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Comfortable Accommodation: Family Retreat in Kalbarri offers a holiday home with four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property includes a spacious living room and family rooms, ensuring comfort for all guests. Leisure Facilities: Guests can enjoy a garden, bar, and free WiFi. The outdoor seating area provides a relaxing space, while the games room and barbecue facilities enhance the leisure experience. Local Attractions: Chinaman's Beach is a 16-minute walk away, and boating is available in the surrounding area. Geraldton Airport is 170 km from the property, providing convenient travel options.

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Property highlights

    • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.7)

    • Free private parking available on-site


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Accommodation Type
Number of guests
 
Bedroom 1
1 large double bed
Bedroom 2
1 large double bed
Bedroom 3
1 single bed
and
1 double bed
and
1 bunk bed
Bedroom 4
1 double bed
and
1 bunk bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Keegan
    Australia Australia
    Loved the sunsets over the water from the kitchen window.
  • Martin
    Australia Australia
    Overall it was a pleasant stay, all went well took a while to work out the appliances but once familiar it was good . Kalbarri lost power for a while early one morning , wondered why I had a cold shower Ha, Ha , but it came back on After...
  • Gerard
    Australia Australia
    The game room was a good addition especially on bad weather day
  • Danielle
    Australia Australia
    Lots of space, excellent games room for the kids, who loved the pool table and arcade machine, and great for playing board games as a big group at night. Beautiful views from the living area/kitchen, and a short 10 min walk into town/shops. Our...
  • Ussh
    Australia Australia
    Came up for the weekend for the Kalbarri classic fishing comp the house was perfect heaps of room Will hopefully stay again thanks family retreat
  • Matt
    Australia Australia
    The separate zones. Loved the games room helped heaps with the younger kids.
  • Barry
    Australia Australia
    Spacious property with plenty of entertainment: tvs everywhere, foxtel, internet, pool table, darts etc Lovely breeze kept the place comfortable. Walking distance to foreshore. Great for a group of friends/family.
  • Trevor
    Australia Australia
    Location was good. Having wifi was terrific as very few houses to rent in Kalbarri have wifi. Kitchen supplies were fantastic - dishwasher, t-towels, detergent, sponge/scourer, microwave - and plenty of knives and forks, plates, glasses, pots and...
  • Francine
    Australia Australia
    We absolutely loved this property! plenty of room for the kids to run around and not be ontop of eachother! had everything we needed and was just perfect! The owners were lovely to deal with aswell!
  • Belinda
    Australia Australia
    Awesome family room and plenty of space for the family. Big drive way with plenty of room for cars, boats, bikes etc Convenient location, Close for a bike ride or stroll down to jetty or beach

Quality rating

Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 4 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.

Hosted by Rob and Mandy Skinner

8.7
Host review score
Rob and Mandy Skinner
Read about the rooms etc below but for your holiday it's all about the Man Cave. It's a huge room downstairs that has a great holiday atmosphere. There is a bar and dart board at one end in the middle is the Pool table and an arcade amusement machine with all the classics like space invader, galaxian, frogger and pacman. The games are free and will keep you and the kids occupied. Then at the other end of the room is a lounge and television with foxtel premium. Foxtel is also supplied to three of the four bedrooms. Upstairs the kitchen is great and has an induction cooktop which is great to cook on if you love cooking. Family Retreat is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom(en suite to the main bedroom), 3 toilets, spacious two-story house. Great value for 2 families - cheaper than a villa or apartment each. Also perfect for couples, corporate and extended stays. (2 x Queen beds, 2 x tri-bunk beds, 1 x Single bed) All bedrooms upstairs have reverse cycle air cons and a TV, bedroom downstairs has a Fan & 1 tri-bunk. The upstairs living area has ducted reverse cycle air-con. Well-appointed kitchen with Chef's oven, 6 burner cook top fully self contained , fridge and freezer side by side, microwave & dishwasher. Downstairs games room with TV, arcade game, CD player, dartboard, pool table, bar with sink, fridge & reverse cycle air-con. Laundry downstairs with washing machine, iron & ironing board - combined with bathroom (toilet, shower, vanity) extra separate W.C upstairs. VCR/DVD players. Foxtel & WIFI. heating, Gas BBQ & outdoor seating downstairs, 5 min walk to town & beaches. Plenty of parking on a circular driveway for boats, trailers & extra Cars. This property has a spiral staircase inside & an external staircase out the back that leads you upstairs . No Child safety gates on either !!
Family Retreat is hosted by Mandy and Rob Skinner. We love Kalbarri and this is our future retirement home and we have been visiting it since 1989 when we fell in love with the place traveling around Australia when my wife and I we in our twenties. I spent a fair bit of time renovating the house about 8 years ago and want to provide guests with an environment where they can enjoy themselves in this great place. I personally love the fishing and used to evade the huge swells on the other side of the river to get abalone in the mornings and set a cray pot off oyster reef again across the river. In the early days I used to venture through the river mouth most mornings in my ten foot tinny and troll for Mackerel close by with a cord line and spoon. Also my best tailor is 840mm again in the rivermouth. My wife just loves the beach and the river mouth views. Our kids are grown up now but we took them to Kalbarri every Xmas for holidays and they would catch up with friends there every year and it is a safe place for kids. I loved to go body boarding with my Son Mark at little Jakes and once I was brave/dumb enough to try Jakes on a big day. Only once. Not a bad site to see the guys surfing Jakes and take the kids to blue holes for a swim. I hope you find plenty to love about Kalbarri.
From the inland river gorges to the Indian Ocean, Kalbarri has so much to offer: Sight see from the coastal cliffs and discover their secluded beaches. Visit the Kalbarri National Park and its spectacular gorges (the Kalbarri Sky walk is due to open 2020. Wildflowers (in season) surround The View and are abundant throughout the national park. Enjoy good food at Kalbarri's cafes and pubs. Get in some retail therapy at the local souvenir, toy, gift and clothes shops. Enjoy kayaking on the river, beach fishing and surfing. Snorkel the Blue Holes sanctuary zone or walk the kilometres of un-spoilt beaches. Tours are available for all activities from deep sea fishing, river kayaking, abseiling, quad biking and sand-boarding for the adventurous through to river cruises, whale watching and sunset cruises, wildflower tours and more for those who want to holiday at a slower pace.
Language spoken: English

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House rules

Family Retreat takes special requests - add in the next step!
Check-in
From 14:00 to 21:00
You'll need to let the property know in advance what time you'll arrive.
Check-out
From 06:00 to 10:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required option.
Children and beds

Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

Age restriction
The minimum age for check-in is 21
Payments by Booking.com
Booking.com takes your payment on behalf of the property for this stay, but make sure you have cash for any extras once you get there.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Parties
Parties/events are not allowed
Quiet hours
Guests must be quiet between 20:00 and 07:00.
Pets
Pets are not allowed.

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

Please inform Family Retreat in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.

This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties.

Quiet hours are between 20:00:00 and 07:00:00.

License number: STRA653605P3HKQ1

Legal information

This property is managed by a private host. EU consumer law relating to professional hosts might not apply.

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