Rosedale Beach House

From the generous deck of this 3 bedroom cottage you can gaze out onto the casuarinas overlooking the lagoon. Listen to the waves breaking on the nearby beach. Or step down to the water-side deck. You could read a book, watch the native ducks go past, or watch the fish meandering about.

It’s just a 2-minute stroll to stunning South Rosedale beach. Great for a swim, a lazy read on the beach or a bit of beach or rock fishing.

Dog-friendly accommodation

It will be fine to bring your dogs. We have a large kennel set up on the deck just adjacent to the dining room window, although we are happy for small dogs to sleep inside, in their doggie baskets. We ask you to please not let the dogs onto the beds or the furniture, both to protect the furniture, and out of consideration for other guests (we have had guests with allergies to dog hairs). Our backyard is fully fenced to 800 or 900mm, with the exception that we haven’t fenced off the lagoon itself. So long as your dogs don’t decide to swim away, you should be fine. You might like to think about giving your dogs some tick medicine 3 days ahead of your visit (Frontline is good). You can run your dogs off-leash on the beach in the morning up to about 9 am and after 5 pm and meet all the other doggie-owners.

Child-friendly accomodation

If you've got small kids, they could do a bit of fishing down on the little jetty at the bottom of the garden where you can easily keep an eye on them. Get the tiniest hooks you can find, a small float and sinker, put a tiny dab of prawn on the hook and let they try their luck. They can pick up small mullet and bream, admire them in a bucket for a while, and then put them back.