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"Dark blue is the river; Golden is the sand
It flows along forever; With trees on either hand..."
Escape the stresses and excesses of urban life! Come to "Riverbend"
and rediscover what you've always known - that simple pleasures are the best.
Some places have waterviews, others are close to the water. Riverbend Cottage has absolute deepwater river frontage along its whole seven acres. You are so close to the water's edge that for environmental reasons we had to build the modern bathroom a few metres away from the cottage (very romantic on a starlit night!)
Our drinking water comes straight from Heaven: it's pure rainwater - soft
and free from chemicals - but it's not limitless. For this reason
and because our insurance does not cover guests dissolving after too
much time in the shower, we encourage
sensible water use.
BOAT OWNERS AND FISHERMEN: You have three Public Boat Ramps a short walk up the Lane. Moor your boat in front of the Cottage and leave it there for the duration of your holidays! You have some 40 km of navigable river to explore! Check the tide tables! 
DOG OWNERS: Give your dogs a holiday as well! We welcome OUTSIDE repeat OUTSIDE dogs at Riverbend where they have a 7-acre "backyard" to romp in. Dogs give us a very "PAWsitive " 
rating!
Book in for a week or settle in for a while (yes, some of our guests
stay for several weeks and hardly ever use their cars once they have
arrived) but you need to book well in advance, especially for the
popular summer months. Our HIGH SEASON is December and January
and all Public Holidays and Long Weekends. The rest of the year
is LOW SEASON. All prices are for two people.
Okay, we give in: we have had so many requests from people who simply can't fit a whole week into their hectic life that we have decided to offer a special 3-night stay at half the weekly rate. Still too long for you? Come on, do yourself a favour and take a REALLY refreshing, perhaps even life-changing break: come down in the evening (straight from the office) and leave on the third morning (straight back to the office, if you must). For three nights and two long and blissful days, do nothing but absorb the tranquillity of this place. You'll be a changed person! Whether you come as a couple or alone, you are welcome to join in with our activities or you may wish to remain completely private - the choice is yours. We can show you our beautiful South Coast, take you to the local markets, explore the Clyde River with you, introduce you to the local Bushwalkers or share a drink with you at the local pub. We have loads of books, videos and DVDs, and good music for you to enjoy. We also love to listen to your stories!
Join us for afternoon tea or a "sundowner" on the verandah overlooking the river watching the boats or the sunset. Take a leisurely walk into the village for a delicious fish 'n' chips at the Nelligen General Store or a cup of good coffee at the "Café Nelligen". You'll love it here - we do! As we keep telling ourselves: we have to live somewhere so it may as well be Paradise! Which we would love to share it with you so please come soon!
Your hosts
P.S. We can't guarantee you perfect weather but we'd like to help you find out Calculate your travel distance. |
Ingredients:1 Liter Red Wine 1/8 Liter water 60 grams sugar (approx 2oz) 1/4 stick cinnamon 3 cloves Peelings of half a lemon or two lemon slices Preparation: Bring the sugar, spices and water to a boil. (instead of the water experts say that you really should use red wine for a better flavour) Then let this mixture steep for 30 minutes. Finally, mix in the remainder of the red wine and carefully reheat to just under boiling point. Zutaten: 1 Liter Rotwein 1/8 Liter Wasser 6o Gramm Zucker 1/4 Stange Zimt 3 Gewürznelken Schale einer halben Zitrone oder 2 Scheiben Zitrone Zubereitung: Zucker und Gewürze mit Wasser (anstatt des Wassers sollten Sie Rotwein nehmen - das gibt einen besseren Geschmack) aufkochen, 30 Minuten ziehen lassen, abseihen, mit dem Rotwein vermischen und vorsichtig bis kurz vor dem Siedepunkt erhitzen.
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The deposit is non-refundable if the booking is cancelled
within four weeks of the arrival date unless the accommodation
can be relet. However, the non-refundable portion remains
current for twelve months if a suitable alternative date can
be nominated.
The balance is payable on arrival in CASH (sorry but we do not
have credit card facilities).
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"Riverbend" Cottage is a real little home and an ideal place in which to
Please email us, stating when and for how long you would like to stay.
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but you must at all times:
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Our TV reception is limited to the ABC (however, you have a choice of over 300 good videos - all without commercial breaks!) And there are
plenty of books to read (you remember books, don't you? they are like DVDs with pages)
Once here, you may even relax enough not to miss your mobile because, guess what, it won't work here. However, we gladly take your messages on our
phone or let you receive and
send messages on the Internet if you're the President of the United States or some other important person who is totally indispensable to the running
of the world.
Our guests from the city always enthuse about the air here. It's fresh
and composed mainly of oxygen and nitrogen, unlike what they are
used to. They fall asleep almost immediately, their bodies exhausted
from the lack of carbon monoxide and lead they have come to depend on.
This is a pristine bushland setting on the water's edge, so please
wear sensible footwear and behave in a responsible manner. We'd be happy
to leave it at that but since some people employ such a good team of lawyers,
we also require you to read and accept the following
Risk Warning.
It is quiet here and very peaceful and you're the only guest. Instead of having to listen to somebody else's snoring or be "entertained" by
some ablution noise in the room next door,
you may hear the occasional possum wander over your roof at night or be surprised by a little green frog looking at you from under the bathroom door.
All this sensory deprivation may come as a shock to you and we suggest that, as a rough guide, if your chronological (or mental) age is less than
40 (this used to be 30 but a recent encounter with a youngish couple made us think that 40 is probably a better age), you will probably lack the
appreciation of being miles away from McDonald's and the sounds of an infternal combustion engine.
To all you others and to those who want to recover their energy and rediscover
themselves, please come and stay and stay long, sit quietly, breathe
deeply, and listen to the river, to the birds, to YOURSELF!
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and also FRI/SAT 8.52 am For more information go to Murrays
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and MON-SAT 10.35 For more information go to Pioneer
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To print this map, click here and print from the new window
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Turn off the Kings Highway on the Batemans Bay side of Nelligen Bridge at one of the two turn-offs (marked # 1). At the junction (marked 2), turn down Bridge View Road and follow it to the very end of Sproxton Lane. Enter through the bottom gate marked "RIVERBEND".
OUR POSTAL ADDRESS:
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Last revision: 22 January 2010
There is no rush! This is the Land of Wait-a-While and our clocks are set
to "Nelligen Time". You know it's time for lunch (in the treehouse?)
when the CLYDE PRINCESS passes by with a group of tourists from the Bay who,
unlike you, are only allowed thirty minutes at Nelligen before being whistled
back on board and returned, kicking and screaming, to the "real world".
Riverbend Cottage does not compete with establishments whose toilet seats
are wrapped in cute little "Sanitized for your convenience" covers or
who dull your senses with Muzak and the drone of air-conditioning
(our "air-conditioning" is the gentle breeze coming off the river).
