18/01/2026
G'day folks! 🎣🎣
It's been a long while since we checked in through this page so, thought I would give you all a bit of an update on how things are travelling at the Salty Shack..
First of all, despite the lack of regular fishing reports and posts on this page that we have done in the past. It has been business as usual for us far as renting and bookings go.
We are still welcoming new guests, and very much appreciate our small following of regulars that have continued to support and stay with us, some for quite a few years now, which is fantastic. We cant thank you guys enough for your continued support 🙂🙏.
Having travelled, fished, and stayed in Portland for as long as I can remember myself.
Our vision for the shack from the very start was to supply convenient, very cost effective accommodation for small fishing groups and family's. Something that would be on the lowest price category of holiday rentals, and could compete, or better the over the top caravan park cabin prices, yet still have a place all to yourself, with privacy and plenty of room to park cars and boat (or 2).. While getting ourselves established we rented through the real estate, as well as this page. Things went incredibly well. We've had many great people stay, in fact the vast majority of guests have been an absolute pleasure to deal with...
However, as the saying goes "it only takes one" and unfortunately we've had a couple🤦♂️ So with that, and the fact we were needing to turn some of our repeat customers away more regularly than we'd like, we decided to part ways with the real estate and tone down our exposure a bit...
Theres been a few inquiries of recent times regarding our current prices.
Our pricing has been unchanged since just before covid, which im sure you will appreciate is pretty much unheard of..
Unfortunately our friends in government in their wisdom have now come up with yet another tax "the Victorian short stay levy" this effects us directly, and adds more pressure on top of the standard utility costs so there has been an increase in our nightly rates.
Our current rates are as follows:
Standard rate- $140 per night.
Public Holiday and peak times- $180 per night.
Prices inclusive for up to 3 adults..Or familys of 2 Adults and 2 children..
We will put something together and try to pin that price list on the page for easy viewing somewhere soon.
As usual, feel free to give me a call or message for any questions at all, I'll happy to help.
Cheers,
Darryn 🎣🎣
