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Magpie Nest
Get-It-Done
Business Retreat

Hello, Heart-Centred Entrepreneur! 

If you’re bursting with inspiration after a great conference, you’re in the right place to start planning your next business retreat.

Hi it's Mags Sheridan!

Hi, I’m Mags Sheridan! I’m so glad to meet you. Wasn’t that a great conference?

True story, the Putty Retreats business moved from my dream into reality thanks to the heart centered business conference. And I’m so grateful to Tash.

It’s amazing how getting away from the noise and pressure of city and family life can be so transformative. Your mind quietens and you have some time to focus on the thing you have been wanting to work on.

Let us help you by booking in to stay at Magpie Nest. We can look after you for a few days so you can get shit done.

How does that sound? Book in now.

Accom & Catering

Enjoy the cottage to yourself and let us pamper you with food deliveries and cozy accommodation, plus the office stuff you can’t travel with.

+ You and Your Project

You’ll have whatever time you like to work on your project. Sit, stand, or lounge with your laptop; make videos; crunch your numbers; crank out chapters. 

= Easy Productivity

The combination of being taken care of, separation from the day-to-day, plus natural inspiration means work can flow out of you. Expect fresh ideas and clarity. 

Get It Done Week: From Serenity to Productivity

You bring your business plan, book in progress, content calendar, or other big project. We provide food to your specifications and leave you alone to crack on with it. You’ll be isolated from all the day-to-day stressors of life; you’ll be fed and otherwise cared for, you’ll be inspired and uplifted by nature walks and views and sounds, you’ll be left alone to your own schedule, and you’ll find yourself getting a lot done. This is what the Magpie Nest cottage was created for. Available for one to three people so bring your team.

It's a real break, and the result is a real breakthrough.

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You deserve it,
and your business deserves it.
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Conference special pricing and inclusions

Base price

Regularly $1900, for conference peeps the price is $1497 when you book in September 2026.

That’s five days, four nights in a three-bedroom house (all the details farther down the page).

It’s not just accommodation for the week. You’ll also get all the retreat extras, shown next. You can’t bring your entire office with you but you can still print and use a whiteboard! 

Included in the base price

  • pre-retreat organisation call to make sure you make the most of your time
  • productivity stuff like whiteboard, sticky notes, printer, and desk options.
  • production suite like green screen backdrop, pro microphone, and phone tripod. 
  • home spa supplies so you can treat yourselves … it’s not just about work here! 
  • one VIP experience from our list, such as a sound bath or a trip to the wilderness. 

Catering

The usual set-up = one hot meal/day + nibbles, treats, and dessert. $400 per person. (more details below)

Food made to your specifications with an emphasis on healthy and delicious. Local products include meat, eggs, honey, and apple pie. 

Tacos, steaks, curry, bangers’n’mash … what’s your menu? 

 

Estimated costs; terms & conditions

One to three people for the week with basic catering will be: $1897 for one; $2297 for two; $2597 for three people. Yes you can split the cost and enjoy as a group! 

Option to pay in full at booking time, or to pay deposit of $500 at booking and the remainder one month before your retreat. Payment is nonrefundable but can be transferred to someone else or saved for another occasion. 

HCBC pricing is good for bookings made in September 2026 and retreats in 2026-2027. 

Book AT Conference to receive a portrait photography session at no additional cost.

Warren Lee is one of the founders of Putty Retreats and also a award-winning photographer who specialises in portraits.

Warren is a multi-year finalist in the Head On Portrait Award, a multiple Capture Magazine honoree, and his work has been acquired by the State Library of NSW.

He has done portrait, event, and promotional work for the City of Sydney, the NSW Premier’s Department, the Burning Man Project, and Mimal Land Management, as well as for a large number of community organisations.

Warren makes a distinction between a headshot and a portrait: a headshot records how you look; a real portrait, tells you and the world something about who you are.

If you’re ready to tell the world something about who you are, get a 3 hour portrait session in and around Putty Retreats, complete with up to 5 prints. 

Here's your accommodation for the week

The Cottage "Magpie Nest"

Your private home for the week is the Magpie Nest, a three-bedroom house. This modest cottage was renovated in 2025-6 with important upgrades like aircon and lots of powerpoints. The kitchen is entirely new with fresh appliances, benches, and cupboards. 

Each bedroom has a queen bed, a desk, and a window that opens. There’s one bathroom with a shower and separate bathtub, and toilet in a separate room. The kitchen is fully stocked with pots and implements. Plus a great fire in the lounge. 

