Nice location. Cute cottage.
Don't book if you are not nimble. To access the key to the front gate you have to jump over the gate, walk down to the house approx 75m, and retrieve the key from the key safe. Unfortunately the number given for the safe was incorrect so we struggled for a long time trying different combinations until one worked. We tried to ring the host but mobile coverage is limited. Fortunately a text was able to get through. Host again gave the wrong number and said that the previous guests had also had a problem getting in (I would have thought that this would be a prompt to work out why). We texted back with the number that worked and the host reported that the caretaker must have changed the number.
A very cute place but the kitchen benches and sink were covered in rat poo, and a lot of it. My husband spent more than an hour cleaning the place and discovered rat poo on the ground throughout the whole place as well as all over the couches and under the cushions. One of the bed spreads were stained yellow with an awful smell which we are assuming may be rat wee. The large floor rug in the living area was very dirty with grime and sand but there was no vacuum cleaner available to clean it - no way any of us were game enough to remove our shoes. There were several mouse traps in the house already but no rat traps. My daughter and I drove back into town and bought rat traps. We tried our best to enjoy the afternoon. In the evening an enormous rat ran around between the bedrooms and we could hear others around the house. There was no way we could stay and sadly decided that our only option was to drive back to Perth at night. We contacted the host who agreed to refund our money minus the booking fee. To his credit he refunded it immediately but the booking fee that was deducted was $78 for a two night booking which was very disappointing. So we ended up $78 out of pocket, no holiday, and the host got a much cleaner place than when we arrived and two brand new rat traps set and left in situ. The bathroom was very nice and clean. This was our very first AirBnB experience and we are quite traumatised by the experience. We appreciate that it is a bush property, but we live in a remote area, and the condition that this place was in regarding rodents and overall cleanliness was definitely below standard. The place has potential to be very nice.