Forrest Beach Getaway - family holiday haven

This recently fully renovated holiday home has 5 large bedrooms - 3 upstairs and 2 downstairs: 2 bathrooms - 1 up and 1 down: large living room and kitchen and laundry with washing machine and dryer. The house is fully air-conditioned with fans as well or just enjoy the beautiful sea breezes through the fly-screened windows. Plenty of parking space and a large yard for the children to enjoy. The house is approximately 500 meters from the beach front. The home is suitable for a large family or a group of families wanting to enjoy the beautiful beaches, great fishing and closeness to the Fantome, Pelorus, Palm and Orpheus Islands just off the coast. There are 2 boat ramps from which to launch the boat to explore the great fishing opportunities or to cruise across to the islands and snorkel or dive the reefs surrounding the islands in beautiful clear waters or stop off at Yanks Jetty on Orpheus Island for a picnic and swim around viewing the fish and coral that live under the jetty. The house is approximately 20-25 minutes from Dungeness where there is great launching facilities and parking space. Launching at Dungeness gives you access to the Hinchinbrook Channel or the outer reefs for great fishing or visit Zoe Falls on Hinchinbrook Island and enjoy a cooling swim in the beautiful swimming hole at the bottom of the falls after tracking through tropical rain forest. If this isn't enough, you can enjoy long walks along the soft white sandy beach collecting shells and trinkets. Forrest Beach has a stinger net which is in position during the summer months and patrolled by Surf Lifesavers on weekends and during school holiday periods. There is a mini-mart, take-away food shop, hair-dresser, doctor and chemist, newsagency and hotel with a bottle shop. The Forrest Beach Hotel, which is on the beachfront, has an a-la-carte restaurant and is great spot to sit and enjoy a drink with family and friends with a cool breeze blowing or inside the air-conditioned bar. The hotel offers a courtesy shuttle bus service for its patrons and often has live music on weekends.

Sleeping arrangements

Upstairs there is the master bedroom (Bedroom No 1) which has a queen sized bed: Bedroom No 2 with a queen bed and single bed bunk set. Bedroom No 3 has 2 single beds. All bedrooms are air-conditioned with large built-in wardrobes and storage areas. Bedrooms 1 and 3 have french doors which open out onto the front veranda. Downstairs - Bedroom No 4 has a king bed and wardrobe: Bedroom No 5 has two single beds and a small built-in wardrobe. Both downstairs bedrooms are air-conditioned and have wall-mounted fans. All bed linen and towels are provided.

Living area

The lounge room has seating for up to ten persons, a colour television and DVD player and CD player. The large kitchen has a dining setting for 6, a large refrigerator, electric hotplates and oven, microwave oven, 4-slice toaster, kettle, electric frypan, electric handbeater and all the cooking utensils needed to prepare family meals. There is a second refrigerator which can be utilised if needed. The laundry has a large washing machine and a clothes dryer. Under the house is fully enclosed and a great play area for the children. A gas barbecue and extra tables and chairs are kept in this area.