{"id":80597,"date":"2023-05-02T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/?p=80597"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T03:16:11","slug":"windstar-cruises-star-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/windstar-cruises-star-breeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the best boutique cruise Down Under?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windstarcruises.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windstar Cruises<\/a>&#8216; has made its debut Down Under and it might just be one of the best ways to sail the southern seas, writes Kirstie Bedford<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It never ceases to amaze me how miners found their way through this rugged territory,\u201d John, our driver, tells us. He\u2019s a fourth-generation Tasmanian and although he has been taking travellers to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovertasmania.com.au\/things-to-do\/nature-and-wildlife\/cradlemountainlakestclairnationalpark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park <\/a>for decades, it\u2019s still magical to him. You can hear it in his voice. See it in the shake of his head as he speaks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s his first time back since the pandemic, and he\u2019s driving a busload of us from Burnie, where our ship, Windstar Cruises\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windstarcruises.com\/ships\/star-breeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Star Breeze <\/a>is docked. This is also the ship\u2019s first time in Australia: Sydney then Melbourne, before crossing the Bass Strait to Tasmania.&nbsp;It\u2019s mostly Americans on this excursion \u2013 a reflection of the geographic make-up of those on board. Fellow traveller, Jan, tells me she\u2019s always dreamed of coming to Australia but only made the decision when Windstar announced its trip. She\u2019s loyal to the brand, and it doesn\u2019t take long to see why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ship is opulent, to say the least. My room, in the newly renovated middle section, has a regal feel, with a gold mottled mirror in the living room, plush king-size bed and double doors opening to a small balcony. The staircases have gold balustrades, and outside there are wide decks, some with bars, two others with sparkling pools. It\u2019s small, just 312 guests, and staff know you by name and treat you like a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80600 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80600 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full wpforms-block wpforms-block-f0c0d04d-f401-4d96-ae01-92babe091d39\" id=\"wpforms-58331\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-58331\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form\" data-formid=\"58331\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80597\" data-token=\"2a478bd0464a60543f887aec377b030b\" data-token-time=\"1778641003\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-58331-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-58331-field_2\">Want more travel inspiration delivered directly to your inbox?<\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-58331-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-small\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" placeholder=\"Subscribe to our newsletter\" spellcheck=\"false\" ><\/div><\/div><!-- .wpforms-field-container --><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"58331\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80597\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"http:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/windstar-cruises-star-breeze\/\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-58331\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Subscribe<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tasmania port of call with Windstar Cruises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s cool when we leave the boat for our bus, but regardless of the weather, the shore excursions are the main reason you travel this way. Or so Jan tells me, to nods of agreement from our fellow travelling companions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDrop your bag once and you can be in mainland Australia one day, Tasmania the next and a few days later New Zealand,\u201d she tells me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the best way to travel, especially when you\u2019re on your own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our bus comes over a rise and the dramatic serrated peak of Cradle Mountain appears. Mouths are agape as we pull into the carpark where a mirror-like Dove Lake reflects its famed mountainous guardian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we walk the six-kilometre Dove Lake track, Cradle Mountain reveals herself in all her glory, changing colour in the shifting light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, back on the bus, John stops when he spots multiple wombats dotted along the buttongrass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all stand in awe of the teddy-bear-like marsupials. \u201cBox ticked,\u201d John calls out, and he\u2019s smiling from ear to ear.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"Cradle Mountain in front of Dove Lake\" class=\"wp-image-80603 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"Cradle Mountain in front of Dove Lake\" class=\"wp-image-80603 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-3-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cooking up a storm<\/strong> on Windstar Cruises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Back on the boat, we\u2019re treated to a cooking lesson by chef Gavin Baxter, who lives in Poland, but spends four months a year on board. He\u2019s worked in five-star hotels, restaurants and private luxury yachts, but it\u2019s here he says he feels most at home. He\u2019s cooking a risotto. \u201cWhen I cook this at home, I taste it up to 10 times,\u201d he tells us. At home, he and his wife produce plum products (sugar-free jams and a smoked plum vodka). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ask him about culinary trends and he says on board the movement is towards plant-based menus. \u201cPeople are demanding that, and we are pioneering our way through that on cruises. We are constantly trying to reinvent ourselves, particularly around sustainability.\u201d&nbsp;Much like the rest of the cruise, they\u2019re evaluating and evolving to meet the needs of the discerning travellers who like to call this ship home for weeks (or months) at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lemon_Cheesecake_macerated_strawberries_3_copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lemon_Cheesecake_macerated_strawberries_3_copy-1024x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80680 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lemon_Cheesecake_macerated_strawberries_3_copy-1024x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80680 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lemon_Cheesecake_macerated_strawberries_3_copy-1024x467.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lemon_Cheesecake_macerated_strawberries_3_copy-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lemon_Cheesecake_macerated_strawberries_3_copy-768x350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lemon_Cheesecake_macerated_strawberries_3_copy.jpg 1096w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80605 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80605 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-copy-4-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Time to dine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After feasting on Baxter\u2019s risotto, I take pause, lounging on one of the four complimentary thermal tile chairs in the spa, which radiate heat and are a great relief after a hike or working out in the onsite gym. There is a full itinerary to be had: mixology classes, trivia and enrichment speakers talking about Tasmania\u2019s landscape, wildlife and climate, and a chance to visit the Open Bridge. But, for now, I\u2019m happy here listening to the calming music and contemplating which cocktail I\u2019ll have at one of the three onboard bars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That night we dine at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windstarcruises.com\/life-on-windstar\/culinary-excellence\/onboard-dining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Candles restaurant<\/a> (there are three restaurants to choose from) on seafood chowder, beef fillet steak mignon and cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e, to a sun streaked in pink and orange hues, before heading back to our cabins.We\u2019re calling into Hobart tomorrow and then the ship heads onwards to New Zealand. Jan tells me she\u2019s most looking forward to Fiordland, cruising among those dramatic fjords the South Island is so famed for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she\u2019s in no rush to get home. This is the trip of a lifetime, she says, and I can see just why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Looking for more inspiring Signature Luxury Travel &amp; Style stories? 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