Ergon Energy

After making the scenic drive to Cedar Creek Falls Retreat, our group was amazed at what greeted us. A fantastic retreat in a wonderful location with first class facilities & the most kind, caring & generous staff in Michael, Ronnie & team.

Our two day stay included first class meals, quality accommodation, outstanding conference facilities & some serious team building around the campfire complete with toasted marshmallows!  Every aspect was extremely well thought out & organised to an absolute tee, leaving our group to concentrate on the purpose of our visit.  On our departure, we were farewelled by Michael & Ronnie (who we now think of as part of our Ergon Energy family).

We left Cedar Creek Falls Retreat with some wonderful memories but most of all feeling relaxed, focused & ready to get back to our business. I have no hesitation in recommending this location for team buildings, workshops & conferences. Without a doubt, we will be back!

Belinda Driscoll
Business Improvement Facilitator

www.ergon.com.au

Mt Maria Secondary College

Just to let you know that we really enjoyed our stay with you, in an environment that was conducive to young student leaders and their issues.  Everyone noted the high quality of the food and service which sustained us through our decision making process!  In particular the friendly nature of the staff, especially Ronnie and Michael may our stay memorable. 

The seminar room was suitable to enable our work to be undertaken in a serene environment, close to nature. All this, and one only needed to travel only 30 minutes outside Brisbane!  Many thanks, 

Chris and Angela
Year Level Coordinators

Frucor Pty Ltd - NZ

We had a fantastic time at Cedar Creek Falls Retreat, what a very special place you have. 

The HR Team enjoyed their stay, the food was fantastic and nothing seemed to be too much trouble.  We would definitely visit again should the occasion arise for us to travel to sunny Queensland again.

Angela Tapili
Group HR Project Administrator

www.frucor.com

St Josephs Nudgee College - Leadership team

Seventeen members of the Nudgee College leadership team spent a great weekend at Cedar Creek Falls.
The facilities and the location were both beyond our expectations. We were looking for somewhere quiet but close to the city. It was great to
realise that we were surrounded by the natural environment. We felt pampered by the experience of excellent food and good service.
The design and layout of the buildings worked well for our group. The conference room was spacious and there were plenty of break out areas
for smaller group work.
Our team members are looking forward to our next retreat...we'll be back!!!!

Donna George
Director Staff Development and Appraisal

www.nudgee.com

World Vision Australia

Fantastic food! Fantastic service! Fantastic venue! Fantastic location! A place to truly get away and focus on tasks at hand without the outside world interfering. Thankyou so much Ronnie & Michael for your hospitality and tireless efforts in making our stay most pleasant and complication free. Totally recommended!

Kylie McIntyre
Operations Assistant (QLD)

www.worldvision.com.au/

Canteen

Having heard rave reviews of Cedar Creek Falls Retreat from our QLD Division, we decided to hold our annual 3 day national leadership training for our senior Member leaders there. It was a huge success! The serene surroundings, incredibly comfy facilities, delicious food and the attentiveness of our hosts, Ronnie and Michael, ensured that we had a fantastic environment for both learning and team building. It was a great experience for all of us and we hope to be back soon!

Claire Treadgold
National Programs Manager

www.canteen.org.au                                                                                                        

University of Southern Queensland

Upon our arrival at Cedar Creek Falls Retreat we immediately felt relaxed in such an idyllic location. Greeted by Michael and Jann and shown the facility we were so relieved we had chosen this location for our business retreat. The food was outstanding and the hospitality we received throughout our stay was just amazing. Our individual needs were always accommodated without any trouble and it was a pleasure to deal with such competent and caring people. Our retreat was a total success and I thank Michael, Ronnie, Jann and the staff who made it so!

Naomi Noble

I recently took my staff on a weekend retreat to Cedar Creek Falls Retreat. For all of us it was a marvellous time. The venue is idyllic, set amongst the forest as it is and the catering was first class. Our hosts, Michael and Ronnie were extremely obliging; nothing was a trouble for them and they made each one of us feel welcome. As a matter of fact, the staff want it to become an annual event! For an experience that is a little different for the usual beach / hotel one, I can thoroughly recommend Cedar Creek Falls Retreat.

Warren Acton

We would like to thank you for hosting our strategic planning weekend - the facilities were great and the service outstanding. Your diligence in covering every detail allowed us to concentrate on our sessions and provide a memorable experience for all of our staff. Thanks again foir doing such a great job.

