The rise of the Tiny Stay

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One of the first Tiny House experiences I had was through Tiny Away a few years ago. While the company was established in 2017 it was really getting its sway around the time I went to my first in the Hunter Valley post that block of years that no one remembers.

I think anyone big into Tiny Houses got into them mainly due to the social media channels such as Living Big In A Tiny House. Just like a lot of classical musicians found themselves attached to the genre due to stuff like Two Set, The Piano Guys and Lindsey Stirling. If you say the magical number 42 and attribute it to how many hours you study it is a call to action of that community. I recently discovered my previous music teacher which is my sons current one is a Ling Ling.

While we wait for the Gen Z or Alpha with disposable income to rise up and suddenly have their own abandoned mining town, let's talk about Tiny Homes!

Around the same time and since there have been a few other companies doing Tiny House accommodation. One of the more major ones is Unyoked which recently had an equity funding round on Birchal. AirBnB also has a lot bigger range of Tiny Houses then it once did, additionally stuff like Into the Wild Escapes and aggregators exist such as Riparide.

Despite this Tiny Away is a more consistent experience at more reasonable price points. Their business history about trying to replicate the movement in Australia with authentic experiences, gives visitors to their getaways a more consistent experience to bring them into the fold. Additionally expanding rapidly world wide with the same experiences that worked in Australia.

The original Tiny House I stayed at doesn't seem to exist anymore unless it is unavailable, as a deep dive on the Tiny Away site resulted in nothing, and it looks like the business has been sold again since becoming Joey's Lane which could be why.

At the time the new owner just took over the property when I stayed there and the second Tiny House on the property was under construction. Previously the place was the Thirsty Palette. A winery which was known for its art works on the bottles. The year we went to the Tiny House was a bunch of smaller holidays jammed into one big few weekends. The third weekend was specifically for my birthday as I always wanted to go to a tiny house.

One of the more unique experiences from that weekend outside of coming home from the Hunter Valley with way to much wine due to stopping in at Broken Wood Wines on the day we left and getting an order which was done at an event that wasn't ordered by the bottle'o was the purchase of some of the art work which Thirsty Palette was known for that the new owner was clearing out.

The most important thing about this trip is as I fancy myself a photographer sometimes, unless my NAS at some point has failed, I haven't got any photos from that trip. That means that a tiny house did what it should do- outside of eco toilets, establish a disconnection from technology and re-connection.

The second trip I did was the following year and once again I returned to the Hunter Valley. This time around it was a family trip rather then a romantic getaway. Additionally, the tiny house and the other ones exist on the Tiny Away website so I can send you that way to check them out!

So this time we did things like trying to make smoores, and explored the property which had an abundance of Kangaroos outside of the horses.

As this was a family trip we where around for the Hunter Valley Gardens Christmas fireworks and explored the area doing other actives which weren't procuring alcohol.

The school holiday events at the Hunter Valley Gardens are worth checking out. Additionally the mini golf course I won stuff on, so always a positive experience considering how hard Aqua Golf is when you aren't a golfer.

This lead us to Oishii, which is the best Japanese restaurant this side of Sydney. In general though the Hunter Valley works best when you explore it rather then trying to find recommendations from others. Especially when we were looking for wineries to try it was more enjoyable finding random ones which might not be as big or they offered something more unique then others where offering.

The final Tiny House I have experienced was a year later at one in the Central Coast through AirBnB. Was picked due to its location, but was enjoyable due to its isolation on the property (especially compared to the Tiny Away stays I have previously experienced). The other more unique aspect of the property was it was a different layout to what the majority of Tiny Away properties are, which was good to experience a different type of tiny house property style.

Since then the Tiny Away platform has expanded and the offerings location wise is much wider then was was available a few years ago (these stays where between 2022-2024). What the brand is doing as a product is more comprehensive, and the experiences are well worth exploring if you want to dip your foot into what a tiny house can offer.