Cootharaba

Description of the home

Farm cabins for rent – Noosa region Qld.

We are looking for two SARBBs - 2 single, active, retired, baby boomers, to join our small self-sustainable community on a delightful 5 acres of organic farm and rainforest, 20 minutes north of Noosa, close to Lake Cootharaba.

Each of the 7 comfortable newly built cabins offer a living space including ensuite and private patio. The communal areas consist of a grand Living Pavilion with breezeways and living and dining spaces, a winter room to dine and lounge with a fireplace, indoor/outdoor gas and wood fired kitchens, pantry room, tea/coffee kitchen, TV lounge, undercover car parking, a large work shed with a covered work area and a visitor’s suite.

The other communal jobs of looking after the raised veggie garden, two root veggie gardens, a seedling nursery and fruit trees, preserving, drying and smoking our excess produce, looking after the 9 egg laying chooks, fishing the lakes and river and general maintenance are already being carried out by folk who understand self-sustainability and enjoy a small farming community lifestyle.

Available is good internet via ADSL and TelstraTV, deep spring water, ample 240V "off the grid" solar power, 60m's of possum and bird proof raised veggie gardens, an enclosed and covered micro herb and seedlings nursery, two enclosed root veggie gardens, 8 large herb pots, 60 fruit bearing trees and nine free range chooks.

The cabin available is the featured photo and there are several internal photos on this web page. It's enjoys 25sqm of internal area and has high ceilings and a lounge - bedroom living space with a separate ensuite and an additional 20sqm roofed patio. The all inclusive rent is $150/week.

The second cabin is 33sqm internally with a screened 3sqm patio and a 9sqm timber deck. Its all inclusive rent is $175

Home features

• Ceiling fans
• Cable or satellite TV
• Broadband Internet
• Clothes washer
• Study or office
• Storage room
• Balcony, patio or deck
• Courtyard, garden or yard
• BBQ facilities
• Electronic security

Bills and expenses

The weekly rent for a cabin also includes; power, water and access to all the farm's produce, wifi, house phone, TelstraTV.
There is also a weekly communal contribution of $70, to pay for community essentials such as laundry powder, toilet paper ect and all food not produced on the farm. Hopefully this cost will come down as we produce more food ourselves.