Our stay with sandy (aka aunty dawn's place) was very short. We arrived fairly late and she immediately told us how to get to the hot water beach. because the tide was going down (you want to get hot water beach during low tide). her place is so close (2mins walk) from the hot water beach, u can go anytime you want and she supplied us with shovel, bucket and a torch.
The self-contained apartment itself is great. Breakfast is available if needed, and washer available too in our unit. It's a great place with our own privacy as well and sandy was really helpful the whole time. When we checked out, we were given detailed directions to our next destination. Sandy's highly recommended!