We arrived to a welcome, everything super-neat, log-fire burning, milk and bread and eggs in the fridge. A sign was out on the road, just for our ease of location. How good is that?
While it is a one-bedroom cottage, bedroom has queen plus single, it doesn’t feel small – living-room space is larger than in many houses. There’s a choice of two outdoor eating areas (we used both). Host and hostess charming and beyond charming; changed towels and re-lit fire daily, cared for fridge-overflow, etc. Paper- and video- library present.
The environment is super-quiet; a Weka visits in the evenings. A partially restored historic cemetery nearby is fascinating; the ‘Goldsborough tunnels’ are a short drive up the road.
We’re self-catering; the kitchen is (super-clean!) well-equipped, fridge was small so our hostess took our ‘freezer’ stuff for us; enabled cool-bags with freezer-bricks, etc. In fact, we kept stumbling over new details where our hosts had done things for ‘their guests – general’ or specifically for us.
For a romantic getaway or a please-can-I-stop-now time with easy distances to the sights of Hokitika or Greymouth – or further, Arthur’s pass (67km) – highly recommended.
I think they’ve got some other hospitality places – on the basis of this experience, I’d recommend them, too, sight unseen.