We have put together a handy Barn Hives Guide for any questions that you have provided with the answer.
You can find all the information and tricks without needing to wait or having to call!
This is our easy way to help you find a quick solution.
And a great way to get to know us and read about our vision, ideals and our love for life.
A/C reverse cycle air-conditioning
For moments where an instant cool/heat is required, there is reverse cycle A/C unit for your comfort.
We have paid special attention to cross-ventilation in the design of these Hives to achieve comfort without the use of harsh mechanical implements.
When opening the windows to allow for the breeze to come in, closing the blinds to keep the sun out and turning on ceiling fans, you will find the pods nicely cool and comfortable to relax in, without the harsh and unnatural feel of air-conditioned air.
To change between ‘heating’ and ‘cooling’; Use the ‘mode’ button to indicate either a sun (for heating) or a snowflake (for cooling)
switch a/c off when you’re away for the day.
Animals
We love to share our land with our beautiful chooks, Barnyard ducks and our lovely honey producing bees.
Besides the animals we have given a home, we also are a home to local wildlife like the frogs you will hear calling each other at night, birds that will share their song all throughout the day, lizards that are trying to hide away and snakes that will love to be left at peace in the tall grass and under dead wood and fallen leaves.
Please be aware and respect that this is their place too.
Art
We as locals want to support locals. Plates, bowls, coffee cups are all hand made by local Wilyabrup Dreaming pottery. Our outside sculptures and the art displayed inside our restaurant and Hives are all made by local artist.
Wander around the property to find the dogs, our camel and the stork nest egg that still hasn’t hatched!
• B
Barbeque
Our Barbeques are set up with their individual gas lines. There is a tap on the right hand side of BBQ which needs to be turned on (vertical position) before use. Please turn off the tap once you are finished.
Utensils and cleaning equipment are all inside the kitchen unit to use for your convenience.
Barn shop
Find our delicious home-made pickles, sauces and fresh pasta. Find quirky and interesting gifts. Grab a bottle of wine or a jar of liquid gold also known as honey produced by our own Barn Bees. Open 10-4 Friday-Tuesday.
When you are interested in any of our pieces provided in your Hive, pop over to our Barn Shop and find lots available for purchase there. We can also help you to find the local artist where we have brought it from.
Bedding
King size bed upper floor. Extra beds are not available. Full linen & towels supplied.
Bifold door
Open front entry door first, turn bifold knob up then slowly fold the door using handle only.
Bin
A large wheelie bin is placed just outside and set up between two pods if the need would arise that larger items or kitchen bin bag needs to be disposed off.
When you end up with recyclable items, please feel free to put them in the bin with a yellow lid.
Bluetooth
Connect your phone to the speaker system of the Hive and listen to your own music.
How to connect:
Press the Bluetooth symbol on the speaker.
Turn on the Bluetooth on your phone and search for “ Audio Pro_A10 “ .
Press this once it shows it’s available, which starts connecting / pairing straight away.
Books (to come)
There is a selection of books we have put together for your pleasure.
Read up on the wonders that are waiting to be explore in this region. Spot the birds that are showing off and check to see if you can find them in the book. Be surprised to find short walks to waterfalls, stunning viewpoints and through luscious forests to totally emerge yourself in the beauty of the South West.
Bus service. Busselton. Perth. Airport.
https://southwestcoachlines.com.au
• C
Car Hire
Avis, Hertz, Avram, Europcar and Busselton & South West Rent-A-Car provide car hire pick-up and drop-off services (by prior arrangement).
Busselton Margaret River Airport shuttle services with South West Coach lines:
A direct-to-accommodation shuttle services all major hotels from Busselton to Margaret River, including Dunsborough, Eagle Bay, Yallingup and Cowaramup. Prices start from $15pp.
Book here https://airportshuttles.southwestcoachlines.com.au
Cancellation Policy:
We are a small family business so please be mindful that cancellations impact our business. We examine each cancellation and circumstances by our policies on a case-by-case basis.
We strongly recommend the purchase of comprehensive travel insurance to cover unforeseen circumstances that may result in the cancellation of your holiday booking.
Standard bookings: More than 7 days: Full refund if your reservation is cancelled at least 7 days prior to your scheduled arrival.
Less than 7 days up to 48 hours: Cancellations or changes to bookings made less than 7 days prior to the check in date and time will be charged for the first changed or cancelled night.
Less than 48 hours: No Refunds are available for cancellations, changes or ''no show up'' to bookings made less than 48 hours prior to the check in date and time. Payment for the full amount of stay will be charged. Should you terminate your stay after arrival, then payment for the full period of your stay is requested.