Chris Kilgour

Thank you for your hospitality during our conference, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and our team haven't stopped talking about it. Your professionalism right from the planning stages to our departure was second to none. The venue, the surroundings, the food and the service was outstanding. We will have no problems in recommending your retreat to anyone who is looking for a spot to get away from it all and get some work done. All the best, once again thanks and we will be in touch when we have the dates for any future events we are holding in your area.

Craig McGown

I would like to sincerely thank you for providing our team with such a warm and inviting venue for our business strategy session. All of our team members were unanimous in their praise of the venue, the surroundings, the atmosphere and the culinary delights that you provided.
All of these elements enabled us to successfully achieve the goal of our business strategy session, which was to better get to know and understand each other, and to together devise a business plan for our new financial year.

The isolation of your venue, the serene surrounds and the openness and friendliness of your staff truly allowed all of us to relax but also focus on the task at hand.

Thanks to you also for referring us to your associates for our team activity. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

From all of us here at NAB Financial Planning, thank you for a great two day stay. We will certainly be advocating your venue to our business partners.

Rebecca Fawcett-Smith

Thank you for your wonderful hospitality this last Friday and Saturday. The feedback from my clients and their staff with respect to Cedar Creek Falls Retreat was incredibly positive; specifically friendliness and helpfulness of staff, facilities, catering and environment. From my standpoint, the overall facility, your flexibility and willingness to support everyone throughout the 2 days was first class. The overall program was a success thanks in no small part to the Cedar Creek Falls Retreat team. I will not hesitate to recommend you to any of my industry colleagues and look forward to working with you again in the future.

Wishing you a very happy and safe festive season.

Stephen Scott

Our management workshop was a great success which was helped by a number of contributing factors. The rainforest location was fantastic - being literally in the middle of nature meant we could really switch off from the stressful corporate office environment. The facilities were good, the staff were very helpful, flexible and welcoming and the food was neverending, but extremely tasty. I would definitely recommend Cedar Creek Falls Retreat to other small conference groups

Louise Cox

Personally I would like to start by saying that you both were nothing short of a pleasure to deal with. No requests went unanswered and you were both too happy to help me out with organising the conference. Overall, the organising of this conference went extremely smoothly and with little complication and this was a direct result of your hospitality and friendliness. Overall, there have not been any negative comments regarding our conference at all (I would tell you for your own future reference). The food was nothing short of scrumptious and certainly plenty of it. The freshness and variety was exceptional and each meal was a treat. The facilities were such that it was perfect for our team due to being the only group at the venue, however with the diversity of many and varied meeting/discussion points which enabled individual team building and small group discussions. Accommodation was very restful with big comfortable beds. There was enough privacy to meet everyone's needs.

The location was perfect. Just far enough out of town to allow everyone feel like they had really escaped the city, however close enough to get to for everyone from all over Brisbane under an hour. The rainforest feel, the silence of the bush and the running water of the creek was just the 'escape' that everyone needed. The Creek walk was a great team building activity and a great way to start the day before the big cooked breakfast.

Although this stay at Cedar Creek was quite short, everyone in the office has requested that we go back next year. The office was rejuvenated after spending the time up in the serene and wonderful atmosphere of Cedar Creek Falls Retreat. We will definitely be back again.

Thanks again Ronnie and Michael.

Bettina Stelzer

I just wanted to say a special thank you for letting us use the facility with numbers lower than your minimum. We really appreciate you making an allowance for us. By way of feedback, my guys were very impressed with the facility, particularly the standard of food and service. They felt really welcome and thought the service was first class - always available but unobtrusive. I will certainly be recommending Cedar Creek to my contacts in the industry, as well as to my friends and business colleagues. Hopefully, we can also send some more "internal" business your way when our divisions have occasional workshops. Again, thanks so much Ronnie and Mike. I appreciate your assistance.

Jean Webb

Firecom Brisbane conducted 3 workshops over a three month span in 2006 at Cedar Creek Falls Retreat. The feedback received from all participants (including Management and Facilitators) was exceptional. For example:

1. The Food was awesome and plentiful
2. The service was brilliant. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff
3. Staff and Management went above and beyond to make our stay enjoyable and trouble free
4. Cedar Creek was tranquillity and peace personified
5. The participants of the workshops loved the orienteering challenge along and through the creek bed

Margaret Phillips

Just a short note to say thank you for all of your assistance, hospitality and professionalism, thanks in no short measure to your efforts, we have had an enjoyable and productive meeting. Could you please pass on our thanks to all of you staff and I would wish you every success in the future, when we next have a meeting in Queensland, we will certainly be in touch.

