rant · moment 10 of 22
Booking the $15,000 Silky Oaks Lodge Disaster
from #297 - The Lodge From Hell | The Tim Dillon Show · #297
5 min
Tim describes booking an expensive rainforest resort in Australia's Daintree region, complaining about the terrible food, lack of room service, deadly wildlife (jellyfish, crocodiles, the gimpy gimpy tree), and praising one waitress named Lauren.
- Tim booked the Pavilion Suite at Silky Oaks Lodge in the Daintree rainforest for $15,000 total—a $5,000-7,000 per night commitment.
- Lauren, a waitress at the lodge, was phenomenal despite serving some of the worst food Tim has had in his life.
- The lodge advertises gourmet fine dining but the food is a nightmare, with no room service forcing guests to eat at the main lodge.
- The Daintree rainforest is packed with things that will kill you: penny-sized jellyfish, saltwater crocodiles, sharks, the gimpy-gimpy tree, and platypuses.
- The lodge encourages guests to do deadly activities, but Google reveals just how lethal they actually are.
- Tim wanted to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef but realized it isn't worth dying for since the reef is half-bleached anyway.
- Stinger suits are supposed to protect from jellyfish, but many don't work, and as a bigger person squeezing into one feels like giving up.
- People die and get hospitalized frequently in the area, but the tourism industry just ignores it and moves on.
- Tim asks Ben to pull up an article about a zipline incident at the lodge.