Festive Season, Long weekends bookings: minimum 30 days’ notice: A no refund policy and full amount of stay is applicable if the booking is cancelled/ modified less than 30 days for long Weekends, Christmas & New Year Festive season, Easter and Public School holidays.*
*Christmas Festive season 22-28 December; New Year Festive season 28 December-10 January; Easter Festive season Thursday-Tuesday over Easter weekend.
Please allow 7 business days for refunds.
We understand that circumstances may arise where you may need to cancel or modify your reservation. Should this occur, please note that as a small establishment, it may attract extra fees.
A no show will be deemed as a cancellation and should you leave earlier than expected, no refunds will be given.
Rescheduling a booking:
A booking can be rescheduled with no cancellation fee, provided more than 30 days notice has been given. The new booking date must be within 12 months from the original booking date and only one date change per booking is permitted before an administration fee is then applied.
We reserve the right to offer alternative accommodation of a similar standard in the case of overbooking for any reason beyond our control.
Charge
Please find our complimentary products for you to enjoy.
We love it when all our guests can enjoy the Barn Hives in exactly the same style and comfort as you have found it.
We understand that ‘Things Happen’ and within reason we understand. We do ask you kindly to let us know before departure of any mishaps that have happened so we can let our cleaners know.
For mayor damage or spills over linen and towels a cleaning fee will be charged to the card used to make the booking.
Check in/ Check out
Standard check-in from 2pm and check out 10.30am For special time please e-mail us and we’ll try our best to accommodate your requests.
We'll provide self-check-in info, hive #, key lock code plus all info on arrival day by e-mail & text to your contacts supplied via reservation.
Children policy
Each pod accommodates a maximum of 2 people. Cots/cribs/extra beds are not available.
Barn Hives was designed for adults, whether they be couples, friends, siblings, mother and daughter or just travelling solo.
Please note - Management advises that the property is unsuitable for children under 12 years.
Clean up
We respectfully ask you to do your bit and leave the Hive as clean and tidy as you find it.
Our staff is doing their utmost to have everything in order before your arrival, therefore please wash your own dishes, put the rubbish in bins provided and keep it neat in general. Thank you!
Coffee Machine – Nescafe Dulce Gusto
For more details or instructions, find the Coffee machine Nescafe Dulce Gusto user’s guide on iPad at Books folder.
Contact
When your question can not be found in this folder please know that our beautiful staff at Barnyard can also help you with most request and are very happy to assist.
For any urgent matters you can contact us on: Mob. 0 487 757 244
• D
Dogs unfortunately not allowed.
• E
ECO Certification
Barn Hives accommodation, -Certified Nature Ecotourism in natural areas that leaves minimal impact on the environment.
We provide opportunities to learn about the environment and share the values of ecotourism and sustainability.
With our passion to look after the environment, whilst still being able to bring luxury in the mix is something we have worked hard for to achieve.
With our ongoing ideas and ways to keep our imprint to mother nature as small as possible, you will find new and exciting things added and changed with every visit.
At Barn Hives we are extremely proud that we have been granted the ECO Certification.
YOUR ECO FRIENDLY STAY
Solar powered and with 3 pods 100% off the grid
Rainwater harvesting
Gravity feed rain water from tank to kitchen sink
Refillable Australian made and ECO Certified toiletries
Rubbish recycle bins for guests
All LED lighting
Fire wood pellets for heating sourced from renewable supply
Smart appliances installed
• F
Fire place-Pellet heater
For those cosy cold winter days we have installed a pellet heater for your comfort.
For more detailed instructions, find the Scandia Pellet Heater user’s guide on iPad at Books folder (pages 12+) also quick start in photo library.
If E3 occurs,- add more pellets through top lid, press setting button off (top right) then turn power button back on.
Farmshop
In our Barn shop you will find lots of delicious produce and honey made by our Barnyard Bee’s.
We also have lots of art, quirky and unusual gifts which you can admire whilst enjoying a freshly made coffee.
Come over for a snoop around and get to meet our wonderful Barnyard Family.
Open 10-4 Friday- Tuesday.
• G
• H
Hot water Heat pump
Where we can we like to add self-sustainable options throughout these pods.
With connecting the solar panels on the roof of you balcony to the heat pump, it will transfer that energy to supply you with hot water for your shower.
• I
Infants
Each pod accommodates a maximum of 2 people. Cots/cribs/extra beds are not available.
Please note - Management advises that the property is unsuitable for children.
Internet/Wi-Fi
Our internet and Wi-Fi signal is provided through an individual receiver in your pod.
