eve for a decade on the same stretch of waterfront in Palm Beach, watching the fireworks roll in from the water. Friends who gather each December in the same beachfront home across Sydney’s eastern suburbs, picking up exactly where last summer left off. Others who disappear entirely — into the stillness of our most private regional escapes, where the only sound is the one they came for.
These are not homes people discover once and move on from. They’re homes people come back to.
A Season That Books Itself Out
It happens every year, and it’s happening again now. The waterfront addresses. The beachfront homes with their doors open to the surf. The secluded country retreats built for long tables and longer stays. As the temperature climbs and the year winds down, these are the first to fill — often before the season has properly begun.
We’ve gathered our most sought-after homes for Christmas and New Year below: a collection shaped by the guests who return to them, and by what makes each one worth returning to.
Booking Your Christmas and New Year Stay
Peak weeks move quickly, and the homes above are already filling for the season. We’d encourage anyone with a particular property, or a particular week, in mind to get in early.
Browsing and booking online is always welcome — but if you’d rather talk it through, our team is here for exactly that. Tell us what you’re picturing — the number of guests, the kind of week you’re after, the coastline or the quiet — and we’ll help find the home that fits.
Enquire here, or reach us directly at info@contemporaryhotels.com.au. One of our team will be in touch as soon as possible.
