Boutique accommodation at Venus Bay, Victoria, Australia – Venus Bay holiday rentals, luxury accommodation, organics, sustainable tourism, eco friendly, solar, renewable energy, biodiversity, wildlife.

Venus Bay Eco Retreat is an adults only nature retreat with one self contained cottage. The cottage has an open plan lounge and dining area with well equipped kitchenette, a generous bathroom, sheltered deck and an open plan bedroom loft. The cottage is ideal for couples or a single and sleeps a maximum of two adults. We do not accept bookings with children or infants.

The cottage is reverse cycle air conditioned with grid connected solar power. The lounge has comfortable couches, original art works by Australian contemporary artists, free Wifi, CD sound system and HD Smart TV. Screened windows and a large sliding glass door provide private views into the surrounding banksia forest and fresh air circulation inside the building.

The bedroom loft is a cosy hideaway with carpet underfoot and screened windows.

Beds available are: One queen bed in the open plan loft.

The bathroom features a free standing bath with private bush land view, a separate walk in shower, heated towel rail, toilet and vanity and a generous supply of rainwater. Organic cotton towels, bath sheets and bath robes, Australian botanical shampoo, conditioner, hand & body wash and essential oils air freshener are provided.

The cottage is cleaned with care using organic essential oils and earth friendly products. Nature’s organic essential oils have extremely effective sanitizing properties, and their beautiful aromas are an added bonus. Due to Covid we follow industry guidelines for deep cleaning and allow a minimum of 48 hours between bookings. Because of these requirements commercial sanitizing products will also be used. Please let us know in advance if you are sensitive to any of these products as we can adjust for individual bookings.

We use and provide ethically produced, certified organic products and are committed to reducing the use of chemicals in the environment. Our products are not tested on animals and where possible are Australian grown and produced. 

Tariff includes

• A selection of certified organic teas, herb teas and plunger coffee. We have a good supply of rainwater that is fine to drink, there is no need to purchase bottled drinking water.
• Quality bed linen, pillows, Australian wool and cotton quilts.
• Bath towels, organic cotton bath sheets and bath robes.
• Australian botanical bathroom and kitchen products.
• Well equipped kitchenette, outdoor Ziegler & Brown BBQ, outdoor gas stove top.
• Free Wifi and HD smart TV, CD sound system.

Provided for your stay

• Visitor information and local maps.
• Covid cleaning kit for your use in the cottage.
• Small selection of music CD’s.
• Secure off road parking.

What to bring with you

• Solid footwear for outdoors at all times of the year.
• Slippers for indoors as shoes are removed inside the building.
• Sunscreen, hat, torch, binoculars for viewing wildlife.
• If you would like to enjoy an outdoor campfire in the cooler months please bring your own firewood. Convenient packs of firewood are available from Tarwin Lower (13km) and Venus Bay village (6km). No camp fires from December to end of March.

We are proud to support minimal impact tourism. 

• Food scraps are separated for composting by us at a nearby community garden.
• We request guests take rubbish and recycling that cannot be composted with them as we do not have a rubbish collection service to the property.
• We encourage guests to support initiatives to reduce single use plastics by bringing your own reusable food containers.