Benbellen Country Retreat New South Wales Australia

Unique in so many ways, Benbellen is tucked away in a truly, and thankfully, undiscovered valley. Benbellen is a short drive to pristine Pacific beaches and local amenities – luxury fully ensuite accommodation – beautiful views with peaceful and tranquil surrounds.

‘Just off the Pacific Highway, three and a half hours north of Sydney, there is a road that winds inland at Moorland or Johns River where you find yourself all alone on a ‘very different kind of world’.

‘Instantly the pace slackens. This road ducks and weaves through a choppy sea of low rippling hills, diving into dark green tunnels and over rattling wooden bridges threading through paddocks where fat Friesian cows stand munching, attended by white egrets’.

‘This picture is more than matched by the understated elegance of Benbellen Country Retreat high in this secluded coastal valley. It is a sprawling Queenslander style homestead offering luxury, fully ensuite accommodation with style and character. The house is generously proportioned and equipped with a library and a huge lounge room with alcoves along one wall and a big balcony that juts out above the dipping hillside’.

Enjoy this peace and quiet from one of our queen-sized bedrooms each with ensuite bathroom and access to private balconies and extensive views.

‘Sherry and Peter are welcoming and sophisticated hosts, and their house reflects a lifetime of travel, work and an appreciation for the finer things’.

For couples with or without children and pets an alternative accommodation is available nearby with full access to on-farm activities. Penlan ‘is a beauty. A trim Queenslander style weatherboard cottage set low in a valley. Inside there’s a big open lounge dining room kitchen, a luxurious bathroom and a laundry – everything you need for a week end or a week of pure escapism.’

Quotes from Charter Magazine November 2000 pp96-97.

Accommodation Options

Balcony Room

The Balcony Room is fully en-suite one of two queen sized rooms running off an eclectic and entensive library with its private entrance to the home. It has its own private balcony with wonderful views high into the property. The furniture hand made by local craftsman from local Blackbutt Eucalypt timber. Peaceful and secluded well away from your hosts yet within easy access to the large open plan lounge area and to the indoor/outdoor balcony with even more extensive views of the property and the valley itself.

Lotus Room

The windows of the Lotus Room look directly over the pond of Lotus blossoms that are such a feature of the property in December and January. Entering the room from the extensive library, the Lotus Room is fully ensuite and spills onto the open indoor/outdoor balcony that has the most extensive views of the property and the valley itslef – over the lilly strewn dam and on up to South Brother. A queen bed and tasteful furniture all made by local craftsmen from local timber.

Kimono Room

The Kimono Room is fully ensuite with polished wooden floors and high ceilings. Tastefully furnsihed it spills out throgh its French doors onto an enclosed courtyard with its picket fence and gateway leading in turn onto the forecourt of the homestead and directly to the farm walks on the property. It takes its name from the pre WW2 japanese bridal kimono wall hanging.