PERFECT PLACE TO ESCAPE THE VIRUS. We are a AAA 4 Star Rated property on the Blackwood River. WE OFFER A LOVELY, SMALL, ISOLATED AND PRIVATE country property on picturesque Tourist Drive 251. Duffy's house is a three bedroom one bathroom two storey cottage overlooking the property and dam.
Duffy's accommodates up to six (or eight at a pinch) people comprising two QS beds downstairs in separate rooms and one attic bedroom comprising one QS bed and two singles. This cottage has a Raeburn wood stove and Kent fire for wood stove enthusiasts.
Redgum Hill Country Retreat is central to South West District of Western Australia and wineries (45mins to most), 1/2 hour to the edge of great Karri Forests, property walks, arboretum, garden ponds (lots of frogs), access to river, croquet lawn, summer house and garden pavilion. Full house bookings are available. Our property is extremely private and peaceful with over sixty five varieties of birdlife (including Splendid Blue Wrens, Golden Whistlers, Karak and Carnaby Cockatoos, Western Rosella, Red Capped Parrot, Fire Tailed Finch, Rainbow Bee Eater, Dusky Wood Swallow, Grey Strike Thrush and lots lots more for serious birdwatchers) to watch from your verandah or the garden.
Nannup is 10 minutes away by car and 15 minutes to Balingup in the heart of South Western Australia. Our country cottage accommodation is extremely comfortable, clean, well appointed and respectful to our surrounding environment. We respect our natural fauna such as kangaroos and birdlife. Our guests can enjoy them from their verandahs or walks through the property.
OUR GUEST WING (villa) accommodation is adjacent but separate to the main house and slightly more upmarket to our cottage accommodation. The villa is double brick having reverse cycle air-conditioning, ceiling fans and fully carpeted with each bedroom having its own en-suite bathroom and WC with a delightful verandah surrounded by fully reticulated gardens, scented climbers, roses, ponds and garden walks.
We encourage well behaved guests who love and respect the natural environment and general sustainability. Those who don't and want to rage, we would encourage to go elsewhere please.
Winter is a perfect time for book reading, warm fires, woollies,scarves, slippers and snuggles.
Summer is a perfect time for long walks, bicycling and bird watching however, there may be times when you must bring your aerogard, hat and boots.
Although not the least expensive, the tariff reflects the quality of our accommodation and is commensurate to the peace, quiet and privacy provided. Redgum Hill Country Retreat is the perfect place for chilling out!!
Our villa rooms are fully serviced with a/c, TV DVD, CD, dining and reading nook, reading books, games, ceiling fans, electric blanket, tea and coffee, separate entry to main house, verandah overlooking gardens, and walks around the property and ponds. Cooked breakfasts are available upon request for an extra $25.00 per person. All bookings must not be less than two nights minimum or 3 nights on long weekends and all public holidays.
Enjoy complimentary chocolates and an aperitif on arrival in your delightfully appointed villa accommodation.
OUR SELF-CONTAINED COTTAGES comprise cedar spas on the verandahs, BBQ, TV, DVD, CD, reading books, games, log fires, overlooking the dam (4 star Duffy's Cottage) and river and forest (3 1/2 star Gumnut Cottage).
GUMNUT COTTAGE is very romantic and quaint with a Juliet balcony adjoining the attic bedroom and cedar spa on the verandah downstairs. Gumnut cottage does not have a laundry, however the main house laundry is available for guests use when required or they can use the laundry facility in Duffy's House when a whole house booking.
DUFFY'S HOUSE is a larger three bedroom cottage with a three sided verandah and wheelchair access for disabled or elderly people.
Both cottages are warm and cosy in winter with Kent fires and private. So relax in your cedar spa overlooking the property or simply watch birds from your balcony sampling wine and viewing local fauna. All linen and crockery is supplied.
We have converted three separate B&B rooms comprising 2 queen size bedrooms both with own en-suites, TV, DVD, radio, air-conditioning, verandah and a spa in the summer house in the garden. Both bedrooms adjoin a separate kitchenette, dinette, living room (access via covered verandah, no interconnecting doors so private - see website plan). The guest wing has its own entry from the carpark. Sit on the verandah overlooking the garden and enjoy a BBQ whilst sipping on local wines.
Breakfast baskets and BBQ packs or three course meals are available with 48 hour NOTICE WHEN BOOKING. Breakfast comprises 1 lt orange juice, 1 lt milk, loaf bread and butter, 1/2 doz. eggs, 1/2 kg sausages, 250 gms bacon, 4 x tomatoes, can baked beans, tea, coffee and sugar sachets, 350 gms steak or 350 gms chicken or home cooked vegetable lasagne, lettuce and dressing for $35.00 per person per day. ($70 per couple per day) so no need to stop and shop.