If there was a 6 star rating Valerie should get it. She was the perfect host with a warm welcome including wine, fruit, cheese, eggs and her own recipe book [ a delight to read ]. Lots of useful info about the area and a comprehensive review of appliances. The VIEW is SPECTACULAR and ever changing including humming birds in January! We have never stayed at a place with such a well equipped kitchen including a vast array of herbs, condiments,oils, teas and spices [ including saffron ]. It made eating in a breeze. From the living, kitchen and dining areas you can take in the view. The TV has lots of cable channels so I could get my dose of soccer in the EPL. The location is very quiet but with easy walking access to a supermarket with a great fish counter, a butcher and a bakery, also a wine store close by. Lovely walks by the water to Clover Point and the Chinese Cemetery. We experimented without a car and found the number 3 bus [ just a short walk away ] could get us downtown, the art gallery, the fabulous museum and Cook Street Village. We even got all the way out to Sydney for $1-50 with a transfer. My wife and I have stayed at many places around the world. Valerie's place was right at the top and we will return for certain.