What a wonderful place .... The house has heaps of character (and we appreciated having a well-equipped kitchen too) but what really makes it really special is the lovely hosts. Jim and Bridg are so friendly and helpful, and assisted us when we had some travel issues come up that were beyond our control. It is a wonderful, peaceful place to stay too. We decided to have a car-fee day and just explore the lovely local reserves (the bigger DoC reserve over the road has great tree signs installed by the local community and is surprisingly large and rewarding) and it was very relaxing just to sit on the back deck and enjoy watching the native birds in the trees. We'll be back :)