Bernard Fazakerley

Cedar Creek Falls Retreat a magical place in the beautiful rainforest of Samford area. It is condusive for teambuilding and conferencing that keeps individuals relaxed by it's natural elements. It was an absolute delight and treat to take our young people to cedar Creek for our committee training. They didn't stop ravening about for at least a month afterwards and as an organizer I couldn't say enough for Ronnie and Michael who made our stay warm and welcoming and easy to put together. What a treat! Thank you for a lovely time!

Mandi Baker

Initially we chose the Cedar Creek Falls Retreat as the venue for our Corporate Planning Workshop due to its close proximity to Brisbane and the fact that we would have sole occupancy during our stay over the two days. What we found on our arrival was a well designed venue from both a business and a personal perspective. The work areas were well equipped and the accommodation was very comfortable. Throughout, the service was excellent and the food and standard of cooking was of the highest quality.

We have no hesitation in recommending to any organisation this venue for your next corporate gathering.

Jan Thorne www.lgaq.asn.au

On behalf of the team and I, please accept our gratitude and thanks for the hosting of our 2006 Management Retreat.

Without doubt, this was an exceptional two day experience for us all. We had an intensive course program, and your venue and services provided the perfect deviations when required. In particular, the walk to the falls on Monday afternoon was used to break the morning and afternoon sessions. It became a great adjunct to some of the team building exercises we had in our program.

I would also like to make mention to the quality of the food and service provided by yourselves and your great team of staff. The lunches were healthy and ensured we were energetic in the afternoons, and the gourmet BBQ dinner was excellent. You should take great pride in that my Chef commented specifically about the quality and the excellent value for the quality of the cuts provided. I just thought it tasted great!!!!

And finally, but most valuably, all of us recognise the venue and its location. It's a fantastic setup for a group of our size. It's convenient to CBD Brisbane. but who would have guessed such a beautiful and tranquil setting. Absolutely nature at its best.

Again, from my team and I, congratulations, you have our full endorsement.

The Holiday Inn Management Team

Cedar Creek Falls Rainforest Retreat was an amazing surprise and the perfect location for our planning workshop; providing us with a distraction free location to focus our minds to the task at hand and a relaxed environment to retreat in after hours. The hospitality was sensational and the food was incredible. We would recommend it to anyone as the ideal location to inspire, motivate and unwind!!

Ali Kerr

Cornucopia Fundraising Australia

Thank you so much for allowing us to use your wonderful venue for our retreat. The venue and your hospitality were perfect and made a huge difference to everyone who attended. I hope we'll be able to stay again some time.

Paul

Cedar Creek Lodge was the perfect destination for our small group corporate team gathering. The environment was the ideal backdrop for team building and provided a relaxed environment in which we could get to know one another but also, engage in some effective brainstorming and debate. The service was wonderful, and the great food and ambience really made for a special team gathering. Thanks to Michael and his team for a great few days away from the rat race.

Michelle Barry

Many thanks for your hospitality. What a fabulous venue for our conference. Beautiful surrounds, great facilities, laid-back atmosphere, great service, friendly hosts and food to die for. Nothing was too much trouble. Regards,

Ergon Energy Marketing Team

As a regular (facilitator) user of venues across Australia - What a "Diamond" find. Michael & Ronnie's passion for thier guests matched our passion for learning and creativity.
Thank you both for "filling" our fuel tanks to maximise our thinking in a space that created "MAGIC" for all participants.

Denise Archie

Thank you so much Michael and Team for your enthusiasm, support, attention to detail and tireless effort to ensure our stay was enjoyable (which it definately was). Kind Regards,

Jasmine

Michael & Team - A big thank you for your hospitality in these fantastic facilities and surroundings! All the best,

Andrew

Thanks for a really great experience. You have a wonderful location & look after your guests like personal friends. Keep up the good work

Tina Wa

A great venue to 'get away' from the hussle and bussle of work. Time to reflect and a perfect place to build friendships amongst workmates. Ronnie & Mike, thanks for being terrific hosts. Thanks also to Simon of Executive Excellence for bringing us here and making the experience special and professionally invigorating.

Chris Bridges-Taylor