Unique, eco-friendly, rural house

Grey Gums is a recent owner built, eco friendly, secluded, unique cottage offering great value accommodation. Surrounded by tall gums in a rural setting, The light, airy house is all yours to enjoy on 12 acres with the kangaroos, wombats and the birds. It is excellent for families with kids or groups of adults. We now have air conditioning! We have just been hooked up to KV Broadband network with speeds over 40 Mbps suitable for video conferencing. The space Grey Gums is hand crafted from recycled materials and sandstone coloured Timbercrete bricks. The house features quality woodwork fittings and furnishings for you to enjoy. It is light and spacious and exudes serenity. There are 4 bedrooms, each with a queen sized bed and one has a king single also. We supply quality linen for you. There is a 3 way bathroom and an ensuite bathroom with the master bedroom. 3 spacious showers and 2 bath tubs add to the comfort of your stay. This will enable many guests to get ready for a wedding or to relax after a long day in the outdoors. We can accommodate a small 10th person on our fold out bed. There is a hot outdoor shower and bathtub in which to soak providing soothing relaxation under the stars amidst the serenity of grey gums, scribbly gums and other native bush, rain or shine. Enjoy al fresco dining in our new outdoor covered area. There are 4 sets of outdoor tables and chairs for different uses. Outdoor fire pit surrounded by rustic seating enhances your stay on cosy nights. We provide all the wood for the outdoor fire pit and the indoor wood heater. View the night sky and constellations with no light pollution. There is a large, well equipped modern kitchen with a coffee maker and an outdoor barbecue. A selection of teas, coffee, milk and olive oil are provided. As we make our own electricity and solar hot water, collect rain water, and take care of sewage on site, you can minimize your environmental impact. We recycle all the plastics, metal, glass, paper and organics in the bins provided. You don't need to bring bottled water as the rain water is very clean to drink and tastes fantastic but is safe as we use a UV light to kill microbes, not chlorine. Relax in front of the cosy, wood fired heater to watch TV ----- or lose yourself in a good book. There is a variety of indoor games and lots of perfect holiday reading in our collection of books and magazines for both children and adults and many nooks for relaxing. Kangaroos, wombats, echidnas and a variety of native birds frequent the property, which backs on to a nature reserve overlooking the Kangaroo River. Spring time is the time to see the echidnas out on a walkabout. For those energetic souls, or those who love a casual stroll, this provides for some very scenic bush walking. There is also a 250m bushwalk on the property with many local plants identified and discussed. Because of our natural setting with many wild animals and that we border the Kangaroo River Nature Reserve which has fox (and DOG!) poisoning bait stations, means that we cannot be a pet friendly accommodation. Bushwalk (medium difficulty) for approximately 50 minutes to the Kangaroo River through scribbly gum forest and creek bed for a refreshing swim. Guest access The whole house is for you to enjoy with a ping pong and pool table for you to use in the carport. You are welcome to eat from the veggie garden while you are there. The house is set on 12 acres which is over 50% natural bushland. There is a walking trail through the bush with many plants identified and interesting objects placed along the way for the young at heart to enjoy. We do love to meet our guests for a quick chat to get to know a bit about them on arrival, but will not bother after that unless you initiate it. We live on the property about 100m away and respect your privacy. Check in is 3:30 and check out is 10:30. We can change these times to suit you as long as it doesn't impact on other guests arrival or departure times. Other things to note We do give discounts on mid week bookings for a couple only using the Master Bedroom and ensuite, contact us for the special rates. We also offer a 10% discount for a week long booking and 20% discount for bookings over a month. Apologies to pet owners - There are fox poison bait stations on the adjacent nature reserve so we can not allow dogs and cats to stay on the property as they would also scare away the native wildlife. Registration Details PID-STRA-19205-1