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Guests
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Planning Your Trip
Toilet
Please be aware we use a waterless/composting toilet. With this system, there is no flushing water and wood-shavings are simply added to the solid waste. Due to the modern and effective design, there are no odours. We realise this might be an important detail for some.
Sheets and Linen
To increase sanitary standards and reduce maintenance, sheets and linen are BYO.
You will require your own towel and sheets to fit:
- Queen bed mattress
- Queen bed quilt
- Standard pillows
- (Optional)
- Queen sofa bed
- Queen bed quilt for sofa bed
- Standard pillows
What I have in the cabin
- Coffee machines
- 1x Nespresso machine (no milk frother)
- 1x Moka pot
- Pots, pans, cutlery, utensils, bowls, mugs, cups
- Microwave, Stove kettle, electric kettle, toaster, Jaffle maker, Rice Cooker
- Fridge/Freezer
- 2x double size foam/air-beds
- BYO linen if you intend to use these
- Aircon
- Please do not use this for extensive periods after sun-down.
- Recommend max 3 hours when sun is down.
- Bluetooth Soundbar
- Wood-fire heater
- BYO firewood
- Selection of books
- Please feel free to donate your favourite book
- 3G/4G/5G reception! Optus and Telstra have strongest reception
Fire
There is a fire pit in front of the cabin as well as the wood-fire heater inside.
Please ensure open fires in the fire pit are extinguished when you are going to sleep or leaving.
The indoor wood-fire oven is safe to self-extinguish if closed securely.
As mentioned in planning supplies, please BYO firewood.
Favourite things to do around there
Explore the property!
Link: Area map, property boundaries and points of interest
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1F9o-WAsV2MSVn7KoycOd_fdfJ_pBP1qs&usp=sharing
The whole property is 100 acres of sloping land and is only fenced for about ⅓ of it. The cabin is located at the north western section and Riley’s Road runs eastern and downhill.
On the map you'll see that Riley's road goes down and then turns north, to a creek where there is a wombat burrow across the other side. But Rileys road also goes east, where you'll go further downhill and see the creek turn into a cascading set of small waterfalls!
Though I need to continue exploring myself and plot a safe path to see the big waterfall below.
If you decide to hike down to the creek, just remember it's a steep hike back up!
I prefer to drive down personally!
Drive down and have a swim at the Coxs River Campground
Link: https://goo.gl/maps/4JHrakJ3q481K7Tb7
One guest did fresh river trout fishing!
Hike the river to the Coxs River Suspension Bridge (have a swim too)
Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ZymzDXnsmV5xeEn48
Popular Itineraries
Departing Sydney
- Morning: Depart Sydney in morning
- Mid-drive sight-seeting
- Glenbrook
- Jellybean pool (hike + swim) https://goo.gl/maps/kjwgvWVJf7x4dFTW8
- Glenbrook Gorge (hike + swim) https://goo.gl/maps/TZ1kJRhyLU6oMZpe9
- Glenbrook Gorge swimming pool (hike + swim) https://goo.gl/maps/QkJWAZqRyQa3khcb7
- Glenbrook
- Lunch/Brunch: Leura
- I really like Leura Garage. Requires booking!
https://goo.gl/maps/o4XP16TcyYQN9Kst8
- Or Bakehouse for meat pies
https://goo.gl/maps/1ZX1nN8DpS2Mxz9SA
- Mid-drive sight-seeing:
- Katoomba
- Echo point lookout, Three-Sisters walk and many alternative lookouts looking south.
- Blackheath
- Govetts Leap Lookout https://goo.gl/maps/9Cdixr55SRbPkpgEA
- Evans Lookout https://goo.gl/maps/sgQcobQuABQPjCqN7
- Valley View Lookout https://goo.gl/maps/rhQXDFnxqq5mcZYR9
- Victoria Falls Lookout https://goo.gl/maps/tm9hJLcvvwgCFGFc9
- (better to get groceries first then come here)
- (better to get groceries first then come here)
- Katoomba
- Grocery stop: Katoomba Coles or Woolies
- Afternoon: Arrive at Nos Astra
- Get in about an hour before sunset
- Unload and start fire(s)
- Watch the sunset light up the Narrow Neck Plateau
- Evening:
- Start cooking dinner
- Watch the stars!
Returning to Sydney
Option 1: Drive straight back via Great Western Highway and M4
Option 2:
- Morning: Lock up and depart
- Scenic drive to Blue Mountains Botanic Garden https://goo.gl/maps/fhqXsPfZRrhqsi2e7
- Fruit picking in Bilpin
- Return to Sydney via Richmond