Holiday snaps: part 1

View of the stables (front)

We stayed in the cutest little "cottage" on our 3 night romantic get-away.  It took me back in time and as you look at the photos you will see why.  This was unlike any place I have ever stayed in before.

The "cottage" was once a stable and was located on a much larger estate (Southdown) built in 1857 (when the South Highlands was opened up for cattle and sheep farming). Unfortunately over the time the estate has shrunk from 335 acres of farming land down to only 6 acres of gardens (which I will share you on another occasion). There are 3 cottages to rent on the property and the owners live in the original homestead.  Due to the size of the gardens, each cottage is tucked in between the trees and hedges creating complete privacy.  Five friendly hens were the only living things to disturb us and they only wanted to say hi and get on with eating!!

 

Front entrance, a nice little place to sit in the sun
- a Glory Vine (in all its red glory) partly covered the walls)

The living area of the cottage
- full of antiques which was just wonderful to look at

The bedroom - the walls were covered in old family photos

The kitchen - I could just imagine a wood stove burning
and the Coolgardie safe keeping the food cold while mum made dinner for her family

One of the walls in the living area,
each wall was covered in paintings, prints and photos

The "dressing table" in the bedroom

Another little corner of the living room, there was a corner with something to look at
(perhaps not a place for little children)

A corner in the kitchen

The fireplace that made the cottage toasty warm at night
The cottage is located in the small village of Burradoo (minutes from Bowral) - which can get quite cold in winter so the fire was very welcome even in April.

The back of the stables (see the clock on the roof)

Back later with more photos

~oOo~