We had a lovely welcome from Sarah who showed us around, provided us with fresh eggs from the resident hens,lovely fresh bread and other goodies and gave us lots of local info and recommendations ( the Fig restaurant in Sawteal was superb ). The Bales is in a lovely rural area but handy for Bellingen, Doriggo etc the accommodation is very comfortable and had everything we needed for a few days stay including a 'bath under the stars' one not to miss ! We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would like to have stayed a couple of more days but Sarah was booked out.