Bellingen Vintage Farmstay

Bellingen, nsw, australia

The Space

Our vision is simple, and reflects our commitment to providing eco-friendly accommodation to our guests in a way that limits our carbon footprint, without compromising your comfort. We offer a “Slow Stay” here, catering to the conscious traveller, by offering you a beautiful place to slow down, reconnect and recharge with your loved ones. The style of all our country getaways in NSW have an emphasis creating spaces that blend into the environment and allow you to enjoy the natural beauty as much as possible. Our interiors are a mixture of vintage and second hand furnishings and equipment, giving our home a relaxed and laid back feel. This home is light and spacious and has both an indoor slow combustion fireplace and an outdoor bonfire pit as well as an outdoor BBQ. There is also a small citrus orchard with oranges, lemons, limes and lemonades in the paddock in front of your property which you can help yourself to during the winter months. We have an outdoor table and chairs in the garden and an outdoor daybed and sitting area so you can enjoy relaxing outside. This house has a private outdoor bathtub under the stars overlooking our orchard and pasture.

House Layout

Our pet friendly farmstay has an open plan living and kitchen space with vaulted ceilings to allow for plenty of fresh air and light. It has two bedrooms, the main bedroom has a double sized bed and there are two single beds in the second bedroom. The bathroom has a bathtub and shower and laundry facilities.

We can sleep an extra 2 children on the lounge room day beds if they’re happy to sleep in the main space or we can supply 2 x single mattresses.  We supply a kinder cot for your baby, 0-3 years old, but we ask that you bring your own bedding for the cot.

Dog Friendly Farm Stays NSW (Dog Policy)

This is our only pet friendly farmstay, however all dogs must stay outside at all times, so we can manage the needs of all our guests, particularly those with allergies. When you arrive at our farm we will collect a $100 cash bond from you when we check you in, to cover any accidental damage your dog may cause whilst you are here, this is refunded upon your departure. Please have this ready for us when you arrive.

We now only allow small, well trained dogs at our property, we no longer accept puppies or large, high energy dogs. Please ensure you check with us before booking to avoid any disappointment and please let us know the age and breed of your dog when booking with us.

Dogs can often find our farmstay quite stressful as they are out of their usual environment and surrounded by many farm animals and unfamiliar smells. Please consider taking them  with you each day for the first few days at least until they settle in properly as they can often fret and bark all day when left at home, disturbing our neighbours and other guests on the farm.

We have a comfortable verandah and enclosed back yard for your dogs to stay cozy and dry. If your dogs are not comfortable around our chickens and farm animals please put them on a lead when moving around the farm. The goats live in the paddock directly behind your house, and Betty is very aggressive with dogs, so please do not allow them to engage with the goats at any time. We have a large paddock in front of your house where your dogs can have a run around without impacting on our farm animals. Please bring your dogs bedding and food bowls. We ask that you ensure your dogs are flea free for their stay with us, and that this kennel cough and Parvo vaccinations are up to date.

We have an outdoor daybed area (two single sized day beds) that we don’t want your dogs on, we understand that this is not always possible to manage, if you head out for the day and leave them at home. So, please bring spare covers or blankets to go over the top of our daybeds and cushions to protect them from accidental damage and stains from your dogs jumping up on them.

Please note that when you book your stay with us you are agreeing to our dog policy above.

Extra Guests

You may not have extra friends stay over night without incurring an extra charge. Please notify us if you would like to have guests stay over with you so we can adjust the price accordingly.

Extra guests $25 per person per night

Our Farm Animals

We have two dogs, three horses, a sheep, two  goats, two hives of native stingless bees and many beautiful heritage chickens free ranging on the farm. Our cows are enjoying greener pastures on our neighbours farm. Unfortunately, we no longer have the Alpaccas featured in our photos. This is a pet friendly stay, so if you are allergic to dogs then this property is not suitable for you.  Your children are welcome to help us feed our farm animals each day and collect eggs with us.

Our Farm Fresh Veggies & Eggs

We grow beautiful biodynamic seasonal fruit and veggies and eggs, if you would like a mixed box of fruit & veggies & eggs (aprox $60 depending on the size of your group and the length of your stay) please let us know when you book in and we will have it waiting for you when you arrive.

Our Permaculture | Biodynamic Farm

We grow all our own seasonal produce using organic and biodynamic principles. We have a small cirrus orchard in front of your property for you to help yourself to while you stay,  please let us know if you would like a tour of the vegetable garden and top orchard and we will make time to show you around.

Getting Around

Bellingen is spread out, with many beautiful valleys, rivers and bush walks to enjoy and explore. So having your own car is important to accessing these places.

FLYING: Coffs Harbour airport is 30 min away.

TRAINS: Urunga Train station is 20 min away.

BUSES:  We have a bus service to both uUunga and Coffs that goes into bellingen town.

TAXIS:  We have taxis from Bellingen town to our farm (5min)

Guest Access

You have your own private property on our farm with flat access. You have a fully fenced backyard where your dogs and children can play safely. You are welcome to enjoy our whole farm and explore the property.

Interaction with Us

We run a busy farm, but we are always happy to make time for you. Either I or my onsite farm sitters will come and greet you (not always as soon as you arrive) and explain how everything works and where everything is, then we will leave you to your holiday. We want you to have a wonderful time here, so please let us know if there is anything you need to make your stay more comfortable and we will do our best to accommodate you.  We also have a comprehensive guest information folder that explains everything to you, so please read through that carefully when you arrive to ensure a smooth and safe stay on our farm.   We are happy for you to walk up and visit us if we’re home and for your children to play with ours. If you require a baby sitter, so you can enjoy some ‘out time’ during your holiday please ask us as my daughter is often available.

House Rules