Cunjurong Beach Bungalow

I live in Sydney with my gorgeous family and pooches and have spent the last 30 years visiting/exploring/understanding the beautiful south coast.
I adore time spent with family and friends and love to travel, bush walk, design and draw.
I'm most comfortable in nature and in thoughtful spaces that are designed to help one relax, connect and play!

Our house is a layback south coast gem - offering real comfort in terms of space, natural light, simple pleasures and location.

Location highlights:
*Manyana Beach is our closest beach, a 4 minute stroll, head east down Quebec Street into the bush/beach track. Great for swimming and body surfing.
*Green Island at low tide sunset is perfect for a picnic and a snorkel.
*Lake Conjola Inlet enter via the bush track (intersection of Ottawa St and Cunjurong Point Rd) great for beach cricket, floating and fishing.
NB. When a southerly wind is predicted or hits, these tranquil beaches and inlet turn very windy, so head to Bendalong which is only a 5-minute drive.

*Rock Hop from Manyana Beach to Inyyada Beach to Bendalong (last leg needs low tide)
*Explore by foot or bike the many bush tracks of Manyana. Head north down Austen Street (street opposite the house) into the bush and out into the Manyana township to play tennis, basketball, or soccer.
*Discover the area's excellent fire/walking trails - great on foot or on mountain bike

*Bendalong has a good local shop, an ok café but do great wood fire oven pizzas on a Friday night. There are also fantastic swimming beaches and walks including North Bendalong which offers One Tree Beach, Dee Beach and Monument Beach.

*An achievable bush walk is Mount Bush Walker in Morton National Park (situated before Milton) has a scenic drive in, fab for young kids because its flat with great rock formations). Best website: https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/walking-tracks/mount-bushwalker-walking-track?p=1&pdfprint=true

*The township of Milton (20min drive from the house) - excellent for its food, coffee, live music and small town provisions (especially the IGA and its bottle shop).
My favs are Pilgrims Cafe, Bar Yuki, Milk Haus, The Milton Hotel and the restored historic Milton Theatre.

*The larger township of Ulladulla (30min drive from the house) - has a good movie cinema, good supermarkets and fresh seafood.

I designed the house and garden areas and have spent the last 25 years enjoying the hidden treasures this naturally aging house and unspoiled area offers.
After all these years I still admire how the house's indoor-outdoor flow, breezeways, highlight windows, and its inviting open plan living, dining and kitchen areas interact with both the northern and middle decks (via bifold doors and an oversized glass sliding door). My now adult children still love to slide with winter socks along the expansive, internal timber floors which soften the house and for me, my all-time favourite place is the northern deck, early in the morning when the rainbow lorikeets are chatting with the background sounds of Manyana Beach and it's the first cuppa of the day - bliss...