Sarah and Whitney's place is properly situated on the edge of preserved coastal bush- land; so it's an atmospheric re-treat. From the comfort of a warm and welcoming home you are immersed in an elemental encounter - and reminded of one's distinctly human context - as being only one presence within surrounding nature. So much birdlife, tall pines and eucalypts, ferns; so many choruses at all times of the day. It's noisy. (Not human-made noise). Frogs and cicaadas busy all night, local owls. Accompanied by scent of tea-tree, wet tree bark underfoot, sea-salt, sea-weed, verbena, -kind of intoxicating - woody. The street is a proper streets, gentle flow of people walking their dogs, leading to tennis courts, a small playground, a post-office and on the other side, there is a phone box. Street perfect for our smallest family member to build up confidence on her first bike. A mini complex is being built soon, next to the PO which will have a cafe. 10 minute walks on either side of street down to beaches, adventurous walks particularly with a young one in the family. Walking through kissing gates, bracken, undulating mossy path, 'the Pines' a tantalising prelude to Shoreham beach - and also a walk through the foreshore campground down 90 or so steps onto big section of strand. The house accommodated us well - 2 sets of adults and our 3 year old. Loads of room for more little ones -in a generously proportioned bunk bed room - we liked how totally robust those bunk-beds were. Kitchen is more of an older beach house offering - no dishwasher - and we think a 2nd toilet would have been useful. But house is warm, inviting, heats up well, fantastic dining room area, grown-up bedrooms were comfortable with great storage, I loved all the art-work, there is a thoughtful sensibility at large! We loved the polar bear and had a good look every day at what people were doing on the beach. Telly was a great size- kids tv came in handy. Rain storms are likely in this area, the sound of the rain on the assorted rooves is tremendous! All part of the escape. Wi-fi can be elusive - had to head out of the house and up the road to get a decent signal, during the day. But there were spots in the house we could get a few bars on the device. We also loved the great array of things to do very locally; so many child-friendly activities, 10 -20mins drive away - and finally a chance to enjoy a local winery too. We are already keen on Shoreham, having camped there - but staying across a week in the area gave us a good sense of the great array of possibilities- that make a holiday . Parents are keen to return next time they visit us. We'll be back before that I hope. Though we didn't meet, Sarah was brilliant with communication, responded so fast and full...