After prowling around MONA, wassailing the apple trees at the Huon Valley Mid-Winter Fest or simply roaming through Hobart’s lanes and alleys (and discovering food and drink delights), wouldn’t it be wonderful to retreat to one’s own, warm nest? Slow Beam is that retreat. Cut into a steep, rocky hill in West Hobart, the enigmatically-named Slow Beam is a pair of interconnected black boxes, accessed by a long, curved drive. Photographer Lauren, and Keith, a musician, built Slow Beam for themselves, had a baby, then found they were settled in Melbourne. They now offer Slow Beam as luxury guest accommodation.
Lauren wants staying at Slow Beam to be enduringly “peaceful, surprising and relaxing”; Keith describes it as “out of the ordinary, unique, dark and moody … modern, sophisticated shapes in…
