Overall very lovely little cottage on a farm, very close to the main house. Enjoyed the stay thoroughly. Would recommend for a couple or little getaway with exploring Dorrigo national park in mind. A few things for fellow travelers:
PROS
- we had a home made sourdough bread, nice serving of delicious butter, farm eggs and a bottle of milk provided on arrival. Yummiest bread in a while!
- Really rustic decorations and it really embraces a farm house experience if that’s what you are after
- Goats, cows were close to the house with plenty of feed available for us to enjoy giving them
- Fire place available indoor and outdoor
- Hot water was stable in supply and was enough to do a bath
- 10-15 minutes drive depending on road work to Dorrigo national park as well as to Belligen, Dorrigo town
- Basic cooking ingredients (oil, salt/pepper as well as chilli, some herb selection, tomato cans, spreads) and very basic cocking utensils (one pot and pan, may need to bring own if you’re a chef) and well kept fridge
- Fans in both living area and bedroom, air con (heat/cold) for living area, fireplace
- check in was extremely easy, got a message from the host close to check in time.
Things to note for visitors:
- It is wild nature and whilst this was in Late June (temp 8-15C) we saw a lot of crawlers. bed has a nice mosquito net which happens to be very romantic and cute
- if you’re after the fire be sure to bring fire starter or ask for one. We did chop the supplied wood by the deck with provided choppers & started fire with the provided match and fire starter we happened to bring
- Thora general store has most things but did not have much meat/protein/limited fresh veggie options. Best to get meat etc from Belligen or Dorrigo supermarkets
- We drove to the cottage at sunset & yes it is pitch dark but easy to find if you follow host’s direction word to word
- 3G reception (we had Telstra) throughout, difficult to do any data on mobile. Wifi is sufficient for google maps/checking basic websites to get around/emails but no more. I think this is great to get away from the busy life!
- DVD player works well so bring DVDs! Good selection of movies are provided as well