On a 200-acre off-grid wildlife refuge at Cape Otway, near Apollo Bay, architecturally designed pods sit among coastal rainforest with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the Southern Ocean. The property runs entirely on solar and has been replanted with more than 60,000 native trees, drawing back koalas, kangaroos and wallabies. The Great Ocean Walk, Station Beach and Rainbow Falls are reachable on foot. Suited to travellers who want dark skies, solitude and a light footprint over comfort-by-numbers.