This is our Holiday Cottage at Beautiful Budgewoi

Only an hour's drive north from Sydney, there’s a haven for rest and recreation, great for families, small group Retreats, and it’s.....

Ø      Only 300 metres walk from the Lake, clean swimming; safe for kids; beautiful lakeside walks (2 km on maintained lake edge to Budgewoi, or turn left and along the lakes edge in the bush).  Excellent sailing (launching places close by), canoeing, and motor boat facilities;

Ø      3 km from surf beaches; and a 10 minute drive from awesome Soldiers Beach, the Rockpool (still-water - great for kids, and Norah Head lighthouse! - see photos below...

Ø 8 km from Munmorah State Rec Area, with its awesome sea cave, beaches, picnic areas, and rock formations;

Ø   300 metres from bushland walks;

Ø 1 km from the Colongra wetlands wilderness area (see photo); mountain bike trails;

Ø   3 km from good fishing; 

Ø   On a quiet cul-de-sac;

Ø     90 min drive from Hunter Valley; 60 min from downtown Newcastle.

Click on our photos for greater detail - we took them during a fantastic week's break....

our "private" beach!  Norah Head

Soldiers Beach reef

Soldiers Beach where we surf and swim

It's not the Ritz; but it's our family holiday cottage we use ourselves, so it's functional, basic, clean, peaceful, and you can drive there from anywhere in Sydney, stop overnight (or over a weekend), and then drive home without feeling you lost the benefit of your time away by a long drive home!

Colongra swamp and wetlands is only 1km walk away; it's extensive, interesting, yet few people know where it is!  (we took this in a dry spell)

Gravelly Beach - Norah Head

Well-trained dog is OK (we have had several King Charles Spaniels who have loved it there with the lake and bush walks so close by!).  External laundry doubles as a kennel at night.

There are excellent shops, including a new Coles supercentre, several decent coffee shops (on the lake and at the beaches), and restaurants/clubs only 2 km away; Munmorah Recreation Area 8 km (with its awesome sea cave); Norah Head lighthouse 9 km.  A great place to relax, even in winter!  

Some of our church contacts have used it for leaders' and small group retreats (it sleeps 10+ people when required), and can cater for 20 as day visitors).

The holiday cottage is clean, re-carpeted in 2007, light and airy (no need for air conditioning!); refurbished kitchen (see photo); 1 double bedroom; 1 very large bedroom that sleeps 3+. Carpeted sleepout (fully upgraded to be an additional bedroom in 2010) can sleep 5 more and hold everything else you may want to take; external laundry and 2nd toilet; carport (see photo), digital TV, VCR, DVD player, microwave, and a basic collection of all essentials (except for linen).  And we doubled the size of the main living area in October 2010.

Lake Munmorah only 300m walk

Budgewoi back yard and sleepout;  click here for interior.

You can book on a daily basis, or stay for a week and get a discount of one, two, or three days per week for free (see the rate summary).  50% deposit is required within 7 days of booking. Balance 30 days prior to use.  

Rates current from 1st Oct 2011 to 30th Sept 2012

Contact the Rensfords on  02-98923891  or  0419-201541.
Or email us on rensford@hnlc.org.au

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