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Fishing Point, Australie

Lake view from all rooms over terraced gardens

Regatta at nearby Wangi Wangi Sailing Club

Main bedroom with lake view is on the left

Waterfront beach

lakeside queen bedroom

kitchenette

courtyard double bedroom

bathroom

Dining

bedroom 3

breakfast on 2nd terrace

terrace outdoor dining

Terrace dining

Ready for a sail

Boathouse, patio and beach

Boathouse outdoor area and beach

pelicans like our jetty

Lake Macquarie foreshore

sunrise

Platine

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2009

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House or boathouse in Fishing Point, Australia

The lower floor of our home and our boathouse are both available to intervac exchange friends. We transformed the ground floor into a self-contained Apartment with its own entrance after our 3 sons moved out. The Main bedroom, kitchenette and living room overlook the lake. It has a brand new kitchenette with microwave, electric 2-burner cooktop, small frig, toaster & kettle, plus table and 4 chairs. The main bedroom has a queen-size bed. The second bedroom opens onto a leafy courtyard, and has a double bed. The third bedroom has a single bed & trundle. The TV room has comfortable lounges, TV and DVD, plus a study desk, and lots of books, mostly crime novels and books about sailing! There is a choice of 4 outdoor areas to sit and enjoy the view, eat meals, read a book, enjoy the breezes, watch the yacht races and contemplate the birdlife.
Separate to the house is a Boathouse. We have completely re-built our boatshed right at the waters' edge, and turned it into a 28 square-mtr "boathouse" studio with a separate bathroom. You can sit at the wide windows and eat your meals looking out at the lake only metres away. It has a double bed and 2 single-size bunk beds. The kitchenette has a 4-burner electric hotplate, under-bench frig, microwave, kettle and toaster, and lots of cooking equipment and crockery It is especially well-equipped with wine glasses! I would live there if I didn't have so much accumulated memorabilia from over the years! You can wake up to beautiful sunrises and walk a few steps out onto your own terrace, into the water to swim, or fish at the jetty right at your door.

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La famille

2 Adultes
0 Enfants
16 Échange(s) réalisé(s) précédemment

Profession / Occupation

retired School Psychologist
School Principal retired

Le logement

Type de logement: maison
Étage/Niveau: 1
Environnement : en bord de mer
Chambres: 3
Salles de bain: 1
Nombre de couchages: 6
surface habitable: 32 m2
surface totale: 82 m2

Les références d'échange

FR010528

Particularités

Animaux domestiques - NON Refusés
Enfants en bas-âge - OUI - Acceptés

Transactions proposées

Échange de longue durée
Échange non-simultané
Échange de maisons
Échange d'hospitalité
Échange linguistique entre jeunes
Logement proposé à la location

Confort intérieur

accès internet
équipements bébé
jeux et jouets
lave-linge
télévision
piano

Confort extérieur

jardin
terrasse
aire de jeux, parc
barbecue
vélos: 6

Équipements

non fumeur
voiture indispensable
isolé/sans vis-à-vis

Destinations demandées

Ouvert à toutes destinations
France
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
New Zealand
Germany
Berlin, Germany
The Hague, Netherlands
Slovenia
Czechia
Slovakia
Poland

Langues parlées

Anglais

IGA supermarket (0.6 km)
Toronto Golf Club (3.8 km)
Wangi Wangi Sailing Club (7.2 km)

Our home is on the shores of Lake Macquarie, Australia's largest coastal lake. It is more than 8 times the size of Sydney Harbour. You can swim or fish from our private sandy beach or our jetty. The lake is a very popular sailing venue and there are several yacht clubs nearby, and regular races to watch.
Newcastle is 40 minutes away by car or bus, and Sydney is 90 minutes away by road, and 2 hours by train. The main highway connecting the east coast of Australia is 10 minutes away. The quaint villages of Wangi Wangi and Rathmines are a few minutes away. Both have walks and bike tracks along the beautiful foreshore. You can find waterfront cafes and a larger supermarket in Toronto village 8 minutes away. Newcastle is an interesting port city with fantastic surfing beaches and restaurants, cliff walks and rock platform swimming pools.
The vineyards of the Hunter Valley are about 40minutes drive through farming countryside. Numerous art galleries, cafes/restaurants and beautiful gardens & villages are also in the vineyard area, not to mention superb wines (but I am biased!). Further afield are the historic townships of Morpeth, Lorn and Stockton. Stockton is a $2 ferry ride across the mouth of the Hunter river from Newcastle city. You can walk around it in an hour or so and have a coffee at Lexi's On The Beach.
Newcastle airport is about 50minutes away.