While Bernoota references a shack or a camp above the trees, this is very much a beautiful home where Barbara and Bob make their guests feel thoroughly welcome.
The bedroom is large, with bush views which circle the Homestead, as is the en-suite and while this is shared accommodation, privacy is entirely respected. Breakfast is provided, but not the standard mass produced, stale format which most hotels provide. At Bernoota we enjoyed a diverse freshly prepared breakfast including fruit smoothie shots in a variety of flavours, delicious homemade bircher muesli both in standard and dairy free option, lovely fresh berries and home grown preserved rhubarb as well as figs, with butter croissants, all of which was followed with your choice of cooked breakfast. Our stomachs were extremely well lined in advance of our days filled with walking and wine tasting!
However the quality of the accommodation and breakfast were further enhanced by the support which Barbara and Bob provided as nurse and tour guide in both caring for our every ailment, of which we had many, and in recommending some excellent walks we had not been on before. These included the Gnarabup Beach to Surfer’s Point (and return) coastline pathway walk, concluding with lunch at the beachside White Elephant Cafe, and our walk through the Karri trees at Boranup followed by lunch at the nearby Cafe Boranup.
Watch out for the kangaroos on your way back from a night out as we almost ran down a few, just a stone’s throw away from this ‘home from home'.