We are situated in a rural area and the fluctuation of people in and out of season can affect the speed and coverage of the internet and it may not be what you are used to. There is nothing that we or the provider can do about this issue, which normally will naturally be resolved in a matter of time.
When such time arises, check out the books we have specially provided for you in your Hive or enjoy the scenery around the pod or throughout the area.
Wi-Fi Name: Winederlust
Wi-Fi PW: welcome1
Iron
You’ll find the Iron in a wooden crate on the bottom of kitchen’s shelve. Table top ironing board behind the fridge.
• J
• K
Keys
With our handy key box you won’t have to worry about losing the key or bringing it with you.
Leave the key safely in the key box provided when you are going to explore this regions wonders. There is an extra key in the box for use or if you misplace original one.
On check out, leave the key in the door.
Kids
Each pod accommodates a maximum of 2 people. Cots/cribs/extra beds are not available.
Barn Hives was designed for adults, whether they be couples, friends, siblings, mother and daughter or just travelling solo.
Please note - Management advises that the property is unsuitable for children under 12 years.
Kitchen
Equipped with all the essentials needed, find it all on the shelves or on the countertop. Plates, bowls, coffee cups are all hand made by local Wilyabrup Dreaming pottery.
• L
Lights
There are a few light switches around for light that can be turned on to your liking. The lights that are hanging above the stairs can be turned on and off from the top of the stairs, as well as from the switches next to the entry door.
There is a switch in the kitchen for the kitchen lights. The switches at the entry door are for outdoor lighting, ground level lighting and for upstairs.
Inside the toilet/bathroom you will find its own switches.
• M
Music
We have selected a few radio stations for your pleasure.
Enjoy the international station who will bring you upbeat, funky tunes, which can also be Latin influenced and bring calmness just as you please.
When you want to listen to your own playlists, connect you phone via Bluetooth to the Hive its own speaker.
• N
• O
Outdoor Shower
When you want to rinse of from the beach salt and sand, or feel like having a shower under the stars, we have set up an outdoor shower for you to use.
You can find these in between two pods.
These showers run of our spring water, so immerse yourself in the total connection and cycle of this water.
• P
Projector
Mini projector is provided. We found the Mirror screening is easiest way to connect. Please find user’s guide on iPad at Books folder (pages 8+)
When we designed the Barn Hives, and in captured the beauty around it, so much beauty to explore in this South West Corner we have chosen not set up a TV’s in these pods. I mean, there is the bush telly right on your doorstep, quite literally!
On your I-Pad however, there are a few apps for you to use and enjoy.
If it is a special movie would love to see, buying it direct from your favourite app is always an option.
• Q
Quiescence (being at rest; quiet; still. Create interest!)
Quotidian (Daily, something that belongs to or occurs every day)
Quaco (male name day for Wednesday )
• R
Recycle
With everything we do we have nature and this beautiful earth in mind.
Recycling is a very big part of that. When you end up with recyclable items, please feel free to put them in the yellow lid bin that lives outside next to the wheelie bin which is set up between two pods.
This so you can use your inside bin for the little un-recyclable things and to not fill up your bin first up.
Restaurant
Our Restaurant Kitchen is open from Friday through to Tuesday for Lunch 11-3
Make a reservation online www.barnyard1978.com.au and enjoy an afternoon with a glass of our Premium Estate wines and a meal overlooking our grounds.
• S
Service
With our vision of leaving a minimal imprint on our beautiful natural world, we provide a cleaning service on every fourth day of your stay, or thereafter should you require this at all, as not to overwhelm our resources unnecessarily. Fresh towels are provided every second day.
When you do run out of any of the extra sanitary items provided, please do not hesitate to contact us. An outside crate is provided for used towels, which can be found in between two pods where you will also find the wheelie bin and outdoor shower.
Smoking
We live in a bushfire prone and delicate part of the world.
We ask you kindly not to smoke in or around the Hive, as you have noticed we do not provide ashtrays. We do however have set up a smoking area next to the chicken quarters, where you can say hello to our beautiful ladies.
Buckets with sand have been set up to put your cigarette bud into, as we very much want to press the matter that this is a very dry and sacred area, so please leave the buds in the buckets provided.
Shower
For those sandy and salty visits to the beach we have installed an outdoor shower.
Here you can rinse yourself off from a summers day at the beach or for when you would to shower under the stars.
This shower runs on spring water. There is one shower in between two pods, as we believe that sharing is caring.
• T
Taxi
Dunsborough Taxi’s For Immediate Pickups – 9756 8688 or airport transfer, charter bus, taxi or just find out further info 0438 168 688 bookings@dunsboroughtaxis.com.au
Busselton Taxi’s 131 008 or 9752 2730.