You’ll have the entire cottage and no other guests to worry about or interfere with your plans. 

See all the details, photos, & inclusions here
What about the catering?

You choose; we deliver

Packages include:

  • Food you choose and approve, cooked to your specification and your schedule. 
  • Menus emphasise organic and local food as much as possible.
  • Choose how many meals per day and we’ll build the week’s menu together.
  • Choose between “take-away style” or “room service style” on different days
  • Vegetarian, gluten-free, low-FODMAP options
  • Choose your snacks, desserts, and bevvies too.

Is it for you?

This is for you if … 

  • If you have a book or other big project inside you that wants to be brought into the world
  • If you can’t see where you will have the time to write
  • If you keep starting and stopping and can’t keep the whole book in your head like that
  • If your home life is crowded with people and things you are taking care of
  • If you already know a walk through nature invigorates you

This is not for you if … 

  • If you need shopping nearby
  • If you hate the sound of birds singing
  • If you’re bored by kangaroos nearby

Discover Both Locations

Putty retreats offers two types of environments to inspire you. 

Enjoy gentle hills and bushwalking around the eighty acres surrounding the Magpie Nest cottage. This makes a perfect home base as it’s “on the grid” with amenities like power, wifi, and plumbing. Stay here and get some real writing done with the combination of isolation from the usual stressors and inspiration of the natural world out the window. Each visit includes comfortable lodging with full catering, ensuring a restful stay.

The wilderness is Dark Arm Valley, where you can immerse yourself in nature and experience true tranquility in a private 500-acre conservation site. Climb the rocks with the rock-wallabies, follow the black cockatoos down the valley, swim with a platypus.

VIP treats

Moving Meditation

Add on walking meditation in nature or a movement session in the studio with Mags Sheridan. You can find calm in your body and you don’t need to sit still!

Nature Immersion

We’ll escort you to Dark Arm Valley about a half hour’s drive over 4wd tracks and guide you to explore the bush with fresh eyes. Picnic, bird guide, shade … we can provide whatever you need.

Sound and Silence

Enjoy a sound bath with chimes and crystal bowls with the sounds of the bush. 

Portrait photography

Have your photo made by award-winning photographer Warren Lee in one of the beautiful natural environments of Putty Retreats. 

Embodiment Training

Learn how to connect your mind and body for decision-making that’s not just fast but also well aligned with your values.

What else?

What would make your week here exceptional? Let’s collaborate on the best schedule. 

Find answers to common questions about our Get It Done retreat.

FAQ

What kinds of projects can I work on?

The cottage is designed for work on a computer, like writing a book or a business course, so it has many desks, many powerpoints, and adjustable lights. The cottage can be used for recording videos, podcasts, or music but it is not sound proof. There is also a studio which may be better suited if yours is an art project, movement, or otherwise requires more space. Let’s chat!

You have the entire cottage to your group — one to four people.

There are three bedrooms, one bathroom with shower, bathtub, and separate toilet. Fully stocked kitchen with pots’n’pans, implements, and typical seasonings. Coffee, tea, and milk are provided. Sheets and towels are provided. Powerboards are provided but no individual chargers. 

The menu will be crafted by us together when you book. Most folks choose one meal per day plus snacks. We can accommodate both your dietaries and your desires so let’s chat. 

Yes! In a Get-It-Done retreat you’ll also get one trip to visit the private 500-acre wilderness. Total immersion in nature to get your nervous system both relaxed and revved. You can choose where in the week you’d like this trip. 

This is weather-dependent; it could turn into a driving tour of the wilderness if it’s pouring. Be sure to bring good gear for any weather.

With the Get-it-Done week, you have the option of accountability for your plan for the week and/or embodiment training on persistence or the topic of your choice. This is included in your price. 

The Get-It-Done retreat does not usually include VIP experiences BUT the conference special includes one for each booking. Woohoo! 

Alcohol is not included and is not available for purchase onsite. 

Travel to and from Putty is not included.

Nope! The Get It Done week is designed to let you work when it suits you best, so there’s no restriction on time of day or day of the week. 

You’ll have access to a TV and a full bookshelf. There are jigsaw puzzles and colouring books. The fire in the fireplace or firepit makes the best “bush TV” and there’s also watching the trees blowing, birds flying, kangaroos bouncing and scratching and fighting and lounging … never a dull moment around here.

Putty Retreats offers VIP retreat weeks, weekend workshops, and special events. The VIP retreats highlight working on embodiment or moving meditation with Mags Sheridan, portrait photography with Warren Lee, or wilderness immersion.