All in all we had a great week staying at Michael's place. From reading his description of the place and others' reviews I was prepared for a "rustic" farm stay experience in a peaceful, out of the way location - which this definitely was. We managed to spot the platypus several times in the river over the road which was a real highlight. We also brought our bikes and enjoyed biking up the road through the forest to a lovely picnic area by the water.
I found everything I needed in the kitchen to cook all our meals. Furnishings are basic but comfortable... although the bed in the main bedroom was a bit hard for our liking with just a thin futon mattress.
A big concern for me was that the only smoke alarms in the house were sitting high on a shelf in the kitchen (albeit with working batteries), as opposed to being fitted properly to ceiling or very high on walls in kitchen and closer to bedrooms as they should be. I have communicated with Michael on this and hope he has done his research and rectified this situation.