Christmas Tree Cottage is a former Sydney Olympics house in a rural setting, only 15 mins to Canberra and 30 minutes to the airport. For the wine buffs there are up to 12 wineries within a 20 minutes drive.

The self-contained cottage is available for rent as indivdual rooms or the whole cottage for short or medium term accommodation. Each room has its own private front entrance and own bathroom/toilet. The cottage provides spacious accomodation suitable for groups or individuals. The cottage has a wood fire as well as reverse cycle heating and cooling in all rooms. Guests have the use of a shared TV room, with DVDs and videos to entertain the kids and adults. The shared kitchen family room is fitted with a large fridge, microwave, oven and cooktop, as well as cookware, cutlery and crockery. A few cooking basics are supplied and filtered drinking water is on tap.

There is a fenced secure backyard for kids and pets.

The 10 acres with dams immediately around the cottage is available for you to pursue outdoor activities. You are also free to explore the whole thirty acres, which has wetlands with dams that is in the development stage, numerous birds and Australian native plants including orchids and fringe lilies. For the active there is a 2 km walk around the farm past dams, open native grassland and Christmas Trees. The dams have been stocked with native fish and visitors are welcome to try their luck at catching one in competition with the resident Pied Cormorant and the kingfishers.

Away from the farm but within a half hour drive you can visit some of Canberra's tourist attractions such as the War Memorial, National Art Gallery, Parliament House, National Museum, Questacon, Cockington Green, Federation Square, AIS, EPIC, Lake Burley Griffin and Lake Ginninderra and shopping at Civic, Gungahlin and Belconnen Town centres.

There are country pubs and restaurants within a 10 mins drive from the farm or the choice of a variety of restaurants a 20 mins drive away in Canberra.

There are up to a dozen wineries within a 20 minute drive radius and Lake George is only 10 minutes away.
Further a field the South coast and the Snowy Mountains are only a 2 hour drive away.

Markets such as the Farmers market, Bungendore, Trash & Treasure, Gorman House and Gundaroo Markets are on at various times. Check with your hosts regarding times and venues.

Canberra B&B Network

Accept MasterCard, Accept VISA, Air conditioning, Baby Cot, Bath, BBQ, BBQ - Gas, Books/Magazines Supplied, Breakfast provisions available for self-cooking, Continental Breakfast Available, Continental breakfast provisions available, Continental breakfast provisions supplied, DVD, Ensuite, Faxing Facilities, Highchair, Kitchen, Linen supplied, Log fires, No smoking, Pets Welcome Indoors, Pets Welcome Outdoors, Tea/Coffee Making Facilities, Television, Undercover or off street parking, VCR, Videos/DVDs Supplied

The cottage has 4 bedrooms and sleeps up to 8 persons comfortably. The cottage is available for rent as individual rooms or as a whole.

There is a huge ensuite Queen Room with a connecting Twin room on request. There is also a Twin and Double room each with its own toilet and bathroom. Each room has its own reverse cycle cooling and heating system and its own private front entrance and designated bathroom/toilet. A cot is available on request. Linen and beddings are all supplied.

Deals
Whole cottage rate available):
Exclusive use (of shared facilities) of whole cottage plus your own room(s) (2 nights minimum stay).
Rate: A single adult or a couple at $200 per night; extra adult at $20 per night; extra child at $10 per night
Valid to: 30 Oct 09