We felt that we got lucky in finding Bird Cottage as a place for our family of 4 to stay for a few nights - it was a brilliant place to stay! There is lots of space in a truly beautiful rural setting with a deck overlooking farm fields and hills. We had everything we needed and spent our evenings with family in front of the fire. All this for a very good price! Our only disappointment was that the ewes didn't lamb while we were there!! A couple of extra bonuses were the pinball machine (SO much fun!), native birds landing in the trees, and the lovely library in Brookfields Lodge. The Pukaha Mt Bruce Wildlife Centre is just 10 minutes up the Motorway and well worth a visit. Meg and Kevin are lovely hosts who are very friendly and warm yet really unobtrusive so you can feel like the place is all yours! We look forward to future visits when we are back visiting our extended family.