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23/05/2023

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09/12/2021

29/09/2021

Another winter almost over. It has been a long, wet season! We have had 3 young men in Unit 2 over winter whilst they find somewhere permanent to live, the rental situation down here is as bad as it is everywhere else. All sorted now and we are looking forward to the summer holidays. The house is free for the last two weeks of November and a few odd days in December. January is fully booked though. If you would like to stay here please send a message and we will see what we can do.

Albany is springing into life, everything is green and lush after all the rain (and as I write, still raining!) the birds are loving the abundance of vegetation, whales are still with us at Cheyne Beach and all the usual garden friends, and foes, relishing the feast.

If you would like to come and enjoy a bit of the summer, when we are cool and comfortable, send me a message. In the meantime I will try and work out how to get the availability calendar working on Facebook so you can see at a glance whether your dates are available.

Janet

01/11/2020

At last it is getting warmer down South, and as I write we have gentle rain and no wind! At the moment we have 5 nights available in November (23rd to the 26th) and a cancellation for December 5th to 24th.

There is a special offer of $600 for the 4 days in November., pay in full when you book.

Minimum stay in December is 6 days, $210 per night up to 6 people, pmm if you want to bring more. 50% secures your booking and the rest is due 1 week before you come. If you cancel, your booking deposit is non- refundable if we cannot then let that time to someone else.

22/09/2020

At long last, after the storms , thunder, lightning and torrential rain we have had a sunny day. Not particularly warm, but we did catch a glimpse of the sun. The diary is filling up fast, our new dryer has made the laundry management much easier and generally we are on top of things. A recent 4 day void spot enabled us to get a few maintenance jobs completed, some gardening done and curtains up in place of the rather uninteresting brown blinds on the patio doors. The extra cleaning has enhanced the space and it certainly sparkles when it is freshly cleaned and sanitised. Albany is looking wonderful and we can only look forward to another lovely summer here with our visitors.

04/08/2020

It is quiet down here at the moment, and cold & wet. However, in between the downpours, dogs still love their walks. We have just said goodbye to 2 lovely rescue dogs and their owners and welcome Pippa the sheltie and her hoomans for a week next week. I am taking the opportunity to make a few more changes in Unit 2 while it is empty; we are putting a small workstation in the living room. It replaces a cupboard, which was a mistake, so a small desk, seat and lamp will take up that space. I hope this change will be more useful than the cupboard! We need some more photos.

07/07/2020

We have a happy family in our house just now and we are booked through to August with couples, kids, dogs, friends and grandparents. That's more like it! Albany is up and running. This is an outstanding year for whales, they arrived early and in great numbers, always a treat to watch them splashing about out there. It is easy to see them from the coast but if you want to get up close and personal we have several boats in the harbour that will take you out, including accessible ones
( wheelchairs welcome) which accept companion cards. Christmas is booked already but there is plenty of room either side.

16/06/2020

Albany is open for business! Contact us by phone or Messenger if you would like to book our house for your school hols, family gathering, dog show, wedding or just for an easy going few days off. Places to stay in Albany over the long vacation get booked very fast,

19/05/2020

17/05/2020

Many thanks to those of our guests who have given us the thumbs up! It is very much appreciated by your hosts, we had the best year in 2019, so many nice, friendly and interesting people passed over the threshold of Unit 2. We were constantly inspired and very happy to meet such lovely guests, kids, grandmas and some beautiful, well behaved dogs too. We will not be having the same number of overseas guests this year, but that leaves plenty of room for our fellow Western Australians!