Easy Productivity at a catered nature retreat
Get It Done
You’ve been sitting on that book outline for too long. The first couple chapters let you know the book will be great when it’s done … but when will that be? You know you won’t get a good chunk of time to work on it at home in between the job, the business, kids, parents, pets, sports, and #AllTheThings.
This is what the Magpie Nest was made for. Discover the power of an immersion in nature to re-set your motivation, create new ideas, and expand your thinking. You’ll also discover how powerful it is for you to be taken care of, food brought to you and dirty dishes that disappear.
It’s a real break, and the result is real breakthroughs.
Accom & Catering
Enjoy the cottage to yourself and let us pamper you with food deliveries and cozy accommodation. The menu and timing will be set by you.
+ 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.
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
Get it DONE:
Book Your Retreat Today
You deserve a real break where you can get real work done.
Specific types of self-guided retreats with catering
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.
The full support of the Get it Done week plus space and supplies for making art.
Applications open in July 2026.
Let's go!
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. 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.
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.
- Delivery is “take-away style” not “room service style” so you can eat anytime
- Vegetarian, gluten-free, low-FODMAP options
- Choose your snacks, desserts, and bevvies too.
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.
Add on more 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!
What's the accommodation?
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.
What is the food like?
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.
What about the wilderness?
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.
What about coaching?
With the Get-it-Done week, you have the option of accountability for your plan for the week and/or embodiment training on persistence. This is included in your price.
What is not included?
The Get-It-Done retreat is designed to provide you the space and support to relax and to complete your project. It does not include VIP experiences like daily 1:1 time with a teacher, photography, sound bath.
Alcohol is not included and is not available for purchase onsite.
Travel to and from Putty is not included.
Are there quiet hours?
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.
Is there any entertainment?
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.
What are the other options at this facility?
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.
What if I hate it?
I’ll be so sad if you hate it.
Unfortuantely once the retreat is paid there’s no refund.