Transfers: A number of limousine and private car hire companies in the region offer private transfers to from the airport. We recommend book your transport before you arrive. Operators include:
Transfer, car hire
https://www.margaretriver.com/plan-your-trip/getting-here-local-transport/#section-20
Television
When we designed the Barn Hives, and in captured the beauty around it, so much beauty to explore in this South West Corner we have chosen not set up a TV’s in these pods. I mean, there is the bush telly right on your doorstep, quite literally!
On your I-Pad however, there are a few apps for you to use and enjoy.
If it is a special movie would love to see, buying it direct from your favourite app is always an option. Welcome to use a mini projector provided. We found the Mirror screening is easiest way to connect. Please find user’s guide in iPad Books folder (pages 8+)
SBS on demand is available too as well is Netflix, just log in with your own details.
We have consciously chosen to give you the ultimate down south experience.
With this we want to invite you to fully soak up the natural beauty this region provides. Bathe yourself in silence and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere the south west expels. Occupy yourself with nothing more than being in the here and now.
The sunset skies that will leave you speechless with its ever changing canvas. The birds chirping away, singing their song. The colours and contours that will make you see this place in a different light, quite literarily, every minute of every day. There is your Bush Telly right there.
Towels
An outside crate is provided for used towels, which can be found in between two pods where you will also find the wheelie bin, recycles bin and outdoor shower. When you do run out of any of the extra sanitary items provided, please do not hesitate to contact us.
• U
• V
Vision
We have considered different ways to implement self-sustainable ideas. To achieve a minimal imprint on the earth whilst still providing the best of both worlds, where an escape and luxury still exists through the richness of experience without over-consumption.
We feel this is the new way of life.
• W
Water
Drinking water is provided from the mini tap in your kitchen sink. This water has been captured by your individual pod when it rains. This water makes it’s way through the UV filter through gravity and is supplied through the mini tap for you to enjoy. Another self-sustainable feature that we have incorporated. In case it stops it could be an air bubble in the pipe, just lightly tap or knock the spout.
Use this water for cooking also, as this is the most delicious water around.
The general kitchen tap and shower are connected to our spring water source.
This water is filtered and safe to drink too. Brought to the pod for the washing up and cleansing showers for your convenience.
WiFi/Internet
Our WiFi and internet signal is provided through an individual receiver in your pod.
We are situated in a rural area and the fluctuation of people in and out of season can affect the speed and coverage of the internet and it may not be what you are used to. There is nothing that we or the provider can do about this issue, which normally will naturally be resolved in a matter of time.
When such time arises, check out the books we have specially provided for you in your Hive or enjoy the scenery around the pod or throughout the area.
Wi-Fi Name: Winederlust
Wi-Fi PW: welcome1
Wildlife
We love to share our land with our beautiful chooks, our cheeky geese and our lovely honey producing bees.
Besides the animals we have given a home, we also are a home to local wildlife like the frogs you will hear calling each other at night, birds that will share their song all throughout the day, lizards that are trying to hide away and snakes that will love to be left at peace in the tall grass and under dead wood and fallen leaves.
Please be aware and respect that this is their place too.
Wine tours
There is a tour to suit everyone in the Southwest – the best website to find a tour to your liking is the link below.
Each varies from wineries to adventures and private tours to minibus.
http://www.margaretriver.com/tours/wine-beer-food/
We recommend to then book directly with tour company.
Most of them can arrange to pick up from us but please double check when you book.
Have a great time touring the beautiful Southwest and all it has to offer😊
• X
Xanthic (having a yellow color.)
In the morning, enjoy the rise of the sun and the xanthic hue it leaves over the vines, the trees and the scenery all around your pod.
Xenomania (the pleasure of meeting strangers )
One of the great pleasures of what we have set out to do is xenomania.
Come over and say hello, it is always nice to meet the person behind the name.
Xoompin (driving or going over bumps!)
Our Barn grounds wouldn’t be complete without the addition of our beautiful chickens and ducks.
We have added some bumps to slow down, get a glimpse of the girls and start being mindful of your surroundings.
So don’t go xoompin. Which your car will be thankful for as well ;)
• Y
Yearn (long for something or someone intensely )
Yock (loud joke or laugh)
Yonder (far away – don’t mention this)
• Z
Zenith (summit, height of success, climax)
Zest (keen, pleasure)
Zodiac (imaginary belt in the heavens following the path of the sun divided in twelve parts – star signs)
We try to be as Environmentally Friendly as possible and ask for your assistance in the following.
- Our Hives run solely on rain water, so we ask that you please use it wisely as it is very precious.
- It would be greatly appreciated if lights were not left on unnecessarily.