Chilterns of Stirling - Tranquil Hidden Treasure

Chilterns of Stirling is a really special place. The home is set on 3 acres of botanical garden and every season reveals something new and wonderous to enjoy. This hidden treasure is seductively quiet and peaceful, positioned well back from the road. Enter the driveway to be transported to a fairy tale world of calm, relaxation and tranquillity.

The great heights of the 100 year old trees draws your imagination to those days when families escaped to the Adelaide hills from long summers in town, holding garden parties, picnics, playing lawn games and retreating indoors for the evening’s parlor games. It was a time before overseas flights, or air conditioning, and Adelaideans built holiday homes in the hills for a more moderate summer climate and an authentic winter that reminded them of home.

Nature really is all around the home, with a different perspective of the garden from every room.

In some rooms the rhythm of the flowing creek eases your breathing in time with its gentle bubbling. Across the expanse of the lawn magpies and kookaburras warble and laugh, and the occasional bunny scurries into the hedges. Ducks peacefully dip in and out of the creek, waddling from the bank along the length of the water under the bridges and through the garden.

The creek has a personality of its own. After the rain it is full of energy, as if it has been caged. During the summer months it slows down and trickles along, almost as we do. Listen for the sound reverberations along the creek, take a walk along and find them. It’s a bouncing, drumming sound above the wooden bridge and below the stone bridge.

Across the bridge, the rotunda is a perfect viewing spot to enjoy the garden from. In a garden like this you can’t help but breath in deeply, and take in the scent of the eucalypts. Sometimes you’ll hear the call of koalas from these magnificent trees.

Inside the home the rooms have their very own personalities too. There is a sense of grandness that comes from the large scale of the home.

From the lounge, look out the French windows to the shade of the cascading gardens as the blue wrens frolic in the bird bath. Enjoying a family lunch or dinner, the garden is both left and right, providing beautiful natural light.

In the evenings or on those rainy days the games room provides the perfect place to savour a glass of wine or whiskey over a game of pool or chess.

For those who love to entertain, the large modern kitchen is equipped with all the items you could need to escape in your own world of creativity and turn out an incredible masterpiece. In the kitchen pantry we like to showcase some of South Australia’s finest suppliers in our condiments, sauces and a few other little treats that can change from time to time.

The master suite with king bed and ensuite provides privacy in their very own wing of the home. Lined by camelias and looking out to an incredible oak and private rose garden, it’s a very special room.

Settling in to the blue room and pink room, you’ll drift off to the hypnotic sound of the creek in super comfortable queen beds, waking up to the view right over across the garden, lawns and creek.

We offer you a choice with way you’d like bedroom 4. It can either be two single beds or one king bed depending on your group’s needs.

We are an inclusive property.

We welcome pets, but please let us know when you're booking.

Children of all ages are welcome. Please accompany infants and small children outside the home as the creek is unfenced.

Elopements, Weddings and Location Shoots
We are delighted to be the setting for many weddings, elopements and photographic location shoots.
Please let us know when you're booking and consider the additional agreement and cost that will be managed outside the booking platform.
For weddings and elopements we ask our couples to plan for a 3 night stay and a $1000 additional payment for hosting your event.
For locations we have in place a $1500 daily rate and the additional overnight booking, which can be managed through the platform.