Swanlake Cottage is positioned on a ¼ acre bush block, just metres away from the crystal clear waters and sandy beaches of Swan Lake, in the quiet village of Swanhaven, about 3 km from Sussex Inlet.

This lovingly renovated, timber-clad holiday house has a large private garden, three bedrooms and sleeps up to 8 people. It has flyscreens on all windows and doors and stays cool without carbon emissions under the tree cover.

The house features polished timber floors, original paintings and contains many collector’s items. It is furnished with original and renovated 50’s and 60’s timber furniture and has a warm, lived-in feel.

It has a fully-equipped kitchen, integrated into a dining area with an electric stove, oven, microwave, fridge, toaster, kettle, bread maker and all the kitchen equipment you might need.

This holiday house has a front veranda with comfortable old lounge chairs and a big sofa under a protective transparent roof - as well as a deck and a wood-fired BBQ in the back yard, which is fully fenced for privacy. There is also a campfire place in the large back garden.

On colder days, a slow combustion fireplace in the main living area heats the whole house (wood is provided).

There is a piano, a TV, DVD and CD player (bring your own CDs), and 2 radios. The speaker system runs the TV as well as the DVD and CD player and has a USB input for your MP3 player or computer. There is also a collection of books and an antique record player.

The house telephone allows you to connect to the internet on your laptop with a dial-up connection (use 01 phone number to connect to your server).

There is a individually styled bathroom with a full-sized bathtub, and a laundry with washing machine, iron and ironing board.

You can choose to either clean the house yourself before you leave (to the standard you found it in) or let us do the cleaning up for you for an additional charge of $75.

The holiday village of Swanhaven is a sleepy bush settlement straight out of the 1960's. It’s a paradise for nature lovers.

At Swanlake Cottage you can watch the sun set over the lake from the cosy front veranda, have a BBQ in the backyard, take the kids for a safe swim on the sandy beaches of the pristine lake, paddle a canoe or sail a catamaran across its shallow waters, go for a surf on one of the nearby beaches, fishing in the lake, ocean or river or discover the bush-walks in the surrounding National Parks and Nature Reserves.

If you are bringing your motor boat please stick to the designated boat ramps and speed limits. There are black swans and a great number of other birds breeding in the shallow parts of the lake and they can’t survive if they are hit by the swell of motor boats.

A 15 minute walk or a short trip in the car brings you to the untouched beaches of Wreck Bay, where dolphins and whales pass by while you relax under your umbrella or on your surf- or body-board. There is a Surf Life Saving Club on the beach in Sussex Inlet with a surf reef at the tip of the head and a calm swimming spot at Berrara Beach.

Sussex Inlet has some restaurants, the usual shops, a video/DVD rental, a bank, a pub, boat rentals an RSL club and even an old fashioned cinema. There is a market every second weekend. The caravan park on the main road to Sussex has a takeaway, a small shop and a laundry. There is a new bus route to Sussex Inlet and Nowra and one taxi operator in town.

Swanhaven is surrounded by National Parks. Plenty of outings to either the coastal National Parks or the Great Dividing Range with, for example, Ben Boyd’s Lookout or Pigeon House Mt walks, or the coastal towns such as Ulladulla, Milton, Bateman’s Bay, etc. are very attractive. At Jervis Bay, located just north of this area, you can go on Whale watching and Dolphin tours, as well as diving expeditions.

There are maps and some informational brochures in the house.

Bath, BBQ, Boat Ramp Nearby, Books/Magazines Supplied, CD Player, Children's Playground, DVD, Fans, Internet access, Kitchen, Lake nearby, Laundry facilities, Linen supplied, Log fires, Pets Welcome Indoors, Pets Welcome Outdoors, Stereo, Tea/Coffee Making Facilities, Telephone, Television

This property sleeps up to eight adults in three bedrooms. The configuration is two queen beds in two separate rooms, one queen bed in the third bedroom annex and a pullout sofa in the third bedroom as well as a single bed in the lounge room.

Pillows, doonas, blankets, towels, etc. are provided but use of the house linen (such as sheets, doona covers and pillow cases) attract an extra charge of $15 per bed.